Sentences with phrase «yields immediate benefits»

But promoting disaster reduction at local level by supporting community - coping strategies is far more effective and yields immediate benefits that stretch beyond just tackling climate - driven disasters.

If SNS put even a fraction of that effort into community engagement around getting more kids to eat school breakfast, for example, it would yield immediate benefits for the program.

Sullivan urged scientists to contribute constructively to conversations about the role of scientific enterprise, calling for a buildup of the «stores of scientific knowledge» rather than investment only in what we think may yield immediate benefits.

These experiments may not yield immediate benefits in terms of increased test scores, but they might serve the needs of individual children and help us find promising breakthroughs that could someday enjoy mass appeal and application.

Not exact matches

Although the complete transformation of soil ingredients into true terra preta may take several years, soil scientists have shown that the mixture can have immediate benefits when added to nutrient - poor soils.Experiments outside of Manaus have shown that the yield in plots treated with charcoal and fertilizer (which contains plant nutrients), a mix similar in composition to terra preta, was double the yield of plots treated with fertilizer alone.

Further, consuming high rates of certain vegetation and land - based animals that may yield immediate energetic gains could, instead, provide other benefits such as fulfilling vitamin / mineral requirements, diluting toxins and assessing new foods for potential switching.