State of India’s Agriculture in 2020: In the year 2010‚ nobody would have expected that India’s agriculture would become so tech savvy as it is today. The reasons for this are numerous. But the credit should go to the recent five year plan which laid a lot of emphasis on improving agriculture in India and taking it to the next level. Let us see the sequence of events of what has happened in the past. As we all know agriculture is the main livelihood for majority of India’s population. India has
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Agriculture Computers help in agriculture? It can’t sow seeds or harvest crops or irrigate fields. But it can definitely help the farmers and the agricultural scientist in various stages of farming. And why haven’t we used computers in agriculture till date? Just one reason‚ farmers are not comfortable with computers. And since there’s no market for such a technology‚ the industry never bothered to consider that field for making any software. Countries like USA and Australia use software
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Front page Acknowledgement Chile: Food and Agriculture Republic of Chile is a country in South America occupying a long‚ narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west Chile is one of South America’s most stable and prosperous nations. It has been relatively free of the coups and arbitrary governments that have blighted the continent. The shape of Chile is a distinctive ribbon of land 4‚300 kilometres (2‚700 mi) long and on average 175 kilometres
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Chapter 11 Agriculture Review Questions 1. What events lead to the beginnings of the First Agricultural Revolution? How did the First Agricultural Revolution lead to the formation of urban areas? (you should incorporate plant domestication‚ and animal domestication in your answer) Events that lead to the beginnings of the First Agricultural Revolution are plant and animal domestication helped humans settle down. Plant domestication allowed humans to cultivate root crops and seed crops
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Much of the Ancient Egyptian agriculture was heavily dependent upon the Nile River‚ as they relied on its natural flooding and draining of the floodplain. Egyptians are recognized for being the first civilization for farming at a large scale. This was due in part to the engineering innovations that the Egyptians developed. Egyptians were also well organized in managing the irrigation system they had developed to induce crop growth. Their system only required a small amount of labor to maintain and
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Agriculture Problems in Pakistan And Their Solutions Posted March 8‚ 2010 by sappk in 2010‚ Poor Farmers. 7 Comments [pic]Post Source: http://www.einfopedia.com By Mohsin Ali [pic] Economy of every state depends on three sectors i.e agriculture‚ industry and commerce. These three are interrelated with each other as the progress or retrogress of one sector effects the other two. Pakistan is an agricultural state thus agriculture gains are of much importance than any other sector. Importance of
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Ch 10 Agriculture Origins of Agriculture The last thirty years have seen a revolution in our understanding of the origins of agriculture. What was once seen as a pattern of unilateral human exploitation of domesticated crops and animals has now been described as a pattern of coevolution and mutual domestication between human beings and their various domesticates. A new concept is now commonly viewed as the adoption of techniques and ultimately an economy long known to foragers in which invention
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Industry Overview From the birth of the nation‚ farming has played a crucial role in the U.S. economy. Initially European agricultural practices were adopted while settlers from the area began to populate the Americas. Agriculture in Colonial America was important to society because it was the primary livelihood for 90% of the population‚ and most of the farms were specifically used to create food for family use. As settlers moved west‚ they took advantage of the cooler climate to grow wheat
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In contrast‚ the Industrial Revolution was based upon mass production‚ the use of steam power‚ and the factory system. Both helped bring prosperity‚ and advances in technology to the world. The Neolithic Agricultural Revolution was the development of agriculture triggered by a population increase‚ and a decrease in big game animals. By 900 BCE‚ people were becoming solely independent on regular harvests of wild grains‚ berries‚ and nuts. Animals such as pigs‚ sheep‚ goats‚ and cattle were domesticated
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1] What is agriculture? 2] Name the factors influencing agriculture. 3] What is shifting cultivation? What are its disadvantages? 4] What is plantation agriculture? 5] Name the fibre crops and name the climatic conditions required for their growth. Answers (i) The word agriculture is derived from the Latin words agri—meaning soil—and culture—meaning cultivation or tilling of soil. It is defined as the science and art of cultivation of soil‚ raising crops and rearing livestock. (ii) The factors
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