Sentences with phrase «reduced input costs»

These practices have obvious benefits for farmers — reduced input costs, greater autonomy from corporations, diversified income streams, risk management for crop failures and varied produce to improve nutrition.

Reduced input costs and processing makes Insta Grains pearled barley a cost - effective inclusion in RTE soups and sides.

Although this commitment is more modest than the one advocated in Making it Simple, a report I authored for the Mowat Centre, the goal of reducing input costs for manufacturers was identified as a key priority in the paper, which suggested there was more work to be done on this front:

As in many other crop species, genetically modified (GM) varieties of sugarcane are forecast to improve profitability by reducing input costs, increasing sucrose yield or introducing novel products.

Providing a valuable addition to crop rotations, significantly benefiting the next crop, therefore reducing input costs and increasing yields;

Not exact matches

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).

All the while, the industry thrived financially under a combination of high oil prices, low natural gas prices (a major input cost), recession - induced relief from cost inflation and a reduced cost of capital as majors and foreign national oil companies gobbled up wobbly juniors.

However, to the extent that taxes on business inputs are shifted onto consumers, reducing these taxes would not lower business costs or improve competitiveness.

The fact that five provinces apply their sales taxes to business inputs allegedly increases the cost of business investments and reduces competitiveness.

Furthermore, our businesses will become more productive through reduced regulatory barriers and our manufacturers in the clothing and food sectors (just to name two) will become more competitive through lowered input costs.

Also, we believe U.S. production could be further constrained by reduced labor supply and rising input costs.

QualityLowInputFood (QLIF) is a European Union (EU) sponsored project that aims to «improve quality, ensure safety and reduce cost along the organic and «low input» food supply chains through research, dissemination and training activities».

The preliminary results indicate that the no - till, low - input system can be cost effective, reduce labor, and increase long - term profitability and sustainability.

He has been stepping up pressure on suppliers to reduce wholesale prices or to absorb rising input costs so the retailer can pass savings to consumers by «permanently» reducing shelf prices.

Initial fees were paid with grant money, system plan help was given and support along with soil inputs at reduced or no cost.

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.

Connecting both safety switches and safety sensors with OSSD outputs in series minimizes the amount of wiring and the number of inputs at the safety controller, thus reducing costs.

With their input, we are propelling forward the capabilities of the industry to reduce the cost, complexity and time it takes to proactively manage the food supply chain.»

This CLP notes from the experience of the US that primaries: drive up the cost of seeking selection; favour wealthy candidates; reduced the input of grassroots members; and strengthened the influence of right wing media in candidate selection.

Besides seeking input from Town Board members and department heads, Stewart said he is also seeking similar input from town residents who may have ideas on how Orangetown can save money in its operations to reduce the cost to taxpayers while still maintaining a high level of service.

Commercial realization of this potential will require advances in strategies to reduce non-renewable inputs, such as inorganic fertilizers and fossil fuels, and monetary costs of large - scale production of marine microalgae, she says.

«It eliminates organic solvents from the reaction medium, requires little to no energy input — and now, it reduces the cost and extends the lifetime of an endangered precious metal, palladium.»

By reducing the amount of food - based inputs and energy required in the production of biofuels, the overall cost of production will be reduced.

They involve high energy and labor inputs, which has prevented major progress in reducing production costs.

Corn is among the most intensive uses of fertilizer, both per acre and in total use, and represents a significant opportunity for nitrogen use efficiencies that could reduce emissions as well as farmers» input costs while maintaining yields.

The high diversity together with the lower input costs of organic agriculture is key to reducing production risks associated with extreme weather events.

IMO, the effort should be transferred from discussing temperatures ad nauseam (which is only relevant to reducing the uncertainty in just one of the four key inputs to cost - benefit analyses) to working on a robust policy — i.e. a «no regrets» policy (one that will cut global GHG emissions at no cost or negative cost).

Since we can not reduce the uncertainty in these four key inputs, it seems we can not do much to reduce the uncertainty in the cost benefit analyses.

An energy - saving demand tankless / instantaneous water heating system reduces energy output [sic; reduces energy input] and costs.

Some additional distinctions between Liam Brown's «law company» and the traditional law firm include: (1) performance and reward structures that value output over input; (2) closer alignment with the financial and enterprise objectives of the consumer; (3) a corporate structure that takes a long - term, client - centric view over profit - per - partner; (4) continuous process improvement; (5) investment in technology; (6) focus on «the right resource for the task»; (6) compressed delivery time; (7) a continuous quest to use technology and process to automate tasks and gather «big data» for benchmarking, predicting, and quantifying risk; (8) a transparent, 24/7/365 accessible connection with legal consumers; (9) supply chain management expertise; and (10) reduced cost.

To be sure, the variable costs have also been reduced for now, but they will inflate again when the outsource providers» own input costs rise as their economies develop.