Sentence examples for improved farming practices from inspiring English sources
Improved farming practices would help, too.
Improved farming practices and disease monitoring can reduce the impact of cassava diseases in the field.
For example, improved farming practices, such as the use of cover crops on fallowed fields or wetland construction near streams and rivers, have the potential of reducing sediment and phosphorus concentration from fertilizer runoff.
Studies of agricultural systems in the United States suggest that land-use changes caused severe soil organic carbon (SOC) loss from 1850 to 1960; but since the 1960s, improved farming practices (e.g., no-till) and increased C return to the soil have caused SOC to stabilize or possibly increase in some areas [15, 16].
According to a new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists, traditional breeding and improved farming practices have actually increased drought tolerance more than genetic modification.
With the introduction of micro-irrigation and improved farming practices, the yields of some products significantly increased during the period 1990-95.
Pacific Rivers Council's Salmon-Safe has certified some 40 farms, dairies and vineyards in the Pacific Northwest for improving farming practices to restore water purity to salmon habitats.
But when women are better educated it is much easier to limit population growth, to teach hygiene and healthy living, and to improve farming practices.
That may be around $100m since 2007 – more than any other government or world body is known to have handed out – but 95% of the foundation's work is devoted to developing better conventional seeds, and improving farming practices.
An added benefit of working directly with farmers is the ability to spot the needs that arise within a community that would improve farming practices, and subsequently the quality of a crop.
Buying from smaller farms and giving an incentive to those that consistently produce high-quality wet beans also improve farming practices in the long run.
