Tropical agriculture

of farming but have been criticized that regression can have no positive outcomes. By returning the sovereignty over food to small-scale farmers and rural groups, are we moving backwards or is it just a familiar revision to improve the future of agriculture? It is a common misconception to believe that sovereignty and security are synonymous phrases to describe the issues in modern food systems. However, while food security explicitly refers to aiding areas with difficulties meeting food needs due

The U.S. has always been an importer of commodities that cannot be cultivated here such as bananas, mangos, cocoa and coffee. However, the U.S. has begun to import products that Americans are used to growing themselves. According to Phillip Abbot, a professor of agricultural economics at Purdue University, “the problem is that other nations have successfully grabbed the markets U.S. farmers were counting on. Exports of the U.S. 's biggest commodities such as corn, soybeans and wheat have been flat

The methodology that the writer of this research project practiced is a desk-based study which requires gathering relevant data observations, as well as journal articles from specific documents and collective research findings in order to analyse the subject matter and arrive at a more thorough understanding and form a stronger conviction as to why environmental organisations, namely the UNFCCC, and more specifically the recent Paris agreement, have been constantly neglecting to shed a light on the

Assistant Agricultural Engineer and then after promoted as water management officer. It functions under Ministry of Agriculture, Punjab, Pakistan. I am an agricultural engineer. I am employed as a Group Leader of engineering department in above mentioned organization. The group under my direction performs high efficiency water-supply systems design and water conservation techniques in agriculture lands. I have gone through several trainings during this course of

The swine industry faces growing scrutiny of its environmental stewardship practices. With the growing water quality concerns the potential impact of an individual operation on the environment depends on terrain, soil, weather, animal concentration, production and waste management strategies, and many other conditions. Some simple strategies to prevent a negative impact include, improved storage, correct application and handling of manure to limit as many negative environmental impacts. If producers

Governor Jerry Brown passed an executive order calling for the reduction of water use in urban areas by 25 percent (average across all counties) relative to 2013 data (Bechtel). These restrictions did not include agricultural water uses despite Agriculture accounting for approximately 80 percent of water use within the state (Bechtel). On June 12, 2015 restrictions were placed on agricultural use that affected up to 114 senior water right holders (Sanders). These restrictions forbid farmers from using

“The Columbian Exchange” When considering the discoveries of the Americas, commonly one may recall only the presence of Christopher Columbus and the fact that his discovery, or more appropriately rediscovery, brought forth the colonization of certain areas of the Americas, leading, in due time, to a variety of thriving economies that engage in mass import and export between themselves and the world at large. In doing so, it is thus forgotten that, prior to any establishment of a United States

The Advantages of a Meatless World Dozens of piglets squeal in agony as they are pulled away from their mother. They kick and scream, resisting the process, but get discouraged when they see their parent quietly moaning. The sow knows to avoid a beating by cooperating. After all, so many of her babies have been dragged away after just three weeks of nursing. She shrinks back in her tiny pen and counts the days till her slaughter. The same evening, a young woman purchases a hamburger, unknowledgeable

Abstract Local farming plays a large role in the lives of everyone in small, rural communities. But the local farm scene is being taken over by large, factory farming industries. These industries not only do everything they can to control the agriculture sector and wipe out small farms, but also keep mass amounts of animals in small unsanitary spaces. The American consumers foods are being polluted with chemicals, and small farms are struggling to hold on. These industries are sucking the life out

The Early Modern Western Enlightenment was an intellectual movement in the 17th and 18th centuries. The objective of the Enlightenment was to create authoritative ethics, and knowledge based on an “enlightened” rationality. The leaders’ that were part of this movement were directing the world towards progress and out of a long period of irrationality, superstition, and tyranny; which began during a historical period called the Dark Ages. Therefore, it provided a framework for the American and French