[ Teaching Faculty‚ Excel Global School ] “Food Production and Consumption” Contents : I. Introduction II. Objectives and Methodology III. Food Production and Consumption trends in India i. Food production trends ii. Green Revolution iii. Technological developments iv. Disadvantages and Advantages of modern technologies v. Food Consumption trends vi. Country – Country variations vii. Link between Production and Consumption IV. Production‚ Procurement and Distribution constraints
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June 1st 2011 Low agricultural productivity Agriculture is the science and industry of managing the growth of plants and animals for make food for human as a food. In general‚ agriculture includes soil cultivation‚ growing and harvesting crops‚ rising and breeding livestock‚ dairy and forestry. There are many important sectors in the world and especially agriculture beside the other related sectors. It is very important for both physical and economical health. However‚ more than 60 percent
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Agricultural Land Conservation The issues of land distribution and land conservation in agriculture attract more and more attention‚ especially when the expansion of cropland is hitting a limit since much more land is conserved for environmental purposes. Soil erosion is devastating the topsoil of land as chemical fertilizers are used to increase output within a limited amount of land. At the same time‚ livestock production expands at an ever-growing speed‚ worsening the land use situation.
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STATUS OF FARM MECHANIZATION IN INDIA Agricultural Machinery Industry in India (Manufacturing‚ marketing and mechanization promotion) Gyanendra Singh Director‚ Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering‚ Bhopal ABSTRACT Farm mechanization helps in effective utilization of inputs to increase the productivity of land and labour. Besides it helps in reducing the drudgery in farm operations. The early agricultural mechanization in India was greatly influenced by the technological development in
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Agricultural Technology in Afghanistan Advances in agricultural technology have brought Afghanistan into the modern era. They have allowed the country the opportunity to succeed in the global market while at the same time turning it into the war ravaged nation seen on television every night. Its history has been filled with stories of both prosperity and defeat. Agriculture has been impacted heavily by war and lack of modern tools‚ equipment and common know how. Although many have come to the
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Africans developed their knowledge of tropical climate over many years and were able to make the leached soil of the Niger Delta profitable for themselves. The agricultural revolution in West Africa lead towards the Atlantic Slave Trade. The agricultural skills and knowledge of West Africans attracted Europeans. West Africans’ tropical agricultural skills greatly interested outsiders because the Europeans wanted to profit from this knowledge. On the map it is shown that West Africa consists of the Niger
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Agricultural policy serves to protect the consumer‚ the environment and the economy. There have been many revisions‚ additions and changes made over the decades to agricultural policies. There were nearly 5‚308‚483 people in the world according to the US census in 1800s when these policies were initially written. Policies were created that were relevant to the time. Then‚ people of the time relied on local family farms and individualized stores for much of their food. Over the years‚ farms were commercialized
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1. The New England colonies were characterized by greater social stability than both the southern and middle colonies. They were different mainly because of their geography. Unlike the New England colonies‚ the southern and middle colonies were far apart and had created their own individualistic societies when they settled‚ because they were so spread out. The New England colonies were very close together due to their mountainous geography so it was easy for them to maintain contact and have an organized
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Agricultural Biotechnology in Kenya Final Draft Introduction Agricultural biotechnology is one scientific invention that continues to cause debates within the world. Although one country may see great benefits for the technology‚ another may reject it due to cultural and ethical beliefs. Within the following paper‚ it will be a goal to research the background of biotechnology and to determine if this invention can solve many problems within the continent of Africa and specifically the country
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Cooperation‚ Department of Agricultural Research & Education‚ and Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying. There is one Technology Mission on Oil Seeds and Pulses (TMOP) & one Commission for Agricultural Cost & Prices (CACP) under the Department. The Secretary (A & C) is the administrative head of the Department and Principal Adviser to the Minister on all matters of policy and administration within the Department. The current Secretary is Sh. Prabeer Kumar Basu. INDIAN AGRICULTURAL SCENARIO The total
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