In Lowell Massachusetts in the early 1800’s‚ most of the land had been used for farming and agriculture. However‚ with the advancement in industry‚ the town started to produce new goods‚ instead crops and plants. With the advancement of Industry Lowell started to operate textile plants. From the early 1800’s to the 1850’s the number of plants doubled‚ tripled‚ and quadrupled. This boom in industry caused Lowell to come up with new ways to produce items. These plants produced many different items
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their role vis-a-vis the regular state departments needs to be reviewed. ADP concept The ADPs were designed in response to a fall in agricultural productivity‚ and hence a concern to sustain domestic food supplies‚ as labor had moved out of agriculture into more remunerative activities that were benefitting from the oil boom. Conversely‚ domestic recycling of oil income provided the opportunity for the government‚ with Bank support‚ to develop the ADPs. The projects provided agricultural investment
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Bangladesh has a primarily agrarian economy. Agriculture is the single largest producing sector of the economy since it comprises about 18.6% (data released on November‚ 2010) of the country’s GDP and employs around 45% of the total labor force. The performance of this sector has an overwhelming impact on major macroeconomic objectives like employment generation‚ poverty alleviation‚ human resources development and food security (Wikipedia). 2012 was yet another year where farmers bagged another
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Genetic Diversity In Agriculture Genetic variation is the raw material for the plant breeder‚ who must often select from primitive and wild plants‚ including wild species‚ in search of new genes. The appearance of new diseases‚ new pests‚ or new virulent forms of disease causing organisms makes it imperative that the plant be preserved‚ because it offers a potential for the presence of disease resistant genes not present in cultivated varieties. Also‚ there are demands for new characters-- for
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This essay aims to discuss the complementarities between the agricultural and industrial sectors in the process of economic development of Less Developed Countries (LDCs) like Zambia. To achieve this aim‚ an exposition of the role of agriculture and industry will be put forward based on some of the theoretical assumptions of Sir Arthur Lewis’ dual economy model and Albert Hirschman’s conceptualization of the inter-sectoral relationships. Relevant examples and definitions will be presented as a way
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Commissioned by the National Food Security Mission Ministry of Agriculture June‚ 2012 Prepared by National Council of Applied Economic Research Agricultural Outlook and Situation Analysis Reports AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK AND SITUATION ANALYSIS REPORTS ii Agricultural Outlook and Situation Analysis Reports Quarterly Agricultural Outlook Report April–June 2012 Under the Project Commissioned by the Ministry of Agriculture June‚ 2012 Prepared by National Council of Applied Economic
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hould agriculture be taxed in India? India‚ not by plans but by default is a mixed economy often leading to a conflict between what the state and the corporate demand. One of the many decisions resting with the government is that of taxation. Indian agricultural income‚ with the motive of promoting agriculture is currently exempt from income tax. In my opinion‚ agricultural income should be taxed like any other business income even in an agri-dominated country like India. The largest segment
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Topic: Climate change and Agriculture. In the countrie Solomon islands one of the major problems today is climate change activities. Climate change is the common tolarent background in which this account is looking at the changes that affects most aspect of the environment. How it is important of agricultural activities. The basic of greenhouse effect the gretly affected by changing of climate. However the potential impacts of climates change on agriculture onterms of food security. More over
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Introduction: India is primarily an agricultural[->0] country dating back to more than ten thousand years. Today‚ India ranks the second largest in agricultural output worldwide. Agriculture contributes approximately 33 percent of the Gross Domestic Product and round about 70 percent of Indian population is engaged in agriculture sector. Most of the agricultural outputs including wheat‚ tea‚ coffee‚ cotton etc are exported to foreign countries contributing about 8.56 percent of India?s exports. About
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INDIAN AGRICULTURE: GREEN REVOLUTION REVISITED By Anil K Gupta W.P. No. 896 September 1990 The main objective of the working paper series of the IIMA is to help faculty members to test out their research findings at the pre-publication stage INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AHMEDABAD 380 015 INDIA Sustainable Development of Indian Agriculture: Green Revolution Revisited There are many things unique about the story of technological change in Indian Agriculture in sixties
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