improving productivity

collocation in English

meaningsofimproveandproductivity

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improve
verb[I or T]
uk
/ɪmˈpruːv/us
/ɪmˈpruːv/
to (cause something to) ...
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productivity
noun[U]
uk
/ˌprɒd.ʌkˈtɪv.ə.ti/us
/ˌproʊ.dəkˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
the rate at which a company or country makes goods, usually judged in connection with the number of people and the amount of materials necessary to produce ...
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Drought resistance: genetic approaches forimprovingproductivityunder stress.
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These materials should be used to breed improved cultivars with low negative impact under marginal production systems and forimprovingproductivityunder favourable environments.
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Policies forimprovingproductivity, competitiveness and sustainable livelihoods of smallholder livestock producers.
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Such policies, which includeimprovingproductivityof fertility, reducing clearing costs, and augmenting forest recovery, create welfare gains for both ecologically informed and uninformed farmers.
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This suggests that streamlining the acquisition of credit among farmers may contribute toimprovingproductivityand net returns.
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Improving systems will increasingly depend on innovative approaches, such as agroecology, that take into account the economic, policy and social issues in addition to the conventional focus onimprovingproductivity.
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The idea was to introduce an "internal market," based on a "buy and sell" situation, to generate competition in line with the theory of incentives forimprovingproductivityand efficiency.
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Improvingproductivitydoes not mean that total employment has to fall.
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One advantage would be that own-account and other major operators could take the opportunity ofimprovingproductivity.
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Help must also be geared toimprovingproductivity.
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That is a fundamental part ofimprovingproductivity, of better applying new technology, and of stimulating employment.
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An active programme for greater fairness at work would help to remove hostilities and suspicions and ease the way forward onimprovingproductivity.
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However, the argument that competitiveness can be improved solely byimprovingproductivityand holding down wage increases does not meet the problem.
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Training and retraining those in employment is key toimprovingproductivity.
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Let me turn for a few moments to the problem ofimprovingproductivitywhen volume is static or even when it is being reduced.
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He spoke about a difficulty inimprovingproductivitythat stemmed from the existing legislation in respect of property and planning.
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They should also strengthen the regional and national economy; for example, byimprovingproductivity, increasing exports or introducing new technology.
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This is partly a matter ofimprovingproductivity: in other words, doing what is already being done more efficiently.
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