is consumed by the farmers and their families. Where facilities like irrigation and electricity are available‚ farming has improved. Important cash crops like sugarcane‚ oilseeds‚ cotton and jute are grown. The subsistence agriculture has given way to commercial agriculture to some extent. Dry land farming is practised in areas where the rainfall is low and irrigation facilities are inadequate. Here‚ emphasis is laid on conservation of moisture‚ and on crops like jowar‚ bajra and pulses‚ which need
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Introduction: Agriculture is an art‚ science and industry of managing the growth of plants and animals for human use. In broad sense‚ agriculture includes cultivation of the soil‚ growing and harvesting the crops‚ breeding and raising livestock‚ daring and forestry. Modern agriculture is engineering and technology based. Therefore‚ mechanization has eased much of the back breaking toil to the farmer. Agriculture is the backbone of economy of most of the countries of the world. About 48 percent
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Agriculture‚ also called farming or husbandry‚ is the cultivation of animals‚ plants‚ fungi‚ and other life forms for food‚ fiber‚ biofuel‚drugs and other products used to sustain and enhance human life.[1] Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization‚ whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the development of civilization. The study of agriculture is known as agricultural science. The history of agriculture dates back thousands
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INDIAN POLITICAL THINKERS DURING THE INDEPENDENCE STRUGGLE TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION………………………………………………..6 CHAPTER II: POLITICAL THOUGHT OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE………………………………….11 CHAPTER III: POLITICAL THOUGHT OF SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE…………………………………..15 CHAPTER IV: POLITICAL THOUGHT OF GOPAL KRISHNA GOKHALE……………………………….25 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION............................................................................32 BIBLIOGRAPHY.........
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culture and religion under the Maurya Empire. Many of the Koli were christains from the early ages. The ancient port of Sopara served to connect western India with West Asia‚ and in the 9th century the area came under the rule of the Silhara dynasty‚ before falling in 1343 to the Muzaffarid dynasty of Gujarat. The arrival of the Portuguese in India in 1498 resulted in them appropriating much of the west coast of India. In 1508‚ Francis Almeida sailed in the archipelago and named it Bom Bahia or "Good
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more stuff Agriculture: Many of the plant foods we take for granted came from the Columbian Exchange. The one everyone talks about is the potato and its effect on Ireland. Feed corn is another New World plant. If we look at the effect of the potato and corn on Europe and America (European culture in the New World) we see that these two starches made possible an explosion in the numbers of humans and domestic animals the culture could support. In his book "Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel‚" Jared Diamond
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both within Goa and externally‚ and was characterized by a range of tactics including non-violent demonstrations‚ revolutionary methods and diplomatic efforts.[1][2] Although Portuguese rule in its Indian colonies ended when India invaded Goa in 1961[3] and incorporated the territories into the Indian Union‚ the annexation was recognized by Portugal only in 1975. ------------------------------------------------- Portuguese Possessions in India Main article: Portuguese India The Portuguese colonized India in
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1200 – 1300 per 40 Kg* | According to Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) the production target of rice for the current financial year of July 2012-June 2013 has been set to 6.9 million tones. (Source: Pakonomy.com) Sindh Chamber of Agriculture demands intervention to fix the support prices of rice at 1200 per maund. (Source: Dawn‚ Govt. asked to fix support prices; 8th September‚ 2012)*The support price is according to the suggestion by the farmers as the government hasn’t yet decided
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is approximately 50-59 °F (10-15 °C) in the northwestern parts of the country. The mercury soars as you move in the direction of the equator‚ and the maximum temperature in this area is close to 68-77 °F or 20-25 °C in the southeastern parts of the Indian territory. Summer. The summer is also known as the pre-monsoon season. The summer months are the months of April to June. However‚ the summer refers to the months of April to July in the northwestern parts of the country. In the southern and western
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Indian National Army And Its Role in Independence struggle Yogesh Dilhor ID NO. 1947 IIND YEAR‚ B.A.‚ LL.B. (HONS.) DATE OF SUBMISSION: 25TH SEPTEMBER‚ 2012 NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY 1 Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 3 Research Methodology .............................................................................................................. 4 Aim .....
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