Agriculture and Rural life For urban America‚ the 1920s was a decade of prosperity. The urban population continued its rapid growth‚ surpassing rural population for the first time in 1920. For rural America‚ however‚ the 1920s was a decade of stagnation‚ with only a slight population increase for the decade. Moreover‚ many farm-oriented industries‚ such as implement and fertilizer manufacturers and rural business depending on farm trade‚ failed. In constant dollars‚ farm income did not return
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Agriculture: The Great Discovery That Changed the World Agriculture changed the world with its discovery by helping people socially‚ building communities‚ and learning to trade. It brought people closer and they became more social with other villages and people in a large region. Because it allowed people to live in one place and not move around to find food such as animals and berries‚ they were able to build houses and start communities. It was the beginning of civilization. They developed
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of horticultural crops. It is the fastest growing sector within agriculture. It contributes in poverty alleviation‚ nutritional security and have ample scope for farmers to increase their income and helpful in sustaining large number of agro-based industries which generate huge employment opportunities. Presently horticulture contributes 28 per cent of agricultural GDP. The national goal of achieving 4.0 per cent growth in agriculture can be achieved through major contribution from horticulture growth
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- www.fao.org The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries‚ FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. It is also a source of knowledge and information‚ and helps developing countries and countries in transition modernize and improve agriculture‚ forestry and fishery practices
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HOW TO REVIVE AGRICULTURE AND FARMING IN NIGERIA AGRICULTURE IN NIGERIA: DEAD OR ALIVE? A lot has been said about agriculture in Nigeria. Some said it is dead while some others say it is still alive. Whatever the case maybe‚ is irrelevant‚ what matters most is the way forward and that is the main purpose of this hub. Things that should be done by the government and all concerned to improve the standard of agriculture in Nigeria and agriculture in Africa as a whole are listed in the next section
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Urban Agriculture in and around Monrovia‚ Liberia Timothy Kortu Since the end of the war that raged from 1989 to 2003‚ Liberia has suffered from chronic food insecure and basic socio-economic infrastructure. Urban urban poverty‚ improve food security and enhance urban waste management in Monrovia and other Liberian cities. Recently the government acknowledging food security in the country. rity‚ due to the destruction of its agricultural sector agriculture provides a strategy to help reduce
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Relation among Agriculture‚ Trade and Industry: Many industries running in Nepal are based on agriculture. Such industries are dependent on the raw materials that come from agriculture sector. The examples are sugar industry from sugarcane‚ jute industry from jute‚ cotton factory from cotton‚ leather industry from animal skin‚ tea factory from tea leaves‚ etc. To run these industries‚ raw materials are made available from the agriculture sector. Agriculture tools like spade‚ plough‚ etc are produced
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Though non-civilized‚ hunter-gatherer societies may have few advantages over civilized‚ agricultural societies; agricultural societies likewise also have couple advantages of non-civilized‚ hunter-gatherer societies. One may see the increased likelihood of disease in major‚ populated agricultural societies as a drawback‚ but in reality the exposure to disease and bacteria converts the primitive human immune system‚ into stronger defenses of future identical diseases‚ reducing the likelihood of another
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governments encourage or enforce industrialisation. Agriculture Agriculture also called farming or husbandry is the cultivation of animals‚ plants‚ fungi‚ and other life forms for food‚ fiber‚ biofuel and other products used to sustain life. 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 history of agriculture dates back thousands of years‚ and its development
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Agriculture provides the basis of subsistence for the population by production of food and raw materials. Traditionally‚ the inhabitants of each country or region depended on the bread-basket filled by the farmers‚ for ex; everybody depended on agriculture and was interested in its outcome. In recent times‚ regional and international trade have reduced the dependence on home agriculture‚ and the quantity of available food is less a function of the harvest than of the political decision on the amount
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