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    growing demand for food by the world’s population. Yields of primary crops such as rice and wheat increased dramatically‚ the price of food declined‚ the rate of increase in crop yields generally kept pace with population growth‚ and the number of people who consistently go hungry was slightly reduced. This boost in food production has been due mainly to scientific advances and new technologies‚ including the development of new crop varieties‚ the use of pesticides and fertilizers‚ and the construction

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    usually put in crops to make them bigger‚ tastier‚ or healthier. Though this sounds like a great idea there are extreme drawbacks. For instance GMOs are already increasing herbicide use in the U.S. by 26 percent since 1998 when the leaders of GMOs said that they would decrease herbicide use. This also means that more weeds are becoming resistant to herbicides and so GMOs are creating superweeds that are even harder to kill. With the constant spraying of herbicides on our GMO crops the herbicide chemicals

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    foods -- Public opinion CROPS -- Genetic engineering -- Law & legislation BORLAUG‚ Norman E. (Norman Ernest)‚ 1914-2009 GROLM‚ Michael Abstract: The article discusses genetically modified organisms (GMOs)‚ focusing on political and social opposition to genetically modified foods in Europe as of April 2013. Topics include the raiding of farms by activists including the beekeeper Michael Grolm‚ research concerning the potential adverse health effects of transgenic crops‚ and the economic impact

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    the growth of weeds in crop fields. A herbicide is a substance that is toxic to plants and is used to kill any unwanted vegetative growth. The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is a private organization where corn growers meat to discuss the worlds corn market. The Environmental Protective Agency (EPA) is a government agency that protects the environment and the publics health. I will state why

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    transportation to market and poor attitude towards farming. Firstly‚ let’s take a look at the lack of fertile soil‚ which makes it difficult for farmers to produce a good crop. The Bahamas has no real soil profile. It is shallow‚ does not retain fertility or water‚ and is always thin‚ patchy or stony. This is a problem because the crops will not grow properly and the soil will be of no use to farmers. Our soil is infertile because it has been overworked by earlier generations‚ and it doesn’t get all of

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    which nourishes on the maize crops and have the potential of habitating an area on their arrival and this species can move long distances over a year mostly in the summer seasons. (FAOSTAT‚ 2013) stated that Maize (Zea Mays L.) crops is an important crop of agriculture in southern Africa‚ because large number of African populations depend on maize crops for their livelihood in both the rural and the urban areas. This adverse effect of the fall armyworm causes the loss of crop production‚ decrease in the

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    Rousseau and Gray. In the story‚ “The worst mistake in human history” the hunter-gathers did not have much crops at all. They replied heavenly on one crop to reproduce more of the same product. If the crop did not survive then the hunter-gathers would suffer from starvation. The hunter-gathers in the Rousseau and Gray story had an abundance of crops. If one crop failed‚ they had other crops available for them to use for

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    GMOs should be banned

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    effect on the environment‚ and its contribution to the extinction of pollinating insects. GMOs are genetically modified organisms that are formulated from more than one organism (Suzuki‚ 2013). Companies use GMOs to exploit the natural genome of crops to artificially add nutrition and to mutate their sustainability to external environmental factors such as weeds‚ bugs‚ and disease (Suzuki‚ 2013). The manipulation of plant genes can cause many health dilemmas. In an experiment‚ several hamsters

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    food prices in South Asia. 21% of children in Sri Lanka under five years of age are underweight. According to the World Bank the following are the reasons for the under development of agriculture in Sri Lanka thereby limiting the production of food crops and hence are the major contributors to the increasing Food Crisis in the country. (a)Weaknesses in strategy and policy (b)Heavy public sector regulatory interventions in commodity and input/factor markets (c)Weak delivery of services in rural areas

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    Biology I.ANSWER THE FOLLOWING What is agriculture? Science that deals with the growth of plants and animals for human use is called agriculture. What are the practices of crop production? a. preparation of soil and sowing. b. adding manure and fertilizer. c. types of irrigation. d. protection from weeds. e. Harvesting. f. storage and marketing. How do you prepare soil for farming ? a. ploughing b. leveling and c. manuring What is ploughing? Ploughing is the process of

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