Sentences with phrase «small subsistence»

Regenerative practices like those used on the farms and ranches I visited show that we can readily improve soil fertility on both large farms in the U.S. and on small subsistence farms in the tropics.

Commercial interests covet the fertile ZwaZulu - Natal farmland now kept in small subsistence parcels through tribal allotment.

This need calls for a reorientation of research in major universities and institutes toward the social and technical problems of assistance to small subsistence farmers.

In fact, on the three tests, the money offered by subjects from the largest societies ranged from 25 % to 51 % higher than the offers by subjects from the smallest subsistence - based groups.

Not exact matches

Diao added that while cash transfers have been used in humanitarian contexts before, this initiative is a significant departure from the status quo because they're giving families transformative amounts of money versus small, subsistence amounts.

To follow his «small is beautiful» vision is to relegate eventually everyone to slow death in subsistence cultures.»

Vegetable production intensification will see increased plant pest and disease pressure and significant on - farm losses for the majority of subsistence and small - holder cooperative farmers if the goal to meet WTO / SPS requirements for exports to the ASEAN economic community and international markets is to be met.

The world's exploding population has made it profitable for big business to raze forests so it can plant mega crops like soy and oil palm; meanwhile, on a much, much smaller scale, subsistence farmers often clear trees so they can plant crops to feed their families and bring in small amounts of cash.

Subsistence farming was common on small parcels of land in the north and south valleys and extra fruit and vegetables were peddled to the nearby pueblos.

Non-certified organic agriculture in developing countries is practised by millions of indigenous people, peasants and small family farms involved in subsistence and local market - oriented production.

Appalachia's economy is a predominantly combination of near subsistence farming, coal mining, and small factories.

But critics point out that subsistence farmers in developing countries often buy small amounts of improved varieties and breed them with local varieties to bolster yields.

But a new study reveals that subsistence hunters from small communities in large areas of intact forest and with access to healthy fish stocks do not appear to be emptying their forests.

The songs were selected pseudo-randomly from 86 predominantly small - scale societies, including hunter - gatherers, pastoralists, and subsistence farmers.

Among the issues these committees were asked to look into this year were the possible dangers of whale watching, the effects of chemical pollution on whales, how the IWC might protect dolphins, porpoises and other small cetaceans, and whether subsistence whaling by indigenous peoples should be subject to scientific management.

Evaluate possibility of local subsistence hunting of selected small game species in villages zones for local communities, with absolutely no export, and strictly only where demonstrated sustainable

This means that many official statistics do not account for a huge amount of the world's fisheries catch, such as that by small - scale and subsistence fisheries or fish thrown back as «discards» — species other than those being hunted.

Areas of «natural dung accumulation,» where animals hung out, would have provided «patches of superfertile ground that early crops would have colonized,» she points out, adding that «subsistence farmers are extremely observant of small differences in growth and productivity among their plots.»

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Razza makes a subsistence living by filling plastic balls with small stones, which he sells as toys at the local market.

The beach isn't worth visiting but Klong Mad, the small fishing hamlet with a cluster of houses built around an inlet is quite interesting as you'll get an insight into how subsistence fishermen live.

The situation in Rwanda in the»90s, for example, didn't just happen because of some irrational ethnic or political agenda, it happened at least in part because too many people had too little land to support themselves, yet everyone depended on small - scale farming (average farm size on the order of a few acres) for subsistence.

HSI will oppose Japan's proposal for small - vessel coastal whaling, which HSI considers a violation of the 30 - year - old moratorium on commercial whaling, and argue for the highest standard of scientific scrutiny in regard to Denmark's application for an increased whaling quota for Greenland and other aboriginal subsistence whaling proposals being considered at this year's meeting.

The scope of this chapter, with a focus on food crops, pastures and livestock, industrial crops and biofuels, forestry (commercial forests), aquaculture and fisheries, and small - holder and subsistence agriculturalists and artisanal fishers, is to: examine current climate sensitivities / vulnerabilities; consider future trends in climate, global and regional food security, forestry and fisheries production; review key future impacts of climate change in food crops pasture and livestock production, industrial crops and biofuels, forestry, fisheries, and small - holder and subsistence agriculture; assess the effectiveness of adaptation in offsetting damages and identify adaptation options, including planned adaptation to climate change; examine the social and economic costs of climate change in those sectors; and, explore the implications of responding to climate change for sustainable development.

While only a fraction of this cultivation currently occurs in the Amazon rainforest, production in neighboring areas like the cerrado grassland helps drive deforestation by displacing small farmers and cattle producers, who then clear rainforest land for subsistence agriculture and pasture.

She can't see beyond this form of existence, to consider the possibility of small farmers becoming big farmers, and of leaving subsistence existences — and possibly rural life — far behind them.

Subsistence and other small - scale fishermen, lacking mobility and alternatives, often are most dependent on specific fisheries and will suffer disproportionately from changes (Medium Confidence).

· National fisheries will suffer if fishers can not move within and across national borders (Subsistence / small scale fishermen suffer most)

The results revealed that wildlife loss outpaced the rate of deforestation, and that large, commercially valuable wildlife such as Sumatran tigers, rhinos and elephants declined faster than small primates and deer, which are only hunted as crop raiders or for subsistence.

A cycle involving incremental degradation, repeated and extensive fires, and shifting small plots for subsistence tends to occur long before any consideration of crop choices influenced by global market prices.

Previously targeted by small - scale subsistence fisheries, increasing consumer demand has expanded the gill - raker trade into a global commercial industry.»

It occurs in a multitude of forms (mixed farms or specialized livestock keepers; species, herd size, free roaming or confined, husbandry practices), scales and degree of market orientation (subsistence, mixed subsistence / commercial, small commercial, large commercial) and locations (back yards, roof tops, peri-urban areas, urban public vacant spaces) each with its own problems and opportunities.

«Fathers in nonindustrial subsistence economies generally play a relatively small role in the care of young children.»

The bulk of academic commentary also supports the assumption that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples should be confined to exercising rights of customary use and small scale subsistence fishing only.40