• In January 2021, the IUCN Director General launched a global initiative on agriculture and land health meant to boost the implementation of this agriculture programme across IUCN activities. (iucn.org)
  • The Historical Database of Scanian Agriculture (HDSA) is a micro-level database over farm production in the most southern Swedish region of Scania (Skåne) based on flexible tithes. (lu.se)
  • User guide for the Historical Database of Scanian Agriculture. (lu.se)
  • Olsson, M & Svensson, P 2017, Historical Database of Scanian Agriculture, version 3.0 . (lu.se)
  • The Historical Database of Scanian Agriculture can be accessed freely: First, a panel dataset encompassing all farms with their output and their characteristics, alongside village and parish variables are found in an excel-file. (lu.se)
  • The NORA Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (AgFF) Council brings together individuals and organizations with a shared interest in improving the safety and health of agriculture, forestry, and fishing workers. (cdc.gov)
  • The NORA Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Council, in collaboration with partners across the country, released The Fishing Forward Podcast . (cdc.gov)
  • The Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing sector has approximately 2.3 million workers and includes all jobs under North American Industry Classification System ( NAICS) code 11 . (cdc.gov)
  • Many workers in agriculture, forestry and fishing are also at greater risk for a variety of health and safety issues because social and economic factors can limit their options for safeguarding their own safety and health. (cdc.gov)
  • The NIOSH Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Program facilitates the work of the council and coordinates NIOSH research in this sector. (cdc.gov)
  • Including livestock raising, forestry, and fishing, agriculture generated almost 16 percent of the GDP in 1986 and nearly 18 percent in 1987. (countrystudies.us)
  • Agriculture - including forestry and fishing - accounted for over 46 percent of exports, over 40 percent of the labor force, and around 28 percent of the GNP in 1986. (countrystudies.us)
  • As NIOSH celebrates half a century of work in occupational safety and health, the Institute's Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing (AgFF) Program reflects on 30 years of research and outreach designed to protect the people who produce our nation's food and fiber. (cdc.gov)
  • The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Pro- the nation's agricultural and forestry gram works with partners in industry, labor, trade associations, professional organizations, and academia. (cdc.gov)
  • Stockbridge established, and continues to offer, the nation's largest fully online bachelor degree program in sustainable agriculture. (umass.edu)
  • This project will use real farms in South Dakota and Vermont as living laboratories for developing and testing new precision agriculture tools (intelligent decision support system), sensor driven performance-based incentives for implementation of sustainable agriculture practices, and workforce training initiatives that can enhance farm workers' trust and confidence in precision agriculture tools. (uvm.edu)
  • We cannot cultivate crops the way we do today if we want to create truly sustainable agriculture. (lu.se)
  • These water challenges are expected to strongly impact agriculture - a highly water-dependent sector - undermining the productivity of rain-fed and irrigated crops and livestock activities particularly in certain countries and regions. (oecd.org)
  • Growers and agriculture leaders are recognizing the potential for uncovering breakthroughs - on soil health, plant genomics, livestock management and faster development of new technologies - hidden in big data. (sas.com)
  • Agriculture, with the exception of livestock, has been more resistant to recession, said Mike Boehlje. (purdue.edu)
  • Agriculture is essentially a manipulation of ecosystems to produce or raise organic matter (crop plants or livestock) from the use of land. (europa.eu)
  • More than 2 400 livestock breeds are at risk of extinction, while 600 are already extinct, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). (fao.org)
  • Irrigated agriculture remains the largest user of water globally, a trend encouraged by the fact that farmers in most countries do not pay for the full cost of the water they use. (oecd.org)
  • This committee advises the Secretary of Agriculture and the Director of the Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production on the development of policies and outreach relating to urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production practices as well as identifies barriers to urban farmers and agricultural innovation. (usda.gov)
  • More efficient food production requires farmers and agriculture leaders to undergo a digital transformation, embracing AI, IoT, big data and analytic technologies to produce insights that enable sound, data-driven decisions. (sas.com)
  • This interactive technological development process has the potential to increase farmworkers' trust in precision agriculture tools, enhance the training processes, increase farmers' adoption of these tools, improve farm productivity, and on and off-farm environmental sustainability. (uvm.edu)
