More food can be grown, reducing dependency on other countries for food.

It is the key to the worldwide increase in food production since the 1960 s.

(a) Crop production

And it will produce a food crop.

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Noting that efforts in American Samoa are currently aimed at increasing the production of food crops for local consumption,

Crops and food supplies have dwindled, leaving nothing but desperation behind.

Together they grow their own food.

Indigenous African food crops and other useful plants

That said, many African countries are not self sufficient in food production, relying on income from cash crops to import food.

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Now one third of all arable land is used to grow crops to feed livestock, not to grow staple crops for people.

Food crops include rice, corn, ground nuts, soybeans, cassava and vegetables. 30

In 2003, farm production grew in terms of both crops and livestock.

In contrast, production of tradeable goods largely based on primary commodities in Africa has tended to work against women, who predominate in the production of non tradeable food crops.

Noting that efforts are currently aimed at increasing the production of food crops for local consumption,

Such staple food crops also can be modified to contain additional nutrients.

As populations grow, biotechnology can help raise the productivity of major food crops.

So it could make a lot of sense growing food for people where they are going to live in the city.

Newent in the Forest of Dean big polytunnel they built for the school the kids are learning how to grow food.

46. To reduce dependency on food aid and increase food production among people affected by conflict and drought, the United Nations accelerated its efforts to promote household food security through crop production, veterinary and fishing activities.

Production Olives are one of the most extensively cultivated fruit crops in the world.

Emphasis will be given to crop production and income generating activities in order to enhance self reliance.

Some studies show that women are responsible for 25 of the production of major crops and 30 for food.

As part of a survival strategy, crop producers in some countries have substituted traditional cash crops with plants used for the production of narcotics.

Our efforts have brought us to the threshold of self sufficiency in the production of food grains.

Increased production of agricultural crops for non food purposes offers the opportunity to utilize land that would have otherwise been an unexploited resource.

The system was designed to empower farmers, increase the yield of crops and reduce costs and pollution.

For the fifth consecutive year, rain shortfalls resulted in crop failure and poor livestock production.

The techniques are known, but Africa s farmers are too poor to get started. With increased help to African farmers to grow more food (as opposed to shipping food aid from the US), it would be possible to double or even triple crop yields.

Ethiopia noted that the growth of its economy is highly influenced by climate variability, particularly drought, so one of its agricultural policies is to increase production (both quality and quantity) of food crops to ensure food self sufficiency.

Supervision of production and sales of food (including drinking water, as the most important food component) is carried out by sanitary and veterinary inspectors.

Several factors contributed to the crisis, including high oil prices, high demand for crops from the bio fuel sector, falling global stockpiles of food commodities, and lower cereal production.

From morning commutes to the way fashion is designed to the way we grow food, we are consuming and collaborating once again.

The number of farmers reached by such schemes in illicit crop production areas is still insufficient.

Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT) is a software system that integrates crop growth models with crop, weather and soil data and estimates potential changes in crop yields and water use.

Malawi has done this for the past three seasons, and has doubled its food production as a result.

Porridge, gruel and later, bread, became the basic food staple that made up the majority of calorie intake for most of the population.

The food situation is expected to be exacerbated further in 2005 because of the poor crop harvest in September October 2004.

Ripples from the Zambezi, was a project where we Italians decided to teach Zambian people how to grow food.

Joint crop and food supply assessment missions (CFSAMs) are an important element in FAO WFP collaboration.

The objective of the project is to help the Government in its effort to assist populations affected by the war and support the increase of food crop production.

Both of those databases are computerized and are used in regular publications, such as Food Outlook, Food Crops and Shortages and Food Aid in Figures.

It allows countries that can produce food efficiently to ship it to those which face resource limitations that hinder food production.

Other examples include use of additives in cattle feed to increase milk production or growth rates and decrease methane production per unit beef.