Agriculture‚ also called farming or husbandry‚ is the cultivation of animals‚ plants‚ fungi‚ and other life forms for food‚ fiber‚ biofuel‚drugs and other products used to sustain and enhance human life.[1] Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization‚ whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the development of civilization. The study of agriculture is known as agricultural science. The history of agriculture dates back thousands
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means by which more food can be grown than before‚ on the same piece of land. Improved methods of agriculture have led to the production of about 360m tonnes of plant food products and about 88m tonnes of animal food products. OBJECTIVES After completing this lesson‚ you will be able to: • state reasons for human dependence on plants and animals for food; • define and differentiate between agriculture and horticulture; • list and explain the various steps for raising an improved crop; • differentiate
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HISTORY OF INDIAN AGRICULTURE Early history Barley and wheat cultivation—along with the domestication of cattle‚ primarily sheep and goat—was visible in Mehrgarh by 9000 BCE. Vedic period – Post Maha Janapadas period (1500 BCE – 200 CE) The Mauryan Empire (322–185 BCE) categorised soils and made meteorological observations for agricultural use. Early Common Era – High Middle Ages (200–1200 CE) Water storage systems were designed during this period. Kallanai‚ a dam built
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is consumed by the farmers and their families. Where facilities like irrigation and electricity are available‚ farming has improved. Important cash crops like sugarcane‚ oilseeds‚ cotton and jute are grown. The subsistence agriculture has given way to commercial agriculture to some extent. Dry land farming is practised in areas where the rainfall is low and irrigation facilities are inadequate. Here‚ emphasis is laid on conservation of moisture‚ and on crops like jowar‚ bajra and pulses‚ which need
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Agriculture is a primary activity & is closely related to the natural environment. The term agriculture has been derived from the Latin word ‘Ager’ meaning field & ‘culture’ meaning cultivation. And agriculture practices means the steps involved in agriculture which can be seen generally been done by farmers and gardeners. Agricultural practices such as irrigation‚ crop rotation‚ fertilizers‚ pesticides and animals were developed long ago‚ but have made great strides in the past century. The history
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History and development o seed industry in India – Fourth FYP – Tarai Development f Corporation (TDC) and Indian Society of Seed Technology (ISST) – Fifth FYP – National Commission on Agriculture (NCA) and National Seeds Programme – Sixth FYP – Seventh FVP – New Policy on seed development – Eighth FVP 4. Importance of seed production – seed policy – seed demand forecasting and planning for breeder seed‚ foundation seed and certified seed production 5. Testing‚ release and notification of
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more stuff Agriculture: Many of the plant foods we take for granted came from the Columbian Exchange. The one everyone talks about is the potato and its effect on Ireland. Feed corn is another New World plant. If we look at the effect of the potato and corn on Europe and America (European culture in the New World) we see that these two starches made possible an explosion in the numbers of humans and domestic animals the culture could support. In his book "Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel‚" Jared Diamond
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1200 – 1300 per 40 Kg* | According to Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) the production target of rice for the current financial year of July 2012-June 2013 has been set to 6.9 million tones. (Source: Pakonomy.com) Sindh Chamber of Agriculture demands intervention to fix the support prices of rice at 1200 per maund. (Source: Dawn‚ Govt. asked to fix support prices; 8th September‚ 2012)*The support price is according to the suggestion by the farmers as the government hasn’t yet decided
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GROWTH AND YIELD PERFORMANCE OF OKRA (Abelmoschus esculentus) PLANT TO STORED-DILUTED AND UNSTORED-DILUTED HUMAN URINE Jevilyn Mary C. Ruiz Reniel S. Zuñiga Jae Marie Valdez IV Einstein Special Science Curriculum S.Y. 2009-2010 Abstract The research study entitled “THE GROWTH RESPONSE OF OKRA (Abelmoschus esculentus) PLANT TO STORED-DILUTED AND UNSTORED-DILUTED HUMAN URINE (A Comparative Study)” was conducted to investigate which is
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Is Macbeth’s vaulting ambition his eventual downfall? Discuss with reference to the text It is Macbeth’s vaulting ambition which leads to his eventual downfall. Within Shakespeare’s tragedies‚ the hero will have a flaw which left unfixed will lead to his eventual downfall. In the play Macbeth‚ Macbeth (the main character)’s fatal flaw is his ambition. However his ambition serves as both an advantage and disadvantage to him. He is a wealthy noble held in high favour but with the help of his ambition
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