...Agriculture plays a crucial role in the development of the Indian economy. It accounts for about 19 per cent of GDP and about two thirds of the population is dependent on the sector. The importance of farm credit as a critical input to agriculture is reinforced by the unique role of Indian agriculture in the macroeconomic framework and its role in poverty alleviation. Recognizing the importance of agriculture sector in India’s development, the Government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have played a vital role in creating a broad-based institutional framework for catering to the increasing credit requirements of the sector. The Reserve Bank has been very active in reinvigorating the co-operative credit movement in the country through a...
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...Urban Agriculture in and around Monrovia, Liberia Timothy Kortu Since the end of the war that raged from 1989 to 2003, Liberia has suffered from chronic food insecure and basic socio-economic infrastructure. Urban urban poverty, improve food security and enhance urban waste management in Monrovia and other Liberian cities. Recently the government acknowledging food security in the country. rity, due to the destruction of its agricultural sector agriculture provides a strategy to help reduce edged the importance of urban agriculture in Agriculture has always been the key to food security in both urban and rural areas of Liberia. Before the conflict, approximately 80 percent of the people of Liberia derived their livelihoods from farming alone. After the civil war and decades of predatory regimes, Liberia today is one of the most food-insecure countries in the world, with one third of the population undernourished and over 75 percent living below the universally established poverty line of 1 USD per day. It is ranked as one of the lowest countries in the UNDP Human Development Report, which covers various sector including employment, income, health, education, gender equality and child welfare (UNDP, 2007). The interim Poverty Reduction Strategy of Liberia (2007) highlights agriculture as one of the major economic sectors that has the potential to resuscitate the economy and create significant job opportunities that could make an impact...
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...The Significance of Agriculture in Early Human Civilization Over the course of human evolution, there has been no greater single development with as profound and far reaching effects as that of the development of agriculture. Sustainable agriculture drove human civilization from a hunter-gatherer society to the settled and centralized society we know today. The advent of modern agriculture techniques enabled early man to settle in one area and develop their own food and raw material needed for survival and sustainment. Such developments eliminated the need for small bands of hunters and gatherers to forage for food. Hunter-gatherer societies were constantly on the move in search for food and shelter. Constant movement and migration precluded any significant societal and technological development and made population expansion all but impossible. The sedentary lifestyle and social structures we know today would be impossible without the development of efficient cultivation techniques. For early humans, almost all time and energy was devoted to gathering plants for food and hunting animals. Once agriculture became the primary method for cultivating food, societies and governments began to form and the modern notion of the nation state (or city state in some cases) began. The development of agriculture also had a heavy hand in influencing early religions. Religion would go on to become one of the most dominant forces throughout human history; influencing everything from...
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...8160 Research Paper Management Consumer Buying Behaviour towards Agriculture Culture Inputs: An Empirical Study in Rural Area of Bardoli Dharmraj Solanki Nilay V. Panchal Pratik Desai ABSTRACT Asst. Prof., Department of Management, B.V.Patel Institute of BMC & IT, Uka Tarsadia University,Tarsadi,Bardoli. Asst. Prof., Department of Commerce, B.V.Patel Institute of BMC & IT, Uka Tarsadia University,Tarsadi,Bardoli. Asst. Prof., Department of Accountancy, DRB Commerce College,Veshu,Bharthan,Surat. This paper aims to identify the factors that affect consumers purchasing behavior towards Agriculture inputs like fertilizer, seeds, agrochemicals, oils and lubricants etc. Buying behavior refers to the act of consumers obtaining and using goods and services and the decision process that determines these acts. Buying decision is a set of many decisions which may involve a product, brand, style, quality, dealer, time, price and mode of payment. Price is the most important consideration at the time of purchasing agriculture inputs followed by packaging and branding, fair billing and home delivery are considered relatively less important. An attempt had been made to find out the problems faced by the farmers and this study will also help to understand the factors affecting the buying behavior of farmers toward Agriculture inputs. KEYWORDS: Agriculture Inputs, farmers, buying behavior INTRODUCTION Agriculture inputs are broadly classified into consumable and durables. Consumables...
