Like historic zoning, agricultural zoning is designed to protect farmlands and farm activity and promote sustainable farming practices. This could mean controlling the types of agricultural activities permitted on the land, the size of structures (such as silos or barns) allowed on farmland and enviro...
Agricultural activities can have a significant impact on aquatic organisms, including aquatic insects. Most of the aquatic Heteroptera are known as moderately tolerant to low oxygen and high nutrient concentrations. Nevertheless, the complex effects of agriculture (source of both pesticides an...
There’s a significant influence of crop type on nitrous oxide emissions. With over 1.2 billion metric tons produced, maize is the most important grain, while also being the main source of GHG emissions from farming. Primarily, agricultural activities related to growing maize contribute to N2O ...
The commercial palm oil industry rapidly expanded in the late 20th century and led to the deforestation of significant swaths ofIndonesiaandMalaysiaas well as large areas in Africa. New plantations are often formed using slash-and-burn agricultural methods, and the resulting fragmentation of natural ...
climates, farmers are able to grow more than one crop in a year. Rice is the main crop in this type of farming. However, wheat, maize, pulses and oilseeds are also grown. This type of farming is prevalent in densely populated areas of the monsoon regions of south, southeast and east ...
feast, day or period of time set aside tocommemorate, ritually celebrate or reenact, or anticipate events or seasons—agricultural, religious, or sociocultural—that give meaning and cohesiveness to an individual and to the religious, political, or socioeconomiccommunity. Because such days or period...
The change to a more industrial type of farming and the promotion of the marketing of agricultural produce, in particular with the establishment of a genuine partnership between agricultural producers and the various processing industries, needed to be advanced. 尤其是随着农产品生产商与各种加工业之...
Agritourism is a form of ecotourism that attracts tourists and volunteers to the rural culture. It encourages visitors to explore agricultural life in rural communities firsthand,contributing to the improvement of income in regional populations. The goal essentially is to improve the economic development...
There are three different types of ecosystems: natural ecosystems, man-made ecosystems, and micro-ecosystems. This article describes the characteristics of an ecosystem, subcategories for each type of ecosystem, and examples with illustrations.
agricultural technology: Fertilizing and conditioning the soil Overall chemical analyses indicate that the total supply of nutrients in soils is usually high in comparison with the requirements ofcropplants. Much of this potential supply, however, is bound tightly in forms that are not released to cr...