We need clean water not only to sustain ourselves, but also for other basic necessities such as farming and sanitation.
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With a size of four by seven inches, this has real world application in areas such as farming, industry and security.
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And the intrepid value players are finding them in some of the most unlikely areas of the economy, such as farming and the struggling forest-products industry.
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Around 60% of methane released into the atmosphere comes from human activities such as farming, rice agriculture, fossil fuel exploitation, landfill and biomass burning, according to the WMO.
But he said poor people would rather be provided with the resources to improve their own situations - such as farming equipment and seeds - than government grants.
Nigeria could funnel its oil revenues into a more efficient financial system that could provide capital to the private sector to build roads and power stations and expand private enterprises, such as farming.
There has long been opposition to the prospect of a gold mine and processing plant being built at Skouries in the Halkidiki peninsula, with some residents objecting to what they say will be the destruction of the environment and of pristine forest in the area, leading to the loss of tourism and other local activities such as farming, the rearing of livestock and fishing.
Quite small things, such as smarter farming and better sewage treatment, could help a lot.
They operate properties in places such as a farming valley in remote northern Iceland or a centuries-old Priory in Wiltshire, England.
Competition will force Poland to reform industries owned or protected by the state, such as energy, farming and arms.
Alternative livelihoods such as ecotourism and fish farming could provide an alternative to intensive crop farming, while better management of crops and irrigation and the adoption of alternative energy sources such as solar power would all contribute to environmental sustainability.
While many outsiders may view the Amish as monolithic, the study found sharp differences in such matters as civic engagement, farming practices and the use of modern technology.
Nannie's wayward lifestyle and outspoken views on such newfangled matters as organic farming have had Garnett's nose out of joint for decades.
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They clearly did not seek to extend such authority to areas such as Manufacturing, and farming, which produced the same potential for physical harm.
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This might happen when a Shariah-compliant company in a Shariah-compliant mutual fund acquires a forbidden company, the main business of which is in a forbidden industry such as finance or hog farming.
It's still a place where hopelessly urbanised weekenders and second-homers are willing to pay handsomely for rustic experiences, provided only too happily by locals whose other sources of income (such as whaling and potato farming) have long vanished.
To provide jobs and stop their children leaving the land, they want government support to develop agro-industrial projects, such as fish and fruit farming and market gardening, says Ilda de Souza, leader of a co-operative there.
For all but a few agrarian countries heavily dependent on tobacco farming (such as Zimbabwe and Malawi), a drop in demand for tobacco would not lead to massive job losses, according to the bank.
In particular, California will get no advance notice of surpluses until it stops wasting water in farming areas such as the Imperial Valley, and tries instead to reallocate that water to needy San Diego.
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Accounting departments are farming out tasks such as processing invoices and collecting payments from debtors.
In addition to education and entertainment, it provides agricultural information, such as prices, weather data and farming tips, that can be called up from special menus on some Nokia handsets.
Many Costa Ricans work in traditional industries, such as bananas, coffee and other sorts of farming.
Many are using profits from farming to diversify into such businesses as logistics, purchasing fleets of lorries with help from new car-finance firms.
So far these have involved only modest steps, such as turning more state land over to individual farming and official recognition that foreign investors can pay higher wages.
While sheep and cattle losses have already been extensive, there are other farming sectors at risk, too, such as wine.
The dance is inspired by the motions of farming, which it imitates through gestures such as walking the field ridges .
Others suggest financial penalties, such as holding back cohesion and structural funds, even support for farming and fisheries.
Conventional farming is likely to be harder on insects such as bees - which we know are already in trouble in many countries, partly through use of insecticides that organic farming systems should avoid.
Importing meat such as grouse can get around America's fiddly laws on game farming.
The name denotes the PLACE OF ORIGIN, which also carries with it certain understood qualities such as types of grape used in the region, or breeds and farming practices from the region.
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