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...greenhouse in agriculture - The importance of biological pest control in agriculture - The use of fertilizers in agriculture - The features of the Maltese soil - The use of good agricultural practices such as crop rotation Section 2: Observations and Data Collection This section will be like a long discussion. You need to include photographs taken on the visit. Paragraph 1: The greenhouse Take a photograph of the greenhouse visited. Describe the main features of the greenhouse visited during this site visit. List down the crops grown in the greenhouse you have visited. Do some research about other crops that are commonly grown in a greenhouse in Malta. Discuss THREE advantages of using a greenhouse to grow crops Discuss THREE disadvantages of using a greenhouse to grow crops Biology Site visit Form 4 Page 1 Organic Farming Visit Paragraph 2: Biological pest control Give the definition of biological pest control. Ask the visitor about the typical pests targeted in the greenhouses visited. List them down. Explain which organisms are used to control the spread of the mentioned pests Discuss THREE advantages of using biological pest control Discuss THREE disadvantages of using biological pest control Paragraph 3: Fertilizers Discuss the importance of fertilizers in agriculture Discuss any deficiency symptoms that are commonly observed in the greenhouse. Give the two main types of fertilizers used in agriculture Compare...
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...cog in the entire system, without it would put strain on the entire economy. Government Partner The partner that I currently work for is the Tribal Nation. The Tribal nation is becoming a very important part of food and agriculture. Recently gaining a $625 million donation from the United States Drug Administration (USDA) in order to boost economic growth in Indian Country. Working with the Tribal Nations will not only increase food and agriculture production but also extend the list of collaborative partners within the Food and Agriculture Sector. ("Expanding Opportunity In Indian Country", 2014) Position Title and Responsibilities The position title that I currently work for is known as the Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC). The IAC has grown in prominence in Indian Country from there founding in 1987. Since there founding they have grown to grow the support of the federal government agencies, particularly the agricultural field. There job responsibilities are to work directly with outside governments in the United States on behalf of the individual Indian producers and Tribal Agencies. ("Intertribal Agriculture Council", 2016) Involvement in protecting critical infrastructure As the IAC is acting on behalf of the majority of the food and agriculture for the Indian Culture it comes down to the organization to uphold the necessary precautions and procedures that must be taken for all of the product that is produced. These...
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...animals, the importance of culture, and the importance of power and its effect have changed since I first began this class. A main piece of information I learned with the AP World History class is the importance of agriculture. Agriculture was the cause for change from hunter-gathers to a new age that caused indefinite change that changed the way of life. Farmers and their farms, plantations, and all that is related to that were something that I never placed as important. Nowadays intelligence is important and it was in the past but not in the Paleolithic era, it was agriculture. I never really knew how important the environment and its flora and fauna were in the past. All I ever knew, until I learn about the history, was...
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...AGRICULTURE IN INDIA Indian agriculture has been main source of income for the masses since decades. It is also referred to as India’s mother economy. In the current times as well it accounts for about two-thirds of the employment of the Indian labor force. An intense global food situation in present times signifies the importance of expanding the existent resources and food production in developing countries like India. The Five Year Plans by the Government of India are meant to achieve this goal. The northern states of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh contribute over 80% of the production of food grains. “Among the southern states, Tamil Nadu shows the highest percentage of irrigated area and intensity of irrigation but not intensity of cropping.” (2) Growth of plantation crops such as coffee, cocoa, pepper and cardamom are dominated by the states of Kerala and hilly Karnataka. Indian agriculture has developed over the period of years, particularly after Independence in 1947. The stagnating growth which characterized the first of the twentieth century was significantly in contrast with the second half. However, it has been a slow and painful process. This does not come as a surprise since most of the developing countries experiencing transition in economy have encountered the same. They are striving to achieve multiple objectives at a time with limited resources at their disposal. While efficient use of available resources is of utmost importance, getting most advantageous...
