Agriculture
Agriculture is the science and art of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to live in cities. The history of agriculture began thousands of years ago. After gathering wild grains beginning at least 105,000 years ago, nascent farmers began to plant them around 11,500 years ago. Pigs, sheep and cattle were domesticated over 10,000 years ago. Plants were independently cultivated in at least 11 regions of the world. Industrial agriculture based on large-scale monoculture in the twentieth century came …
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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 8 February 2025 English
same day in Dumka, Jharkhand, Union Minister of Agriculture Shivraj Singh Chauhan said: “Foreign infiltration …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 27 December 2024 English
people living in flood-affected areas. The lack of potable water and the challenges of sustaining agriculture in fields submerged annually are some of the daily stresses …
potable water and the challenges of sustaining agriculture in fields submerged annually are some of the …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 7 December 2024 English
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024 – Financing to end hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms. Rome. [...] This report provides a …
The State of the World series of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Required … opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the … translation was not created by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International … AND MALNUTRITION IN ALL ITS FORMS Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations International … General domestic government expenditure on agriculture per rural inhabitant is extremely low and not …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 11 November 2024 English
Maharashtra. The consequent crop destruction and low compensation are forcing farmers to abandon agriculture …
compensation are forcing farmers to abandon agriculture …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 October 2024 English
second of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals – ‘Zero Hunger’. Quoting the Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations, the report states that ‘food deprivation’ or ‘undernourishment’ refers … minorities The report uses data collected by various United Nations agencies – including the Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund, World Health Organization, United Nations Interagency …
Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) United Nations Children’s … actions, such as trade, investment, energy, agriculture, development, and climate change measures, do … provisional estimates provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) were … Africa has not met the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) and Malabo Declaration … 10 percent of national bud- get spending to agriculture (Ulimwengu et al. 2023). Price hikes and spiraling …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 7 June 2024 English
The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) has conducted Household Consumption Expenditure surveys (HCES) regularly since its inception in 1950. Data on household consumption was collected annually from 1950–51 to 1973-74. …
households with ‘regular wage/salary earning in non-agriculture’ (Rs. 4,533) in rural India. The rural households … belonging to the category ‘casual labour in agriculture’ has the lowest MPCE (Rs. 3,273). In urban areas … in agri- culture self-employ- ment in non- agriculture regular wage/salary earning in agri- culture … wage/salary earning in non- agriculture casual labour in agriculture casual labour in non-agri- …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 27 May 2024 English
the island of Majuli, frequent floods over many decades have led to a loss of livelihoods around agriculture while other traditional occupations, such as boat-making, have been unstable sources of income …
decades have led to a loss of livelihoods around agriculture while other traditional occupations, such as …
USDA: United States Department of Agriculture · 15 May 2024 English
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Department of Agriculture has submitted … Summary of Collection: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection …
USDA: United States Department of Agriculture · 14 May 2024 English
This notice announces the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) intention to revise to the currently approved through December 31, 2025, Advisory Committee and Research and Promotion Background Information AD-755 and …
8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–KR–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Notice of Request for Revision of a Currently … Marketing in Collection AGENCY: Department of Agriculture. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. … White House Liaison Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, the Whitten Building … Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, the Whitten Building … 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–01–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Notice of Request for Extension or Renewal …
USDA: United States Department of Agriculture · 14 May 2024 English
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (OASCR) to request a renewal to …
8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–01–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Notice of Request for Extension or Renewal … Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Agriculture. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. … including CD–ROMs, etc.: Send to U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil … Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC … Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC …
