features which have enormous impact on growth and yield potential of crops. Consequently, it is responsible for severe losses in the field. Only 10% of the total arable land across the globe fall under non-stress category, crops raised on rest of the cultivable lands are subjected to one or more abiotic stresses (Dita et al., 2006). Response and adaptation in order to survive and reproduce
them to have maintained that control over such a long period of time, it was necessary for them to have excelled in many parts of their society. For Parthians, agriculture (culture), military (politics), and trade (economy) were the three main pieces that had huge impact in their civilization. This essay will particularly focus on agriculture and trade, and explore how both elements played a key role in Parthian civilization, and also to shed light on how it had an overall impact politically, economically
Africa, and whether or not the agriculturists will be able to feed the population in future. It is very important to know about food security since food is something we depend on our daily lives, why would we be without food, or agriculture? Do we even know what agriculture and food security? If we do not it definitely means we do not know why we are alive. So, according to (Miller and Spoolman, 2015 pp.279), food security refers to the access, by all people at all times, to adequate, safe and nutritious
The ever increasing demand for food and other basic needs has put a lot of pressure on the plant genetic resources (PGR) and diversity particularly in agricultural sector in terms of addressing the accompanied challenges associated with increasing crop productivity. The utilization of PGR in agriculture has not only brought about profound changes in the crop productivity and quality, but has also opened up newer and unforeseen potential vistas including improvement of novel traits by domestication
India has emerged with many policies and programmes relating to different crops, exports, taxes, subsidies, supplies of inputs, availability of credit etc. The policies of expansion of irrigation facilities, determination of agricultural prices like procurement prices, support prices and a host of other policies have all contributed to changing crop pattern. Cropping pattern means the proportion of area under different crops at a particular period of time. Cropping pattern in India is determined mainly
Background Agriculture has been one of the oldest and one of the prominent activities in the world. Agrarian activities have been practiced since Neolithic age till now, throughout the world which proves that agriculture is one of the major contributory factors in economic development. (Include statistics of the world) Agriculture has been developed throughout the history and 5 major revolutions can be identified which resulted in major economic consequences in the history of mankind. Neolithic
Organic Farming vs. Conventional Farming There are various reasons of why organic farming is more sustainable than conventional agriculture. Concisely, the most important reasons can be explained as under. If we grow food organically, it benefits the soil, water cycles and biodiversity. The author T. Singh (2004) writes that the Green Revolution technology “has been very successful in achieving spectacular results in food grain production during the last three decades. However, signs of fatigue
In our changing world, pressures on agriculture are both global and local in scale and multiple pressures interact in complex ways. Kenya has the greatest and most diversified economy in East Africa. Yet, 56.8% of Kenyans live beneath the poverty line (Chuma et al. 2006) and more than 6.9 million were food poor in 2005/06 e.g. expenditures were too little to meet their nutritional needs, (Leite 2015). Agriculture is the foundations of Kenya’s economy, and improving private, small-scale farms is
introduction of new crops improves productivity, food secu- rity, diminishes economic risks, conserves biodiversity and natural resources (Kremen & Miles, 2012), increasing income, reducing dependence on off-farm inputs and creates new agricultural businesses (FAO, 2013; SARE,
re-generation of life. In any ways either visible or invisible biodiversity is important in agriculture. Hence of decreasing of that diversity endangers agriculture just as it endangers all the process of life in this world, which is inherently independent. Not only in agriculture is biodiversity is important. Biological diversity is also important when it comes to marine and fresh food resources, because biological diversity provides raw material for the marine food chain and seafood production. It also influences