Encyclopedia - Agriculture: Encyclopedia Ii - Agriculture - Crops
Agriculture - World production of major crops in 2004. In millions of metric tons, based on FAO estimates[2]: By crop types Cereals 2,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agriculture: Encyclopedia Ii - Agriculture - Crops
Agriculture - Seed Testing. Seeds are tested for various qualities to ensure a high quality harvest, and to limit or prevent the spread...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Mesoamerican Agriculture: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Mesoamerican Agriculture - Crops
The origin of maize is still not completely known. Richard MacNeish has done an extensive archaeological survey of Mesoamerica, and deter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agriculture: Encyclopedia - Agriculture
Agriculture is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and other desired products by the cultivation of certain plants and the raising...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crop Yield: Encyclopedia - Crop Yield
In agriculture, crop yield (also known as "agricultural output") is a measure of the yield per unit area of land under cultivation. As ag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agricultural Aircraft: Encyclopedia - Agricultural Aircraft
An agricultural aircraft is an aircraft that has been built or converted for agricultural use -- usually aerial application of pesticides...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agriculture In Hong Kong: Encyclopedia Ii - Agriculture In Hong Kong - Principal Crops
The value of crop production amounted to $272 million in 2003. Vegetable and flower production account for about 97 % of the total value,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agricultural Subsidy: Encyclopedia - Agricultural Subsidy
An agricultural subsidy is a governmental subsidy paid to farmers to supplement their income, help manage the supply of agricultural comm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Mesoamerican Agriculture: Encyclopedia - Ancient Mesoamerican Agriculture
Ancient Mesoamerican agriculture dates to the Archaic period of Mesoamerican chronology (8000-2000 BC). During this period, many of the h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cash Crop: Encyclopedia - Cash Crop
In agriculture, a cash crop is a crop which is grown for money. The term is used to differentiate from subsistence crops, which are those...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Agricultural Revolution: Encyclopedia - British Agricultural Revolution
The British Agricultural Revolution is the name for a series of developments in agricultural practices in Britain between the Middle Ages...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agriculture In The United States: Encyclopedia - Agriculture In The United States
Agriculture is a major industry in the United States and the country is a net exporter of food. Agriculture in the United States - Major ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agroforestry: Encyclopedia - Agroforestry
Agroforestry combines agriculture and forestry technologies to create more integrated, diverse, productive, profitable, healthy and susta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crop Rotation: Encyclopedia - Crop Rotation
Crop rotation is the practice of growing two (or more) dissimilar type of crops in the same space in sequence. It is one component of pol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agriculture In Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Agriculture In Australia - Major Agricultural Products
Australia produces a large variety of primary products for both export and domestic consumption. The top ten agricultural products in 200...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vegetable Farming: Encyclopedia - Vegetable Farming
Vegetable farming has traditionally been done in long rows. This allows machinery to cultivate the fields, increasing efficiency and outp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buckwheat: Encyclopedia - Buckwheat
Common Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) is a plant in the genus Fagopyrum (sometimes merged into genus Polygonum) in the family Polygona...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cereology: Encyclopedia - Cereology
Cereology is the study of Crop Circles. The term appears to come from Ceres, the Roman god of Agriculture and the Greek root -logein, mea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harvest: Encyclopedia - Harvest
In agriculture, harvesting is the process of gathering mature crops from the fields. Reaping is the harvesting of grain crops. The harves...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crop: Encyclopedia - Crop
Crop has several meanings: A plant domesticated for use in agriculture, considered as a group (for example, the farmers produced a bumpe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agricultural Education: Encyclopedia - Agricultural Education
Agricultural Education is instruction about crop production, livestock management, soil and water conservation, and various other aspects...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Basic Agricultural Science Topics: Encyclopedia - List Of Basic Agricultural Science Topics
Below is a list of basic topics in agricultural science -- topics which will help the beginner become familiar with agriculture and the f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Common Agricultural Policy: Encyclopedia - Common Agricultural Policy
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a system of European Union agricultural subsidies which represents about 44% of the EU's spending...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agricultural Fencing: Encyclopedia - Agricultural Fencing
In agriculture, fences are used to keep animals in or out of an area. Agricultural fencing - History. Agricultural fencing - Early fenc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agricultural Economics: Encyclopedia - Agricultural Economics
Agricultural economics applies the principles of economics to the production of crops and livestock. Specific areas of study in agricultu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agricultural Subsidy: Encyclopedia Ii - Agricultural Subsidy - Agricultural Subsidies By Region
Agricultural subsidy - United States. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is required by law to subsidize over two dozen commodities. Be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agricultural Subsidy: Encyclopedia Ii - Agricultural Subsidy - Agricultural Subsidies By Region
