1) Intensive farming practices include growing high-yield crops‚ using fertilisers and pesticides and keeping animals indoors. Food production is increased but there are unwelcome side effects. 2) Prevents energy being transferred from the crop to consumers. Reduces biodiversity. May poison helpful organisms. 3) Chemical insecticides (which kill insect pests). Herbicides which kill plants or weeds. 4) Ground water contamination: Chemicals can reach underground aquifers if there is persistent
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UNFCCC/CCNUCC ____________________________________________________________________________________ CDM – Executive Board PROJECT DESIGN DOCUMENT FORM FOR AFFORESTATION AND REFORESTATION PROJECT ACTIVITIES (CDM-AR-PDD) - Version 03 CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM PROJECT DESIGN DOCUMENT FORM FOR AFFORESTATION AND REFORESTATION PROJECT ACTIVITIES (CDM-AR-PDD) Version 03 RUBBER OUTGROWING AND CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN GHANA (ROCS-GHANA) CONTENTS PROJECT DESIGN DOCUMENT FOR AFFORESTATION AND REFORESTATION
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What does your daily life consist of? As a hunter in the Caddo tribe‚ I have to go out and find food for my tribe and family every day- because I do not want my family to starve. Usually‚ the animals I hunt are deer and the occasional buffalo. How does your tribe’s religious beliefs tie into your everyday job? Every day‚ we celebrate and honor animal spirits‚ and the forces of nature. The night before a deer hunt‚ our priest performs a ceremony involving a deer head and antlers. If the hunt
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straight off the farm‚ consequently‚ no areas of storage are needed. SPECIALISATION AND IRRIGATION The crops grown on the area of study are bananas‚ plantains‚ pepper and its main crops are carrots‚ gungo peas and sorrel ; carrot being it’s most popular asset. The land is sown before rainy seasons and harvested in dry seasons. Crop rotation is done on the farm‚ depending on the seasons (not all crops are suitable for sowing in certain temperatures) and the amount of land owned. A mixed cropping system
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TECHNOLOGY USED IN FOOD PRODUCTION The efforts by Various Agencies to Diversity Food Production ULAM Ulam or vegetable salad consists of fresh leaves ‚ fruits ‚ and other plant parts which are eaten raw . Examples of ulam include : pegaga ( Centella asiatica ) [pic] shoots of papaya [pic] kacang botol [pic] petai ( Parkia speciosa ) [pic] kemangi ( Ocimum sanctum ) [pic] Ulam is rich in mineral ions ‚ vitamins and fibre . some of these plants are used in the preparation of herbal medicines
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Manor - Village farms owned by the lords. Serfs - Peasants tied to the land they tilled Three-field system - Crop-rotation system where two sections of land have different crops and the other section is vacant. Parish - A small administrative district typically having its own church and a priest. Diocese - a district under the pastoral
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agriculture * energy subsidy- the energy input per calorie of food produced * Green Revolution- a shift in agricultural practices in the twentieth century that included new management techniques‚ mechanization‚ fertilization‚ irrigation‚ and improved crop varieties‚ and resulted in increased food output. * Mechanization has
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BBA • Semester VI • Group VI• Organic Farming B B A S E M E S T E R V I BBA • Semester VI • Group VI• Organic Farming Organic Farming Introduction Organic farming is the form of agriculture that relies on techniques such as crop rotation‚ green manure‚ compost and biological pest control. Organic farming uses fertilizers and pesticides but excludes or strictly limits the use of manufactured (synthetic) fertilizers‚ pesticides (which include herbicides‚ insecticides and fungicides)
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Project on Non Pesticide Management and its Implications An Intervention of Bihar Rural Livelihood Promotion Society Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the course Managing Sustainability A report submitted to Instructor: Prof.Rama Mohana Turaga Prof. Vaibhav Bhamoriya Academic Associate: Purvi Shailesh Thaker On 07th August 2013 By Munindra Kumar Vignesh Ramdas Praveen Kumar M Contents Problem and its Background ........................................
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4th-generation‚ family-run farm advocates for sustainable growing practices‚ and etc (Company Website). Blue Apron builds direct and close relationship with farmers and guarantee demand for their harvest‚ allowing them to better plan their crop rotations to grow rotations to grow specialty produce just for Blue Apron. In an interview with theguardian.com‚ Matt Salzberg reveals that they collect the suppliers’ creative ideas often. A family-run fresh pasta company comes up with new pastas all the time and
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