Crops
A crop is a plant or animal product that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence. Crops may refer either to the harvested parts or to the harvest in a more refined state. Most crops are cultivated in agriculture or aquaculture. A crop may include macroscopic fungus (e.g. mushrooms), or alga. Most crops are harvested as food for humans or fodder for livestock. Some crops are gathered from the wild (including intensive gathering, e.g. ginseng). Important non-food crops include horticulture, floriculture and industrial crops. Horticulture crops include plants used for other crops (e.g. fruit trees). Floriculture crops …
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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 24 April 2024 English
To counter it, farmers in Tiruvanamalai are reviving traditional varieties of rice and promoting crops better suited to their rainfed lands …
reviving traditional varieties of rice and promoting crops better suited to their rainfed lands …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 19 March 2024 English
Kisan Mazdoor Commission (KMC), an initiative by the Nation for Farmers, is a collaboration of activists and organisations focussing on current challenges faced by primary producers, artisans and rural workers …
collected from the fields of farmers relating to crops and soil health. This increasing control will enable … trade, compensating farmers for destruction of crops by wild and stray animals. Support animal shelters …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 12 February 2024 English
This is the first ever report on the ‘state of the world’s migratory species’ and was published through collaboration between UNEP-WCMC (UN Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre) and …
vital benefits for people, from pollination of crops to supporting sustainable livelihoods. Migratory …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 2024 English
Becoming a Young Farmer with the subtitle Young People’s Pathways into Farming: Canada, China, India and Indonesia is a collection of research papers published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2024 and …
11.1 Land area in major large-scale plantation crops, 2000–2020 (‘000 ha) 305 List of Tables xx List … and export crops, 2000–2020 (‘000 ha) 306 Table 11.3 Area planted to major food crops and recent trends … wheat or canola (Statistics Canada 2022)—commodity crops for global agri-food markets. As in Ontario, Manitoba …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 December 2023 English
This study was published by the Centre for Education and Communication, a resource centre based in New Delhi. It was released in December 2023. The research was funded by Rosa …
farmers and locals suf- fering heavy losses to their crops, health and well-being, and pollution impacting …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 28 November 2023 English
This report published on November 28, 2023, by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and magazine Down to Earth (DTE), sheds light on extreme weather patterns in India. It …
provides information about the damage to houses, crops and livestock during this period in the affected … where a large amount of snow can affect transport, crops and people. The “Annual Disaster Weather Report” … where a large amount of snow can affect transport, crops and people. Annual Disaster Weather Report by IMD …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 November 2023 English
First History Lessons is a series of books published by the Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata (IDSK). Aiming to simplify and explain important ideas of history, the series has been …
that we can grow crops on this soil. And then ships and boats that take these crops arrive along the … the markets where they are sold. It’s not just crops—trade in many items of necessity as well as luxury … canals to bring water from rivers to fields where crops were grown. He had even built enormous tanks to … and the way they passed their days or grew their crops. So, the Company hired a large number of experts … like small islands. Those who lived and grew crops close to the Ganga and the Brahmaputra and their …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 November 2023 English
First History Lessons is a series of books published by the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK). Aiming to simplify and explain important historical ideas, the series has been sponsored …
churches and statues are being destroyed by bombs. Crops cannot be grown in the fields. Then, why do we …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 November 2023 English
First History Lessons is a series of books published by the Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata (IDSK). Aiming to simplify and explain important ideas of history, the series has been …
to these, there are some wonderful books on cash crops like chocolate, cotton, jute, coffee, tobacco, …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 29 September 2023 English
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India, released the second volume of the EnviStats – India 2023 report on September 29, 2023. This is the sixth edition …
human control, like the production of agricultural crops and plants. (ii) Metal Ores are recorded in terms … input whereas EW-MFA interprets the harvest of crops as natural input. 2.21 Similar to the system … biomass which includes agricultural crops, horticultural crops, fisheries etc. were not available in …
