Infotec international | Why IT is important to the modern world? | For the HDCS-Infortec International | | By Isuri Dilanka Rg:12GP1220 | 3/20/2013 | This document contains introduction on the importance of IT‚ its usage in modern world and finally the conclusion of the researcher. | The importance of IT to the modern world Introduction Nearly everyone worked in agriculture before the industrial revolution. People communicated by words or messages written on paper. Soon after the industrial
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insecticides in the past years. The value sales are drive by the dual-use insecticides used in the home and in the garden. Nuclear family‚ modern lifestyle‚ and increase in working women have attracted products‚ which simplify home care. Pests cause damage to plants‚ humans‚ animals or pets. These pests can be living organisms such as rats‚ mice‚ insects and others at home‚ contaminating food and food products. A wide range of pesticides is available at markets to control and avoid pests at home. Insecticides
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chemical‚ i.e.‚ solid‚ liquid‚ or gas‚ affects the chances of pesticide penetration into the body. Liquids or gasses can get into the body through all three routes‚ whereas solids tend to have a lower chance of entry through the lungs. However‚ if solid particles are small enough or if they remain on the skin long enough‚ penetration into the body can take place in the same ways to those of liquids or gasses. The most common route by which pesticide users are poisoned is absorption through the skin. Dermal
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PESTICIDES IN OUR ECONOMY INTRODUCTION A pesticide is a material used to kill or reject a pest. Pesticides have disadvantages and advantages. They are able to restrain pests‚ but it can also kill other organisms as well. Not only do they affect animals but they can effect us‚ as humans. A pesticide is a biological‚ physical‚ or chemical agent used to kill plants or animals that are harmful to people. The name pesticide is generally applied only to chemical agents. Examples of different
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HISTORY OF INDIAN AGRICULTURE Early history Barley and wheat cultivation—along with the domestication of cattle‚ primarily sheep and goat—was visible in Mehrgarh by 9000 BCE. Vedic period – Post Maha Janapadas period (1500 BCE – 200 CE) The Mauryan Empire (322–185 BCE) categorised soils and made meteorological observations for agricultural use. Early Common Era – High Middle Ages (200–1200 CE) Water storage systems were designed during this period. Kallanai‚ a dam built
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Agricultural Insurance in India Problems and Prospects Agriculture production and farm incomes in India are frequently affected by natural disasters such as droughts‚ floods‚ cyclones‚ storms‚ landslides and earthquakes. Susceptibility of agriculture to these disasters is compounded by the outbreak of epidemics and man-made disasters such as fire‚ sale of spurious seeds‚ fertilizers and pesticides‚ price crashes etc. All these events severely affect farmers through loss in production and farm
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encourage action against the use of pesticides. Pesticides are insect repellents‚ which are chemicals meant to only kill insects that hurt plants but damage the environment. Carson’s book has been praised for raising public awareness on pesticides. In fact‚ it has since then made the government ban several of them‚ like DDT. While others say that pesticides should be kept to protect crops from harmful insects‚ many say that the pesticides are too damaging to the environment to use and they should be banned
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Agriculture is a primary activity & is closely related to the natural environment. The term agriculture has been derived from the Latin word ‘Ager’ meaning field & ‘culture’ meaning cultivation. And agriculture practices means the steps involved in agriculture which can be seen generally been done by farmers and gardeners. Agricultural practices such as irrigation‚ crop rotation‚ fertilizers‚ pesticides and animals were developed long ago‚ but have made great strides in the past century. The history
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and is a big threat to the environment and humans. I too share the same dream as an environmentalist to ban the usage of DDT in all countries around the world. While many developed countries have taken this issue very seriously and have banned the use of DDT‚ it is still being used in some countries. DDT or 2‚2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-1‚1‚1‚-trichloroethane‚ is used as an insecticide. First introduced during the 1940s‚ it killed insects that spread disease and feed on crops. Swiss scientist Paul Müller
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pesticides that he wanted it to‚ but he thought it was a good start for better regulation. “A coalition of the Sierra Club‚ National Wildlife Federation‚ Izaak Walton League‚ Audubon Society‚ and the Wilderness Society called the House bill ‘a retreat from effective pesticide regulation.’” They were looking for bans and strict regulations because of the pollution it was causing. Hart and Nelson debated to reinforce citizen’s rights in order to sue the EPA over bad enforcement of the proposed
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