AGRICULTURE & DEVELOPMENT Agriculture is in many parts of the world is the main source of food and income of households. The role that agriculture plays in development has been debated during the last decades and the views about it are very diverse. Today‚ many authors consider agriculture as an essential factor for development and an important instrument for poverty alleviation. In my opinion access to land and water is an indispensable condition to ensure the livelihood of the poor. The current
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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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Should Historians Emphasize Agriculture or Human Sacrifice? Would you rather be a murderer and bloody killer or a farmer who’s keeping people alive. In the 1400s and early 1500s‚ the Aztecs dominated the religion around modern day in Mexico city. There was 300 million people that lived there. “The Aztecs lived in a geological basin in central Mexico that is about the size of Rhode island. They were surrounded by high mountain peaks the basin extended 80 miles from north to south and 49 miles from
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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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rice cultivation has yielded splendid results‚ wherever applied. In Europe‚ the production per acre is much higher than in our country. So high yielding strains should be used and double harvesting is to be ensured every year. Science can help agriculture in another way by fighting down the insects and bacterial pests that destroy considerable quantities of grains and crops. Plants are liable to be attacked by these pests at all times. Faulty methods of storing food also
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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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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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Sustainable Agriculture (Cattle) Cattle dominate our food market today and our agriculture is becoming less sustainable. Agriculture is “the science‚ art‚ or practice of cultivating the soil‚ producing crops‚ and raising livestock and in varying degrees the preparation and marketing of the resulting products” (Merriam Webster). With technological advancements‚ farming techniques have changed and mass production is dominating our agriculture. According to the Center for Agroecology Sustainable
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it was not until about ten thousand years ago that all humans obtained their food through hunting and gathering; however‚ people in some parts of the world would start the transition to agriculture and food production. More specifically‚ this single‚ most significant development in human history became the forefront of the Neolithic Revolution‚ which embodied the shift from hunting and gathering to agriculture and sedentism (Sahlins‚ 1972). Scholars have been studying for years why hunters and gatherers
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AGRICULTURAL INCOME What is agricultural Income Section 2(1A) (a) any rent or revenue derived from land which is situated in India and is used for agricultural purposes; (b). any income derived from such land by agricultural or by the process employed to render the produce fit for market or by sale of such produce by a cultivator or receiver of rent-in-kind; (c). any income derived from a building provided following conditions are satisfied: - (i). The building is situated on or immediate
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