Sentences with phrase «sustainable farming systems»

Paper at: The 5th International Scientific Conference on Sustainable Farming Systems - ECOMIT, Piešťany, Slovakia, November 5 - 7, 2008.

I am a student pursuing a degree in Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering, I hope to use that degree to develop sustainable farming systems in developing countries.

Friends of the Earth's GM Campaigner, Clare Oxborrow said: «Instead of helping the GM industry to use the food crisis for financial gain, the Government should be encouraging a radical shift towards sustainable farming systems that genuinely benefit local farmers, communities and the environment worldwide.»

Dr Suzuki links University of California, Berkeley, Professor Miguel Altieri's «Principles and strategies for designing sustainable farming systems ``.

Paper at: Ecomit, 5th international scientific conference on sustainable farming systems, Piestany, Slovakia, 5 - 7 November 2008.

«IFOAM shall position Organic Agriculture better in its own and the public perception as a holistic, sustainable farming system that is committed to further develop its practices to meet traditional and new challenges.

In addition to our organic certification, our produce is grown in a sustainable farming system that nourishes a healthy ecosystem, cares for our environment and fosters safe working conditions for our family of employees.

Vietnam and IRRI worked hand in hand in areas of varietal improvement, conservation of rice diversity, sustainable farming systems, and in the continued strengthening of human resources capabilities.

It also recognises that farming is political and a sustainable farming system requires us to challenge the current power imbalance in the food system and put the control of seeds and other resources into the hands of the estimated two billion small farmers, fisherfolk, peasants and pastoralists that currently feed our world.

Research collaboration is ongoing, including pest and disease management, sustainable farming systems, and conserving the genetic diversity of rice, with breeding new rice varieties remaining a priority.

These activities offer efficient production, but they lay bare a clay - like soil that quickly degenerates in the glare of the sun — the exact opposite of a resilient, sustainable farming system.

Having been given a brief crash course in Permaculture by Darren on Waiheke Island I decided to find out a bit more about this sustainable farming system by paying a visit to New Zealand's resident Permaculture guru Joe Polaischer.