Sentences with phrase «use yields increasing»

An expanded, energetic view of the demographic transition is that increasing energy use yields increasing development, thus decreasing mortality, and eventually decreasing fertility.

Not exact matches

These farms use advanced hydroponic systems to reduce water consumption and increase crop yield.

For instance, in the travel and hospitality industry, predictive analytics techniques have been used for acquiring customers in a cost - effective manner, for fine - tuning marketing offers that increase repeat - usage, and for increasing revenue through effective cross selling and better yield management.

If at this point we found that using an interest rate of 6.8 % in our calculations did not yield the exact bond price, we would have to continue our trials and test interest rates increasing in 0.01 % increments.

The Total Return approach used in our Global Equity Strategies emphasises the importance of dividend yield and dividend growth as well as price increases.

For profit impact Increasing yield using an irrigation system will allow smallholders to move away from substistence farming and become truly commercial.

Beyond that, zinc can be used to increase crop yields and quality, and it is an essential nutrient for human development and disease prevention.

The new fund will use what are called constant maturity swap curve caps to bet on both a steepening of the US yield curve and an increase in curve volatility.

ADP's dividend would increase about 35 percent, pushing up the dividend yield from 2 percent to 3 percent, if all the earnings per share upside is used for dividend payouts, according to BofA.

«We continue to look for ways to efficiently use our own resources to support their R&D as well as helping manufacturers to launch value - added products, increase yields, improve product shelf life, clean up their labels and to improve logistics,» he says.

«Port Fish pioneered the use of surimi decanter technology, increasing yields by more than 30 percent.

Heavy tilling, multiple harvests and abundant use of agrochemicals have increased yields at the expense of long - term sustainability.

The DA has announced its intended program Masagana 6000 which it said will focus on increasing rice yields to 6000 kilos per hectare through the use of hybrid rice.

While many of our solutions will work right across all three of these fresh food areas, here are some specific integrated systems which are currently in use, meeting the above challenges as well as increasing yields of packed product through improved accuracy and reduced giveaway.

Better food production efficiency can reduce waste, manage costs, increase yields and maximize the use of costly raw materials.

Chicken tenders with a 31 % fat reduction using CPM MC showed improved crispiness and crunchiness, plus higher moisture retention, leading to increased yield.

We use new approaches for increasing yield potential, such as marker - assisted breeding to develop the next generation of rice varieties suited for irrigated environments in Asia.

Using rice cultivar mixtures: a sustainable approach for managing diseases and increasing yield Integrated natural resource management for rice production

Breeding to enhance yield potential of rice at IRRI: the ideotype approach Development and use of hybrid rice technology to increase rice productivity in the tropics

«The use of the Rice Crop Manager will hopefully bring an increase in yield or productivity, and also raise the income of farmers by about Php 4,000 per crop per hectare,» said Dr. Manny Regalado, acting deputy director for research at the Department of Agriculture - Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA - PhilRice).

A 2011 report from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research found that between 1985 and 2009, IRRI varieties and breeding lines contributed, on average, 50 % of the annual yield increases in southern Vietnam and the use of new varieties increased Vietnamese rice farmers» income by US$ 127 per hectare (in 2009 values) per year during the study period.

Using cultivated and wild varieties, we are developing new sugarcane varieties with increased yield, sugar content and smut resistance.

• Chemical pre-treatment: Mild caustic treatment, at an elevated temperature, is used for partial hydrolysis of hard - to - digest polysaccharides and proteins, increasing biogas yields.

A wide variety of mulches has been used with peppers, and determining the one that is right for the home garden depends upon a number of factors, including climate, decomposition of the mulch, and the use of colored mulches to increase yield.

«Research how to pump properly to increase your yield and make sure you are using the best pump to reach your goals.

You could also use Chele Marmet's «Massage - Stroke - Shake (M - S - S) Technique» during your pumping sessions to increase your milk yield.

