Agricultural Insurance in India Problems and Prospects Agriculture production and farm incomes in India are frequently affected by natural disasters such as droughts‚ floods‚ cyclones‚ storms‚ landslides and earthquakes. Susceptibility of agriculture to these disasters is compounded by the outbreak of epidemics and man-made disasters such as fire‚ sale of spurious seeds‚ fertilizers and pesticides‚ price crashes etc. All these events severely affect farmers through loss in production and farm
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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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The Role of Agriculture in Indonesia Economic Development Indonesia can be categorized as an agrarian nation‚ where the role of agriculture in Indonesia economy really significant. Agriculture sector in Indonesia has a role in: (a) providing job opportunity for the majority of labor force‚ (b) producing foods for the nation‚ (c) raw material producer for industrial sector‚ and (d) strengthening food security and rural development. The role of agriculture becomes more important when Indonesia
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Make My Career Agriculture Have you ever thought about a career in agriculture? Agriculture is way more than just farming. Agriculture is very important to Georgia in multiple ways. For example‚ if we didn’t have agriculture‚ we wouldn’t have the food it takes to make our bodies strong. Some main sources of agriculture are foods like beans‚ vegetables‚ and milk. There are also many careers in agriculture‚ such as an animal behaviorist‚ a farm manager‚ and a marine biologist. Have you ever wondered
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MODERN AGRICULTURE MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE THE BEST OPTION FOR TRADITIONALIST‚ SMALL-SCALE CARIBBEAN FARMERS In today’s world‚ where everyone is striving towards modernisation of the highest form in all aspects of life‚ there seems to be less and less space for traditional ways of doing anything anymore. It is no different in the agricultural sector. Agricultural geography may be seen as being rooted in outmoded concerns for “natural resources” and “basic human needs” in an economic era of “signs
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Remote Sensing Monitoring Operation System for Agriculture Shuo YANG Remote Sensing Application Center Ministry of Agriculture of China Beijing‚ China 100026 E-mail: yangshuo@agri.gov.cn Abstract: The research and application of remote sensing technology in agriculture started in late 1970s in China. Over past 30 years of development and on the basis of technical introduction‚ R&D‚ the remote sensing technology in the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture has become one of elementary means in monitoring
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A PROJECT REPORT ON ROLE OF BIO FERTILIZERS IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE SUBMITTED TOWARDS PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE MBA-RURAL MANAGEMENT (2009-11) 3rd SEMESTER SUBMITTED TO AMITY SCHOOL OF RURAL MANAGEMENT SUBMITTED BY MAMTA GUPTA (A4011309005) UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF Dr. Ritesh Dwivedi Lecturer ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I have been able to complete this project with the blessings of my parents‚ teachers and friends who always supported me at every level. I thank to all
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The Role of Agriculture in the Economic Development of Bangladesh Muhammed Nazmul Islam Economic Portrait of Bangladesh After December 1971 Bangladesh was expected to be a prosperous economy by eradication of poverty & utilization of political freedom to avail economic liberation. With great ambitions in eyes & high responsibilities on the shoulder‚ Bangladesh reached to the 20th century with some achievements & lots of disappointments. In past 20 years (1990 to 2009) the Gross Domestic Product
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