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    Green Revolution

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    [pic] The Green Revolution The world’s worst recorded food disaster occurred in 1943 in British-ruled India. Known as the Bengal Famine‚ an estimated 4 million people died of hunger that year in eastern India (which included today’s Bangladesh). Initially‚ this catastrophe was attributed to an acute shortfall in food production in the area. However‚ Indian economist Amartya Sen (recipient of the Nobel Prize for Economics‚ 1998) has established that while food shortage was a contributor to the

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    Humankind is largely fed by food grown with synthetic chemical fertilizer and by explosives like Dynamite. Synthetic fertilizer requires a plentiful supply of nitrogen‚ inventing a process to fix it in ammonia was daunting. Attempts were made for over 100 years. Then in 1909 Fritz Haber‚ a German chemist‚ solved the problem in principal. In 1910‚ Carl Bosch‚ pioneering new engineering methods‚ commercialized the process. Known as the Haber-Bosch Process‚ it is now responsible for growing about half

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    management of crops production by paying attention to its proper needs. (Chaboussou as cited by Paull 2007). The above mentioned theories relay in the study since it focused on managing the soil nutrients through correct usage and application of fertilizers and pesticides. Understanding the nutritional requirement of a particular plant allows correct assessment and provide positive decision when conflicts arise. By doing so‚

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    to die off. Bacteria can do the same‚ but also harm the water too. The bacteria can spread quickly from fish to fish‚ but it can also spread to the water and make it unhealthy. Different human pollutants in watersheds include soil‚ toxic waste‚ fertilizers‚ oil spills‚ landfills‚ industries‚ farms‚ pesticides and chemicals. Even animal waste can pollute water if washed in. Natural occurrences include acid rain‚ runoff from roads‚ lawns and etc. Watersheds can be harmed when people change the water’s

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    United Breweries Group or UB Group is an Indian conglomerate company based in Bangalore‚ India. The company has annual sales of over US$4 billion and a market capitalization of approximately US$12 billion. Its core business includes beverages‚ aviation‚ electrical and chemicals. The company markets beer under the Kingfisher brand and has also launchedKingfisher Airlines‚ an airline service in India‚ with international flights operating recently. United Breweries is India’s largest producer of beer

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    the purchasers of the products. An organic approach can contribute towards making a farm more financially viable in several ways. * First‚ it is a low input way of farming. You do not need to invest so much money in expensive chemicals and fertilizers. However‚ any declines in initial production are balanced against these reduced costs. * Second‚ it is less likely to result in land degradation than many other production methods; hence the long-term cost of sustaining production is less.

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    For example‚ GMOs reduce humankind’s environmental footprint by reducing the need for pesticides and fertilizers and therefore minimizing nitrogen runoff. Furthermore‚ GMOs are integral to feed our immense and growing population. Lastly‚ the scientific consensus shows that GMOs are completely safe to consume. All in all‚ the modification of foods proves a

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    Thomas Huynh Period 2 Golden Rice Vitamin A deficiency is one the most common nutritional deficiencies in developing regions. Deficiency in vitamin A can negatively affect growth‚ cause blindness‚ and suppress the immune system. To solve this problem green leafy vegetables and yellow fruits and certain animal produces B carotene are used to synthesize vitamin A. This can be done by direct manipulation of an organism’s genome using biotechnology; first isolating and copying the genetic material

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    different concentrations of hydrogen peroxide‚ then the highest concentration will germinate the most amount of seeds.” What was hoped to learn was if hydrogen peroxide would be effective in fertilizer and in the growth of plants. When an article stating that hydrogen peroxide was approved for use in plant fertilizer the idea of this experiment was constructed. The first step to the experiment was to measure 250 mL of pure water in a beaker then pour it into a glass along with 5 mL of hydrogen peroxide

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    River Pollution

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    a form of pollution. People People are sometimes careless and throw rubbish such as bottles and crisp packets directly into rivers Agriculture Farmers put fertilizers and pesticides on their crops so that their crops grow better. But these fertilizers and pesticides can be washed through the soil by rain‚ to end up in rivers. Fertilizers and pesticides are harmful because they cause algae to grow. The algae then destroy water plants. Construction site stormwater Silt fence installed on a construction

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