  • The objective of this program is to support the scaling of the adoption of climate-Smart Agriculture techniques to enhance livelihoods and food security of small farmers in the regions of 'Eastern and Southern Africa including Madagascar. (fao.org)
  • FAO with funding from the COMESA-EAC-SADC was implementing a project entitled "Climate Change Adaptation Programme and Mitigation in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region", whose objective is to increase the number of farmers adopting the techniques of Climate Smart Agriculture and Conservation Agriculture (CSA / CA) in the eastern and southern parts of Africa including Madagascar. (fao.org)
  • Olsson thinks that farmers should welcome perennial crops as conventional agriculture uses a very large part of its gross revenue to buy external inputs, mainly seeds, pesticides, artificial fertiliser, machines and diesel. (lu.se)
  • In 2019 LUCSUS researcher co-hosted an international conference on perennial grain agriculture in collaboration with The Land Institute, US. (lu.se)
  • It is published by EDP Sciences and the editor-in-chief is Jean-Yves Jamin (Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement). (wikipedia.org)
  • In this case the University of Reading has been responsible for the content of this online course about climate smart agriculture. (lu.se)
  • Enable precision agriculture performance. (sas.com)
  • A rapidly growing agriculture company is looking for a highly motivated, experienced Precision Agriculture Technician to join our team! (careerbuilder.com)
  • At SEGs Lab researchers are working on fundamental understanding of building stronger human-machine networks in agriculture through the development and testing of socially and ethically desirable precision agriculture technologies and workforce augmentation approaches. (uvm.edu)
  • We are also focusing on Use of serious game technology, including augmented or virtual reality to increase willingness to use precision agriculture. (uvm.edu)
  • This Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier (FW-HTF) project will advance the fundamental understanding of building stronger human-machine networks in agriculture through the development and testing of socially and ethically desirable precision agriculture technologies and workforce augmentation approaches. (uvm.edu)
  • Precision agriculture employs data-based agricultural technologies and practices and localized farm data to generate site-specific farm recommendations that can improve farm productivity and environmental sustainability. (uvm.edu)
  • To unlock this potential of precision agriculture, educators and scientists are eager to train the future farm workforce. (uvm.edu)
  • The living laboratory approach will involve farm workers as users, co-producers, and co-evaluators of precision agriculture tools. (uvm.edu)
  • Improving the efficiency of water use in agriculture will also depend on matching of improvements main system (off-farm) with appropriate incentives for on-farm investments aiming to improve soil and water management. (worldbank.org)
  • The failure of European agriculture to meet demand during World War 2 and shortly after, made security of food production the main objective of agricultural policy from the late 1940s. (europa.eu)
  • Why choose SAS ® for agriculture analytics? (sas.com)
  • Agriculture analytics from SAS, with embedded AI, helps you extract valuable insights that can lead to better plant and animal health, crop yields, sustainable practices and more. (sas.com)
  • The power of SAS analytics works across the entire agriculture industry, and we can help you tackle problems ranging from yield optimization on the farm to supply chain optimization for consumer goods companies. (sas.com)
  • Through advanced IoT analytics with embedded AI and machine learning, SAS enables agriculture leaders to make better decisions in real time. (sas.com)
  • Agriculture is a vital human activity that deeply impacts, but also deeply relies on nature. (iucn.org)
  • Agricultural use of land, water, energy and other resources merits high priority but it is also recognized as having among the biggest negative impacts on land and water nationally and globally, so how and where agriculture is carried out is a vital public policy issue. (sierraclub.org)
  • European agriculture is an extremely diverse and heterogeneous economic sector in terms of the products generated, the nature and structure of production units, and the variability of potential impacts on the environment, and it is difficult to make meaningful generalisations. (europa.eu)
  • Nevertheless, using the available data (see Box 22A), this chapter aims to show the trends in agricultural structure and practice which have evolved to meet demands, and to indicate the associated potential impacts of agriculture on the environment. (europa.eu)
  • There is an urgent need for agriculture to drastically reduce its negative environmental impacts, while at the same time responding to increasing demand and adapting to a changing climate. (lu.se)
  • LUCSUS researchers has worked in close collaboration with The Land Institute (US) and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences to advance the research on perennial agriculture since 2018. (lu.se)
  • Currently, agriculture accounts (on average) for 70 percent of all freshwater withdrawals globally (and an even higher share of "consumptive water use" due to the evapotranspiration of crops). (worldbank.org)
