After World War II the French government instituted a program of consolidation, whereby the scattered parcels of individual farmers were grouped into larger blocks that would accommodate heavier, mechanized cultivation.
Palm oil's use in a wide variety of consumer products, together with the heavy impact that its cultivation has had on forests in Indonesia and Malaysia, has made it a priority commodity for conservationists and for sustainably minded companies.
He attempted to improve the lives of Soviet citizens through the increased production of consumer goods — as opposed to Stalin's focus on military production and heavy industry — and greater cultivation of food, though his agricultural policies were misguided and ineffective.
albimanus mosquitoes, which contributed to epidemics associated with heavy rainfall or rice cultivation because larvae require sunlit water (2, 5 ).
To profit from this demand, nobles and other landlords took back peasant holdings, expanded their own cultivation, and made heavy demands for peasant labour services.
Previous research by Yap et al. ([2009]) also suggested that the use of NPK fertilizers in rice cultivation significantly increase heavy metal content in rice plants.
The solution was then adjusted to pH 3.0 with 1 N H2SO4 (Merck, Darmstadt, Germany) to remove heavy metals that would affect cultivation.
However, considering the heavy exposures associated with the cultivation and harvesting of RHDV in live rabbits and the known infectivity of Q fever, C. burnetii was not likely to have been introduced inadvertently to New Zealand at the same time as RHDV.
Cell cultivation robot from Kawasaki Heavy Industries.
This, together with heavy rains in Canada and decreased cultivation in Argentina, also important exporters, has fueled market jitters that led wheat futures prices to rally; in the United States, for example, they have soared more than 80% since mid-June.
