Sentences with phrase «world as an agriculture»

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As urban sprawl encroaches on the world's arable land, and environmental disasters send food prices soaring, innovators are seeking to take agriculture off the farm.

Egypt and Sudan if assisted with agriculture projects they will suffice the world need for food... but seems that is known but unwanted by those who want to keep in control or area as a market for their own agriculture produce such as Wheat, Maze & Soybean...

For within the arcology everyone would have convenient access to all its inner facilities, as well as to the world of agriculture and wilderness outside.

Whether it is the sprawl of deserts or the loss of tropical forests as the world's poor cut trees for firewood and clear land for agriculture, or the ineluctable warming of the planet as vehicles and factories deposit millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, «economic pressures lie behind them all» (Tolba 1991, p. 10).

So as the sun rises over Paris, the world stands at the beginning of a new era where agriculture, which was responsible for human civilization to evolve, will be responsible for human civilization to survive.

Ken's articles have appeared in leading food and agriculture publications and websites such as Civil Eats, Harvest Public Media, Prepared Foods, Natural Foods Merchandiser, Food Processing, and World Grain as well as The Huffington Post, Yahoo News, Mother Earth News, and others.

By promoting sustainable changes among not just agriculture but its entire supply chain and itself, McDonald's is living by its belief that sustainability is «inextricably linked to its business growth,» and that the world's sustainability is tied to McDonald's sustainability, as well.

Mr. DiCaprio joins World Wildlife Fund President Yolanda Kakabadse, and Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and Executive Director of UNICEF Ann Veneman as a member of the company's Advisory Board.

In 1992, AOECS received observer status for the Codex Alimentarius Commission - an organization consisting of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) with the task to adopt standards as guidelines for food legislation in the various countries.

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Serving as a forum for the discussion and analysis of the contemporary situation for organic agriculture in Latin America, the Caribbean and the world

Previous to the CSWA and Fetzer positions, Thrupp served as Life Scientist & Policy Specialist at U.S. EPA Region 9, consultant to both Robert Mondavi Winery and the Funders Agricultural Working Group, and Director of Sustainable Agriculture at World Resources Institute.

At its core is a focus on building Ireland's reputation as a world leader in safe, sustainable agriculture and food production, whilst enhancing competitiveness by supporting innovation and building export capabilities.

Unfortunately honey bee populations in some parts of the world are at risk from a number of interacting factors such as agriculture intensification, Varroa mite, bee pathogens, changes in bee food supplements and pesticides.

The British may have looted India to a great extent, but they also did some good, especially with agriculture in the country, as India became the largest producer of spices in the world.

More farmers cultivate organically, more land is certified organic, and 170 countries report organic farming activities (up from 164) as shown in the 2015 edition of the FiBL - IFOAM study «The World of Organic Agriculture».

PARIS — Organic farming may yield up to a third less of some crop types, according to a study proposing a hybrid with conventional agriculture as the best way to feed the world without destroying it.

Also on Tuesday, at the «Appetite for Action» event, Wiebe Draijer — as head of Rabobank, the world's leading food and agriculture bank — announced Kickstart Waste, a 3 - year program to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals» Target 12.3 on food loss and waste.

In 2005 the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, which monitors the state of the world's forests every few years, reported that 13 million hectares of global forests are lost annually, including 6 million hectares of what are described as primary forests - some of the most biologically diverse ecological systems in the world.

Arsenic (As) exposure from rice is of particular concern for infants and children.1 - 4 Infant rice cereal, a common first food, 5,6 may contain inorganic As concentrations exceeding the recommendation from the Codex Alimentarius Commission of the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations of 200 ng / g for polished (white) rice, 4 the new European Union regulations of 100 ng / g for products aimed at infants7 (eTable 1 in the Supplement), and the proposed US Food and Drug Administration limit.8 Infants consuming only a few servings of rice cereal or other products (eg, rice snacks) per day may exceed the now - withdrawn provisional weekly tolerable intakes for As set by the Joint Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization Expert Committee on Food Additives.9, 10

He also admitted that while the EU had played an important part in launching the latest round of world trade talks, it was perceived to be a major blockage in refusing to give up subsidies on key sectors such as agriculture.

Speaking to the Bolgatanga Traditional Council in the Upper East Region about his plans for Ghana's agriculture in a future Akufo - Addo government, the three - time flag bearer of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) said: «As far as this part of our world is concerned, I want to go further and talk about one village one dam.&raquAs far as this part of our world is concerned, I want to go further and talk about one village one dam.&raquas this part of our world is concerned, I want to go further and talk about one village one dam.»

«It would not necessarily be the end of the world if agriculture and manufacturing shrank further as a proportion of the economy,» the report says.

Speaking to the Bolgatanga Traditional Council in the Upper East Region about his plans for Ghana's agriculture, Akufo - Addo said: «As far as this part of our world is concerned, I want to go further and talk about one village, one dam.&raquAs far as this part of our world is concerned, I want to go further and talk about one village, one dam.&raquas this part of our world is concerned, I want to go further and talk about one village, one dam.»