  • We consider how agriculture, specifically crops, can provide solutions for aquaculture, especially the sectors that are dependent on marine ingredients. (nature.com)
  • For example, agriculture can provide experience with managing monocultures and new technologies such as genetically modified crops tailored specifically for use in aquaculture. (nature.com)
  • Large-scale agriculture developed later in the Costa, where farming for export used sharecroppers or paid labor to harvest crops. (countrystudies.us)
  • Cultivable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the Food and Agriculture Organisation as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. (nationmaster.com)
  • Since the beginning of the twentieth century, agriculture has been dominated by the four principal crops: rice, tea, rubber, and coconut. (countrystudies.us)
  • Can agriculture shift to perennial grain crops? (lu.se)
  • The new facility, funded by the European Research Council (ERC Advanced Grant) and Formas, is focused on exploring perennial agricultural crops and their potential to transform modern agriculture. (lu.se)
  • IUCN has developed a new engagement in agriculture, guided by the vision of a future where biodiversity is restored and conserved on farms and in agricultural landscapes as nature-based solutions to global challenges and human and societal needs, contributing to the transition towards sustainable and resilient societies. (iucn.org)
  • We propose that a closer connection between agriculture and aquaculture will create a resilient food system capable of meeting increasing dietary and nutritional demands without exhausting planetary resources. (nature.com)
  • When realizing that our current cultivars and cropping systems will face severe and unprecedented challenges in the decades to come due to climate change, it is equally imperative to make agriculture more climate resilient. (lu.se)
  • The OECD also supported efforts in the G20 by Agriculture Ministers to adopt a declaration and action plan entitled " Towards food and water security: Fostering sustainability, advancing innovation " in 2017, which includes a number of significant commitments to improve agriculture's water use, limit its impact on water quality, and reduce its exposure to water risks. (oecd.org)
  • Such options will require improved water delivery systems to provide adequate on-demand service as well as use of advanced technologies (i.e. soil moisture sensors and satellite evapotranspiration measurements) to improve efficiency and productivity of water in agriculture. (worldbank.org)
  • Rethinking and reshaping agriculture is imperative for solving the current problems of agriculture, such as soil erosion, nutrient depletion and leaching, and emission of greenhouse gases, as well as the dependency on costly and labor intensive external inputs. (lu.se)
  • The goal of this programmatic engagement is to foster dialogue between agriculture and conservation sectors, and encourage governments, businesses and land managers (including farming communities) implement a common vision to protect and restore biodiversity on farms and in agricultural landscapes, including the ecosystems on which agriculture depends. (iucn.org)
  • Positive spillover from this project will also accelerate the transition of co-designed and co-evaluated artificial intelligence innovations in agriculture into many other economic sectors. (uvm.edu)
  • Unsustainable agricultural practices have resulted in 40% of the land becoming too degraded for productive agriculture, according to UN results, with 90% of the world's overall topsoil further at risk by 2050. (yahoo.com)
  • The Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production's mission is to include urban, small-scale, and innovative producers in USDA's support of American agriculture in all its forms. (usda.gov)
  • Learn more about Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Grants . (usda.gov)
  • Learn more about the Federal Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production . (usda.gov)
  • The Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production partners with a variety of agencies and stakeholders to support and further the goals of urban, small-scale, and innovative production producers. (usda.gov)
  • This coordination allows the Office to provide recommendations to agencies for program and policy updates, outreach, and identify linkages with other programs that may not be explicitly focused on urban agriculture, small-scale and innovative production. (usda.gov)
  • The Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production releases a monthly newsletter that includes funding opportunities, helpful resources, and updates from around the country. (usda.gov)
  • The Report "The Potential for Urban Agriculture in New York City" reveals that there's a lot more open land even in one of the most densely packed places in the US than most people think. (scienceblogs.com)
  • In response, governments and development agencies are encouraging the adoption of 'climate-smart' agricultural technologies, such as conservation agriculture (CA). However, there is little rigorous evidence that demonstrates the effect of CA on production or climate resilience, and what evidence exists is hampered by selection bias. (repec.org)
  • Conservation agriculture and climate resilience ," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management , Elsevier, vol. 93(C), pages 148-169. (repec.org)
