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    Agriculture

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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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    Radish Pesticide

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    III – St. Albert A. Problem/Objective The study’s objective is to apply radish extract as an alternative pesticide. Specifically the study aims to determine the effectiveness of radish extract in exterminating household’s pests such as ants. Furthermore‚ the study aims to create the most effective radish extract solution in terminating pests. B. Application The study’s product aims to be applied as a pesticide. It tends to provide an alternative for the current pesticide in the market. It aims

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    Industrial Agriculture

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    environmentally sustainable. Sustainable agriculture preserves biodiversity‚ maintains soil fertility and water purity‚ conserves and improves the chemical‚ physical and biological qualities of the soil‚ recycles natural resources and conserves energy. Furthermore‚ sustainable agriculture produces diverse forms of high quality foods‚ fibers and medicines. Likewise‚ this system respects the ecological principles of diversity and mutually dependent and uses the understandings of modern science to improve rather than

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    The Problem With Modern Education Mark Edmundson provides a graphic portrayal of his opinion of college students and professors. He states that after the baby boom‚ "College became a buyers market. What students and their parents wanted had to be taken more and more into account. That usually meant creating more comfortable‚ less challenging environments‚ places where almost no one failed‚ everything was enjoyable‚ and everyone was nice" (Edmundson 153). Other authors‚ such as Brent Staples

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    Pest and Pesticides

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    Pest and Pesticides For centuries‚ pests have been feasting on crops and not only decreasing a farmer’s crop yield‚ but also spreading diseases that can even be deadly. Mosquitos‚ like the one to the left can carry many diseases such as West Nile and malaria.1 There are so many pests from insects such as beetles‚ which feed off of crops such as the potato plant (left)‚ and mosquitos (left) to rodents such as rats that “even with extensive use of pesticides‚ a substantial amount of damaged [crops]

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    Everybody knows that modern school isn’t ideal. There are some problems and difficulties that worsen the process of education. So today I’d like to discuss one of these problems with you. And also propose some ways of how we could avoid them in the school of future as if we were responsible for its arrangement. First of all I’d like to speak about the school curriculum. We all understand that it so difficult to schedule it in such a way that it would be suitable and comfortable for teachers and

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    9 Main Types of Farming Systems Practices in India – Essay (1) Subsistence Farming: Majority of farmers in the country practise subsistence farming. It is characterised by small and scattered land holdings and use of primitive tools. As the farmers are poor‚ they do not use fertilisers and high yielding variety of seeds in their fields to the extent they should do. Facilities like electricity and irrigation are generally not available to them. These result into low productivity. Most of the food

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    PROBLEMS OF MODERN YOUTH

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    PROBLEMS OF MODERN YOUTH It has been rightly said that we spend the first half of our lives trying to understand the older generation‚ and the second half trying understand the younger generation. This is nothing peculiar to the modern age. It has always been so. Every age has its own problem Youth has always felt somewhat exasperated with age‚ and age In always been suspicious of youth. With their natural ebullience a impatience‚ a majority of young people is keen to act and learn on the own rather

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    Pepper Pesticide

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    Chapter 1 Problem and its Settings This chapter contained Introduction‚ Background of the study‚ Scope and Limitations‚ Significance of the Study and Statement of the problem. Introduction Unwanted insects are a nuisance in the garden‚ and can quickly make short work of healthy plants. It can devour your garden in matter of days. Keeping bugs and pests out of the garden can be a challenge‚ particularly if you are opposed to using insecticides or commercial

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    garlic as pesticide

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    Extracts from black pepper discourage insect pests from laying eggs on leaves and pose lower risk to humans and the environment than other pesticides‚ a University of Ottawa researcher says. People in West Africa‚ India and South America have used pepper oil and dust for years to protect their homes and grain supplies from bugs. Doctoral student Ian Scott of the He found pepper worked better when insects are soft-bodied during the larval stage because the chemical is able to penetrate. Scott’s

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