Agricultural subsidy - United States. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is required by law to subsidize over two dozen commodities. Be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agriculture In Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Agriculture In Australia - Governance
Agriculture is both a federal and state responsibility in Australia. The Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agriculture In Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Agriculture In Australia - History Of Agriculture In Australia
Following European settlement, the wool industry was the first large scale agricultural enterprise in Australia’s history. Wool was of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tropical Agriculture: Encyclopedia Ii - Tropical Agriculture - Pest Control
Tropical agriculture - Crop rotation. Crop rotation is the cornerstone pest control in the tropics. When a single crop is planted repea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tropical Agriculture: Encyclopedia Ii - Tropical Agriculture - Hunger Season
The hunger season is that period of time when all the food from the previous harvest has been consumed, and the next harvest is still som...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agriculture In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Agriculture In The United States - Governance
Agriculture is both a federal and a local responsibility with the United States Department of Agriculture being the federal department re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agriculture In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Agriculture In The United States - Farm Type Or Majority Enterprise Type
Farm type is based on which commodities are the majority crops grown on a farm. Nine common types include: Cash Grains includes corn, so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agriculture In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Agriculture In The United States - Farm Type Or Majority Enterprise Type
Farm type is based on which commodities are the majority crops grown on a farm. Nine common types include: Cash Grains includes corn, so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tropical Agriculture: Encyclopedia Ii - Tropical Agriculture - Green Revolution
The "Green Revolution" is the name given to the most successful agricultural improvement program ever undertaken in the tropics. Funded i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tropical Agriculture: Encyclopedia Ii - Tropical Agriculture - Major Constraints
Winters are mild in the tropics; there is no frost, no snow, and no ice, so the insect population flourishes year-round. In temperate ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agriculture In Hong Kong: Encyclopedia Ii - Agriculture In Hong Kong - Agricultural Development
The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) and its closely related marketing organisations provide infrastructural sup...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tropical Agriculture: Encyclopedia Ii - Tropical Agriculture - Plant Defenses
A particularly good description of plant defenses can be found at How and why do plants defend themselves? that states in part: "Plants ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tropical Agriculture: Encyclopedia Ii - Tropical Agriculture - Slash/mulch
The contents of a bag of commercial fertilizer is described in terms of NPK -nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K); with nitroge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tropical Agriculture: Encyclopedia Ii - Tropical Agriculture - Small-scale Irrigation
In most places in the tropics sufficient precipitation occurs to grow enough food to feed the local population; however, it many not fall...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Agricultural Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - British Agricultural Revolution - Enclosure
Prior to the 18th century, agriculture had been much the same across Europe since the Middle Ages. The system was essentially post-feudal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agriculture In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Agriculture In The United States - Major Agricultural Products
The top twenty agricultural products of the United States by value as reported by the FAO in 2003 (ranked in order of value with volume i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agriculture In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Agriculture In The United States - Major Agricultural Products
The top twenty agricultural products of the United States by value as reported by the FAO in 2003 (ranked in order of value with volume i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Agricultural Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - British Agricultural Revolution - Mechanization
Jethro Tull made the first advancements in agricultural technology with his seed drill (1701)—a mechanical seeder which distributed see...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monoculture: Encyclopedia Ii - Monoculture - Agriculture
In agriculture, "monoculture" describes the practice of relying on a very small number of genetic variants, or cultivars of a food crop f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lugbara: Encyclopedia Ii - Lugbara - Lugbara Religion
The majority of Lugbara still practice ancestor worship; they believe in a creator god, Adroa. They are one of the peoples least affected...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Docking: Encyclopedia Ii - Docking - Current Status
Docking is usually done almost immediately after birth to ensure that the wound heals easily and properly. An old belief said that newbor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lugbara: Encyclopedia Ii - Lugbara - History
Due to their location in the Nile / Congo divide of Northeastern Uganda, the Lugbara have been subject to only sporadic colonial administ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lugbara: Encyclopedia Ii - Lugbara - The Language
Tala mutindu beno ta sambaka Nzambi: Tata na beto kele na zulu, Bika zina na nge kuvanda ya lukumu, Bika Kimfumu na nge kwisa, Bika luzol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Docking: Encyclopedia Ii - Docking - History Of Docking And Cropping
Originally, most docking was done for practical purposes. For example, a large horse used for hauling large loads might have its tail doc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Docking: Encyclopedia Ii - Docking - Arguments Against Docking Dogs' Tails
Robert Wansborough argues in a 1996 paper [2] that docking dogs' tails puts them at a disadvantage in several ways. Firstly, Wansborough ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pollination: Encyclopedia Ii - Pollination - Pollination In Agriculture
