government agencies are involved with government-owned lands? What is the purpose of government-owned lands? 6. Why is the forest an important ecosystem? 7. What is your definition of forest management? What is its purpose? Describe the concept of sustainable forestry. 8. What effect does the harvesting of trees and deforestation have on forests and the environment? Is there a preferred method for harvesting trees? Explain. 9. What is a rangeland? Describe rangeland degradation and desertification
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means by which more food can be grown than before‚ on the same piece of land. Improved methods of agriculture have led to the production of about 360m tonnes of plant food products and about 88m tonnes of animal food products. OBJECTIVES After completing this lesson‚ you will be able to: • state reasons for human dependence on plants and animals for food; • define and differentiate between agriculture and horticulture; • list and explain the various steps for raising an improved crop; • differentiate
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HISTORY OF INDIAN AGRICULTURE Early history Barley and wheat cultivation—along with the domestication of cattle‚ primarily sheep and goat—was visible in Mehrgarh by 9000 BCE. Vedic period – Post Maha Janapadas period (1500 BCE – 200 CE) The Mauryan Empire (322–185 BCE) categorised soils and made meteorological observations for agricultural use. Early Common Era – High Middle Ages (200–1200 CE) Water storage systems were designed during this period. Kallanai‚ a dam built
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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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Variety Programme (HYVP) – Annual Plans (1966-69) – 3. History and development o seed industry in India – Fourth FYP – Tarai Development f Corporation (TDC) and Indian Society of Seed Technology (ISST) – Fifth FYP – National Commission on Agriculture (NCA) and National Seeds Programme – Sixth FYP – Seventh FVP – New Policy on seed development – Eighth FVP 4. Importance of seed production – seed policy – seed demand forecasting and planning for breeder seed‚ foundation seed and certified
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Question #1 How is intensive subsistence agriculture distinguished from extensive subsistence cropping? Why‚ in your opinion‚ have such different land use forms developed in separate areas of the warm‚ moist tropics? Intensive agriculture is the primary subsistence pattern of large-scale‚ populous societies. It results in much more food being produced per acre compared to other subsistence patterns. Beginning about 5‚000 years ago‚ the development of intensive farming methods became necessary as
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AGRICULTURE Agriculture is the production of food and goods through farming and forestry . Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of human civilization‚ with the husbandry of domesticated animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more densely populated and stratified societies. The study of agriculture is known as agricultural science. Agriculture encompasses a wide variety of specialties and techniques‚ including ways to expand the lands
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Sustainable development refers to a mode of human development in which resource use aims to meet human needs while ensuring the sustainability of natural systems and the environment‚ so that these needs can be met not only in the present‚ but also for generations to come. The term ’sustainable development ’ was used by the Brundtland Commission‚ which coined what has become the most often-quoted definition of sustainable development: "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising
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Indian Agriculture * Mainstay of Indian Economy * Since independence‚ undergone a change from being the sector contributing the highest share to the GDP to one contributing the lowest share. * Agriculture is a state subject. * GDP contribution (Agriculture and allied sector) * 56.5 pc in 1950-51 * 15.7 pc in 2008-09 and 14.6 pc in 2009-10. It was 19 pc in 2004-05. (2004-05 prices) * Agricultural GDP grew by 0.4 pc in 2009-10 and -0.1 pc in 2008-09. * Employment
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AGRICULTURE & DEVELOPMENT Agriculture is in many parts of the world is the main source of food and income of households. The role that agriculture plays in development has been debated during the last decades and the views about it are very diverse. Today‚ many authors consider agriculture as an essential factor for development and an important instrument for poverty alleviation. In my opinion access to land and water is an indispensable condition to ensure the livelihood of the poor. The current
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