Preference, therefore, should be given to raising the production of subsistence crops by increasing the productivity of the soils on which crops are being grown.
An Integrated Pest Management approach would be the most effective way of reducing pesticide use in potato production while protecting the environment, increasing the productivity of potato, promoting natural enemy population build-up, and reducing the development of pesticide resistance and human health related risks.
Increasing the productivity of existing agricultural land will be key.
When we talk about increasing energy efficiency, what we're really talking about is increasing the productivity of energy.
In Taylor's time, Mr Ries argues, most innovation was devoted to increasing the productivity of workers and machines.
Increasing the productivity of firefighters and police, as the mayor has proposed, would help to create the savings needed to pay for a modest increase in salaries.
All these intentional industrializations and reindustrializations had one thing in common: a society mobilized labor and capital directly, on a massive scale, in the cause of increasing the productivity of the national economy.
Union officials contend that over the years, transit officials, either in the interest of keeping trains running quickly, increasing the productivity of track workers, or both, have begun to use the minimal type of flagging in many more circumstances.
Computers and the internet have reduced the demand for routine jobs that demand only moderate skills, such as the work of bank clerks, while increasing the productivity of the highest-skilled.
In order to shoulder this burden, societies need to increase the production of their labour force, either by increasing the number of workers, increasing the number of hours worked, or by increasing the productivity of the workers.
Further "Big Pharma" mergers are anticipated, as companies strive for global marketing muscle and critical mass, aimed at cutting costs and increasing the productivity of research and development departments.
