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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Everything in history is connected. This includes the agriculture revolution and the industrial revolution. The agriculture revolution is connected to the industrial revolution by‚ new methods‚ inventions‚ and food production. Everything that was produced and invented during that time lead to the industrial revolution. All that happened during the agriculture revolution pushed people to the cities after a period of time. The agriculture revolution began in Great Britain and it all started with new
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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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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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Variety Programme (HYVP) – Annual Plans (1966-69) – 3. 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
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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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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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Agriculture is considered as an engine of growth. To what extent this statement is true with reference to Pakistan? Write a comprehensive essay. Agriculture in Pakistan(achievements) * Pakistan ranks eighth worldwide in farm output‚ according to the List of countries by GDP sector * The most important crops are wheat‚ sugarcane‚ cotton‚ and rice‚ which together account for more than 75% of the value of total crop output
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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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