Sentences with phrase «yield reductions of»

This result is related to a declining yield gap between irrigated and rain - fed agriculture caused by yield reductions of irrigated crops due to higher temperatures, or yield increases of rain - fed crops due to more precipitation.
For example, in the report Assessing an IPCC Assessment (PBL, 2010a), PBL states ``... the [IPCC] authors made plausible that, due to current climate variability, the yields in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia have been varying annually, including yield reductions of nearly 70 % in individual years, in the period between 2000 and 2006.»
For the sake of estimating the potential cost, let us assume that it proves necessary to extract 100 ppm of CO2 (yielding a reduction of airborne CO2 of about 50 ppm) and let us assign each country the responsibility to clean up its fraction of cumulative emissions.
Under mass - based compliance, the generation would first be multiplied by an emissions rate of 0.8 short tons per MWh, yielding a reduction of 80 short tons.
For the sake of estimating the potential cost, let us assume that it proves necessary to extract 100 ppm of CO2 (yielding a reduction of airborne CO2 of about 50 ppm) and let us assign each country the responsibility to clean up its fraction of cumulative emissions.

Not exact matches

THE QUOTE: «The U.S. dollar has put on a compelling show overnight as the stars align on the back of higher U.S. yields and a considerable reduction in the U.S. dollar's geopolitical risk premium as an outwardly calmer mood surrounding trade and geopolitical risk takes hold,» Stephen Innes of OANDA said in a commentary.
For example, one of their commissioned studies says that a reduction in regulation (Ontario level to Alberta level, however measured) will yield a total of 10,600 jobs.
In a working paper entitled «Taxation and Economic Efficiency» Department of Finance concluded that tax reductions on savings and investment yield higher efficiency gains than tax reductions on consumption.
But despite two rate hikes and impending balance sheet reduction, the 10 - year yield has moved 15 % lower since early March while the dollar has been weakening — both contrary to many forecasts at the start of 2017.
Don't go barking up the wrong tree in the Year of the Dog A predictable wave of profit taking and risk reduction, as is standard form ahead of US long weekends, dominated Friday session leading to USD gains as US yields pulled back.
Notably, the market began to reduce yields well in advance of reductions by the U.S. Federal Reserve, a point we first made in November of 2015 (The Market Leads and the Fed Follows).
That's because most states and health insurers found a way to price their plans after the loss of cost - sharing reductions so that they actually yielded better deals for many Americans who buy insurance through Obamacare.
And so the yield curve could possibly approach inversion, but it may or may not occur or stay there very long because at that stage of the game, the flattening of the yield curve will greatly intensify all the other effects — the reduction in the reserve, monetary, and credit aggregates, as well as the weakness in velocity.
In bonds, yield levels have become somewhat compressed, finally prompting a reduction in our TIPS position to bring the overall duration of the Strategic Total Return Fund to about 1 year.
GFI argues that though it is true that plant - based products already exist, there may be significant room for the improvement of plant - based technology, and improving plant - based technology may yield shorter - term traction, i.e., greater market share, than the cultured foods.119 Recently developed plant - based products already seem to seem to represent improvements from past products; for example, the Impossible Burger, released in 2016, has received favorable reviews from vegans and omnivores alike.120 GFI's fostering and promotion of the development of similarly popular plant - based products could cause a significant reduction in the demand for animal products, particularly if they focus on plant - based chicken and fish and if they convince institutions to serve the plant - based products rather than animal products.121
As he wrote earlier in this chapter, any use of the test as «a substitute for searching conversation» about world view / setting and the other dimensions of narrative explored later in the book was in his view more likely to yield a mechanist reduction than a deepened symbolic understanding.
It refers to the yield that can be sustained without causing a deterioration of the carrying capacity of the resource and therefore a reduction in the yield.
Lopez is referring to the study released by Test Biotech which states that the samples of Golden Rice were found to have lower yields due to the «substantial reduction» of chlorophyll in the rice plants.
«The optimisation resulted in significant reduction of flow disruption, increased product yield, and reduced variation and scrap.
Mr Altschwager agreed that a reduction is needed, but says the lower - quality areas producing the bulk of the country's grapes can become profitable more quickly than the lower - yielding ones.
A new study now finds, that backcrossing of the genetically engineered Golden Rice, with the Indian mega rice variety Swarna, leads to morphological changes such as pale green leaves, a reduced plant height and a drastic reduction in yield.
They include: high levels of degraded soils; reductions in irrigation quotas to restore the health of the Murray - Darling system; the re-forestation of some agricultural land to meet emissions reductions targets; the impacts of peak oil, such as the diversion of food crops into feed - stock for biofuels; and the price and crop yield implications of peak phosphorous, given Australia's dependence on imported fertilisers.
Initially the use of conventional seeds was maintained, but substantial yield reductions necessitated a change in response.
Today, the adoption of high - yielding, uniform cultivars and varieties has led to a considerable reduction in the number of plants and animals used in agriculture.
