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Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?
… fuel use associated with their corn-based diets grown with fertilizer inputs and the high use of fuel energy for … animal waste was considered a possible contributor118. 25 fertilizer applied to agricultural land can be directly or … form, and the widespread application of animal wastes as fertilizer in industrialised countries is leading to concerns …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… conventional support, such as market seeds, chemical fertilizer and pesticides, small irrigation pumps, … for treasure-vegetable seed takes place without the use of fertilizer, and cultivating conditions differ from variety to … varieties have been usually grown with very little fertilizer, the seed therefore is better suited to organic …
Transitioning to a pollution-free planet
… vehicles still have limited range Agriculture • Improved fertilizer (nutrient) and manure management (including field … agriculture residue burning • Encourages efficient use of fertilizer • Handling manure as a solid versus a liquid helps … runoff and Waste Integrated pest management, efficient fertilizer use (improved nutrient use efficiency), enhanced …
Global biodiversity outlook 4 - A mid-term assessment of progress towards the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
… desired biodiversity outcomes (Targets 4 and 7) Box 3.3. Fertilizer subsidy reform in India The Government of India is taking steps to encourage balanced fertilizer use so as to maintain soil biodiversity and to … the rate of agricultural productivity. A recent reform of fertilizer pricing has been brought into effect to liberalize …
Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches
… the atmosphere. nutrient outflow: the amount of nutrients (fertilizer) flowing from an agricultural watershed into a … In addition to the economic benefit of the water, the fertilizer value of the effluent is important. Typical … an application rate of 5 000 m3/hectares/year, the fertilizer contribution of this effluent would be 250 …
Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda
… replace virgin materials (for example phosphate from fertilizer nutrient recovery) they reduce the resource and … a combination of measures on nutrients: 1) an increase in fertilizer use efficiency, 2) higher nutrient efficiencies in … nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers in countries with a fertilizer-dominated arable system, 4) investments in sewage …