Research Paper On Agroforestry

Is a pumpkin a vegetable or a fruit? What colors do pumpkins come in? These were just a few of the questions asked by Dawn Williams, a member of California Women for Agriculture (CWA) during a presentation to Ms. Katie Phelp’s 3rd grade class.

All people at Carroll County Middle School enjoy fun activities and classes. In ag class you will get to build, weld, and learn about farming. There is only one awful thing about ag class which is you have to be chosen. Ag class is certainly fun and all the kids at Carroll County Middle School enjoy ag class.

If there is a corn farm there are less animals, people & a variety of other crops due to innovations, gov’t nudging lowered corn prices, & more factory farmed animals.

Agrigreen Inc. is an agricultural fertilizer manufacture located throughout the western region of the United States and parts of Canada. The Company has had a lot of recent changes happen over the last 18 years. Due to increasing workloads the Company was forced to higher more drafters, move the surveyors to the old Tech offices a half-mile down the road and a huge leadership change overs that have affected employee relations with one another. Recently there was a change to who will be responsible for managing the surveying group, that burden has landed on Tad Pierson.

I personally do not think that agriculture was the worst mistake in human history, but many of the negative results of it are still in existence. Some of the consequences that affected agriculturists during its early times have been resolved or neutralized. As humans became more proficient at growing crops and trade became more efficient and viable, a larger variety of food was available. The biodiversity in the food has increased now so that today, there is not a consistent low-nutritional diet for most people. Pastoralism has also advanced to the point were animal products and meat are more available for everyone. The overall life expectancy has also increased greatly from the 19-26 years presented. There are also medical advances and

According to Myers (1994), more than half of clearing of tropical forest are converted to agricultural lands. Agricultural land expansion is generally viewed as the main source of deforestation which contributes around 60 per cent of total tropical deforestation. Conversion of tropical forest to agricultural usage has a great impact and adverse effect on the tropical biodiversity along with the water sources and non-timber forest products (Ravikanth et al., 2009; Gibson et al., 2011).However, as degradation of the land occurs, people are forced relocate thus considering new arrears of the forest thereby increasing deforestation (Wilkie et al., 2000 ; Amor and Pfaff, 2008) and causing loss of biodiversity. Shifting agriculture or Slash and burn method is another form of agricultural practice that results to loss of biodiversity and consequently has a great impact on understory loss,

Agricultural area provides the economic growth for the majority of rural India. Low production in agriculture is often considered as one of the important problem faced by many developing countries. Many kinds of issues associated with agriculture can be divided as issues related to the environment monitoring and also the control of green house. The above mentioned issue plays a major role in productivity and prevention of diseases in the plants.

There are tremendous advantages of using bio-control compared to chemicals (insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides). These include consumer/occupational safety good, no crop withholding after use, good environmental safety, high specificity, low cost of development and low potential of resistance. In other hand, chemical methods causes’ health concerns, crop withholding period after use, restriction in export, broad spectrum toxicity to non-target beneficial organism, high potential of resistance and also accumulation in food chain. Chemical method is also costly with long development time due to registration requirements.

Abstract: Our country is known worldwide for Agriculture as its major Industry. As per results till 2011, India had a large and disparate agricultural sector, counting, on an average, for around 16% of GDP and 10% of the total export earnings. Land area of arable land in our country is 159.7 million hectares (394.6 million acres) which is listed as the second largest of world, first is The United States. India is among the top global producers of many crops that includes wheat, cotton, pulses, rice, ground-nuts, fruits and vegetables. According to same study in 2011, in the world, till then, India had the largest numbers of buffalo and cattle, and amazingly was the largest producer of dairy products and has fastest growing and largest poultry

Murthy et al. published a paper in the Journal of Earth Science & Climatic Change titled Carbon Sequestration Potential of Agroforestry Systems in India which examined agroforestry systems in India and the local management practices used (Murthy et al., 2013). The practice of growing trees on farms is an ancient tradition in India and has not changed or developed much through the years. There are four main regions in India, each with their own individual ecological characteristics influencing the type and effectiveness of agroforestry systems (Murthy et al., 2013).

With 1.4 billion people to feed, China is now the largest and maybe the most imbalanced agricultural country. Per capita incomes in rural regions vary a lot. Some farm to make their fortunes, while others farm to live. Moreover, tractors and chemical fertilizer produces fine crop as well as great disaster. In fact, the negative effect is even profounder. For example, hardly can you turn soil polluted by fertilizer into what it used to be. Its micro-structure has been damaged irreversibly. In some areas, people are finding their yield absolutely depends on chemicals. Something must be done to save the COUNTRY.

Agroforestry farming system contributes to the improvement of economic and social conditions in rural areas, not only by increasing profitability, sustainability and crop security buy also by creating jobs.

The promotion of ICS concentrated in the Southern Region followed by the Central Region. It is, therefore, recommended to carry out a comprehensive study on ICS adoption across the country.

Attaining food security for a growing population and alleviating poverty while sustaining agricultural systems under the current scenario of depleting natural resources, negative impacts of climatic variability, spiraling cost of inputs and volatile food prices are the major challenge before most of the Asian countries (Bhan and Behera, 2014). In addition to these challenges, the principal indicators of non-sustainability of agricultural systems include; soil erosion, soil organic matter decline, and salinization. These are caused mainly by: (i) intensive tillage induced soil organic matter decline, soil structural degradation, water and wind erosion, reduced water infiltration rates, surface sealing and crusting, and soil compaction; (ii) insufficient return of organic material (Bhan and Behera, 2014). Therefore, a paradigm shift in farming practices through eliminating unsustainable mode of conventional agriculture is crucial for future productivity while sustaining the natural resources. Conservation Agriculture (CA), a concept evolved as a response to concerns of sustainability of agriculture globally, has steadily increased worldwide to 124.8 M ha (FAO, 2012). CA is a resource-saving agricultural production system that aims to achieve production intensification and high yields while enhancing the natural resource base.

One best practice that supports sustainable agriculture is crop rotation. Crop rotation is not new; I remember learning about this in the third grade. Soil needs time to rest, but an open field with exposed soil is not good for the environment. Planting cover crops during this resting period keeps the soil in tact and possible pesticides from running off and causing damage to our waterways. When we explore natural fields and forests, we find a variety of plants. This is not by chance; nature has a way of protecting the environment and embracing diversity. Farmers are realizing agriculture sustainability when they learn from nature and intersperse their crops. Mixing crops provide natural pesticides, protect the soil, and promotes biodiversity. Instead of acres and acres of the same plant, farmers are learning that mixing up the crops can help enrich the soil and positively effects to the environment.