AGRICULTURE Agriculture is the production of food and goods through farming and forestry . Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of human civilization‚ with the husbandry of domesticated animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more densely populated and stratified societies. The study of agriculture is known as agricultural science. Agriculture encompasses a wide variety of specialties and techniques‚ including ways to expand the lands
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Archaeology 103 12/10/12 The Origins of Agriculture As the last Ice Age came to an end‚ the environment presented its self in a new manner. The temperature was becoming warmer‚ promoting more plant life‚ resulting in a better quality of life. Many scholars argue why farming was invented. Palaeopathological studies‚ or studies of diseases in ancient man and fossil animals‚ have shown that in populations where cereal farming was practiced the health had diminished. Also because of intensive cereal
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Indian Agriculture * Mainstay of Indian Economy * Since independence‚ undergone a change from being the sector contributing the highest share to the GDP to one contributing the lowest share. * Agriculture is a state subject. * GDP contribution (Agriculture and allied sector) * 56.5 pc in 1950-51 * 15.7 pc in 2008-09 and 14.6 pc in 2009-10. It was 19 pc in 2004-05. (2004-05 prices) * Agricultural GDP grew by 0.4 pc in 2009-10 and -0.1 pc in 2008-09. * Employment
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Assam Agriculture is the primary sector in the state’s economy. The socio-economic condition of Assam largely depends on its agricultural production. Thereby‚ the Assam department of agriculture has decided to take up various development measures to ensue growth in crop production. | Agriculture plays the chief role of revenue earning in Assam economy. The state of Assam experiences plenty of rainfall and possess a fertile land which is extremely advantageous for cropping. This has led to the
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Available online at http://www.journalcra.com INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH International Journal of Current Research Vol. 3‚ Issue‚ 10‚ pp.066-070‚ September‚ 2011 ISSN: 0975-833X RESEARCH ARTICLE IMPACT OF W.T.O ON INDIAN AGRICULTURE: PERFORMANCE AND PROSPECTS *Sheshagiri‚ B.‚ **Honkan‚ G. G. and ***Dr. L. D. Vaikunthe Doctoral Fellow‚ Department of Economics‚ Karnatak University‚ Dharwad – 03. Fellow‚ Department of Economics‚ Karnatak University‚ Dharwad – 03. *** Professor
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The most important factor in any planning for India’s development and economic uplift is that of turning a hungry‚ discontented people into a happy‚ well-fed one. Food can be had either by import or by production at home. India must produce her own food. The problem‚ therefore‚ reduces itself to one of agricultural improvement. We must grow more food. The scientist has other methods. The chemist‚ the biologist‚ the engineer and even the physicist‚ have a great role to play in applying science
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you - AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY Agriculture is the production of food and goods through farming. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of human civilization‚ with the husbandry of domesticated animals and plants (i.e. crops) creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more densely populated and stratified societies. The study of agriculture is known as agricultural science. Agriculture is also observed in certain species of ant and termite. Agriculture encompasses
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EDUCATION: UNIVERSITY PROVISION AND NEEDS ( 3 - 14) Faculties 3- 4 Central Facilities: 5- 8 (1) (2) (3) Central Library Laboratories Water and Electricity (4) 5 6 7 S University Farm 9 Faculty of Agriculture 9 Staffing 10 - 14 Department of Horticulture 10 (1) (2) (3) Staffing Buildings Equipment 11 - 13 14 (15 - 36) ACTIVITIES OF HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT AND ADVISER 16 - 20 Undergraduate Curricula 21 Postgraduate Curricula
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Agriculture of the Mayas and the Ancient Egyptians Agriculture is in the heart of any great civilization‚ which in turn‚ erects great empires. The origins of empires all stem down to smaller pieces of civilizations. It is responsible for feeding and sustaining the vastness of great empires. Of course‚ one has to find a suitable place to harvest or hunt for food. Agriculture differs from one civilization to the next but it is all essentially important. Egyptians were actually a population
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Question #1 How is intensive subsistence agriculture distinguished from extensive subsistence cropping? Why‚ in your opinion‚ have such different land use forms developed in separate areas of the warm‚ moist tropics? Intensive agriculture is the primary subsistence pattern of large-scale‚ populous societies. It results in much more food being produced per acre compared to other subsistence patterns. Beginning about 5‚000 years ago‚ the development of intensive farming methods became necessary as
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