INDIAN AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY : SOME FACTS India with arable land of 184 million hectares. India produces annually 90 million tonnes of milk (highest in the world) India produces 150 million tonnes of fruits & vegetables (second largest) India has 485 million livestock population (largest) India produces 204 million tonnes food grain (third largest) India produces 6.3 million tonnes fish (3rd largest) ‚ India has 489 million Poultry and produces 45‚200 million eggs. India had the “Green” Revolution
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Remote Sensing Monitoring Operation System for Agriculture Shuo YANG Remote Sensing Application Center Ministry of Agriculture of China Beijing‚ China 100026 E-mail: yangshuo@agri.gov.cn Abstract: The research and application of remote sensing technology in agriculture started in late 1970s in China. Over past 30 years of development and on the basis of technical introduction‚ R&D‚ the remote sensing technology in the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture has become one of elementary means in monitoring
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MODERN AGRICULTURE MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE THE BEST OPTION FOR TRADITIONALIST‚ SMALL-SCALE CARIBBEAN FARMERS In today’s world‚ where everyone is striving towards modernisation of the highest form in all aspects of life‚ there seems to be less and less space for traditional ways of doing anything anymore. It is no different in the agricultural sector. Agricultural geography may be seen as being rooted in outmoded concerns for “natural resources” and “basic human needs” in an economic era of “signs
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_________________________________________________________________ Page 1 of 12 LOW EXPENDITURE AND LOW PRESSURE DRIP IRRIGATION TECHNIQUES IN IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE REGION PROJECT PROPOSAL PROJECT PROPOSAL LOW EXPENDITURE AND LOW PRESSURE DRIP IRRIGATION TECHNIQUES IN IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE REGION INTRODUCTION Agricultural water administration can help to tumbling starvation and scarcity in the emergent world. It reimburses both rural and urban poor. But most developing
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Major Problems Faced by Indian Agriculture The major problems confronting Indian agriculture are those of population pressure‚ small holdings‚ depleted soils‚ lack of modern technology and poor facilities for storage. (a) Population Pressure: India has a huge population of over one billion and it is increasing at a very fast rate. According to 2001 census figures the over all density of population is 324 persons per sq. km. This is likely to increase further in future. This has created great demand
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Agricultural Insurance in India Problems and Prospects Agriculture production and farm incomes in India are frequently affected by natural disasters such as droughts‚ floods‚ cyclones‚ storms‚ landslides and earthquakes. Susceptibility of agriculture to these disasters is compounded by the outbreak of epidemics and man-made disasters such as fire‚ sale of spurious seeds‚ fertilizers and pesticides‚ price crashes etc. All these events severely affect farmers through loss in production and farm
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Cited: Dinsmoor‚ William Bell. The Architecture of Ancient Greek: An Account of Its Historic Development. New York: Biblo and Tannen‚ 1973. Hamlin‚ Talbot. Architecture through the Ages. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons‚ 1940. Hitchcock‚ H. R. et al. World Architecture: An Illustrated History. New York: McGraw-Hill‚ 1963. Kimball‚ Fiske and George Harold
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OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2011-2020 © OECD/FAO 2011 Chapter 6 Sugar 119 6. SUGAR Market situation The world sugar market continues to experience considerable price volatility. The world indicator price for raw sugar witnessed a succession of peaks and downward corrections in 2010 before soaring to a 30-year high of USD 36.08 cts/lb (USD 795.4/t) in February 2011. Market fundamentals driving volatile prices were large global sugar deficits in the previous two seasons and adverse
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IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON COASTAL AGRICULTURE OF BANGLADESH Introduction Climate change (CC) is the most alarming issue facing the world today. The consequences of climate variability and climate change are potentially more significant for the poor in developing countries .The impact of climate change on agriculture will be huge and substantive. Coastal people are highly exposed to a range of natural hazards‚ from storms and cyclones to widespread flooding and coastal erosion. Table: Potential
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PUBLIC POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSIS Organizational Structure/ Implementation Framework Policy Option “CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN AGRICULTURE AND FISHERY” Climate Change is an alarming and contentious issue for all that has recently reached the political and public agenda and consciousness. The effects of climate change must be given priority by the national government. Based on the group’s discussion‚ the top-down implementation framework has been determined as best policy option/
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