all know that penicillin is one of the top known class of antibiotics prescribed today. Although this drug has been getting numerous applauds since the mid 1900s on its effectiveness; it did not start at that way. The biggest challenge to this discovery was it mass production‚ which later came down the road. This drug was discovered in a very unusual way by Alexander Fleming in 1920. Fleming had returned from a summer vacation and began sorting petri dishes‚ which contained colonies. Which are
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Agriculture Agriculture is the artificial cultivation and processing of animals‚ plants‚ fungi and other life forms for food‚ fibers and other byproducts. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization‚ whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the development of much denser and more stratified societies. The study of agriculture is known as agricultural science. Agriculture is also observed in certain species of ant and termite.
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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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Global Trade in Agriculture Essay Topic: Modern land reform policies‚ in which large tracts of fertile farmland are parcelled out to smallholders‚ are one of the best ways of ensuring that diverse agricultural activities meet with the requirements of the domestic population. However‚ countries such as Japan‚ South Korea and China today are quick to conduct separate negotiations with politicians of these emerging countries to privatize this fertile farmland‚ instead of continuing with the land reform
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Agriculture and the national economy The importance of cotton to the economy Invention of the cotton gin Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793 Revolutionary impact of the gin It made cotton producing much faster and more efficient Impact on slavery It made less work for the slaves‚ and it made the cotton much easier to work with Encouragement of westward migration It was encouraged to grow cotton westward because there was more land and it was more fertile. Cotton
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just symbolic‚ but ideologically manipulative. By giving the people what they desired‚ making them feel like more middle class citizens However‚ Schafer does not ignore the lack of political lectures given to the working classes‚ they received talks about “crossing the Atlantic on a sailing boat and colour photography”‚ but very little was said in terms on policies and the political context of the time. This suggests that the upper classes‚ mainly Hitler and his Nazi officers‚ had not lifted their preconceptions
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earth we would be nothing but despite this we keep taking it for granted. It is our responsibility that our lives will be passed forward and that our ancestors can live a great life with a healthy planet. Animal agriculture is ruining our planet. Scientists say that animal agriculture is responsible for more than 18 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions‚ which is more than the combined exhaust gases from all transportation in the world. Therefore‚ this means that riding your bike‚ walking or taking
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------------------------------------------------- Agriculture in Greek Mythology ------------------------------------------------- Classical mythology and the sacred religious cult‚ the Eleusinian Mysteries‚ reveal a lot about the importance of agriculture and the future fecundity of the land to ancient civilisations. As the mother-goddess of the grain and rich harvest‚ the myths of Demeter are pivotal to a contemporary understanding of the cultural function of agriculture in the ancient world. The use of
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A Change of Heart About Animals Summary In “A Change of Heart About Animals”‚ Jeremy Rifkin states that animals have many similarities with humans; and people should change their old views about animals and treat them more respectfully. Rifkin proves this by giving scientific experiment results to show that animals can live like humans. The experiments focus on animal emotions‚ abilities to use tools or learn‚ and living habits. Rifkin explains that animals can have similar emotions like humans.
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Role and impact of biotechnology in modern agriculture. Biotechnology offers prospects in addressing problems concerned with agricultural productivity and environmental safety. In order to cope up with the ever increasing population of the current world‚ biotechnological intervention to supplement conventional plant breeding efforts is indispensable. Some of the issues that can be addressed using biotechnological techniques are crop production of superior quality‚ mass production of uniform planting
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