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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is a method used to create terraces in which stone structures are created without using mortar for binding. No-till farming: When soil is prepared for farming by ploughing it‚ the process is known as tiling. No-till farming is a way of growing crops without disturbing it through tillage. The process of tilling is beneficial in mixing fertilizers in the soil‚ shaping it into rows and preparing a surface for sowing. But the tilling activity can lead to compaction of soil‚ loss of
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reduce diesel costs. An alternative to purchasing diesel is to produce biodiesel from vegetable oil extracted from crops grown on the farm and sell the excess biodiesel that is not used. The goal of this paper is to design the process and evaluate the financial feasibility of converting farm crops into biodiesel using a small-scale biodiesel production facility on a farm. Five crops were selected as design alternatives based on regional availability‚ productivity‚ and cost criteria: Canola‚ Corn
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Fluctuations i. Low Flood ii. High Flood III. The Irrigation of Ancient Egypt IV. The Crops of Ancient Egypt Conclusion ii THE EFFECT OF THE ANNUAL INUNDATION OF THE NILE RIVER ON THE AGRICULTURE OF ANCIENT EGYPT Introduction “For most Egyptians‚ from ancient times to the present‚ farming of some sort or another has been the basis of economic life. Either farming for food or farming for cash-crops and textiles‚ Egyptians have a long tradition of working the land.” 1But Egypt’s
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other countries. The reason why is because U.S. agri-business consistently produces more food on less land and at cheaper cost than the farmers of any other nation. When famine loomed in Mexico and southern Asia in the mid-20th century‚ agricultural crop researchers saved the day. Scientists at Mexico ’s International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center and the Philippines ’s International Rice Research Institute came up with new‚ high-yielding varieties of wheat and rice that raised harvests and
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as the interfere with the growth and production of crops. Farmers as a result have to take care of their crops by ensuring that the area that they desire to plant their crop in is fully sanitized and that the area is ready for planting. If this is not done the farmer would be in some serious problems resulting in unfortunate consequences. In this project we will take a look at what are weeds the major local types ‚ the effects they have on crop production as well as the different methods of weed
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fact that there was ready water to irrigate the crops and for human consumption. The other reason was the fact that the soils were rich with minerals because of the year in year out floods in the four great rivers. Lastly‚
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Monitoring Winter Wheat Growth Using Plant Nutrition Active Sensor Abstract: A real-time integrated crop monitoring and application system is needed to be developed for the wheat growth environment. This research developed a ground base-sensing embedded on tractor which monitors the growth of winter wheat by using a couple of plant nutrition active sensors (Crop Spec) and RTK-GPS. In this active sensor‚ two different infrared wavelengths were used for determination of vegetation
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Agroforestry is an integrated approach of using the interactive benefits from combining trees and shrubs with crops and/or livestock. It combines agricultural and forestry technologies to create more diverse‚ productive‚ profitable‚ healthy and sustainable land-use systems. ( Agroforestry ) Alleycropping - Part 1 ( Agroforestry ) Alleycropping - Part 2 ( Agroforestry ) Riparian Buffers - Part 3 ( Agroforestry ) Riparian Buffers - Part 4 ( Agroforestry ) Silvopasture - Part 5 ( Agroforestry
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