• «The Magic Number» teaching concept to help mothers maintain their milk supplies while pumping • Breast massage and compression to help mothers increase breast milk yields and overcome breastfeeding difficulties • New, more - conservative guidelines on the use of galactogogues • Fenugreek, milk volume, and prolactin levels in mothers of preterm infants • The safety and efficacy of placenta consumption as a galactogogue • Preparation, cleaning, and sterilization of breast pump parts • Appropriate use of nipple shields to improve breastfeeding outcomes • The importance of the mother - infant relationship in babies» growth and development

There is evidence from Canada and Argentina that initially yields increased with GM and pesticide use fell.However, Charles Benbrook, an independent US scientist formerly of the US Department of Agriculture, carried out a series of systematic studies that showed that over a five - year period, yields began to fall and pesticide use markedly increased to counter the proliferation of volunteers and superweeds.

Open Senate was developed as part of an overall Information Technology modernization project in the Senate, initiated with the election of a new Senate Majority in January 2009, which has yielded in excess of $ 500,000 in annual net savings to date; savings have derived primarily from increasing the Senate's ability to create and maintain technology in - house, including using a combination of free open - source software and low - cost Software - As - A Service (SaaS) solutions whenever possible, thus enabling the Senate to cancel unnecessary maintenance and service contracts, and decommission expensive obsolete computer systems.

Due to the lower costs of production (lower pesticide use) and higher yields resulting from the planting of Bt cotton, farmers have experienced increased incomes.

Researchers at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid have obtained biochar using manure waste, a new material that can improve soil properties and increase crop yields.

«Using it, we were able to improve resistance to drought - related stress, and increased the grain yield of rice in dry field conditions.

By using an intensified management system that included increased plant population, transgenic (Bt trait) insect resistance, strobilurin - containing fungicide, balanced crop nutrition (phosphorus - sulfur - zinc), and supplemental side - dressed nitrogen, the researchers saw a yield increase of 28 percent more corn grain compared to that of a standard management system.

In Africa, improving infrastructure, better fertilizer use, improved irrigation and other constraints can be relieved to increase yield.

This study indicates that corn yields in Illinois can be increased by about 28 percent using commercially available technologies and hybrids.

In February, at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in St. Louis, he captivated the crowd with early results from a project in Africa that uses low - cost fertilizers and improved farming techniques to increase crop yields several times over.

«We will have direct connection with organic rice farmers to show them what kind of management practices or tools they can use for managing pests and for yield increase,» Zhou said.

Since initial studies published several years ago promoted biochar, farmers around the world have been using it as a soil additive to increase fertility and crop yields.

Using a technique called association genetics, they found that the gene with the biggest effect on increasing susceptibility to Septoria is very closely linked to one that increases yield and grain size.

Genetically modified crops that produce the pest - killing toxin Bt increase yields and reduce the use of noxious chemical insecticides.

The data showed that the soy - dairy blend yields an increase in select amino acid delivery for about an hour longer than the use of whey protein alone.

Studies from Iowa State University and the University of Missouri [PDF] found that so - called preventive use of fungicides increased soybean yields by as much as 20 percent.

«We're looking at the genes and gene networks involved in stem cell proliferation, meristem development and flowering and branching,» said Van Eck, «with the end goal being that maybe genes that we identify in tomato, which is strictly being used as a model, might help us understand what can be done to increase yield in other crops.»

First identified by William Jevons in 1865 — when he noticed more efficient engines increased rather than reduced coal use, as engines were put into more widespread use — the rebound effect for higher yields could see food prices drop, encouraging greater consumption, more food waste and even more conversion of habitats to farmland.

Using high - performance computing and genetic engineering to boost the photosynthetic efficiency of plants offers the best hope of increasing crop yields enough to feed a planet expected to have 9.5 billion people on it by 2050, researchers report in the journal Cell.

The authors describe a series of «land - sparing mechanisms» that link yield increases with habitat protection, such as land - use zoning and smart subsidy schemes, along with real - world examples that show how they can work — from India to Latin America.

«If yields are increased using large quantities of fertilisers and pesticides, they can pollute the air and rivers.

His current research seeks to document how people on either side of the controversy collect and use evidence about the claim that GMOs increase crop yields.

Bajzelj points out that higher yields will also require more mineral fertiliser use and increased water demand for irrigation.

Until the super rice proves itself in commercial use, however, some experts fear that Murphy's Law may whittle down the 25 per cent yield increase the IRRI is claiming.