Agriculture‚ also called farming or husbandry‚ is the cultivation of animals‚ plants‚ fungi‚ and other life forms for food‚ fiber‚ biofuel‚drugs and other products used to sustain and enhance human life.[1] Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization‚ whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the development of civilization. The study of agriculture is known as agricultural science. The history of agriculture dates back thousands
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PART I From Hunting and Gathering to Civilizations‚ 2.5 million–1000 B.C.E.: Origins Overview. The first human beings appeared in east Africa over two million years ago. Gradually humans developed a more erect stance and greater brain capacity. Early humans lived by hunting and gathering. The most advanced human species‚ Homo sapiens sapiens‚ migrated from Africa into the Middle East‚ then into Europe‚ Asia‚ Australia‚ and the Americas. Over time‚ they learned to fashion tools and weapons from
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Commercial Agriculture vs. Subsistence Agriculture Commercial Agriculture is agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm and make a profit. These products are normally sold wholesaler or retail outlets (e.g. Supermarkets). In the United States Commercial Farming takes place in Midwest on huge farms tended by very few people‚ but yield massive amount of product. There are three types of commercial agriculture. The first is Intensive Commercial Agriculture. Intensive
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This essay is an analysis of the novel ‘The Gathering’ by Isobelle Carmody. The novel is about good and evil‚ inner struggle‚ human nature‚ conformity and individuality‚ friendship and cooperation. The main group character is Nathanial and he is in a teenager group‚ called ‘The Chain’. The people in the group are Nathanial‚ Nissa‚ Lallie‚ Seth‚ Danny and Indian. Nathanial is a new boy to the school because he and his mother have been moving frequently since his parents were divorced. Their house
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The Effects of Living a Sedentary Lifestyle A sedentary lifestyle is one of many consequences. A person who lives a sedentary lifestyle often does not fully understand these consequences until it is too late. But what are these consequences and how do they affect the way we live? Living a sedentary lifestyle not only has a negative effect on one’s health but also determines the way one lives their life. The word sedentary means being use to resting a great deal and exercising little. Therefore
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Effects of Sedentary Lifestyle Sedentary lifestyle is a medical term to indicate a lifestyle with irregular exercise. People who are having sedentary lifestyle are prone to depression‚ being low self-esteem and suffer from health problems. As an effect from sedentary lifestyle‚ people are prone to depression. They will easily get into the feelings of loneliness‚ sad and despair since they are lack of interaction with the public. They usually spend their days on sitting‚ reading‚ watching television
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is consumed by the farmers and their families. Where facilities like irrigation and electricity are available‚ farming has improved. Important cash crops like sugarcane‚ oilseeds‚ cotton and jute are grown. The subsistence agriculture has given way to commercial agriculture to some extent. Dry land farming is practised in areas where the rainfall is low and irrigation facilities are inadequate. Here‚ emphasis is laid on conservation of moisture‚ and on crops like jowar‚ bajra and pulses‚ which need
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Discuss the following poems‚ Hunting Snake and The Cockroach‚ commenting in particular on the ways in which the poets depict their respective creatures. The poems ‘Hunting Snake’ by Judith Wright and ‘The Cockroach’ by Kevin Halligan are both very metaphorical in their comparisons between creatures and humanity. Both poems are about animals in an undisturbed environment and their subsequent interaction with human beings‚ and a language feature that is common in both poems is an extended metaphor
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Though non-civilized‚ hunter-gatherer societies may have few advantages over civilized‚ agricultural societies; agricultural societies likewise also have couple advantages of non-civilized‚ hunter-gatherer societies. One may see the increased likelihood of disease in major‚ populated agricultural societies as a drawback‚ but in reality the exposure to disease and bacteria converts the primitive human immune system‚ into stronger defenses of future identical diseases‚ reducing the likelihood of another
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Department of Distance Education‚ Punjabi University‚ Patiala (Punjab)‚ India. E-mail: Abstract: A progressive agriculture serves as a powerful engine of economic growth of any country. It helps in initiating and sustaining the development of other sectors of the economy. In view of this‚ after independence the Government of India adopted a positive approach and specific programmes like new agriculture technology were introduced. Indian farmers being poor were not in a position to buy these expensive inputs
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