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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Government and Public Policy ● Science, Technology, Agriculture and Environment ● Urban Planning, Medicine and


Superintendent. Government Press · 1955

RAFIUDDrR ARMED, Minister-in-charge of the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department. Thy Hon'ble Minister for the Agriculture and Anim Husbandry Branch of the Department of Agriculture, Animal Husband



Manager of Publications · 1953 English

Shri Bansal: Will the Minister of Communications be pleased to state: (a) the names of the parties with which Government have arrived at agreements for the sale of postal franking …

B. Bhargava: Will the Minister of Food and Agriculture be pleased to state: (a) the quota allotted to Agricul- ture (Shri Kidwai): (a) The Food and Agriculture Organisation makes no allotments of wheat and B. Bhargava: Will the Minister of Food and Agriculture be pleased to state: (a) the number of factories Shri Gopala Rao: Will the Minister of Food and Agriculture be pleased to state: (a) the total amount granted Shri Gopala Rao: Will the Minister of Food and Agriculture be pleased to state: (a) the amount paid by the


Manager of Publications · 1953 English

The importance of livestock in the national economy can be appreciated from the fact that the contribution of livestock to the national income of India in 1950-51 was Rs. [...] …

movement of cattle. The Royal Commission on Agriculture also drew attention to this defect and suggested and Statistics under the Ministry of Food and Agriculture which was formed in 1948 took over this work Livestock Census was entrusted to the Land Recoids, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Departments It mostly depends on the topography, climate, agriculture and human habits. The State-wise distribution origin. The officials of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Government of India have suggested the appointment


Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry · 1953 English

In his presidential address he reminded the Congress that it was Disraeli as Leader of the Tory opposition in the House of Commons who critic pecl Lord Palmerston's original India …

engaged in the internal Trade of the country, its Agriculture or Manufactures to join the Chamber of Commerce


Manager of Publications · 1953 English

purchase at the prevailing price in the market. [...] D. C. Sharma: Will the Minister of Food and Agriculture be pleased to state: (a) the amount-of aid sought by the State of the Punjab for the installation


Bihar Research Society · 1953 English

All Tirhoot is much favoured by nature" was the remark of J. Routledge who was sent on an official tour round the district in 1792.1 The population of the nizamat …

occasion of the Harihar Chhatra Mela at Hajipur.1 Agriculture :—Owing to the fertility of the soil, Tirhut


Manager of Publications · 1953 English

1 CLIMATE. 1 Rainfall : Normal and actual—Temperature : Monthly maximum and minimum monthly mean—Sunshine. [...] 12 PRICES CURRENT. 368 Index number of wholesale prices—wholesale prices of staple articles— Working …

condition and 30 Agriculture 445-472 Agriculture, food, grow more campaign 466 Agriculture, Implements and and ma- chinery 465 Agriculture, Area under Crops 449-460 Agriculture, Principal crops, yield of of 461-464 Agriculture, Land utilization 447,448 Agriculture, Area surveyed and Assessed 467-472 . Agriculture Agriculture, Area under cultivation 447, 448 Agriculture, current fallows 447-448 Agriculture, Area cultivation 449-460 Agriculture, Area Sown 447, 448 Agriculture, Expenditure 264-267 Agriculture, Net Area


1953 English

NOTE : —Passengers may undertake any one of the Four tours by starting the journey from any station on the Southern Railway situated on the route of the tour but …

on providing higher education in the field of Agriculture, Medicine, Engineering, Technology and Science said Mr. B. S. Hiray, Minister for Revenue, Agriculture and Forests, inaugurating the annual session


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