categories were compared using ANOVA (F-test). The analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed the presence of significant mean difference between rural households falling in the four livelihood strategies in terms of total annual cash income and frequency of extension contact. The study showed that those farmers who were using the combination of on-farm‚ off-farm and non-farm activities as their livelihood had relatively better total annual cash income than the others. The mean value of total annual cash income
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cost. In most industries‚ market prices are determined by demand and supply. This tends to encourage efficiency and fair trade balance. US government subsidies to their farmers create an unfair market for foreign farmers to compete. It hurts agricultural businesses growing produce not covered by subsidies Contribute to lack Product of
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consumed or used just about everything they produced. The small amount of output not consumed on the farm was sold for cash. These items were used to feed and cloth the minor portion of the country’s population that lived in villages and cities. A few agricultural products made their way into the export market and were sold to
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subsidies [a]nd just 10 percent of recipients receive 75 percent of all subsidies”( Agricultural Subsidies: Corporate Welfare for Farmers). As explained in the blog: Agricultural Subsidies: Corporate Welfare for Farmers‚ farm subsidies were originally set up after the great depression in 1930s’‚ back when nearly 25 percent of the population lived on farms. “Today only 1 percent of the population live on farms”(Agricultural Subsidies: Corporate Welfare for Farmers) and these farms are far
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The Global Olive Garden The green revolution happened half a century a go‚ now it ’s time for another revolution if we want to continue feeding the world population. Is this too extreme of an opinion? No‚ not in the slightest. Today we are faced with the same problem of an exploding human population while the rate o food production is going down. Large scale monoculture farming worked for us back then‚ but the effects it had on our world such as soil compaction and water pollution make it an irresponsible
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Agricultural Equipment Business Manufacturing‚ export and distribution opportunities in post-harvest equipment beckon entrepreneurs even as other farm products also hold great promise In the last decade‚ Buhler‚ a global manufacturer of grain milling‚ sorting and handling products‚ has been witnessing a geographical shift in demand for its products. While the US and Europe remained the mainstay for long‚ it is China and India that are now the demand hubs for its products. The company‚ which launched
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the past decade‚ India still struggles to feed its population: According to the 2005/2006 National Family Health Survey‚ 40 percent of children below the age of 3 were underweight and 45 percent were stunted.7 Lack of investment has kept domestic agricultural productivity low as manual labor remains the dominant source of domestic food production. In 2008/2009‚ agriculture employed about 52 percent of the labor force‚ but only made up 13 percent of India’s GDP.8 Farming and agriculture remain greatly
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goods and services to a company for less compensation than valued. These and other types of subsidies can be used for health care‚ education‚ and businesses‚ as well as other industries in times of hardship. CASE STUDY: AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES The focus on the need for agricultural subsidies was never more evident than in 2004 when 4 successive
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Kumari ARIVIAL PERAVAI YOUNG SCIENTIST PROGRAMME 2012 – 2013 MAROON TEAM Main topic : “Food and Agriculture – Challenges” Research topic : “Food production and Consumption” Team members : i. J.S.Anandhu Krishna [ leader ] ii. S.Anjali [ convener ] iii. R.S.Athira iv. A.N.Athithya v. Balathiraviam
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#1—Crash Course World History The Agricultural Revolution In just _____________ years‚ humans went from hunting and gathering to create such improbabilities as the airplane‚ the Internet‚ and the 99 cent double cheeseburger. 15‚000 years ago‚ humans were _____________ and hunters. Foraging meant gathering fruits‚ nuts‚ and also wild grains and grasses. Hunting allowed for a protein-rich diet‚ so long as you could find something with meat to kill. While we tend to think that the lives of foragers
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