Sentences with phrase «vital as agriculture»

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At the Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C., some scientists will be working as usual because they have been deemed essential personnel vital to maintaining health and safety.

Our findings have important implications for society and the economy as pollinating insects are vital to support agriculture and wild plant biodiversity.»

The Mongabay blog has some useful additional background on how agriculture, as well as aquaculture, eats away at these vital buffers to storms and nurseries for marine life and birds.

Normalization of the role of genetic modification in agriculture — and a fadeout for «frankenfood» campaigns — is most likely to come as consumers realize the varied applications of this versatile, and increasingly vital, technology.

prokaryotes — Biochar is best categorized simply as an adjunct to sustainable organic agriculture, like proper composting, it improves all aspects of soil productivity: tilth, fertility and vital nutrient sequestration.

As the Southeastern Legal Foundation admits, the numbers from Morocco's National Communication lend support to the statement in Agoumi (2003) that «studies on the future of vital agriculture in the region have shown the following risks, which are linked to climate change:... deficient yields from rain - based agriculture of up to 50 per cent during the 2000 — 2020 period.»

Washington's diverse landscapes sustain the state's economically vital fishing industry, timber trade, and agriculture, as well as a vibrant tourism industry that contributes $ 17 billion to the state's economy.

As Wendy explained how the coal mines have decimated the underground water supply, vital to the agriculture, viniculture, and animal husbandry in Hunter Valley, Wendy told me, «Water is life.»

• reducing the risk of major killers like heart disease, stroke and cancers while cutting exposure to food borne pathogens; • offering a viable answer to feeding the world's hungry, through more efficient use of grains and other crops; • saving animals from suffering in factory farm conditions and from painful slaughter; • conserving vital, but limited freshwater, fertile topsoil and other precious resources; • preserving irreplaceable ecosystems, such as rainforests and other wildlife habitats; • mitigating the ever - expanding environmental pollution of animal agriculture; and the list goes on.

This is of vital importance to all peoples of the world, as the loss of the arctic ice poses such grave dangers to society, to agriculture, to climate, to weather and to war as to dwarf all other aspects of arctic modelling at this time.

Oregon About Blog The Small Farmer's Journal has steadfastly held that the most important, useful and vital component of all agriculture is the independent family farm, that operation which is held close for comfort, care and fertility; that operation which is held dear, near and tightly as it is truly part of the family.