Sentences with phrase «soil quality not»

But the Upper East Regional minister Rockson Bukari told Citi News, that the relocation of the airstrip to Sherigu was as a result of poor soil quality not suitable for citing the airstrip at Anateem.

Not exact matches

Speaking at the Soil Association conference in Manchester on Wednesday (9 February), Mr Kendall said organic producers needed to convince consumers about the quality of their produce rather than making claims which might not stand up.

The exigent needs of the primitive community — rain, fertility of soil and herd, victory in war — were not obviously associated with ethical quality and behavior.

Future studies on organic agriculture and other sustainable farming techniques should examine not just economics, but soil quality, biodiversity impacts and other aspects of food production in order to make better comparisons between different forms of agriculture, said Crowder.

Then, depending on where you live, a lot of land can't be used for vegetable production because it may be rocky or have poor quality soil.

Even though is not enough peer - reviewed science to verify these claims, we at Farmer Direct believe that not only is it important to restore ancient grains to people's diets, but that we have a responsibility to grow them using responsible farming practices in high - quality soil.

We always use high quality organic sprouting seeds and do not use any kind of manure to grow microgreens or other tray sprouts that require a soil medium.

It diminishes soil productivity, reduces food production, deprives the land of its vegetative cover, and negatively impacts areas not directly affected by its symptoms, by causing floods, soil salinization, deterioration of water quality, and silting of rivers, streams and reservoirs109.

Blackpool will eye this as the perfect opportunity to finally end their drought at home and register their very first Premier League win at Bloomfield Road, with three previous failed attempts, but West Brom have enough resilient qualities in them to ensure the Tangerines don't have matters all their own way on home soil.

This soil improves soil drainage and aeration, for a quality soil that leaves your plants well watered, but not over watered.

Quality soil is necessary — but not abundant in cities.

«The feces can influence not only water quality but also whole ecosystems including plants, soil, and other birds,» explains Lee.

«One of the reasons for interest in these second - generation cellulosic feedstocks is that if they can be grown on low - quality soil, they wouldn't compete for land with food crops, such as corn.

Such programs, best undertaken in an adaptive management framework, include, but are not limited to, reducing fire risk; managing forest diseases; improving forest establishment; increasing forest carbon storage; improving water availability and soil quality; improving forest diversity, structure, and resilience; and increasing genetic and phenotypic diversity of forests.

Certainly, there is no blanket answer to this question, as each person will have different nutrient needs and deficiencies, but with the declining soil and food quality and the ever - increasing presence of chemicals that can block nutrient absorption in our environment, there are times when it truly isn't possible to get everything we need from food (though in a perfect world, this would be possible.)

These include whether or not it is organic, when it was picked, its color, ANDI Score, sugar content, soil quality, whether or not it is... Read More →

The soil quality unfortunately is not right.

Recent studies have shown that the fertility and quality of soil is much different now than soil in the 1950's (not that long ago).

To ensure that the body remains healthy, it is vital that you keep in mind that the soil in which our food is grown does not necessarily have the same nutritional quality as it did before being cultivated.

After all, USDA organic certification depends on how crops are grown, not necessarily on the quality of its soil.

Because of the diminished quality of the soil you have not much idea of the nutrients that are either just plain not there anymore or are so low in usable amounts as to be almost useless.

Not all trees grow successfully, due to poor soil quality and placement.

Littering doesn't just take a toll on things like water and soil quality; there's also an economic cost.

Weeds often do not hold and protect the soil the way native plants do, so erosion increases and causes sedimentation of streams, harming fish populations and water quality.

Hydroponic and greenhouse systems are helpful to those who want to grow year - round in harsh climates, or who can't grow in the ground for lack of space or quality soil.

«Organic farming approaches for these crops not only use an average of 30 percent less fossil energy but also conserve more water in the soil, induce less erosion, maintain soil quality and conserve more biological resources than conventional farming does,» Pimentel added.

If the soil can't provide them food quality decreases despite quantity increasing.

PORT HOPE, ON, December 17, 2012 — Increased yield, a reduction in fuel expense and improved soil quality are some of the documented benefits of no - till, but if those aren't compelling enough, Ben Currelly, president of NorAg Resources Inc., has another one.

This increasing yield does not show us a picture of declining soil quality.

Comparison of Allotment and Agricultural Soils The remarkable contrast in soil quality indicators (higher SOC, C: N, TN and lower BD) between allotments and arable fields reveals the effectiveness of management achieved by own - growers.

Dendros realize that the climate information (not «signal») contained in the ring widths is mixed with the effects of other factors: age, tree, location, soil quality, moisture level, etc..

The repeated fires modify ecosystem structure, penetrate ever deeper into forest margins, affect large areas of understory vegetation (which is not detected by remote sensing), and take an ever greater cumulative toil on soil quality and its ability to sequester carbon.

Terraces, hugelkultur, floodbreak (aka windbreak) plantings, diversion channels, maintaining wild wetlands as sinks, building creekbed pathways, using orchards as buffers, impregnating poorer - quality soils with hydrophobic biochar, progressively alternating such features with dykes laid out to fractionally draw overflows and slow flow, proper programs of dredging and berming, and on and on, there is no reason a flood plain could not be made so robust by industrious (as opposed to industrial), intelligent, conscientious (as opposed to council consultant) planning as to be impervious to a 1,000 year flood, and oh by the way, make the land more profitably productive and lucratively livable, and more resistant to drought, wildfire, invasive species and extinction of native species too.

China, after all, wants to reduce its reliance on coal, the impacts of which it is already seeing in its air and soil quality, not to mention in extreme weather events linked to climate change.

The advantages of growing veggies in containers are many, including the ability to use high quality potting soil in the containers (which would be prohibitively expensive to do in a conventional garden), the fact that the plants can be placed in the best sunny (or part shade) location and moved if needed, and because you aren't restricted to planting in the ground, more vegetables can be grown in a small space by planting in containers that can be stacked or hung.

When pondering the answer, consider what the study points out hasn't yet been financially quantified: the value of organic farming's environmental health benefits, such as lack of pollution from pesticides and excess fertilizer, improved soil quality and pollination.

The quality of the soil and climate is such that the land is not suitable for the vast majority of food crops.