Sentence examples for devastating agricultural from inspiring English sources

Addressing the opening session of the Africa-France summit meeting in Paris, Mr. Annan said that in addition to devastating agricultural production, AIDS has weakened the most vital and productive sectors of African civil society, ushering in "a governance and development crisis of catastrophic dimensions".

Triphysaria is closely related to the devastating agricultural weeds Striga and Orobanche; however, Triphysaria itself has no agricultural significance.

Parasitic Orobanchaceae growing in Africa and the Mediterranean include the devastating agricultural pests witchweed (Striga) and broomrape (Orobanche and Phelipanche), respectively.

In Southeast Asia, Pomacea canaliculata and Pomacea insularum have become devastating agricultural pests, especially of rice [ 4- 6], raising concern for U.S. rice growing regions.

Members of the Fusarium graminearum species complex cause Fusarium head blight or scab of wheat and barley and result in devastating agricultural losses worldwide due to yield reduction as well as their ability to contaminate grains with trichothecene mycotoxins (Goswami and Kistler 2004; Kazan et al. 2012).

The understanding of the processes subjacent to GC differentiation and maintenance, as well as a deeper knowledge of RKN mode of parasitism, will provide tools for new control methods of these devastating agricultural pests.

First impacting the islands of the Lesser Antilles, Dean's path through the Caribbean devastated agricultural crops, particularly those of Martinique and Jamaica.

RVF in livestock can devastate agricultural communities; it causes almost 100% mortality rates among young animals and high abortion rates among livestock.

Some states will lose a substantial amount of their income from the federal government, those with large military contractors will face devastating cuts, agricultural services will be curtailed, and with the loss of air traffic controllers and gate security personnel, flying will become a nightmare.

The Earth Orb and the Fire Orb followed, plaguing the earth with raging wildfires, and devastating the agricultural town of Melmond as the plains and vegetation decayed.

Heavy overconsumption, coupled with poor rainfall, have ravaged its water resources and devastated its agricultural output.