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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ADB: Asian Development Bank · 21 December 2024 English
and institutional capacity Sector / Subsector Agriculture, natural resources and rural development / Land-based … Department Sectors Group Responsible ADB Division Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office …
Lowy Institute for International Policy · 9 July 2024 English
Everyone is hoping that the productivity fairy sprinkles pixie-dust on our economic problems inflation, slow growth and income inequality. Remember Paul Krugmans maxim:Productivity isnt everything, but in the long run …
in incomes came from shifting workers out of agriculture (half the population used to work on the land) …
Greens/EFA: The Greens/European Free Alliance · 3 June 2024 English
Summary of the activities carried out by the EFA Group during the 2019-2024 mandate.
produce and how we produce. It is about which agriculture we support and how we support it. It is finally …
UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme · 11 May 2024 English
When: 11 May and 12 October 2024 Theme: The importance of insects for migratory birds Official website: https://www.worldmigratorybirdday.org/
success of bird migrations. Due to intensive agriculture and urban development and its effects such as … cause outbreaks that damage plant health and agriculture. The World Migratory Bird Day campaign in 2024 …
ICRIER: Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations · 2 May 2024 English
In this context, the objective of the present study is to estimate the harvest and postharvest losses of wheat, paddy, maize, and soybean in India and to trace the determinants …
.................................... 38 4.2 AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT OF SELECTED STATES AND SAMPLE HOUSEHOLD … stakeholders, fostering strategic planning for agriculture policies and implementation of schemes aimed … Ms. Preeti Maithili Nayak (IAS), Director of Agriculture, Madhya Pradesh in facilitating our survey work … respective districts. We are indebted to the district agriculture officers and their teams at block and village … managers, transporters, wholesalers, retailers, and agriculture scientists at district Krishi Vigyan Kendras …
World Bank Group · 1 May 2024 English
This brief showcases the gender landscape in Cyprus on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains, minimizes losses in wealth, …
2011 0.87 2022 6.59 2.02 25.6 Employment in agriculture (% of employment) Male 5.04 2011 3.62 2022 8 …
National Farmers' Federation · 1 May 2024 English
lifeblood for regional communities and has played a critical role in the development of Australian agriculture and farming businesses across the Northern Territory, Queensland, and New South Wales. [...] CTSCo’s … is novel and significant and has the potential to inflict unacceptable risk to the Australian agriculture sector, public trust and confidence in domestic food production, public health and human security …
body representing farmers and more broadly, agriculture across Australia. The NFF’s membership comprises … form the NFF. The NFF represents Australian agriculture on national and foreign policy issues including … critical role in the development of Australian agriculture and farming businesses across the Northern Territory … extremely sensitive issue to the Australian agriculture sector, regional communities, and 3 mailto:ec … inflict unacceptable risk to the Australian agriculture sector, public trust and confidence in domestic …
EAERE: European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists · 30 April 2024
More information about ERE Journal here EAERE supported event: 8th IAERE School on natural hazards, human disasters: economics and policy of extreme events The Department of Economics of the University …
discussion focused on the Future of Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security. Prof. Koundouri presented … strategies for advancing Healthy Food and Sustainable Agriculture in Europe, with a global outlook. Additionally …
La Fabrique Ecologique · 30 April 2024 French
La colère avait atteint son paroxysme en janvier 2024 : les agriculteurs avaient organisé des barrages à proximité de Paris dénonçant des rémunérations insuffisantes et les difficultés à produire face …
ce cadre réussir à garantir le maintien d’une agriculture locale et de produits locaux ? Hormis les relations …
IRENA: International Renewable Energy Agency · 30 April 2024 English
Renewable energy
and substantial policy interventions in the agriculture sector. Overall, three main barriers have limited … and substantial policy interventions in the agriculture sector. At the same time, the increasing electrification … Economic Co-operation and Development and Food and Agriculture Organization, Paris, www.fao.org/3/ cc6361en/cc6361en …