  • To assist policy makers in addressing this challenge, OECD analysis and indicators contribute to formulating policy responses, defining pathways to make the necessary policy changes, and facilitating their implementation to move agriculture towards the sustainable management of water. (oecd.org)
  • The Agriculture Alumni Association Scholarship is available to students attending the Illinois State University, College of Applied Science and Technology. (fastweb.com)
  • Plant/agriculture biotechnologist Om Parkash Dhankher was named as a CSSA Fellow, the highest recognition bestowed by the Crop Science Society of America. (umass.edu)
  • The natural vegetation of Europe, which once consisted predominantly of woodlands, with a relatively small number of animal and plant species (see Chapters 8 and 9), has been greatly modified as a result of agricultural activities, and many habitats as well as landscapes are reliant on extensive agriculture. (europa.eu)
  • Agriculture irrigation accounts for 70% of water use worldwide and over 40% in many OECD countries. (oecd.org)
  • The World Bank supports countries with sustainable intensification of agriculture through critical investments in irrigation infrastructure and key institutional reforms, which also help achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on efficient use of water as well as on eliminating hunger. (worldbank.org)
  • Cahiers Agricultures is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering research on farming systems worldwide, the way they are changing, and their role in society. (wikipedia.org)
  • Irrigated agriculture is, on average, at least twice as productive per unit of land as rainfed agriculture, thereby allowing for more production intensification and crop diversification. (worldbank.org)
  • Educate the agriculture industry, oil industry and general public about biosecurity and the threat that pest introduction, multiplication and movement represents to Manitoba crop production. (gov.mb.ca)
  • At LUCSUS researchers are studying both ecological, social and economic aspects of what a shift from annual monocultures to perennial polycultures could imply, and its potential to revolutionise agriculture and revitalise rural society. (lu.se)
  • Here, researchers will measure the exchange of greenhouse gases between the atmosphere and agriculture in real time in two parallel cropping systems. (lu.se)
  • Some 90 participants from all continents participated, and the meeting is considered a turning point of the global initiative for a perennial revolution of agriculture. (lu.se)
  • New Jersey Agriculture Secretary Art Brown, Jr., today announced that the 1999 greenhouse and nursery film collection and recycling program will run from February 1 through June 1, with at least two collection sites already approved in Cumberland County. (nj.gov)
  • Students seeking unconditional admission into the Master of Science in Agriculture must meet the admission requirements of the Graduate School and the specific program requirements. (astate.edu)
  • Position X2349: Extension Agent, Sumner County Program Area: Agriculture Clientele Served: Adult Headquarters: Gallatin , TN Screening of applicants' credentials will begin immediately and will con. (careerbuilder.com)
  • Position X2348: Extension Agent, Hickman County Program Area: Agriculture Clientele Served: Adult Headquarters: Centerville , TN Screening of applicants' credentials will begin immediately and will. (careerbuilder.com)
  • The National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) is pleased to announce that the first recipient of the NTEP Distinguished Service Award is Dr. Scott Ebdon, Professor Emeritus of Turfgrass Science, at Stockbridge School of Agriculture. (umass.edu)
  • Agriculture production is highly dependent on water and increasingly subject to water risks. (oecd.org)
  • Agriculture is also inherently cultural: every system of food production has the capacity to generate not only economic benefits and ecological capital, but also a sense of meaning and connection to natural resources. (sierraclub.org)
  • The most important change in agriculture in the forty years after independence was the increase in rice production. (countrystudies.us)
  • Want to know how to contact the Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development? (michigan.gov)
  • Laws and Regulations pertaining to and governing the actions and policies of the Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development. (michigan.gov)
  • All public meetings, that fall under the Open Meetings Act, scheduled by the Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development will be posted here. (michigan.gov)
  • Each new, existing, and proposed commercial pesticide or fertilizer bulk storage facility is required to register annually with the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. (michigan.gov)
  • You must be majoring in agriculture, demonstrate academic merit, leadership qualities, and participation in department and university activities to be eligible for this award. (fastweb.com)
  • Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year. (nationmaster.com)
  • Measuring policy progress on agriculture and water policies is essential to help decision makers identify necessary policy changes and understand how further progress may be achieved to improve agricultural water management. (oecd.org)