Agriculture Essays

A global land rush—sparked initially by a dramatic rise in global food prices and now driven by a variety of factors including increased demand for food and biofuels, carbon markets and speculation—is remaking the face of agriculture and land use in the developing world. These investments, whether by purchase, lease, …

Genetically modified crops, whose ecological effects are irreversible, could become a mainstay of Indian agriculture thanks to collusion between the government and the biotech industry The final report of the Supreme Court-appointed Technical Expert Committee (TEC) on field trials of genetically modified crops is packed with revelations on what is …

10. Bhumika Pandita Contract Farming: Contract farming brings private sector into the agricultural scenario. In this case, farming is done under an agreement between farmers and the private firms. In this setup, the producer commits to provide the commodities in a predetermined time and price and the buyer commits to …

Commercial agriculture is large-scale production of crops for sale, intended for widespread distribution to wholesalers or retail outlets. In commercial farming crops such as wheat, maize, tea, coffee, sugarcane, cashew, rubber, banana, cotton are harvested and sold into world markets. Commercial agriculture includes livestock production and livestock grazing. Due to …

Agriculture, art, science, and industry of managing the growth of plants and animals for human use. In a broad sense agriculture includes cultivation of the soil, growing and harvesting crops, breeding and raising livestock, dairying, and forestry (see Animal Husbandry; Crop Farming; Dairy Farming; Forestry; Poultry Farming; Soil Management). Regional …

            There was a contention that the linguistic debate still has not taken place because of failure to truly connect violation, destruction and estrangement of the environment to activities of linguistics.[1] Wilhelm Trampe associated ecologically conceptualized linguistics with the blind spots that were visible in this perception of linguistics. According …

Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill[1] in India is a much awaited bill for Land acquisition reforms and rehabilitation for the development projects in India. The bill was introduced in Lok Sabha in India on September 7, 2011.[2][3]The bill will be central legislation in India for the rehabilitation and resettlement …

The graphs below give information about commuting inside and outside London in 2009. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Source: Office for National Statistics Commuting inside and outside London in 2009 The graphs show the time it takes employees to commute …

Slash-and-burn is an agricultural technique which involves cutting and burning of forests or woodlands to create fields. It is subsistence agriculture that typically uses little technology or other tools. It is typically part of shifting cultivation agriculture, and of transhumance livestock herding.[1] Older English terms for slash-and-burn include assarting, swidden, …

Navjit Singh Assistant Professor, Deptt. Of Management, Khalsa College Lyallpur, Jalandhar-14401, Punjab, India Contact: +9198555-29321 Abstract Agriculture once known as the backbone of Indian Economy is at present at its worst, thanks to the anti farmer, pro-Industry policy of the various Indian Governments since 1991. India is once considered as …