maize‚ wheat‚ and rice that are generally referred to as HYVs or “high-yielding varieties”. HYVs have higher nitrogen-absorbing potential than other varieties. Since cereals that absorbed extra nitrogen would typically lodge‚ or fall over before harvest‚ semi-dwarfing genes were bred into their genomes. A Japanese dwarf wheat cultivar (Norin 10 wheat)‚ which was sent to Washington‚ D.C. by Cecil Salmon‚ was instrumental in developing Green Revolution wheat cultivars. IR8‚ the first widely implemented
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study on the financial sustainability of village internet centers in rural Menon‚ R.‚ 2007. Danger signals for India’s biodiversity. http://www.boloji.com/environment/102.htm Prahalad‚ C.K.‚ 2006 Shiva‚ V.‚ 2004. An open letter to the finance minister. http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?224354 Shiva‚ V.‚ 2006
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report on the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Petras‚ J. (1997) ‘Imperialism and NGOs in Latin America’. Monthly Review‚ Punch‚ M Randsome‚ P. (2012) Ethics and values in social research.London Palgrave Macmillan. Shiva Vandana‚ (2013) Making peace with the earth. London: Pluto Press. Shor‚ I (2011) ‘Forward to the second edition’‚ in Ledwith‚ M. Community development: a critical approach Storey‚ A. (2011) ‘Placing limits on economics: possibilities for rehumanising our
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THE SHIVA PURANA The Shiva Purana has twenty-four thousand shlokas. These are divided into six samhitas or sections. The names of the sectiosn are jnana samhita‚ vidyeshvara samhit‚ kailasa samhita‚ sanatkumar samhita‚ vayaviya samhita and dharma samhit. Each samhita is further subdivided into chapters (adhyaya). Jnana samhita has seventy-eight chapters‚ vidyeshvara samhita sixteen‚ kailasa samhita twelve‚ sanathkumar samhila fifty-nine‚ vayaviya samhita thirty and dharma samhita sixty-five. The
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------------------------------------------------- Betel From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For the mixture of leaf and nut‚ see Paan. For the biblical place‚ see Bethel. The Betel (Piper betle) is the leaf of a vine belonging to the Piperaceae family‚ which includes pepper and kava. It is valued both as a mild stimulant[1] and for its medicinal properties. Betel leaf is mostly consumed in Asia‚ and elsewhere in the world by some Asian emigrants‚ as betel quid or paan‚ with or without tobacco
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of Jammu comes alive with pulsating drumbeats. Baisakhi (13 or 14 April) The name Baisakhi is taken from the first month of the Vikram calendar. Every year‚ on the first day of Vaisakh‚ the people of Jammu‚ celebrate Baisakhi. Also known as the "harvest festival" it is considered auspicious especially for marriages. Devotees who take a ritual dip every year‚ throng the rivers‚ canals and ponds. Many people go to the Nagbani temple to witness the grand New Year celebration. The occasion is marked
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In this essay I will look at how the effects of gender in contemporary society have given women more opportunities and agency in the UK today which in turn has challenged the uncertainty in the male genders identity in society today which had contributed to male aggression and the fear of crime in the UK. First of all what do we mean by a contemporary society. Societies are groups of people interacting with one another through identifying their interests‚ and cultural beliefs with one another
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In our society‚ social justice is becoming a lot more important and valuable. Social justice has inspired holidays‚ started movements‚ and even changing the way that people view social issues. However‚ as we get further into the future‚ social justice has begun to earn a bad name. A nickname has even been created for the most radical supporters of social justice: Social Justice Warriors (or SJWs). People are beginning to get sick of what modern social justice is doing; believing that everyone in
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people in an unprecedented manner. Their new impoverishment lies in the fact that resources which supported their survival were absorbed into the market economy while they themselves were excluded and displaced by it” Shiva (1988 p.11). To echo on the same line of thought with Vandana Shiva‚ I find it important to mention that the analysis in this paper will take the view point of the base and the superstructure in which the superstructure cannot be formed without the base and how the various institutions
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Lottery” by Shirley Jackson describes about a tradition of an annual lottery draw‚ participated by the people of a village to insure a bountiful harvest. Usually in lotteries‚ the winners get something special that makes them happy. But in this story‚ the tradition of the lottery is that whoever is the winner is stoned to death to get a good crop on coming harvest time. Though tradition is an important part of any culture‚ but this story is told about a tradition where the villagers are murdering an innocent
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