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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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lifetime‚ Carver made numerous significant agricultural discoveries‚ such as his discovery of new species of fungi‚ which were later named after him. He introduced the concept of crop rotation and the use of legumes‚ which led to the popularity of the peanut. The peanut had grown to be one of the biggest money-yielding crops in the south. He discovered hundreds of products that could be made from the peanut‚ sweet potato‚ and the pecan nut. He also utilized the soybean to make a plastic material
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berries. These berries include strawberries‚ cranberries‚ raspberries and grapes. Mr Hudson is diligent in taking care of his crops and uses single pesticide to carefully curate and prevent contamination. However‚ in the recent weeks‚ Mr. Hudson has been experiencing some problems with his crops resulting in an exponential decrease in harvest yield and many damaged crops. As a result‚ Mr. Hudson has endured many costs and has had poor food production for several months. Mr. Hudson needs your help
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and southern China‚ Africa’s Sahel‚ New Guinea parts of India and several regions of the Americas. Agricultural deals with irrigation‚ crop rotation‚fertilizers‚ and pesticides. They were developed a long time ago‚ but were made with great strides in the past. Corn‚ grass‚ tress‚ wild life was the key to the beginning of agricultre for the early. The wild crops including wheat‚ barley‚ and peas are traced to the Near East region. Cereals were grown in Syria as long as 9‚000 years ago. Though the
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develop in place of the feudal system. Around the 8th century agricultural development and new technologies started taking place. The emperor of the Carolingian Empire Charlemagne actually thought of the idea to use a three-field crop rotation instead of a two-field crop rotation. This system allowed for a great surplus of food since
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