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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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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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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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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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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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 varieties – Central Variety Release Committee (CVRC) and State Variety Release Committee (SVRC) – National Seeds Corporation (NSC)‚ Andhra Pradesh State Seed
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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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Features of the seasons in India Given below are the prominent features of the seasons in India in a tabular format: Name of the season Features Winter The winter in India spans the months of December till the beginning of April. The coldest months of the year are January and December. During this period‚ the average temperature is approximately 50-59 °F (10-15 °C) in the northwestern parts of the country. The mercury soars as you move in the direction of the equator‚ and the maximum temperature
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The Effect of Agriculture Rewrite Bailey Basinger AIM Global Humanities/English I (H) Mr. TenBarge April 29th‚ 2012 Because it was tremendously essential for survival‚ had a monumental impact immediately on society and continues to affect us even to this day‚ agriculture was the most influential development of the early civilizations. The people of the first civilizations needed agriculture because it was an easy‚ more efficient way of obtaining food. The early peoples had
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