Introduction Generally‚ agro-based industry refers to an industry that adds values to agricultural raw materials through processing in order to produce marketable and usable products that bring forth profits and additional income to the producer. Under the Ninth Malaysia Plan (2006-2010)‚ development of agro-based industry will be focus on increasing utilization of agricultural produce in the production of high value-added products as well as processing activities. Private sector is encouraged
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Mankind has relied on non-renewable resources for thousands of years‚ and only recently has it started to take its toll on the environment. Chemists have been experimenting with different types of fuels and adding to gasoline to make it more efficient. This is when ethanol made its debut into the fuel industry‚ as an additive to gasoline. Ethanol is put into gas as a combatant against water‚ which can find its way into fuel tanks of vehicles. It reduces the effect that this water has on the health
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international market on their domestic market. The paper first analyzed the sudden increase of world food prices in 2007 and 2008‚ which is a major factor pushing commodity/food price increases in recent years. Other factors include the demands of the biofuels industry‚ particularly for corn‚ and China’s decision to import huge quantities of soybeans due to income growth and stocks-building. The report also assesses the use of export taxes‚ in the context of a food crisis. It summarizes how export
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Dear Ms Sunarty AHMAD Executive Client Services Removing the need to clear anymore rainforest is the key to clearing the skies over Singapore. I can optimise the Palm Oil industry and move to planting new plantations on Imperata grasslands this removes the need to fell anymore trees. The suggestions that I have for solving the ‘smoke haze’ would require a significant amount of discussion to enable you to understand the processes. I am wary of exposing our intellectual property‚ but I also realise
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that while irrigated agriculture uses up 80 per cent of the region’s fresh water‚ there have been only very minimal irrigation efficiencies since 1990. Climate change‚ rapid industrialization‚ water pollution‚ dietary shifts and the drive to grow biofuels are also expected to deepen the water crisis‚ according to Thapan. On current trends‚ this would lead to a 40 per cent gap between water demand and supply in Asia by 2030. "The impact is going to be greatest on food production and investment in
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Energy demand is increasing day by day owing to our dependency upon fossil fuels‚ which is a limited energy source and also poses negative effect on environment due to CO2 removal. Concerns about increased global energy demand‚ finite natural resources and environmental issues‚ are thus intensifying the search for sustainable‚ clean‚ renewable and eco-friendly alternatives to fossil fuels (Venkata mohan et al.‚ 2008). Renewable energy can be defined as energy that comes from constantly replenished
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Gmo’s are not safe Genetically Modified organisms or Gmo’s are unacceptable. People have been modifying genetics since the beginning of agriculture more than 10‚000 years ago. People have been utilizing selective breeding in order to produce superior crops and animal. However‚ not only their are creating superior crops and animals‚ their harming plants and animals during the process. We have been told GM crops will feed the world‚ but that’s clearly not the point. The type of GMOs that have
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in comparing sources of energy. There is so much more fossil energy‚ and it’s been used for a long time‚ so we know a lot more about its hazards and benefits. More modern technologies are harder to quantify. Some are renewable but still pollute (biofuels)‚ some are very clean except in accidents or waste disposal (nuclear). Most electricity sources (renewable or not) use steam turbines‚ and all the water to make steam has to come from somewhere‚ but how important should that factor be? Clicking
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References: • BP (2011) • BP Corporate Website n.d. Biofuels for the future‚ Making biodiesel from sugars ‚ [online] Available from : http://bp.com
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Chapter 18 Vocabulary • Energy Efficiency- Percentage of the total energy input that does useful work and is not converted into low-quality‚ usually useless heat in an energy conversion system or process. See energy quality‚ net energy. • Incandescent Light Bulb- One largely used devices that uses large amounts of energy‚ wastes 95% of its energy input of electricity • Internal Combustion Engine- Another device that uses a lot of energy‚ wastes 75%-80% of the energy in its fuel • Coal-Burning
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