As a producer of genetically modified seeds that lead to larger crop yields and eventually larger profits for farmers‚ Monsanto has a moral obligation to farmers who have grown crops and saved seeds for the next crop for hundreds of years before Monsanto began changing the genetic makeup of the seed. Farmers should not feel obligated to Monsanto as they have manipulated the future of farming through patent protection of intellectual property. Some thoughts should be discussed regarding Monsanto’s
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agrarian crisis and the fact that nearly 200.000 farmers have committed suicide in India over the last 10 years. Despite India’s fast growing and politically free media‚ the mainstream media hardy reflected the farmers’ distress. There are several fashion‚ sport and movie correspondents‚ however‚ not a single correspondent is working full time on poverty. For example‚ the Lakme fashion week drew a lot of media attention‚ while at the same time the farmers growing cotton where taking their lives at a
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Agriculture Computers help in agriculture? It can’t sow seeds or harvest crops or irrigate fields. But it can definitely help the farmers and the agricultural scientist in various stages of farming. And why haven’t we used computers in agriculture till date? Just one reason‚ farmers are not comfortable with computers. And since there’s no market for such a technology‚ the industry never bothered to consider that field for making any software. Countries like USA and Australia use software
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the new party of Populists fought for the grievances and agriculture of the farmers‚ which was beginning to corrupt. The biggest contributions to their discontent came from political‚ social‚ and economical issues. All of which were valid arguments to be dealt with in the Gilded Age‚ a time period where the costs of Reconstruction were harsh. This money supply ran scarce due to inflation causing major debt for farmers. Document A states “Silver..has been demonetized to add to the purchasing power
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meat‚ coconut coir and coir dust from the husks‚ and charcoal from the shell‚ will benefit all small and medium sized coconut farmers. These 3 products are heavily traded in the global market. At present‚ farmers are limited to copra production and roughly earn only 150 euroes per hectare of planted coconuts per year. This mobile processing unit will allow neighbouring farmers to become a contiguous coconut farm able to produce a significant volume of high value products currently exported by the region
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The period of post Reconstruction through the beginning of the 20th century was a turning point for the agricultural economy of America. Farmers made up the backbone of the American economy at this time‚ therefore their success was crucial. This industry was the direct recipient of the technological advancements made throughout the Industrial Revolution that aided in massive and efficient production. However‚ the government’s focus was aimed elsewhere as the industrialized society of the North soon
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but still influencing the lives of every individual. Many historians‚ especially those dealing with farmer suicides in India‚ note that politics cannot be seen as a series of events but as a process or continuum of interconnected moments that truly influence each other. As Palagummi Sainath has noted in his multiple articles regarding rural communities in the Times of India‚ instead of seeing farmer suicides as a singular event‚ they must be seen through the lens of a process‚ mainly “the process
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power (mostly horses)‚ allowing farmers to harvest more crops than ever before. The government‚ which during this time period but into action many agricultural acts‚ permitted more people to access more land. In 1870 railroads scarcely concentrated the eastern coast of the U.S. Within 20 years an abundance of railroads could be found not only on the eastern coast‚ but they had fast spread to the western coast as well (Source B). Thanks to the railroad boom‚ farmers could now transport their crops
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Operation Bread Bake (ANIMALS SLEEPING) Farmer: All you animals get up! Time to get to work. Lamb: can we sleep in for once? Farmer: What you say? Lamb: Nothing‚ bahhhhhh! Farmer: oh‚ if you wanted to sleep in all you had to do was ask… Animals: Really? Farmer: NO! (AINIMALS WALK OUT WITH HEADS DOWN) Cat: you had to say something! Narrator: None of the animals liked working for farmer dean‚ he was always bitter and mean. The animals had no voice… but they had no other choice. Where would
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SBI AGRICULTURAL GOLD LOANS Purpose Bank extends hassle free finance to farmers / agriculturists against Gold Ornaments / gold wares to increase their liquidity to meet crop production expenses‚ Investment expenses related to agriculture and / or allied agricultural activities. Eligibility Any person engaged in agriculture or allied activities as well as persons engaged in activities permitted to be classified under agriculture. Quantum of Loan Upto 70% of the value of the ornaments .Value
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