Role and impact of biotechnology in modern agriculture. Biotechnology offers prospects in addressing problems concerned with agricultural productivity and environmental safety. In order to cope up with the ever increasing population of the current world‚ biotechnological intervention to supplement conventional plant breeding efforts is indispensable. Some of the issues that can be addressed using biotechnological techniques are crop production of superior quality‚ mass production of uniform planting
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Role of Co-operative Banks in Agriculture Credit: Organization‚ Growth and Challenges Rajesh Kumar‚ Sanjay Malhan Abstract In this study we have analysed the role of Co-operative banks in agriculture credit in India from 2001/2002 to 2006/2007 with the help of ACGR. The study reveals that the aggregate amount of agriculture credit has increased‚ while‚ the share in total institutional agriculture credit has been decreased from 37.91 in 2001/2002 to 18.51 in 2006/07 and further‚ found that the level
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constantly designing and building an assortment of contraptions out of LEGO’s and K’NEX pieces. These objects included rollercoasters‚ cars‚ buildings‚ tractors‚ and many other machines. Growing up on a farm‚ I have always been interested in agriculture. There are many reasons why I’m interested in the Mechanical Engineering program at SIUE. This program offers many challenges to its students while providing them with numerous opportunities to design and build many machines and devices. I
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GMO IN Food and Agriculture Genetically Modified foods are produced using genetically engineering techniques. These techniques are used to ‘inactivate’ or add specific DNA traits of a certain organism to the other in order to improve it. These traits consist of increasing resistance against herbicides and pest‚ cold‚ and drought tolerance. In 1946‚ scientist discovered that DNA of organisms could be transferred between each other. The first plant that was GM was a tobacco plant in 1983. By 1994-95
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by the Federal Government hence‚ the Introduction To meet the targets set out in the programme Vision 20:2020; the Federal need for private investment. Government of Nigeria has set a generating Generation The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) target of 40‚000 MW. Moreover‚ to reach this and the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) on relatively require behalf of the Federal Government have investments in power generating capacity placed
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IMA © 2009‚ IMA India Research for Strategy Indian Agriculture Challenges and Prospects IMA India www.ima-india.com IMA © 2009‚ IMA India Research for Strategy Disclaimer This document has been prepared by International Market Assessment India Private Limited. It provides an analysis of the key challenges facing the agricultural sector in India and IMA’s assessment of the sector’s prospects in the years ahead. This report is not intended for decision making purposes.
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------------------------------------------------- Agriculture in Greek Mythology ------------------------------------------------- Classical mythology and the sacred religious cult‚ the Eleusinian Mysteries‚ reveal a lot about the importance of agriculture and the future fecundity of the land to ancient civilisations. As the mother-goddess of the grain and rich harvest‚ the myths of Demeter are pivotal to a contemporary understanding of the cultural function of agriculture in the ancient world. The use of
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industrialized economy and basically comprises of textiles‚ chemicals‚ food processing‚ the agricultural sector and various other industries. It is a surprising fact that Pakistan’s economy is the 27th largest growing economy in the world when measured in terms of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). The economy has suffered from political instability‚ rising population growth rate and a war of words with the neighboring country India which has proved to be very costly for Pakistan’s economy. There is worldwide
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Advantages of modern agriculture During the latter half of the twentieth century‚ what is known today as modern agriculture was very successful in meeting a growing demand for food by the world’s population. Yields of primary crops such as rice and wheat increased dramatically‚ the price of food declined‚ the rate of increase in crop yields generally kept pace with population growth‚ and the number of people who consistently go hungry was slightly reduced. This boost in food production has been
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In Lowell Massachusetts in the early 1800’s‚ most of the land had been used for farming and agriculture. However‚ with the advancement in industry‚ the town started to produce new goods‚ instead crops and plants. With the advancement of Industry Lowell started to operate textile plants. From the early 1800’s to the 1850’s the number of plants doubled‚ tripled‚ and quadrupled. This boom in industry caused Lowell to come up with new ways to produce items. These plants produced many different items
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