Soleil Navarro College Prep Mr. Pohl April 14‚ 2017 Monoculture is bad Wondering about how our food is farmed isn’t a popular thing to do. I personally had never thought of the process until I read an article on the effects of monoculture. This made me realize that to get food for today we may be destroying the world tomorrow. By this I mean that the easy process of monoculture to yield large amounts of food is actually hurting us. When people think food they never quite stop
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Agriculture‚ also called farming or husbandry‚ is the cultivation of animals‚ plants‚ fungi‚ and other life forms for food‚ fiber‚ biofuel‚drugs and other products used to sustain and enhance human life.[1] Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization‚ whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the development of civilization. The study of agriculture is known as agricultural science. The history of agriculture dates back thousands
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Department of Distance Education‚ Punjabi University‚ Patiala (Punjab)‚ India. E-mail: Abstract: A progressive agriculture serves as a powerful engine of economic growth of any country. It helps in initiating and sustaining the development of other sectors of the economy. In view of this‚ after independence the Government of India adopted a positive approach and specific programmes like new agriculture technology were introduced. Indian farmers being poor were not in a position to buy these expensive inputs
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Introduction: Agriculture is an art‚ science and industry of managing the growth of plants and animals for human use. In broad sense‚ agriculture includes cultivation of the soil‚ growing and harvesting the crops‚ breeding and raising livestock‚ daring and forestry. Modern agriculture is engineering and technology based. Therefore‚ mechanization has eased much of the back breaking toil to the farmer. Agriculture is the backbone of economy of most of the countries of the world. About 48 percent
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is consumed by the farmers and their families. Where facilities like irrigation and electricity are available‚ farming has improved. Important cash crops like sugarcane‚ oilseeds‚ cotton and jute are grown. The subsistence agriculture has given way to commercial agriculture to some extent. Dry land farming is practised in areas where the rainfall is low and irrigation facilities are inadequate. Here‚ emphasis is laid on conservation of moisture‚ and on crops like jowar‚ bajra and pulses‚ which need
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of the study 10 5. Hypothesis 11 6. Scope and limitation of the study 11 7. Definition of terms. 12 CHAPTER TWO Review of Related Literature 16 2.1 Historical overview of Agriculture financing in Nigeria 17 2.2 The importance of Agriculture 19 2.3 Problems of Agriculture financing in Nigeria 20 2.4 The establishment of Central bank in Nigeria 22 2.5 The Major development programs and policies of C.B.N in relation to Agricultural financing 26 2.6 The C.B
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Agriculture is a primary activity & is closely related to the natural environment. The term agriculture has been derived from the Latin word ‘Ager’ meaning field & ‘culture’ meaning cultivation. And agriculture practices means the steps involved in agriculture which can be seen generally been done by farmers and gardeners. Agricultural practices such as irrigation‚ crop rotation‚ fertilizers‚ pesticides and animals were developed long ago‚ but have made great strides in the past century. The history
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means by which more food can be grown than before‚ on the same piece of land. Improved methods of agriculture have led to the production of about 360m tonnes of plant food products and about 88m tonnes of animal food products. OBJECTIVES After completing this lesson‚ you will be able to: • state reasons for human dependence on plants and animals for food; • define and differentiate between agriculture and horticulture; • list and explain the various steps for raising an improved crop; • differentiate
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Grand Anicut dam on river Kaveri (1st-2nd Century CE) is one of the oldest water-regulation structures in the world still in use.[1] Indian agriculture began by 9000 BCE as a result of early cultivation of plants‚ and domestication of crops and animals.[2] Settled life soon followed with implements and techniques being developed for agriculture.[3][4] Double monsoons led to two harvests being reaped in one year.[5] Indian products soon reached the world via existing trading networks and foreign
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HISTORY OF INDIAN AGRICULTURE Early history Barley and wheat cultivation—along with the domestication of cattle‚ primarily sheep and goat—was visible in Mehrgarh by 9000 BCE. Vedic period – Post Maha Janapadas period (1500 BCE – 200 CE) The Mauryan Empire (322–185 BCE) categorised soils and made meteorological observations for agricultural use. Early Common Era – High Middle Ages (200–1200 CE) Water storage systems were designed during this period. Kallanai‚ a dam built
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