Pollination management is a branch of horticulture that seeks to protect and enhance present pollinators and often involves the culture a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pollination: Encyclopedia Ii - Pollination - Types Of Pollination
The process of pollination requires pollinators as agents that carry or move the pollen grains from the anther to the receptive part of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pollination: Encyclopedia Ii - Pollination - Bee Pollination
Bees travel from flower to flower, collecting nectar (later converted to honey), and in the process they pick up pollen grains. The bee c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pollination: Encyclopedia Ii - Pollination - Number Of Hives Needed Per Acre 4000 M2 Of Crop Pollination
It is estimated that about one hive per acre will sufficiently pollinate watermelons. In the 1950s when the woods were full of wild bee t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crop Rotation: Encyclopedia Ii - Crop Rotation - Method And Purpose
Crop rotation is widely practiced in vegetable production, where it is possible to grow a cool-season crop (such as lettuce) in the sprin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crop Rotation: Encyclopedia Ii - Crop Rotation - History
Crop rotation was already mentioned in the Roman literature, and referred to by great civilizations in Africa and Asia. From the end of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trade War Over Genetically Modified Food: Encyclopedia Ii - Trade War Over Genetically Modified Food - Agricultural Trade Market Between Usa And Europe
The European Union and United States are in strong disagreement over the EU's ban on most genetically modified foods. The value of agricu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trade War Over Genetically Modified Food: Encyclopedia Ii - Trade War Over Genetically Modified Food - European Proposal Over Genetically Modified Food
The European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety[3] proposal, adopted in the summer of 2002 and expe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trade War Over Genetically Modified Food: Encyclopedia Ii - Trade War Over Genetically Modified Food - Official Us Complaint With The Wto
The ban over agricultural biotechnology commodities is said by some Americans to breach World Trade Organisation rules. Robert B. Zoellic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trade War Over Genetically Modified Food: Encyclopedia Ii - Trade War Over Genetically Modified Food - Effect Of Cultural Differences Between Us And Europe
The U.S. population has, historically, placed a considerable degree of trust in the regulatory oversight provided by the U.S. Department ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hive Management: Encyclopedia Ii - Hive Management - Hive Management For Pollination
see pollination management Hive management - Techniques for maximizing agricultural crops pollination. see: Pollinator decline Pestici...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trade War Over Genetically Modified Food: Encyclopedia Ii - Trade War Over Genetically Modified Food - Ratification Of The Biosafety Protocol By The Eu Parliament
In June 2003, the European Parliament ratified a three-year-old U.N. biosafety protocol regulating international trade in genetically mod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trade War Over Genetically Modified Food: Encyclopedia Ii - Trade War Over Genetically Modified Food - Lifting Of The Ban
On July 2, 2003, the European parliament approved two laws that will allow the EU to lift its controversial ban on GM food. The first law...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hive Management: Encyclopedia Ii - Hive Management - Hive Management For Honey Production
The dependent factors for honey production are the duration and timing of the honey flow in a certain area. Duration and timing of a hone...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agroforestry: Encyclopedia Ii - Agroforestry - Alley Cropping
Alley cropping is a strategy used by farmers to combat soil erosion. In this method, several crops are planted together in strips or alle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hive Management: Encyclopedia Ii - Hive Management - Hive Management For Queen Breeding
Hive management - Techniques to maximize open mating. Techniques to maximize open mating of virgin queens center around having drones s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hive Management: Encyclopedia Ii - Hive Management - Hive Management For Beeswax Production
Beeswax maybe a major product or a minor byproduct. The management technique that yields the highest amount of wax per hive is the top-ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hive Management: Encyclopedia Ii - Hive Management - Hive Management For Apitoxin Production
Bee venom (apitoxin) is obtained by stimulating the bee with a electrical current that incite them to sting, releasing a drop of poison o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hive Management: Encyclopedia Ii - Hive Management - Hive Management For Bee Brood Production
Bee brood as such is generally not a commercial commodity. However, bee brood is edible, and is used as a food in Asia and Africa. Hive ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hive Management: Encyclopedia Ii - Hive Management - Hive Management For The Production Of Nucs
Hive management techniques to multiply colonies use the bees natural tendency to swarm by simulating a swarm. Nucs are bought and sold us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Auster Agricola: Encyclopedia Ii - Auster Agricola - Specifications Auster Agricola
Reference Knowles, Alan, New Zealand Aircraft illustrated. ... See also:Auster Agricola, Auster Agricola - Specifications Auster Agric...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - California Polytechnic State University: Encyclopedia Ii - California Polytechnic State University - Academics
California Polytechnic State University - Programs and degrees. The university currently offers BA, BS, BAR, BLA, BFA, and Masters Degr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agricultural Education: Encyclopedia Ii - Agricultural Education - In The United States
The chief sources of agriculture in the United States are: High Schools Universities and colleges Youth organisation Agricultural educ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sustainable Agriculture: Encyclopedia Ii - Sustainable Agriculture - Description
