She had been brought up on a farm, so the Peace Corps assigned her to an agricultural project.

Work on an agricultural project

For many years I have studied global agricultural, population, environmental and economic trends and their interactions.

In other parts of the world, increasing agricultural productivity and industrialisation went together.

But Monsanto, the agricultural giant, insists it has a patent on the kind of genetically modified seeds Bowman used―and that the patent continues to all of the progeny (后代)of those seeds.

Whether patent for seeds is harmful to agricultural production

In processing foods after the agricultural stage, there are large additional uses of water that need to be tackled in a world of growing demand.

In the modem industrialised agricultural process—which developing nations are moving towards in order to increase future yields—energy usage in the making and application of fertilisers and pesticides represents the single biggest component

The production and application of fertilisers and pesticides account for the largest part of energy use in the modern industrialised agricultural process.

Migrants to cities are attracted by plentiful jobs, access to hospitals and education, and the ability to escape the boredom of a farmer's agricultural life.

In the same way, a significant reduction of wasteful agricultural subsidies could also lower the deficit.

Producers of agricultural goods and raw materials.

David Card, an economist at UC Berkeley, notes that the ones who profit most directly from immigrants' low-cost labor are businesses and employers – meatpacking plants in Nebraska, for instance, or agricultural businesses in California.

Irrigation is the primary agricultural use of human waste in the developing world.

Of course, some worry lies in replacing agricultural workers.

When this water is used for agricultural irrigation, farmers risk absorbing disease-causing bacteria, as do consumers who eat the produce raw and unwashed.

A study found that a strong nifio in 1997-98 helped America's economy grow by 15 billion, partly because of better agricultural harvest, farmers in the midwest gained from extra rain.

Agricultural harvests in rich countries fall.

From 2004 to 2013, agricultural land values doubled, and they continue to rise in many regions.

In history, Hilversum was largely an agricultural area.

Technology is vital for agricultural development.

The total rise in agricultural incomes in rich countries is greater than the fall in poor ones.

As fewer such workers enter the country, the characteristics of the agricultural workforce are changing.

Congress has obstructed efforts to create a more straightforward visa for agricultural workers that would let foreign workers stay longer in the U.S.