Sentences with phrase «resources for food production»

Indonesia and Brazil place a heavier burden on their resources for food production than removing carbon.

«We must push for genuine agrarian reform where farmers will have control over the land, and other necessary resources for food production,» Flores added.

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Organic production is an overall system of farm management and food production that combines best environmental practices, a high level of biodiversity, the preservation of natural resources, the application of high animal welfare standards and a production method in line with the preference of certain consumers for products produced using natural substances and processes.

Lean hierarchy, tight organisation, and clear work processes in a perfectly hygienic environment for food production are the basis for the continuous growth of the company whose entire operations are determined by a respectful and economic use of all existing resources.

California avocado packers and handlers can be a valuable resource for California avocado growers — providing expertise on production, packing, grading and ripening of California avocados, as well as the latest information on food safety and industry data and trends.

Resource efficiency can represent an economic opportunity for the food sector with the help of innovative research that takes into account the environmental impact of a food item from its production through to its processing and its eventual disposal.

Addressing this through Target 12.3 will also bring a range of other benefits — we'll require less natural resources for production, and we can improve food security and efficiency simultaneously.

The massive amount of resources consumed unnecessarily across the entire production cycle and the associated inequality and injustice in view of food sovereignty on an inter - and intra-generational scale are the decisive reasons for me to fight against food waste.

The emergence of climate change and critical constraints on fossil fuel and other non-renewable resources as key limiting factors for the expansion or even maintenance of existing large - scale food production systems in Australia

The National Association of Retail Grocers of Australia recently highlighted that Australia's food and grocery industry is «at a crossroads» as population - driven demand grows faster than food production, pointing to challenges ahead for sustainable development.1 Water is one of the most significant and increasingly scarce resources that producers need to meet this demand.

The book is a key resource for SNS exam preparation, and includes chapters on current regulations, financial management, menu planning and nutrition, human resources, equipment and facilities planning, procurement, production management, food safety, technology and marketing.

The exhibit however, is curiously light on advertising for «Big Blue» — as the company was previously nicknamed — and focuses more on what the company's technology is doing behind the scenes to address health care, resource conservation, food production and other 21st - century concerns.

Elizabete Carmo - Silva, LEC lecturer in plant sciences for food security, said: «Both jointed grass and barley are regarded as valuable genetic resources for improving wheat disease resistance, our research suggests that they can also be used to improve biomass production.»

From community - supported local farmers, community gardeners, and seed saving activists, to underground distribution networks of contraband foods and food resources rescued from the waste stream, this book shows how ordinary people can resist the dominant system, revive community - based food production, and take direct responsibility for their own health and nutrition.

One of my key sources of water ran out, my local food and resource production was exposed as being nowhere near good enough for self sufficiency, and my colonists started starving to death.

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Also from Petfood Industry magazine... The magazine and its parent company, WATT Global Media, have relaunched PetfoodIndustry.com — an online industry resource for information on pet food market data, pet nutrition, pet food safety and quality, pet food production and packaging.

All of the above mentioned top dog food brands are the leaders in the market not due to low price and mass production, but because they spend a lot of resources in formulating appropriate and healthy dog foods for general dog population.

With grounds abundant in natural resources, the family behind the Harewood Estate since 1738 had not only spotted an opportunity to leverage its lesser - known legacy for food production, but to champion the best the local Yorkshire community had to offer.

A simple composite measure of the resources that went into a product (e.g. water, trees), as well as natural resources degraded (e.g. water pollution, air pollution, carbon release, habitat destroyed) in the production for a wide variety of consumable goods (not just food), would enable people to make smarter everyday decisions.

We just sit back and let water shortages occur (which will be the first crisis) and then droughts will diminish the food production so that millions will die and most likely begin fighting for resources amongst themselves and reducing the population to levels that we (the super rich) may have a chance to survive against.

While warning that modern agricultural methods are placing unprecedented demands on our natural resources, Dr. Foley's work offers hope, promise and a way forward, offering strategic solutions for increasing global food production while reducing agriculture's often devastating environmental footprint.

