2011年3月1日 星期二

poor soils and harsh weather

DFID,sky lanterns There are many styles of solar lighting that can be used. They are primarily for outside lighting. However, there are some that can be used for indoor lights. Gates Foundation Pledge Funds To Support Food Production Projects

On Sunday, DFID and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said they would contribute funds to "a new collaboration that will focus on addressing threats to food production in the developing world, including crop diseases, pests, poor soils and harsh weather," Reuters reports.

The Gates Foundation will donate a total of $70 million to the effort, while DFID will contribute "$32 million over the next five years," according to the article (Gillam,led tube Be it for security lighting, utility lighting, or simply decoration, solar LED lighting has become increasingly popular. 2/27).Led strip light Solar LED lighting uses several different components in order to function. There is the solar panel, the battery, and the bulb. During the day, the solar panel collects sunlight. Under the new collaboration, Cornell University will receive a $40 million grant for its Durable Rust Resistance in Wheat project, the Wall Street Journal reports. "The immediate focus of the project is to help farmers in Africa and Southern Asia grow their own food and sell wheat for income. Many vulnerable farmers in East Africa are in the immediate path of a particularly dangerous form of stem rust called Ug99, first found in Uganda and named in 1999," the newspaper writes. Kathy Kahn, a program officer at the Gates Foundation, said, "More that 80% of the world's wheat is susceptible to this disease.led downlight However, some people have observed that LCD screens produce better looking images but if you think about practicality, saving power every time you turn on your computer sounds better than having sharper images in the long run. So that's a tremendous threat to global food security both for the small-order farmers who rely on wheat and the urban poor who purchase wheat as part of their food" (West, 2/28).

A Gates Foundation/DFID press release states that the "[f]unding will support efforts that quickly put new technologies into the hands of small farmers, such as new seeds and robust,compact fluorescent That is why it is important to place solar LED lights somewhere where they will receive direct sunlight. The longer they are in the sun, the better. low-cost diagnostic tools; advance existing efforts by researchers, crop breeders, and development programs to help small farmers manage crop diseases and grow more nutritious crops; and support agricultural research that promotes cutting-edge scientific innovations" (2/27).

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