the dissolution of medieval feudalism were urbanization as well as the increase in power and wealth of the merchant class. In the agricultural industries‚ the replacement of the two-field system with the three-field system of crop rotation‚ in which the amount of crops under cultivation could be increased by as much as 50 percent‚ was the most important technological advance during the Middle Ages. This system also enabled the people to support more horses‚ which not only speeded up the process
Premium Middle Ages Serfdom Medieval demography
plant roots. In a sustainable system‚ soil is kept in balance. Crops are rotated through the fields to replace nutrients in the soil. Where there is livestock‚ animals graze the land‚ then waste from those animals is used to fertilize the soil. The idea is that as farmers take from the land they also give back. Industrial farms disregard that need for balance. Land is used continuously and not given proper rest. Crops are not rotated in a way that replenishes the soil. Manure
Premium Agriculture
Thesis: The technological advances in the eighteenth century slowly allowed for the advancement of people’s lives economically‚ but social injustice remained. 1.Crop Rotation a.Eliminated fallow season by alternating grain with nitrogen-storing crops i.Peas‚ beans‚ turnips (Charles Townsend)‚ potatoes‚ clovers‚ and grasses b.New crops made ideal feed for animals i.Build their herds of cattle 1.More animals mean more meat‚ better diets‚ and more manure for fertilizer (which means more grain)
Premium Agriculture 18th century
Agriculture is the artificial cultivation and processing of animals‚ plants‚ fungi and other life forms for food‚ fibers and other byproducts.[1] Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization‚ whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the development of much denser and more stratified societies. The study of agriculture is known as agricultural science. Agriculture is also observed in certain species of ant and termite.[2][3] The
Premium
of their crops for their own consumption instead of for trade. A remarkable shift in agricultural practices has occurred over the past century in response to new technologies‚ and the development of world markets. This also led to technological improvements in agricultural techniques‚ such as the Haber-Bosch method for synthesizing ammonium nitratewhich made the traditional practice of recycling nutrients with crop rotation and animal manure less necessary. Historical Development of Crop Production
Free Agriculture
other. Rapeseed is the traditional name for the group of oilseed crops in the Brassicaceae family‚ and can be divided into two types - industrial rapeseed or canola (Margaret Smith‚ 2015). Generally‚ “industrial rapeseed” refers to any rapeseed with a higher content of erucic acid in the oil (i.e. +45%). ‘Canola’ refers to the edible oil crop that is characterized by low erucic acid (>2%) and low levels of glucosinolates. Canola crops contain lower percentages of erucic acid and glucosinolates because
Premium Genetically modified organism Genetically modified food Genetic engineering
Napier Grass Scientific name: Pennisetum purpureum Family: Poaceae Origin: Tropical grasslands of Africa Botanical description: A robust perennial with a vigorous root system‚ sometimes stoloniferous with a creeping rhizome. Culms usually 180-360 cm high‚ branched upwards. Leaf-sheaths glabrous or with tubercle-based hairs; leaf-blades 20-40 mm wide‚ margins thickened and shiny. Inflorescence a bristly false spike up to 30 cm long‚ dense‚ usually yellow-brown in colour‚ more rarely purplish (Chippendall
Premium Agriculture Fodder Hay
still in use.[1] Indian agriculture began by 9000 BCE as a result of early cultivation of plants‚ and domestication of crops and animals.[2] Settled life soon followed with implements and techniques being developed for agriculture.[3][4] Double monsoons led to two harvests being reaped in one year.[5] Indian products soon reached the world via existing trading networks and foreign crops were introduced to India.[5][6] Plants and animals—considered essential to their survival by the Indians—came to be
Premium Agriculture
shelter belts and wind breaks to check wind velocity and wind erosion in arid and semi-arid areas‚ Fixing of sand dunes by planting trees and grasses‚ practicing alternate cultivation technique‚ popularising dry farming and adopting scientific crop rotation system. (b) Large Measures-these include large projects and schemes undertaken by state and central government to check soil erosion and facilitate extensive reclamation. Following are some of the schemes worthy of mention here: (i) Reclamation
Premium Agriculture Erosion Soil
In fact‚ three quarters of Britain’s population lived in the countryside and farming was the predominant occupation. Overall‚ life was pretty hard. People worked on farms and had to use their own strength to plough their fields and harvest their crops. They lived and often worked as a family‚ doing everything by hand. It was very hard to keep in touch with people in other parts of the country‚ news was spread by travellers or through messengers and goods was distributed largely within the locality
Premium Industrial Revolution Agriculture