International Journal of Environmental Science and Development‚ Vol. 3‚ No. 4‚ August 2012 Impact of Climate Change on Rainfed Agriculture in India: A Case Study of Dharwad Asha latha K. V.‚ Munisamy Gopinath‚ and A. R. S. Bhat developing countries‚ climate change will cuase yield declines for the most important crops and South Asia will be particularly hard hit (IFPRI‚ 2009). Many studies in the past have shown that India is likely to witness one of the highest agricultural productivity losses
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. …………………………… …………………………… Research Priorities in Bangladesh Agriculture Editors Sk. Ghulam Hussain Anwar Iqbal Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council ii iii Preface The importance of agriculture in Bangladesh needs no elaboration. It plays a pivotal role in national economy‚ food security and labor force employment. Enhanced productivity in a sustainable manner under all sub-sectors of agriculture is a crying need of the nation to cater the growing demand of the
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- www.fao.org The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries‚ FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. It is also a source of knowledge and information‚ and helps developing countries and countries in transition modernize and improve agriculture‚ forestry and fishery practices
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HOW TO REVIVE AGRICULTURE AND FARMING IN NIGERIA AGRICULTURE IN NIGERIA: DEAD OR ALIVE? A lot has been said about agriculture in Nigeria. Some said it is dead while some others say it is still alive. Whatever the case maybe‚ is irrelevant‚ what matters most is the way forward and that is the main purpose of this hub. Things that should be done by the government and all concerned to improve the standard of agriculture in Nigeria and agriculture in Africa as a whole are listed in the next section
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Urban Agriculture in and around Monrovia‚ Liberia Timothy Kortu Since the end of the war that raged from 1989 to 2003‚ Liberia has suffered from chronic food insecure and basic socio-economic infrastructure. Urban urban poverty‚ improve food security and enhance urban waste management in Monrovia and other Liberian cities. Recently the government acknowledging food security in the country. rity‚ due to the destruction of its agricultural sector agriculture provides a strategy to help reduce
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Though non-civilized‚ hunter-gatherer societies may have few advantages over civilized‚ agricultural societies; agricultural societies likewise also have couple advantages of non-civilized‚ hunter-gatherer societies. One may see the increased likelihood of disease in major‚ populated agricultural societies as a drawback‚ but in reality the exposure to disease and bacteria converts the primitive human immune system‚ into stronger defenses of future identical diseases‚ reducing the likelihood of another
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Agricultural Insurance in India Problems and Prospects Agriculture production and farm incomes in India are frequently affected by natural disasters such as droughts‚ floods‚ cyclones‚ storms‚ landslides and earthquakes. Susceptibility of agriculture to these disasters is compounded by the outbreak of epidemics and man-made disasters such as fire‚ sale of spurious seeds‚ fertilizers and pesticides‚ price crashes etc. All these events severely affect farmers through loss in production and farm
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Make My Career Agriculture Have you ever thought about a career in agriculture? Agriculture is way more than just farming. Agriculture is very important to Georgia in multiple ways. For example‚ if we didn’t have agriculture‚ we wouldn’t have the food it takes to make our bodies strong. Some main sources of agriculture are foods like beans‚ vegetables‚ and milk. There are also many careers in agriculture‚ such as an animal behaviorist‚ a farm manager‚ and a marine biologist. Have you ever wondered
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MODERN AGRICULTURE MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE THE BEST OPTION FOR TRADITIONALIST‚ SMALL-SCALE CARIBBEAN FARMERS In today’s world‚ where everyone is striving towards modernisation of the highest form in all aspects of life‚ there seems to be less and less space for traditional ways of doing anything anymore. It is no different in the agricultural sector. Agricultural geography may be seen as being rooted in outmoded concerns for “natural resources” and “basic human needs” in an economic era of “signs
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Remote Sensing Monitoring Operation System for Agriculture Shuo YANG Remote Sensing Application Center Ministry of Agriculture of China Beijing‚ China 100026 E-mail: yangshuo@agri.gov.cn Abstract: The research and application of remote sensing technology in agriculture started in late 1970s in China. Over past 30 years of development and on the basis of technical introduction‚ R&D‚ the remote sensing technology in the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture has become one of elementary means in monitoring
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