An agricultural cooperative‚ also known as a farmers’ co-op‚ is a cooperative where farmers pool their resources in certain areas of activity. A broad typology of agricultural cooperatives distinguishes between agricultural service cooperatives‚ which provide various services to their individually farming members‚ and agricultural production cooperatives‚ where production resources (land‚ machinery) are pooled and members farm jointly.[1] Examples of agricultural production cooperatives include collective
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mechanization is the provision of human workers and replacement of animal labour with machinery to assist and replace physical requirement of work. Therefore agricultural mechanization embraces and implements the use of tools and machines for agricultural development‚ crop production‚ harvesting‚ storage and on farming processing. In the history of agricultural mechanization‚ a periodical development of agriculture has enhanced several advancements in farming techniques and tools were manifested. During the
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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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A TERM PAPER ON THE HISTORY OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION IN NIGERIA AND ONDO STATE BY ALE‚ A.B (AEE/09/8837) SUBMITTED TO PROFESSOR EWUOLA AEE 835 COURSE LECTURER JUNE‚ 2010 Introduction The history of a particular subject‚ people‚ profession or any phenomenon provides a record of events which took place in the past to enable us to appreciate the status‚ strengths and weaknesses of the events which took place in the past. This serves as a guide to others so as not to fall into
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THE ROLE OF EXTENSION IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT by Ifeoma Irohibe Department of Agricultural Extension‚ University of Nigeria‚ Nsukka Agriculture is the science of cultivating crops and rearing animals for the benefit of man and also includes other processes such as processing‚ storage and marketing of agricultural produce. The agricultural sector is essential in the economic development and poverty alleviation drive of many sectors. The importance of this sector is more pronounced in developing
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DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY EXCHANGES IN UKRAINE ABSTRACT The paper presents analysis and assessment of the current situation with Ukrain-ian agricultural commodity exchanges and their development prospects. Today‚ there is a need for an efficient market infrastructure‚ capable of ensuring trans-parent sales of agricultural commodities. In the developed countries‚ exchange trading in agricultural commodities is the most efficient way for determining market prices. However‚ most Ukrainian
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There were many different features of the Agricultural Revolution during the eighteenth-century. All of these aspects of the Agricultural Revolution had effects both economically and socially. One of these things was crop rotation. Crop rotation led to the social effect of healthier animals and more of those animals which led to healthier people because of their improved diet. Economically crop rotation led to new crops that were ideal for feeding livestock‚ which made it easier to feed animals
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The Common Agricultural Policy The CAP began in 1962. The policy is of the European Union. It talks about a system of agricultural supports and other programmes. The policy helped reduce Europe relying on imported food‚ however it led long to over-production. It represents 48% of the EU’s budget The aim of the common agricultural policy (CAP) is to provide farmers with a reasonable standard of living‚ consumers with quality food at fair prices and to preserve rural heritage. The CAP combines
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The Agricultural Adjustment Act During World War I‚ England’s agricultural economy was badly damaged. This inconvenience for the English was a blessing to American farmers. Since the invention of the combine‚ and various other mechanical harvesting machines‚ American farmers could increase their crop yield. In turn they could export the extra crops to England for more money. Once England got back on it’s feet‚ American farmers could not find any exports for their crops. As they continued to produce
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Contents Defining Agricultural Finance Finance Versus Financial Management Lecture I: Introduction to Agricultural Finance Charles B. Moss and Michael A. Gunderson 1 Food 1 and Resource Economics Department University of Florida January 7‚ 2012 Charles B. Moss and Michael A. Gunderson Lecture I: Introduction to Agricultural Finance Table of Contents Defining Agricultural Finance Finance Versus Financial Management 1 Defining Agricultural Finance What is Agricultural Finance? Economics
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