Sentences with phrase «sustainable plant production»

Intense biological activity promotes metabolism between soil and plants and should be a focus of sustainable plant production and fertilizer management.

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Opening their Reclaimed Fibre Plant in the English Lake District in July at a cost of # 5 million, the company reiterated their credentials for industry - leading innovation that leads the way in sustainable paper production.

To continue building my capacity in the field of plant pathology so I can provide farmers with practical scientific solutions to reducing in - crop and post-harvest losses, thereby contributing to sustainable food production, increased financial stability and food security.

Case Study 2: From Plant Wastes to Sustainable Aquafeeds — The NovacqTM Case History Dr Cedric J. Simon, Senior Research Scientist in Aquaculture Nutrition, Integrated Sustainable Aquaculture Production, Agriculture and Food Business Unit, CSIRO

And in the rush to increase production, it caused a shift from traditional, sustainable coffee growing methods (with coffee plants grown in the shade of diverse native trees) to intense monocultures that require large inputs of fertilizer and pesticides which bring about a loss in biodiversity and quickly deplete the land.

Ph.D. in Plant Science from McGill University, Professor and Loblaw Chair in Sustainable Food Production at the Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph.

They wrote that plants are a «bio-renewable, sustainable, diversified platform for the production of therapeutic nanoparticles.»

Schroeder is also co-director of a new research entity at UC San Diego called «Food and Fuel for the 21st Century,» which is designed to apply basic research on plants to sustainable food and biofuel production.

More efficient irrigation management has become a primary focus in sustainable container plant production as growers look for ways to improve resource use and mitigate negative environmental impacts of fertilizers and pesticides that are often found in nursery runoff.

Creating Biotechnology Solutions Who is SemBioSys SemBioSys Genetics Inc. is a plant biotechnology company with a powerful technology that enables production of high - value pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical products in an affordable and sustainable manner.

Universities should work with funding bodies to reverse the decline in subjects relevant to a sustainable intensification of food crop production, such as agronomy, plant physiology, pathology and general botany, soil science, environmental microbiology, weed science and entomology.

Protecting crop plants from diseases and adverse growing conditions is key to achieving sustainable food production.

«This joint effort between USDA and DOE will help accelerate research in the critical area of plant feed stocks, which hold one key to making biofuels production both cost effective and sustainable on a national scale,» said Energy Secretary Steven Chu in a statement.

Performance Plants Inc.'s proven suite of biotech products in two distinct but complementary industries — food production and renewable clean energy — provide the most direct path to building a sustainable and profitable future for the world.

Centre for Jatropha Promotion & Biodiesel (CJP) is the Global authority for scientific commercialization of Jatropha & other non-food biofuel crops and designs and implements the growing of non-food biofuel crops worldwide in a structured Agri - Supply chain, Value additions and research activities thereon & provides technology and services from «Soil to Oil» for the breeding, development, planting and harvesting of next - generation commercial biofuel crops CJP has been engaged in promoting sustainable farming for biodiesel production since last one decade and its research findings and on - hand field experiences in respect of various technical, agronomical / silvicultural aspects of plantations of Jatropha have resulted in significant improvements in knowledge and technical background related to Productivity, profitability and sustainability of commercial production of Jatropha oil crop.

SAHTA have stated in various publications that to ensure that the honeybush plants and all of their species are protected, a sustainable rebalance of wild and cultivated production of honeybush tea must occur, and we plan to be a large part of this rebalancing process.

This is the sixth and last post from the Nourishing Words Blog, where author and course participant Eleanor Baron muses on conserving water, sustainable cheese production and the call towards a plant - based diet.

It wasn't entirely straightforward to find one plant - based fabric that would meet all the requirements of sustainable production, durability, and then compostability.

Furthermore, the Dutch cooperative «Duurzame Energieproductie Pluimveehouderij (DEP)» (Sustainable Energy Production in the Poultry Sector) gives its 629 poultry farming members a eco-friendly and profitable waste management option by allowing them to provide chicken waste to the power plant.

This is the fifth post from the Nourishing Words Blog, where author and course participant Eleanor Baron muses on conserving water, sustainable cheese production and the call towards a plant - based diet.

51 Fig. 20 - 14, p. 481 Cut fossil fuel use (especially coal) Shift from coal to natural gas Improve energy efficiency Shift to renewable energy resources Transfer energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies to developing countries Reduce deforestation Use more sustainable agriculture and forestry Limit urban sprawl Reduce poverty Slow population growth Remove CO 2 from smoke stack and vehicle emissions Store (sequester) CO2 by planting trees Sequester CO 2 deep underground Sequester CO 2 in soil by using no - till cultivation and taking cropland out of production Sequester CO 2 in the deep ocean Repair leaky natural gas pipelines and facilities Use animal feeds that reduce CH 4 emissions by belching cows Solutions Global Warming PreventionCleanup