Sentences with phrase «report about agriculture»

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This ads up to about half of produce grown and billions of dollars» worth of lost fruits and vegetables, according to a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization report and a study in the Journal of Consumer Affairs.

«Outlooks remained positive, but contacts in various sectors including manufacturing, agriculture and transportation expressed concern about the newly imposed and / or proposed tariffs,» the Fed said in its Beige Book report.

The storm was particularly costly for the agriculture industry: «In a matter of hours, Hurricane Maria wiped out about 80 percent of the crop value in Puerto Rico,» the New York Times reports.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Market News reported widespread concern in 2014 about tightening organic dairy supplies, with supermarkets in many parts of the United States posting signs about organic milk shortages by the end of the year.

In 2017 we launched our new Grow Green report at fringe events, and spoke to many policy makers and politicians about the benefits of plant protein agriculture.

Michael Creed, Irish minister for agriculture, food and the marine, spoke about the report at its launch.

«We are concerned about reports that federal agencies — including the Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency — have issued directives to staff that may silence the voices of scientific researchers and others working for the federal government,» said Holt in a statement.

Since the dawn of agriculture, tilling land has led to the loss of about half (55 to 78 gigatons) of the carbon ever sequestered in soil, the team reports.

A new report by the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, an independent group of 14 experts advising Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) which convenes every five years, says that we should ease up on sugar and saturated fats, but we don't need to worry so much about cholesterol anymore.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that most men need about 2,000 to 3,000 calories each day.

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Working in cooperation with state animal health officials and the United State Department of Agriculture, the EDCC seeks information about current disease outbreaks from news media, social media, official state reports and veterinary practitioners.

The bill, which became law over the summer, requires every pet store selling cats and dogs to post information about their breeders and brokers, including names and addresses, and make available the last two years of their U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspection reports.

Normally I do not post about PETA's annual rates of killing until the Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (VDACS) reports the actual numbers for the year (as they do every year in March).

Last year's letter called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to restore inspection reports and other documents abruptly purged from the agency's website in February 2017, leaving the public in the dark about violators of the AWA and the Horse Protection Act on soring.

While this pair of bulls had a public moment today, the day will also see about 82,000 head of cattle killed in the United States (the rate is roughly 30 million a year of late, according to the latest Department of Agriculture Livestock Slaughter report).

«The environment has been more of an afterthought in the debate about food security» says Prof Joe Alcamo, Chief Scientist of the United Nations Environment Programme — which has produced the report together with the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the Food and Agriculture Organisation, the World Bank, the World Food Programme and Washington's World Resources Institute.

Scidevnet: The lack of rains in large, monsoon - dependent, agricultural areas of South Asia has compounded concerns expressed in a recent report about an impending global water crisis and its detrimental impact on agriculture.

This analytical report aims to catalyse thinking about the ways in which agriculture — which has a vital role in global food security, development and natural resources use — can and must be fully integrated into national strategies and a consensus - based multilateral framework to address the challenges of climate change.

Food Tank had the opportunity to talk to Dr. Harpinder Sandhu about the application of the principles of ecological economics in agriculture and food systems and how the TEEBAgriFood report thinks outside the lens of productivity.

In fact, livestock are not only harmed by human - caused global - warming greenhouse gas, but also cause about 18 percent of it, according to «Livestock's Long Shadow,» a 2006 UN Food and Agriculture Organization report by FAO livestock specialists (who normally promote livestock).

For information about Sustain's report on the visit, click Edible Cities, It looks at examples of urban agriculture projects in cities including New York, Milwaukee and Chicago (where green rooftops have become a common feature of the landscape, to reduce energy bills and cool the city - see Chicago City Hall below), and identifies a series of opportunities that other cities could be adopting.

Despite reports about the devastating impacts of oil palm expansion on forests and indigenous peoples, the Peruvian government continues to promote oil palm development, supposedly as a viable economic alternative in the fight against drug trafficking, migratory agriculture, and poverty.

The 5th IPCC report states agriculture, forestry and land - use sectors combine to account for about 24 % of total greenhouse gas emissions.

Representatives from developing countries as well developed countries, civil society constituencies and the Food and Agriculture Organizations (FAO) gave reports about their experiences in adaptation activities related to agriculture and fooAgriculture Organizations (FAO) gave reports about their experiences in adaptation activities related to agriculture and fooagriculture and food security.

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About Blog UAS Magazine is a full - color monthly magazine, published in both print and online editions that reports on how emerging technologies and policy affect unmanned aerial systems in the civil, agriculture defense and commercial markets, worldwide.

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