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Chart - Chemical and Organic Fertilizer Consumption, Grain Yields
Chart - Chemical and Organic Fertilizer Consumption, Grain Yields IIASA Title Page Foreword Introduction Arguments Data FAQ In-depth Summary Conclusion Bibliography Web Links ... China, 1952 - 1997 (in million tons) Source: Wang, Q. / Halbrendt, C. / Johnson, S.R. (1995): Grain Production and Environmental Management in China's Fertilizer Economy. In: Journal of Environmental Management, Vol ...
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Chart - Chemical and Organic Fertilizer Consumption, Grain Yields
Chart - Chemical and Organic Fertilizer Consumption, Grain Yields IIASA Title Page Foreword Introduction Arguments Data FAQ In-depth Summary Conclusion Bibliography Web Links ... the cropland area in these statistics. Sources: Wang, Q. / Halbrendt, C. / Johnson, S.R. (1995): Grain Production and Environmental Management in China's Fertilizer Economy. In: Journal of Environmental Management, Vol ...
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Books from the Earth Policy Institute
Falling water tables and rising temperatures help explain why the world grain harvest has fallen short of consumption in each of the past four years, dropping world grain ... poverty that fuels rapid population growth. "Avoiding the damaging effects of higher temperatures on crop yields means moving quickly to stabilize climate. In Plan B," says Brown, "I suggest cutting ...
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Desertification - a threat to the Sahel
According to National Geographic trees once protected Khuwei village in western Sudan. These days the grain yields are insufficient and a villager talks of always being hungry. Sand dunes even rise to ... with perennials, their land will produce more food both from the perennials and from increased yields from annuals lessening the pressure to move into the natural green belt. Eden's solution ...
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Welcome on Board
GEO fills this gap by bringing us the latest news, issue ...
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GEO-2000: Chapter One: Global Perspectives - The key drivers
Raising productivity has therefore been central to increased grain production. Breeders have boosted the yield potential of cereals substantially, and the currently controversial ... of nitrate pollution of freshwater supplies. Irrigation has also been a key to increased grain yields, expanding at 2.3 per cent a year from 1950 to 1995 (FAOSTAT 1997). ...
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Secale cereale
Medicine Chemistry Toxicity Description Germplasm Distribution Ecology Cultivation Harvesting Yields and Economics Energy Biotic Factors References Uses Cultivated for the grain, used to make flour, the importance of which is ... . Milling of rye is essentially the same as that for wheat (Reed, 1976). Yields and Economics Grain yields in United States vary from 675–2025 kg/ha, depending on variety and ...
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Eco-Economy Indicators: GRAIN HARVEST - Earth Policy Institute Resources on Food and Agriculture
Grain Harvest Indicator This year’s world grain harvest is projected to ... Yields Temperature Trends and Effects Raising Energy Efficiency Turning to Renewable Energy Sources Chapter 8 - Reversing China's Harvest Decline Grainland Shrinking An Aquacultural Initiative Water Shortages Spreading Turning Abroad for Grain ...
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GRAIN | Resources
It is a prime example of how an effort to 'modernise' ... done in their fields and with their crops. This section of the GRAIN website is about this growing disjuncture between the industrial agriculture research ... Links Growing Resistance Growing Diversity Feedback Copy and distribute Privacy About GRAIN ...
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Growing Diversity | www.grain.org/gd/
Growing Diversity | www.grain.org/gd/ Growing Diversity français / español Home | About | Contact | Site map | Cases | Related ... to conserve local varieties, has been called for in order to obtain an increase in yields; this should take place through the research of techniques for better production and through training ...
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