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...BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS PROJECT REPORT ON INDIAN AGRICULTURE: FACTORS AND PRODUCTION Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the degree of MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION By: Group 5 Ekta Chhotaria – G012 Aadarsh Chaudhary – G014 Dhwani Mehta – G038 Jackin Mota – G041 Snehal Naik – G044 Devalla Phani Madhav –G50 Rahul Rao – G051 Suryansh Shrimal –G59 Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies Mumbai – 400056 August 2015 INDEX Serial No. | Topic | Page No | 1 | Research problem | 3 | 2 | Abstract | 3 | 3 | Introduction | 4 | 4 | Literature Review | 4 | 5 | Research Design | 5 | 6 | Findings | 8 | 7 | Conclusion | 12 | 8 | Appendix | 12 | RESEARCH PROBLEM Reduce agricultural dependence on rainfall ABSTRACT Purpose: To determine the effect of irrigation on agricultural productivity Methodology: Scatter diagram and the regression analysis Findings: This study quantifies the incremental benefits of major factor inputs inovertime variation of agricultural performance and agricultural productivity in India. The results of our model indicate that better irrigation facilities, normal rainfall helped to improve crop output in the country. Social implications: Knowing precisely what factors impact agricultural productivity and to what extent will help the government increase farm productivity, thus reducing farmer suicides. INTRODUCTION The Indian economy has undergone structural changes...
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...The Potential Product To Be Market In Turkey Agriculture has always been one of the leading sectors in the Turkish economy, largely for natural reasons: the rich soil sources, biological diversity, good climate and geographical conditions. There is also a tradition of hardworking farmers and, more recently, private entrepreneurs interested in investing in Turkish agriculture. Agriculture has an important impact on the social and economic development of Turkey since it meets the majority of the population’s food requirements domestically and prevents Turkey from being dependent on international sources and also supplies the raw materials of other sectors dependent on agriculture. The share of agricultural production in Turkey’s GDP was 8.3 percent in 2009, down from 10.1 percent in 2000. During this period, Turkey continued its economic transformation from agriculture towards industry and services sector. Despite the decreasing share in GDP, agricultural production has been rising since 2000. In 2007, output fell due to drought, however starting from 2008 it has recovered. Agricultural production in 2008 was 73 billion Turkish Liras and in 2009 was 79 billion Turkish Liras. As of March 2010, the Turkish agriculture sector employs 5.2 million people which constitute approximately 24 percent of the total employment in Turkey. Employment in agriculture has been steadily declining, by approximately 33 percent from 2000 to 2010. Considering the increase in the production during the...
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...Agricultural Journalism Definition-principles-Purpose- Importance & Functions Farm / Agricultural Journalism In the era of knowledge, intensive agriculture farmers need timely and local specific information about their farm practices. Farm journalism can play very crucial role in collection, processing and dissemination of information according to need of the farmers. The farm journalism should be based on scientific research and should be timely, local specific and according to needs of farmers. Concept of Farm Journalism A journal was originally an account of daily events. The word “joun” means day. The habit of keeping diaries or daily account gradually led to the evolution of the word journalism. It may also mean the editorial or business management of an agency engaged in the collection and dissemination of news. Journalism is a systematic process of gathering, writing, interpreting, processing and disseminating public opinion, public information and public entertainment for publication in newspaper, magazines and broadcast (Wolsley, 1969). Farm journalism may be defined as the collection and processing of facts, converting into local specific and need based and dissemination of timely information to the farmers by different methods of communication. Agricultural journalism is a specialized branch of Journalism which deals with the techniques of receiving, writing, editing and reporting farm information through the media like newspapers, periodicals...