The startup's website describes the company as a «controlled environment agriculture company» that plans to bring the «freshest, most nutritious and locally grown leafy green foods to people all over the world.»

He lamented over what he regarded as era of extinction of crude oil in the world, saying the sharp drop in the global prices of crude oil was a signal to the fact that government at all levels need to shift face to agriculture.

Hear him: «Let me assure you that if I am elected President, the world will have no cause to worry about Nigeria as it has had to recently; that Nigeria will return to its stabilising role in West Africa; and that no inch of Nigerian territory will ever be lost to the enemy because we will pay special attention to the welfare of our soldiers in and out of service; we will give them adequate and modern arms and ammunition to work with; we will improve intelligence gathering and border controls to choke Boko Haram's financial and equipment channels; we will be tough on terrorism and tough on its root causes by initiating a comprehensive economic development plan promoting infrastructural development, job creation, agriculture and industry in the affected areas.

The last Democrat to represent Binghamton in the Senate took over the chair of the agriculture committee after Sen. Franklin Roosevelt vacated the position to begin serving as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, four years before the United States entered World War I.

Such an approach can effectively address the policy challenges facing the country and in some cases the world, including those raised by concerns such as climate change, health care issues, trade, terrorism and agriculture, said Pearl.

But even without record - breaking heat, recent years have seen food riots from Bangladesh to Haiti as world agriculture was pushed to the breaking point by a combination of greater demand for food, biofuels and poor weather.

As of 2006, an estimated 36 percent of the world's workers are employed in agriculture (down from 42 % in 1996), making it by far the most common occupation.

So you've already begun to set up a kind of haves and have - nots, an imbalance where the poorest people in the world who vitally depend on agriculture as a development tool, in addition to providing food security, are now being even further disadvantaged.

In other words, the basis for claims that organic agriculture can't feed the world depend as much on specific farming methods as on the type of farm.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization is mounting an effort to address insects as human food and is planning a world conference for 2013.

Such evidence accumulates from later periods as humans around the world abandoned a nomadic existence for a more settled one, leading eventually to the creation of agriculture and states.

But Cavendish is susceptible to the new Foc Tropical Race 4 (Foc - TR4) strain, and could meet the same fate as Gros Michel if the fungus reaches Latin America, the world's leading banana exporter, says Rony Swennen of the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, and a banana breeder at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Dar es Salaam.

The International Energy Agency first said two years ago that global energy - sector emissions had declined while the world expanded economically, though critics point out that the measurement excludes emissions from other sources, such as agriculture (ClimateWire, March 17).

Swidden, or slash - and - burn, agriculture was once practiced throughout the world as a means to cultivate on otherwise infertile soils.

To find out, let's imagine what would happen if the whole world decided to eliminate meat, milk and eggs from its diet, then trace the effects as they ripple throughout agriculture, the environment and society.

Nevertheless, they are recognized as important pests in agriculture and forestry all over the world.

Probiotics have been defined by the Food and Agriculture Organization - World Health Organization as «live microorganisms which, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit to the host.»

Of these, 40 — such as the Holstein - Friesian cow, White Leghorn chicken, and Large White pig — form the basis of industrial agriculture in the developed world; in fact, 90 percent of cattle in the industrialized world come from just six breeds.

The introduction of cold - tolerant crops such as barley and wheat may have helped agriculture spread to the roof of the world.

Lal calculates that land - use changes such as these have stripped 70 billion to 100 billion tons of carbon from the world's soils and pumped it into the earth's atmosphere, oceans, and lakes since the dawn of agriculture.

«If the agriculture industry is to be subsidised, then paying farmers to protect the environment — rather than just stripping as much use from the land as possible — is something our study has shown to be effective, and something the natural world is in dire need of.»

A feasible model of south - south cooperation in agriculture research, such as the IRRI South Asia Centre, has the potential to change the lives of 145 million rice farmers all over the world.»

The goal of this activity is to get as many people as possible around the world fascinated by plants and enthused about the importance of plant science for agriculture, in sustainably producing food, as well as for horticulture, forestry, and all of the non-food products such as paper, timber, chemicals, energy, and pharmaceuticals.

The report credited the Montreal Protocol, which it called «one of the world's most successful environmental treaties,» for the recovery of the ozone layer, which it projects will help prevent two million cases of skin cancer by 2030, besides preventing damage to humans» immune systems as well as wildlife and agriculture.

This seminar, intended for students from all academic majors, will examine the evolution of energy supply, energy demand and the global energy system as a whole, from the rise of photosynthesis to the development of agriculture, the Industrial revolution, and the modern, carbon - constrained world.

He serves on the World Health Organization's Roster of Experts, as a consultant for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N., and on the 4 - person Steering Committee of OFFLU (OIE - FAO Network of Expertise for Influenzas).