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traditional_farming_notes [2008-04-15 06:24] – sanjeev | traditional_farming_notes [2008-04-17 15:44] – sanjeev | ||
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These notes form a part of [[sanjeev shankar]]' | These notes form a part of [[sanjeev shankar]]' | ||
- | //Orient_ China/ | + | //Agricultural methods of the Orient_ China/ |
* System of peasant farming for centuries. Agricultural practices are as permanent as those of the primeval forest | * System of peasant farming for centuries. Agricultural practices are as permanent as those of the primeval forest | ||
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* regional variables a common feature | * regional variables a common feature | ||
- | // | + | //Agricultural methods of the Occident// |
* Satisfy three hungers: hunger of local rural population with the livestock, hunger of urban population and that of machines which need raw materials | * Satisfy three hungers: hunger of local rural population with the livestock, hunger of urban population and that of machines which need raw materials | ||
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* artificial manure used widely | * artificial manure used widely | ||
* diseases and hence pesticides on the rise | * diseases and hence pesticides on the rise | ||
- | * food preservation processes | + | * food processing |
* science a dominant force to help production | * science a dominant force to help production | ||
* loss of soil fertility highlighted by the growing menace of soil erosion | * loss of soil fertility highlighted by the growing menace of soil erosion |