Agricultural pipes are the unsung heroes of farming in India. They play a critical role in ensuring that crops receive the necessary water supply for optimal growth. The choice of pipes can impact the efficiency of the entire irrigation system. To make an informed decision, let's look at the...
Two Indian women, who developed organic farming methods that do not make use of irrigation or chemical fertilizers and pesticides yet still deliver surplus produce, trained women in more than 70 villages to employ this type of farming, as well as working with the Deccan Development Society to he...
Agriculture plays a vital role in the Indian economy. Agriculture is the backbone of our country. It includes farming of crops, animal husbandry, pisciculture, agro-forestry etc. Nearly 60% of the Indian Population primarily depend on agriculture. Agriculture along with fisheries, forestry and other...
Some plants were domesticated especially for the production of narcotics; such a plant is tobacco, which was probably first used by American Indian tribes for the preparation of a narcotic drink and only later for smoking. The opium poppy is another example of a plant domesticated solely for a...
Poultry farming, raising of birds domestically or commercially, primarily for meat and eggs but also for feathers. Chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese are of primary importance, while guinea fowl and squabs (young pigeons) are chiefly of local interest.
This study aims to analyze how farmer types perceive climate change processes and its impacts to gain insight into locally differentiated concerns by farming communities. The present study is based in the Uttarakhand state of Indian Western Himalayas. We examine farmer perception...
Native grasses such as switchgrass, Indian, big and little bluestem, and gamma grass once covered much of North America. Sadly, they’ve been lost throughout most of the country as fields were converted to commercial crops or cool season grasses such as fescue. ...
This study aims to analyze how farmer types perceive climate change processes and its impacts to gain insight into locally differentiated concerns by farming communities. The present study is based in the Uttarakhand state of Indian Western Himalayas. We examine farmer perceptions of climate change ...
–pastoralism involves herding of animals shifting cultivation –it involves rotation of crops subsistence farming –it is a practice of growing crops and raising livestock sufficient only for one’s own use, without any surplus for trad intensive farming –intensive farming focus on increasing the ...
trajectory of agricultural development in the ancient societies ofSouthwest Asia, the Americas,East Asia,Southeast Asia, theIndian subcontinent, andEurope. For specific techniques of habitat alteration andplantpropagation,seehorticulture. For techniques ofanimalpropagation,seelivestock farming;poultry farming. ...