Sentences with phrase «reduce human inputs»

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Most of the experiments endeavour to reduce insect farming's most expensive input, human labour, which accounts for a stunningly high 60 % of costs (in the heavily mechanized cattle farming industry, by comparison, it's rare for labour costs to reach even half of that).

«For growers and vintners, relating and tracking both practices and measurable outcomes helps prioritize vineyard or winery plans for greatest impact and operational efficiency — reducing inputs, saving money and minimizing adverse environmental and human impacts.»

Further promoted advantages and promises by the industry include that RR crops create more yield than conventional crops, decrease farmers input costs by reducing the amount of herbicides sprayed and are safe for humans, animals and the environment.

Job Description: • Represents the Kansas City Pet Project in a professional, polite and enthusiastic manner • Assists the veterinarians on a daily basis with preparing surgery patients, health assessments, and treatments of animals • Assist in medical rounds with Shelter Veterinarians or identifying animals that need to be seen by a Shelter Veterinarian • Administer medications to both cats and dogs in accordance with veterinarian's prescribed doses and ensure all treatment protocols prescribed for sick / injured animals are performed timely, safely, and humanely • Responsible for following best practices for sanitation protocols in all veterinary clinic and isolation areas to reduce / eliminate disease transmission • Input all medical notes, health assessments, vaccinations, surgeries, treatments, etc., into PetPoint • Provides support for other departments, such as Intake, Foster, Placement & Transport, or Adoptions by assisting as needed for vaccinations, deworming, blood draws, etc. • Prepares and sanitizes surgical instruments / packs each day to ensure packs are ready for use the following day • Assists with discharging animals to the public post-surgery or following up with sick pet appointments, explaining any medical issues, medications, after care instructions, etc. • Ensures adequate medical supplies and medications are available and reports any shortages to Vet Clinic Manager • Enforces and maintain KCPP safety and cleanliness, and all health and security rules and procedures • Follows disease prevention procedures and completes cleaning of veterinary clinic areas daily and ongoing throughout the day to decrease biological risks to humans and other animals • Care, feed, and safely handle animals to avoid injury to persons / animals • Properly store and maintain inventory of medical supplies, including Schedule II narcotics • Performs laboratory analysis techniques to assist Shelter Veterinarians • Reads, understand, interpret, and apply department policies and procedures • Prepares reports and other written materials in a logical, concise, and accurate manner • Functions calmly in situations that require a high degree of sensitivity, tact, and diplomacy • Communicates effectively with a variety of individuals representing diverse cultures and backgrounds and function calmly in all situations which require a high degree of sensitivity, tact and diplomacy • Treats employees, representatives of outside agencies, volunteers, and members of the public with courtesy and respect • Provides prompt, efficient and responsive service for all phone calls forwarded to the Vet Clinic.

The standard — which has been ported to sugar - producing operations as well — governs fertilizer inputs, pesticide use, emissions, crop densities, and the treatment of human labor among other things and offers a plan sugar producers can follow to reduce the impact of their operations.

Runoff from chemical inputs and CAFO waste pollutes our water and contributes to global warming; monoculture — planting a single crop over a large area year after year — depletes soil and reduces biodiversity; overuse of antibiotics in meat production threatens our ability to fight human disease.

Some of this technology has the potential to reduce or replace human input, but will it lead to better outcomes?

We have already seen analytic technologies significantly reduce the levels of human input required in disciplines, such as document review, and its impact will be even more profound in the years to come.

As previously mentioned it is highly recommended hiring an experienced real estate attorney to take care of the closing as in addition to resolving any legal disputes, they are likely to make use of specialist real estate closing software which will reduce the chances of human error when preparing the settlement statement by means of validating input, ensuring figures are within allowed ranges and automatically calculating figures used throughout the HUD form.