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...All the way from Eugene, Oregon (110 miles from one of America’s most vegan-friendly cities, Portland, Oregon), Susan-225, a member of IMDb since October 2004, has reviewed Cowspiracy in their good and informational review, “Courages Eye-Opener to the #1 Environmental Problem: Animal Agriculture” as a real “eye opener.” They somewhat summarize the documentary for those who have not viewed it yet, listing out what the film is about, or parts of it at least: animal agriculture (is or) as the number one contributor to greenhouse gases, leading for it to be the largest environmental issue, causing deforestation (, while also discussing danger throughout the production of the documentary). Susan-225’s listing out is sort of a cause and effect...
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...Assignment on Mercantilism and Physiocracy PACourse Code: PA-511 Course Title: Public Administration Theories and Problems Submitted To: Md. Mashiur Rahman Assistant Professor Department of Public Administration Comilla University Submitted By: Md. Nazmul Haq Student of MSS Session: 2010-11 Class ID: 005 Department of Public Administration Comilla University Date of Submission: 5th February, 2013 Department of Public Administration Faculty of Social Science Comilla University Mercantilism and Physiocracy Acknowledgement In the beginning, I exert my gratitude towards Almighty Allah that I have done this great job. Then thanks to my honorable course teacher Md Mashiur Rahman that he has made the opportunity for me to do a work on such intellectual course contents. I think, in the way of accomplishing this assignment I have earned a lot of knowledge about Mercantilism and physiocracy and it is great achievement for me for sure. This assignment also has taught me about the historical knowledge of economic nature of different states in middle age.. Finally I want to get rid of my mistakes that age may be occurred in preparing this assignment such as spelling or occurred printing mistakes with the merciful mind of my course teacher Md. Mashiur Rahman.. Rahman Md. Nazmul Haq Class Roll-005 2|Page Mercantilism and Physiocracy Table of Contents Topics 1. Introduction 2. Mercantilism 2.1 Factors that Gave Rise to Mercantilism 2.2 Representative Mercantilists...
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...healthier way of life, massive food inflation knocked on our door. In 2006 the annual food inflation was 7.5 %. This figure doubled in 2011, 14.21 %, influenced by growth in consumption, income rise and change in the demographic structure of the world’s population, food production, processing, distribution and retail. People started using more fresh vegetables and fruits, animal protein, dairy products and processed food. The problem here is simple, the companies can’t deliver fully what customers ask from them. To get out of this situation the companies and the governments were searching for innovative, efficient and more secure way to improve the agriculture business and maybe reinvented it. Opportunities can arise to deliver greater value to consumers from both an economic and social standpoint. Through the new way of practicing agriculture the companies not only made a lot of profit, but also improved supply and demand by investments in production, processing, distribution and retail and communication. These actions were supported by the governments with introducing policies that stimulate growth, supply chain efficiency, cost optimization and market development. One of the main issues in the agro process is the constantly growing distance between primary produces and the customers. The most used way of distribution of the goods is obviously by cargo transport, causing heavy traffic, accidents on the road and polluting the environment. This scaring facts made the producers to invest...
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...Corporate Social Responsibility in Agriculture sector By Mrs.Vanishree.V,MBA Abstract: As rightly said by Amartya Sen, intervention is required for the equitable distribution of wealth and improving the quality of life of the society and it must come voluntarily from the corporate houses and their top management. Thus, for a fast growing economy like India which is striding fast to become a developed country, the participation of the business houses in strengthening the economy has become indispensable.CSR is not new to India, even before CSR became a popular cause, it did exist in India. Companies like TATA and BIRLA practiced it in the form of social initiatives. In the light of the above, the paper attempts to explore the CSR initiatives and best practices of various selected Indian companies in Agricultural sector. Objective: The objective of this paper is to examine the nature and extent of corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives under taken by selected Indian companies in Agricultural sector and to study its relevance in business. Research Methodology: The research paper is an attempt of exploratory research, based on the secondary data sourced from websites, journals, magazines, articles and media reports. To study the above objectives 8 agro based companies were selected based on the CSR Report in their website. Limitations The main limitation of this paper is that this study has only focused on a small sample of Indian companies...
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