Sustainable agriculture refers to the ability of a farm to produce perpetually. Among other requirements, this means that any outside inp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agricultural Science: Encyclopedia Ii - Agricultural Science - History Of Agricultural Science
Main Article: History of agricultural science Agricultural science is seen by some to have began with Mendel's insightful genetc work, bu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Global Warming And Agriculture: Encyclopedia Ii - Global Warming And Agriculture - Conclusions
In the long run, the climatic change could affect agriculture in several ways : productivity, in terms of quantity and quality of c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agricultural Adjustment Act: Encyclopedia Ii - Agricultural Adjustment Act - Agricultural Adjustment Administration
By the time the AAA began its operations, the agricultural season was already under way. In effect, the agency oversaw a large-scale dest...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Washington Carver: Encyclopedia Ii - George Washington Carver - Later Years
In 1896, he was recruited to Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (today: Tuskegee University) by Booker T. Washington in Tuskegee, A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agricultural Fencing: Encyclopedia Ii - Agricultural Fencing - History
Agricultural fencing - Early fences. In older times, livestock would roam and were fenced out of areas, such as gardens and fields of c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uttara Kannada: Encyclopedia Ii - Uttara Kannada - Agriculture
The chief crops of the district are rice and sugarcane, along with a great diversity of other crops. Tree crops include coconut, arecanut...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guadeloupe: Encyclopedia Ii - Guadeloupe - Economy
Main article: Economy of Guadeloupe The economy of Guadeloupe depends on agriculture, tourism, light industry, and services. It also depe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - San Remigio Antique: Encyclopedia Ii - San Remigio Antique - Geography
San Remigio has a land area of 336.50 km², almost 70% of which are mountainous and the remaining 30% comprise the flat lowland and rolli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guadeloupe: Encyclopedia Ii - Guadeloupe - Economy
Main article: Economy of Guadeloupe The economy of Guadeloupe depends on agriculture, tourism, light industry, and services. It also depe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agricultural Wastewater Treatment: Encyclopedia Ii - Agricultural Wastewater Treatment - Silage Liquor
Fresh or wilted grass or other green crops can be made into the semi fermented product called silage which can be stored and used as wint...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Banaskantha District: Encyclopedia Ii - Banaskantha District - Commerce And Agriculture
Banaskantha is rich in Marble quarries and Copper deposits. India's diamond industry has its origins in Palanpur. It has got prestigious ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sustainable Agriculture: Encyclopedia Ii - Sustainable Agriculture - Methods
Monoculture, a method of growing one crop in a field annually, is generally considered to be unsustainable due to the outside resources r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isle Of Wight: Encyclopedia Ii - Isle Of Wight - Industry And Agriculture
The largest industry on the Isle of Wight is tourism, but the Island has a strong agricultural heritage, including sheep, dairy farming a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neolithic Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Neolithic Revolution - Domestication Of Plants
Once agriculture started gaining momentum, humans were unknowingly altering the genetic make-up of certain cereal grasses (wheat and barl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economic Effects Of Hurricane Katrina: Encyclopedia Ii - Economic Effects Of Hurricane Katrina - Agriculture And Forestry
According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the national impact of Hurricane Katrina on Gulf Coast crops was minimal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Taiwan: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Taiwan - Agriculture
Although only about one-quarter of Taiwan's land area is arable, virtually all farmland is intensely cultivated, with some areas suitable...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Togo: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Togo - Agriculture
Subsistence agriculture is the main economic activity in Togo; the majority of the population depends on subsistence agriculture. Food an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Haiti: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Haiti - Agriculture
Agriculture occupies the dominate position in Haiti's economy. However, migration to the cities has changed much of this since the 1950s....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of England - Economic Sectors
Economy of England - Agriculture and fishing. Agriculture is intensive, highly mechanised, and efficient by European standards, produci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agriculture: Encyclopedia Ii - Agriculture - Overview
Agriculture can refer to subsistence agriculture, the production of enough food to meet just the needs of the farmer/agriculturalist and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agriculture: Encyclopedia Ii - Agriculture - Overview
Agriculture can refer to subsistence agriculture, the production of enough food to meet just the needs of the farmer/agriculturalist and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agriculture: Encyclopedia Ii - Agriculture - Overview
Agriculture sometimes refers to subsistence agriculture, the production of enough food to meet just the needs of the farmer/agriculturali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agriculture: Encyclopedia Ii - Agriculture - History
Archaeobotanists have traced the selection and cultivation of specific food plant characteristics, such as a semi-tough rachis and larger...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agriculture: Encyclopedia Ii - Agriculture - History
Archaeobotanists/Paleoethnobotanists have traced the selection and cultivation of specific food plant characteristics, such as a semi-tou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agriculture: Encyclopedia Ii - Agriculture - History
Archaeobotanists have traced the selection and cultivation of specific food plant characteristics, such as a semi-tough rachis and larger...   » Read the article