For example, as long as the rise in global average temperature stays below 3 degrees Celsius, some models predict that global food production could increase because of the longer growing season at mid - to high - latitudes, provided adequate water resources are available.

It is increasingly the case that there is less and less need for global institutions to oversee the production of food and resources.

Renewable energy and energy efficiency are essential for managing water resources and food production in a more socially and environmentally - responsible way.

In addition, the realization that future climate may differ significantly from previous experience is still relatively new for many fields of practice (e.g., food production, natural resources management, natural hazards management, insurance, public health services and urban planning).

The people who do or should worry are city planners or water and energy resource managers, or those in agriculture and food production, and these are the ones that matter for how the future pans out.

Adaptation outcomes focusing on ensuring food security under a changing climate could have the most direct benefits on livelihoods, which have multiple benefits for food security, including: enhancing food production, access to markets and resources, and reduced disaster risk.

(Production of the components that become food for other species requires physiological resources so is anti-adaptive, except where there is a specific requirement to co-opt other species for seed dispersal or pollination.

If the Gulf Stream were to stall, the study anticipates widespread social and institutional collapse as droughts lead to collapses in food production, displaced environmental refugees press on other borders for resources, soil erosion increases and wind speeds across Texas pick up.

Instead of creating one more body for business - as - usual, governments, funding agencies, and international organizations should be taking bold action: committing to shift resources away from climate - damaging practices of chemical - intensive industrial agriculture and meat production and towards investment in and commitment to agroecology, food sovereignty, and support to small - scale food producers.

Data from 22 countries shows the result: fewer resources per capita and a continued risk of famine in areas with low primary production — that is, the availability of carbon in the form of plant material for consumption as food, fuel and feed.

It is a vision of: urbanization, as people in cities have more opportunities and use resources more efficiently; intensified food production to increase yields and leave more room for nature; the expanded use of nuclear energy, which has zero emissions and the smallest land footprint of any energy source; greater development of GMOs to reduce chemical use and increase yields; animal - free meat; «re-wilding» former farm and pasture lands with wolves, buffalo, mountain lions, and even formerly extinct species — all the while supporting universal human dignity.

Recently, Colleen posted a Q&A here on TreeHugger with Gayla about her latest book on growing herbs, but I want to recommend Grow Great Grub because it is my favorite book on food production for urbanites with limited resources and space.

Scientist Uses Seed Diversity, Sustainable Farming Practices to Save Cuban Agriculture 6 Ways Agriculture Impacts Global Warming Stopping Deforestation, Greening Agriculture Better Than Carbon Capture & Storage, UNEP Report Says A Tale of Two Will Allens: «Industrial Agriculture One of Most Polluting & Dangerous Industries» Sustainable Agriculture Leaders Recognized By Natural Resources Defense Council's Growing Green Awards Peak Oil and Agriculture: A Farm for the Future Revisited 25 % Reduction in Global Food Production by 2050: Organic Agriculture Part of the Solution Agricultural Land Degradation Increasing, Affecting New Areas: FAO Report

«The rural poor are often the most directly dependent upon natural resources, and they can get stuck in a real dilemma,» John Buchanan, Conservation International's Senior Director of Food Security, explains, «immediate needs for food and income can lead to unsustainable production practices or over-harvest of resources, which undermines the long - term viability of those same resourFood Security, explains, «immediate needs for food and income can lead to unsustainable production practices or over-harvest of resources, which undermines the long - term viability of those same resourfood and income can lead to unsustainable production practices or over-harvest of resources, which undermines the long - term viability of those same resources.

Depleting fossil fuel reserves, depleting mineral reserves, widespread devastation of eco systems, depletion of biodiversity, acidification of oceans, dwindling fresh water resources, food production to food demand ratio becoming more acute, and of course the primary driver for all of the above continued increase in the world's population.

While agricultural production is already a feature of this region, there is also the potential for this area to replace the agricultural food production previously provided by the Murray - Darling River Basin, if previous lessons have been learnt about over-allocation in water resources.