Sentences with phrase «rural economies»

«Successful markets help grow and connect urban and rural economies.

The project seeks to address the climate - related problems (such as frequent drought, floods, landslides and coastal storms) posing a serious threat to the government's objective of developing strong rural economies to bridge the urban - rural income disparity, particularly in post conflict zones.

Zedeck writes,» [B] y eliminating the need for traditional fertilizers (which damage soil and water tables), and distributing a cost effective drip irrigation system and training on green water management (rainwater collection) techniques, we think the Backpack farm model could actually shift the entire mindset of how to develop rural economies and make a positive impact Africa's food security by empowering rural farmers with access to markets.

«If my observations and reasonings are correct, the reverse is true: that is rural economies, including agricultural work, are directly built upon city economies and city work.»

This guidance document focuses on a number of areas that are at the heart of rural economies and could be engines for a sustainable economic transformation and green jobs creation.

· Revitalizes Rural Economies: Wind energy can diversify the economies of rural communities, adding to the tax base and providing new types of income.

Tuesday, April 24, noon - 1 pm, Tucker Foundation Living Room Supporting Local Farms: A conversation with Andrea Stander, Director of Rural Vermont, who will discuss their work advocating on behalf of Vermont farmers and consumers to promote vibrant rural economies and communities by supporting small, sustainable farms.

But Lincoln wrote * plenty * on rural economies, and he was a keen student of the Bible too, and so we can assert with considerable confidence that Abraham Lincoln and Wendell Berry are on the same page morally and politically and economically, and their shared values and long - term goals are very different from the self - centered values and short - term goals of Big Carbon.

Greening rural development can stimulate rural economies, create jobs and help maintain critical ecosystem services and strengthen and strengthen climate resilience of the rural poor.

As fossil fuels decline, we'll need to rehabilitate rural economies, re-nutrify denuded soils, and rebuild diverse local food systems.

Interest in building the project was born after Randy attended a presentation on the value that locally - owned renewable energy projects can have on rural economies.

Ultimately, the higher costs will have a negative impact on small rural economies.»

Leschine says the Q Microbe is important because it can do so many things: provide a clean alternative to fossil fuels that can be produced in a way that is carbon neutral, help to boost rural economies, and aid the nation's quest for energy independence.

It highlights that reinvestment in forests is necessary to reduce timber import dependence, support biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation, revitalise rural economies and protect land and populations from environmental hazards and the impacts of climate change.

Indeed, as our last post on the importance of soils in the carbon cycle persuasively informs us, regenerative argicultural practices can offer win - win - win benefits of revitalizing rural economies, reducing atmospheric carbon, and of course enhancing food security.

WHEREAS the current drought conditions are harming urban and rural economies, and the state's overall economic prosperity; and

Introduced, first reading and referred to Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Committee on 2/9/09.

Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Public Safety and Civil Justice committee on 2/25/08.

Introduced, first reading and referred to Agriculture and Rural Economies on 3/16/2011.

These sustainably managed forests sustain rural economies from Canada's boreal to the US South while also providing us with many benefits including the clean air we breathe, the water we drink, and the millions of products we enjoy every day.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Ponta Delgada's position was relatively high (eighth largest), although the changing importance of rural economies steadily chipped - away at its growth.

This legislation will increase the number of veterinarians able to serve in the areas where they are needed most, which will help strengthen rural economies and protect the safety of our food supply.»

For instance, there are over 12 million working cattle in the country, and these animals are integral to rural economies, providing almost all the power in agricultural production and acting as a key mode of transport.

These investments boost rural economies and create jobs.

These added taxes hurt rural economies and lower income areas like Lodi hardest.

One might assume, given the need to build stronger rural economies and retain local talent, that high - quality career education options would abound.

Foreign Agricultural 4 months CGIAR Launches Program to Improve Rural Economies and Nutrition through Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals

Chronic wasting disease (CWD), caused by misfolded proteins called prions, has already ravaged deer and elk in North America, costing rural economies millions in lost revenue from hunting.

Just south of the Mason - Dixon line and north of the Union - Confederate lines during most of the Civil War (and the scene of its bloodiest battle, Antietam), Maryland is a crossroads state, with both Northern and Southern influences and with both industrial and rural economies.

The cuts will be damaging to rural economies and could leave the commission unable to carry out its statutory functions before it is formally abolished next year, the union says.

For example, commodity exchange boards and futures markets to ensure minimum farm incomes and encourage production must become part of our rural economies.

«Farmers support rural economies by generating jobs and income,» he added.

Clearly, if Wales is going to compete with nations around the world to attract green investment and grow our rural economies, we need to have a level playing field.

ALBANY, NY (11/21/2013)(readMedia)-- «Nothing has transformed the rural economies of Marcellus Shale states like natural gas drilling.

We provide jobs and help to support and maintain rural economies.

According to The Taylor Review - Living Working Countryside - these twin threats are placing unsustainable pressure on rural economies, jeopardising their very existence.

Her and her team «s cutting edge science have positively impacted the food industry and rural economies, adding value to specialty crops and co-products, while creating jobs and improving human health.

I confess that I have become somewhat blasé about the range of exciting — I think revolutionary is probably more accurate — technologies that we are rolling out today: our work in genomics and its translation into varieties that are reaching poor farmers today; our innovative integration of long — term and multilocation trials with crop models and modern IT and communications technology to reach farmers in ways we never even imagined five years ago; our vision to create a C4 rice and see to it that Golden Rice reaches poor and hungry children; maintaining productivity gains in the face of dynamic pests and pathogens; understanding the nature of the rice grain and what makes for good quality; our many efforts to change the way rice is grown to meet the challenges of changing rural economies, changing societies, and a changing climate; and, our extraordinary array of partnerships that has placed us at the forefront of the CGIAR change process through the Global Rice Science Partnership.

Organic agriculture — identified as a package of intelligent and innovative farming techniques, sustainable and fair food chains based on principles that strengthen small - scale farmers and empower rural economies - are being adopted globally by governments and local authorities, carried out by millions of farmers and supported by a rapidly increasing number of consumers.

Small farms also strengthen rural economies, preserve important ecosystems, and help to protect a way of life that is increasingly under threat.

That increased wealth had a dynamic effect as it flowed through rural economies increasing GDP for the economy as a whole and tax revenues for the government,» Mr Norgate writes.

«Organic hotspots» kick start rural economies.

This is an especially great benefit, Sara notes in the interview, for «people who live in rural economies or depressed economies and aren't able to find jobs.»

Rural economies are declining, and millennials are looking to urban economies to find work.

Rural economies in particular have cratered as young people cluster in big cities.

Our tax regime should differentiate and give our rural economy and family corporations some level of immunity.

«We envision hemp as a way to revive the rural economy and bring jobs back to American workers,» says Savage.

Russian farmer alters rural economy with virtual currency.

Family farms, restaurants, other food businesses and the rural economy will suffer under federal tax proposals for small businesses,

India's large rural economy — stuck in a rut for years — appears to be the area of focus.