In India‚ agriculture was the main source of national income and occupation at the time of Independence. Agriculture plays an essential role in the process of economic development of less developed countries like India. Besides providing food to nation‚ agriculture Releases labour‚ provides saving‚ contributes to market of industrial goods and earns foreign exchange. Indian economy was a backward and agricultural based economy at the time of Independence. After 61 year of Independence‚ the share
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Women in Agriculture 1 Women in Agriculture Heather Heath Dr. Alston April 2010 AGED Women in Agriculture 2 Table of Contents Women Farmers 3 One Woman in Agriculture 6 Female Agricultural Educators 7 Women as Agricultural Extension Agents 11 Women in the Public Arena 12 History of Women in the FFA 15 Women Farmers in Florida 16 Women in Agriculture in Arkansas 17 Women in Agriculture in Minnesota 20
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Imagine everything you own is wet. Do you remember the flood here in 2010? Did you or someone you love suffer as a result of it? Of the two pictures above‚ they both illustrate some of the devastating effects of flooding but only one picture is of the Nashville flood. The picture on the left is of the current flooding in Peru. We Nashvillians have a kinship with the people of Peru in that we understand how welcome a clean‚ dry set of clothes is when we have none. We remember what it feels like
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Expierence has shown that every time we have a heavy rain fall ….a large sections of our base get flooded by rain water. Some time …just like today most offices in the Well system‚ OWS and Petrotesting also get flooded. This morning while it was raining we had to cut off electric power supply to the OWS and Petrotesting sections of our base as the level of the water in the offices was high enough to cover some electrical power suckets on the walls. Also back in my own office I observed some
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Agriculture in Nepal The major economic source of the majority of the families in our country is agriculture. More than 70% of our human resources are involved in agriculture and this sector provides for nearly 40% of the gross domestic product. Thus agriculture is the major occupation‚ main enterprise and the major lifestyle of the country. The unit of the agricultural system in our country currently is a family. If we take a general representative example we see that the enterprise has familial
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Overview The tractor industry reported a strong 28.3% growth in sales volumes during 2009-10‚ thereby ending the phase of cyclical correction that had pulled down tractor sales during the preceding two years (200709). Significantly‚ the revival of 2009-10 happened despite the droughtlike conditions in many States during the kharif1 season dampening sentiments. The key factor enabling the demand growth of 2009-10 was strong rural liquidity‚ which in turn was sustained by several factors‚ including:
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According to Oxford University agriculture is the science or practice of farming‚ including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food‚ wool‚ and other products (“oxforddictionaries.com”). Agriculture‚ natural resources‚ and related food industries have been important to Florida’s history and remain a significant force in the economy of Florida to this day. Agriculture is an important part of Florida’s economy‚ and still is today because it was an
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after year there are ringing calls for the Bahamas to invest more and do more to develop agriculture. In 2001‚ former Central Bank researcher Gabriella Fraser observed that Bahamian agriculture had "hardly evolved" over time‚ and asked whether enough effort was being made to achieve food security. Environmental advocate Sam Duncombe argued in a recent online exchange that If we don’t invest in agriculture and manufacturing‚ Bahamians will be condemned to "a life of servitude and dependence." Dr
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Dangers of Agriculture H445 Occupational Health Agriculture ranks among the most hazardous industries. Farmers are at very high risk for fatal and nonfatal injuries‚ and farming is one of the few industries in which family members are also at risk for fatal and nonfatal injuries. In 1990‚ Congress directed NIOSH to develop an agricultural safety and health program to address the high risks of injuries and illnesses experienced by workers and families in agriculture. NIOSH supports
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Benefits of Agriculture in Malaysia Introduction Among the main benefits that agriculture industry provides to the society can be viewed from social aspect‚ economic aspect and environmental aspect. Body Paragraph 1 A Firstly the main benefits that can be generated from agriculture industry is based on social view. 1) Agriculture industry can help society to create jobs‚ educate them and let them manage their food. a) Can help combat hunger i) Creates better living
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