primary production
noun[U]
PRODUCTIONukustheproductionofbasicmaterialsorcrops,ratherthan ofproductsmade from them:
Thepercentageof theworkforceengagedinprimaryproductionislowerthan inpreviousdecades.
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Grossprimaryproductionis a measure of the energy that a photoautotroph harvests from the sun.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Nearly allprimaryproductionin the ocean occurs here.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One problem with aluminium is the high energy cost ofprimaryproduction.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theirprimaryproductionare bananas and coffee, they use these as cash crops.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the past few decades, multinationals have shied away from direct involvement in relatively unprofitableprimaryproduction, instead focusing on inputs and processing and distribution.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Most island families have at least one member involved inprimaryproductionin some form.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Or, ifprimaryproductionslows, climate change could be accelerated.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This results in highprimaryproductionand makes the sublittoral zone the location of the majority of sea life.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There is a relationship between light,primaryproduction, and ecological energy budgets.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Generally, the leafs are still intact and as a result, grossprimaryproductionstays the same.
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