The Ceylon Agricultural Society (CAS) was involved in promoting rice production in the country until the early twentieth century, a responsibility that was taken over by the Department of Agriculture (DOA), since its inception in 1912. Though no specific details of breeding procedures adopted are ...
History of Sri Lanka, a survey of the notable events and people in the history of Sri Lanka from ancient times to the present day. The country, formerly known as Ceylon, is an island lying in the Indian Ocean and separated from peninsular India by the Pa
Sri Lanka, island country lying in the Indian Ocean and separated from peninsular India by the Palk Strait. Proximity to the Indian subcontinent has facilitated close cultural interaction between Sri Lanka and India from ancient times. Sri Lanka gained i
The British gradually took control of the island, initially managing it as part of British India before making it a separate crown colony. The British introduced plantation agriculture, notably tea, rubber, and coffee, transforming the economy. They also built extensive infrastructure, including roads...
By the mid-1990s, roughly one-quarter of the population was employed as skilled workers in agriculture, fishing, or animal husbandry; one-quarter in skilled craft or factory production; one-quarter in administration, medicine, law, education, accounting, sales, services, or clerical work; and ...
of tradition and ambiguous astronomical information contained in the hymns. Indus valley civilization, which flourished between 2800 BC and 1800 BC, had an advanced and flourishing economic system. The Indus valley people practiced agriculture, domesticated animals, made tools and weapons fro...
Jarmo, Iraq; and horses at 4350 BC in Ukraine." Bio-Tech'sHistory of Agriculture. 8000 BCE "Certaincerealsand pulses (legumes) were domesticated in very ancient times. In about 8000 BC in the Fertile Crescent of the Near and Middle East (present-day Syria, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Jordan, ...
COFCO ranked top in the "2019 Top 100 Enterprises in the National Agricultural Products Processing Industry" released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. January 24 As soon as getting relevant information on Wuhan epidemic prevention and control, COFCO urgently mobilized daily necessities...
By 1 March 1973, there is a total of 93 UN Volunteers serving in the field. The bulk of the group (40) works with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); the others being distributed among the International Labour Organization (ILO) (27), the UN Secretariat (...
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