Collaborating with its customers, Salt of the Earth's R&D department yielded a 25 - 35 % sodium reduction across a variety of vegan and vegetarian products using its Mediterranean vegetable umami extract, which combines sea salt with tomato concentrates, mushroom and seaweed extracts using a proprietary process.
If you had a breast reduction surgery or your baby was delivered prematurely before completing the course of pregnancy, you might be facing problems in latching on and milk yield.
Its cationic Q - functional chemistry reduces host cell DNA by 4 Log Reduction Value (LRV) or greater and Host Cell Protein (HCP) load by 25 - 35 per cent, while also exhibiting very low non-specific protein binding for high yield of therapeutic proteins.
And reforms to the work and study tiers of the Points - Based System have been estimated by government impact assessments to yield reductions in net migration smaller than required if they are to bear a proportionate share of a reduction in net migration large enough to meet the numerical goal.
Susan Zimet, a legislator in Ulster Count in the Hudson Valley region, said that the plan would not yield the kind of tax reduction some homeowners have hoped for.
The on topic Q&A included redesign plans for other streets, especially Queens Boulevard, why the administration attributes the reduction in pedestrian fatalities to Vision Zero and not to regular year - to - year variances, how the administration actually knows that driving speeds are reduced, why so few street redesign projects have been done on Staten Island, data for any changes in safety at this E.Tremont / Silver Street intersection, why Commissioner Bratton did not attend, why there are few speeding and failure to yield tickets issued in this (45th) precinct, the negative effect of speed bumps on emergency response vehicles, plans for marking and painting of roads, whether the mayor will seek additional red light camera authorizations from the state legislature, the paucity of criminal prosecutions against drivers who kill pedestrians and an estimate of money received from speed camera tickets.
Early signs of a reduction in humus stocks due to the stagnating harvest yields can already be observed.
DeLaune said previous field studies from the Rolling Plains and adjacent High Plains demonstrated mixed results, with some showing a reduction in soil moisture and cash crop yield due to cover crops and others indicating no significant impact of cover crops on subsequent fiber yield.
«The peanut genome project will lead to reduction in production costs through development of disease - resistant varieties and improved yield for farmers, speed of selection and release of new varieties for breeders and potential for improvement of nutritional value of peanuts for consumers,» Nwosu said.
Overall, the yield of lentils, peanuts and pigeon peas were found to experience lower drought - induced reduction, according to the paper.
Another factor affecting yield loss was legumes grown in soil with medium texture also exhibited greater yield reduction compared to those planted in soil of either coarse or fine texture.
The reason using existing cropland for biofuels tends not to show up as yielding large reductions in greenhouse gas emissions is simply because those croplands are already absorbing large quantities of carbon.
Worldwide this would correspond to 42 million tons of yield reduction, which equals a quarter of current global wheat trade.
The PBL found that «this statement is not directly a statement of climate change, but of climate variability: in individual years, drought can cause up to 50 per cent yield reductions».
In essence, for every 10 percent reduction in crop yield as a result of climate change an additional 2 percent of Mexicans would emigrate.
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (February 2, 2017)-- Reductions of spike - ethylene, a plant - aging hormone, could increase wheat yields by 10 to 15 percent in warm locations, according to a recent study published in New Phytologist journal.
«Whilst these diets don't test low sugar per se, they suggest a general reduction in carbohydrate (a significant proportion of this reduction will be in refined sugars) does not yield a clear extra benefit on blood sugar levels compared to other forms of diet.
These facilities and those that follow will be driven by the same dynamic as grain ethanol, namely that industry profitability will be driven by ongoing reduction of processing costs such as enzymes and energy, as well as by increasing yields.
Pemetrexed yielded a statistically significant 22 % reduction in the overall risk of death, for a hazard ratio of 0.78 (95 % CI, 0.64 — .096).
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But 2 - 3 cups per day of caffeinated coffee, via caffeine and possibly chlorogenic acid (below), can yield a modest weight reduction.
A school that chose to dedicate the role of one school social worker to fill this function would find its investment in resources would yield returns many times over, including reductions in need for highly specialized services and much more efficient progress with troubled youths and their families.
Investigating the causal effect of school spending increases generated by the passage of SFRs, we conclude that increasing per - pupil spending yields large improvements in educational attainment, wages, and family income, and reductions in the annual incidence of adult poverty for children from low - income families.
As in the case of preschool, there is some research evidence that suggests class - size reduction can yield significant gains in student achievement in the early grades.
If we do, we would conclude that, in general, education expenditures have little effect on student performance, that increasing teacher pay yields no effect, that the effects of class - size reduction depend very much on the state in which it is implemented, that monies should be set aside so that teachers who say they need them have more materials.
Much has been written about this pared - back Porsche, and while the choice of «R» moniker has riled some (not least evo's own Monkey Harris), there's no question that applying the Boxster Spyder weight reduction programme to the Cayman has yielded a car for the true connoisseur.
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