"There is also the issue of input shortages such as fertilisers," Ambrose told AFP. ❋ Unknown (2006)
The farmers profits must be sufficient to allow him to live and pay other expenses such as fertilisers, seeds, fuel, etc. ❋ Unknown (1982)
When the banks have been cleared of brambles to such a distance up the sides of the hollow as the ground suggests, and all poor or ill-grown trees have been cut away to let in the only two "fertilisers" needed -- air and sun -- the dimensions of the first pool or "reach" in the brook garden are decided upon. ❋ Unknown (1882)
` ` Rising energy prices affect food prices by increasing the demand for agricultural commodities for the production of biofuels and also because oil and natural gas are used in manufacturing farm inputs, such as fertilisers and chemicals, making farm production costs more expensive, '' he said. ❋ Unknown (2010)
But, apart from their interdependence, a big landowner who leases his land to tenant farmers has little in common with a worker who hires out his labour on harvest days and an entrepreneur who provides credit at exorbitant rates for goods and services such as fertilisers and tractors, and thereby saddles small producers with debt. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Research at Lincoln University in New Zealand has shown that lamb transported thousands of miles by ship to Britain can - because of less reliance on factors such as fertilisers - result in lower CO2 emissions than home-reared lamb. ❋ Unknown (2009)
In Chesapeake Bay, Virginia - where levels of pollutants such as fertilisers and sewage are also monitored - he advised on a set of standards that vary according to depth and range between 1 mg / l and over 2 mg / l. ❋ Unknown (2008)
However, the Soil Association says that the Union's own reliance on external imports for commodities such as fertilisers puts it at risk too. ❋ Unknown (2008)
"What needs to happen is a multi-pronged approach, in which the Agricultural Bank is adequately financed by the government in order to be able to service the needs of farmers - such as fertilisers, chemicals and other inputs ... ❋ Unknown (2010)
"They cannot compete fairly in local, regional or global markets, because of poor road conditions and lack of access to seeds and fertilisers." ❋ Unknown (2011)
Food price inflation is not endemic, there is no way that UK consumers will have to spend 20% of their disposable income on food it is currently 8% and falling, and yes, "throwing fertilisers at seeds" will increasingly be necessary. ❋ Unknown (2011)
They dig, they plant, they weed, they fertilize, and they harvest and they then sell these products at low price to the rich people without considering how much (money) they spent on buying fertilisers and how much they sell their products. ❋ KateG (2009)
The 350 farms which cultivate the corporation's potatoes will also switch to low-carbon fertilisers and use more precise irrigation. ❋ John Vidal (2010)
On the other side of Uruguay, at its border with Brazil, biocides and fertilisers used in rice paddies have contaminated run-off into the Patos-Mirim lagoon system, stoking water quality disagreements. ❋ Unknown (2011)
The nearby land needs to be cleared, and agricultural assistance seeds and fertilisers has not been provided. ❋ Unknown (2012)
Biofuels also contribute to poor harvests, commodity speculation and high oil prices which raise the cost of fertilisers and transport, she added. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Chemists are now producing materials that perhaps do not exist anywhere else in the universe and provide people with the opportunities to build the extraordinary electronic devices that make life so interesting, as well as all the fertilisers that feed us and so on. ❋ Unknown (2011)
