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Prompted by the sporadic representation of innovative ways of farming in South Africa, this article explores the massive contribution of emergent smart farming, particularly symbiotic inclined technologies and innovations that could lead to an ultimate agricultural overhaul. Focalising mainly on the least but crucial aspects...
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Dry land agriculture is defined differently by different researchers and experts. According to the Fourth five year plan of India, dry lands are defined as areas which receive rainfall ranging from 375 mm to 1125 mm and with very limited irrigation facilities. Reddy and Reddy...
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China feeds 22 percent of the world population with only seven percent of the planet’s arable land. Land is heavily utilized for agriculture. Vegetables are planted on road embankments, in traffic triangles and right up the walls of many buildings. Even so since 1949 China...
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Urban agriculture includes production, distribution, and marketing of food and other products within the cores of metropolitan areas. Examples include community, school, backyard, and rooftop gardens with a purpose extending beyond home consumption and education, urban market gardens, innovative food-production methods that maximize production in...
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“What have you thought about your future?” asked a teacher to his students. Replies came across with noise. One shouted- “Doctor!” followed by another-” Engineer, sir,” Businessman! , Pilot and so on. Between the sounds among students, someone uttered- Farmer! Everyone in the class laughed....
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Technology is created by the comparatively small and smart human brain, which has changed the landscape, redefined natural resources and even diversified the food human being rely on. Over the past 30 years, there is a significant progress in solving global food shortage issues. However,...
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The advances in agricultural methods and technology were played a major role in the growth of Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt but at the end of it all the evolution of government structures both political and religious that formed the social positioning to reinforce these advances....
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Agriculture is an important facet in the foundation of countries all around the world. However, many nations struggle with not harming their environment with their agricultural production methods. Most people in the agricultural sector are uninformed about how damaging their agricultural production methods are to...
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How to Improve your Farming Business with Software App Agricultural business has been around since the very beginning of human civilization. Unfortunately, 80% of all farmers do not make use of latest technological advancements and software products available on the market. Why farming business stays...
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“Agricultural mechanics are responsible for fixing tractors, combines and other farming implements. Often, mechanics use specialized skills and experience to locate and diagnose the machine’s problem and then generate a cost-effective solution. In this endeavor, agricultural mechanics may use computer-aided systems to help troubleshoot and...
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Agricultural biodiversity is defined as the variability and variety of plants, animals and microorganisms that are used in agriculture and food. To specify it, agricultural biodiversity can be expanded and categorized it into ecological diversity, genetic diversity and organismal diversity. Agricultural is not only a...
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Based on my readings and insights after we reported of our topic “The Agribusiness Systems Concepts”, Agribusiness has so many sectors that can help expand the views of people and can develop concepts about the field of business. Me as a citizen of this country,...
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Growing up on a cattle ranch has exposed me to some of the benefits and issues that we face in the current agricultural industry. The global population will continue to grow and there are not enough resources to provide food to everyone with our current...
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Today’s agriculture should exploit present day technology and grow along with it. It is a high time to create conducive environment in agriculture to better utilize technology and bring revolution in production of crops/foodgrains with higher quality while preserving the environment for our future generations....
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Land Cover and the Need for Introduction of MTS The total Agricultural land area of Ghana as at 2012 stood at 14,038,224 hectares, out of which 7,847,300 hectares is under cultivation (MOFA/SRID, 2013). The population of the country keeps increasing at an alarming rate of...
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Soil is a heterogeneous material with significant variations possible within a single sampling site due to different topography, farming procedure, soil type for an example is clay content, drainage and the underlying geology. Soil sampling can be done, for example, by using an auger, spade...
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Abstract An experiment was conducted during Kharif 2015 at water management research farm, Sher-e-kashmir University of agricultural sciences and technology of Jammu (J&K), India to study the effect of irrigation scheduling on yield and nutrient uptake of different direct seeded basmati rice varieties. Results revealed...
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NABARD is set up as an apex Development Bank with a mandate for facilitating credit flow for promotion and development of agriculture, small-scale industries, cottage and village industries, handicrafts and other rural crafts. It also has the mandate to support all other allied economic activities...
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‘Precision Farming’ as the terms are only more than just sufficient to define the whole concept ie., farming with absolute accuracy using various tools like satellites, GPS, GIS etc. Indian agriculture is vulnerable to various climatic disturbances and thus even after a daunting hard work...
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Agent Orange in Crops In the latest herbicide revival, a contaminate found in Agent Orange,2,4-d, has been found in the latest creation by the Dow pesticide company, as well as Monsanto. This is causing up rise in American farmers, EPA, and health advocates. The concern...
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The five building blocks of a state are as follows. The first one is Agriculture, the better the yield of production by a country means that the country can expand it population. And also it can use the surplus crops yielded to trade with other...
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Lagonda Agricultural Works Print: Features the reaper, from the 1830s, in Springfield Ohio. The print is probably an advertisement for the reaper, with the purpose of promoting it to farmers and visually depicting its form and function in order for them to want to use...
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The Industrial Revolution is considered by some the most significant time in human history. This point can be well argued because before the revolution, the world was static. Society was largely agrarian, with a large population of peasantry working on farms. It had been this...
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Impact of Some Soil Amendments and Mycorrhiza On Cowpea Damping-Off Caused by Rhizoctonia solani. Addition of biochar to soil improves soil fertility and plant growth, especially when combined with organic compounds such as compost. This study was carried out to examine the effect of soil...
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For other uses, see Farming (disambiguation).Agriculture natural placeFields in Záhorie, Slovakia, a typical Central European agricultural region Domestic sheep and a cow (heifer) pastured together in South Africa is the cultivation and breeding of animals, plants and fungi for food, fiber, biofuel, medicinal plants and...
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A nation that cannot feed its citizens lacks the qualification to be called a wealthy nation. Simply saying, Agricultural business is what is sustaining most of the world’s most developed nations today. Since the 70s Oil boom, the agricultural potential of Nigeria has been totally...
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Introduction A big part of the population in Rwanda lays in farming communities where agriculture is the main source of income and livelihood hood. This may lead to severe land degradation due agriculture activities and the high demand for firewood. Apart from that, large number...
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Tanzania is one of the poorest countries in the world in terms of per capita income, which its economy depends heavily on agriculture. Both the World Bank and IMF, and other donors have contributed funds to rehabilitate Tanzania’s slow economic infrastructure and to ease poverty...
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The Food Processing industry in India witnessed a rapid growth particularly during the 1980’s and 1990’s. This development took after the primary period of Green Revolution that had brought about increased agricultural output and requirement for its post-harvest management. The significance of this sector was...
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Paddy is a type of grass which belong to cereals families such as corn and wheat. Cultivated paddy is considered as a semiaquatic annual grass. Plant height is ranging from 0.4 m to more than 5 min some floating rice according to variety and environmental...