Industrial agriculture

ABSTRACT: Growing demand for agricultural production intensifies over the years as the population of human race escalates rapidly. Small countries like Singapore lacks areas of lands and hence, resources. With the advancement of science and technology, cloning and genetic engineering techniques have been inculcated into our world today. This paper will discuss about the favorable and unfavorable factors of both cloning and genetic modification in agricultural production and finally, conclude to…

Ever wondered how the banyan tree grew to be so huge?. I recall standing below a huge banyan tree in my village. My father showed me a seed and said the tree is from this seed. As a young boy it was a mystery to me how such a big tree developed from this tiny seed. As I grew up I understood the development stages and how it also related to my development from a just born to the stage I am. There is a very popular song in my native language Tamil in India. The song says we have…

The socioeconomic characteristics of the population were evaluated to provide an understanding of the local social and economic context in which the fruit consumption took place. Likert scales were constructed to appraise the impression of respondents of harvested fruit on farm and purchased fruit as well as farmers’ impression about wild fruit, fruit consumption by certain categories of persons and fruit consumption by children. All variables were first synthesised using descriptive statistics.…

Throughout millions of years species have learned to adapt to the ever-changing planet they call home. Some species have survived the change and others have not and went extinct. The National Geographic documentary on the Wild Amazon Rainforest offers some insight on how the creatures of the forest and the river have adapted throughout time. Every year new species is being discovered, whether it be plants or animals. If the environment is changing slowly the animals and plants that live in the…

Pineapples are standard regular items that are produced in various tropical and subtropical regions all through the world. Despite this, there are a lot of captivating substances about pineapples that numerous people may not know. This is only several them. Reason for pineapples Botanists have taken after the reason for pineapples to South America. Specifically, pineapples started from Brazil, in the Amazon Bowl. The Aztecs were creating and eating pineapples a long time before North,…

In a world filled with nearly 8 billion people, there is the fear that lingers in many people’s minds about if the earth can support the ever-growing population. For people to understand the impacts that are had because of trying to create sufficient food, drinkable water, and shelter, they need to understand how having so many people on this planet is causing this to be a distant dream. This isn’t just a problem that those within the discipline of biology face, but something that every human…

A growing and increasingly health-conscious population, coupled with declining capture fisheries, is driving increased global demand for farm-raised seafood that can only be met through expansion of aquaculture (Delgado et al., 2003). In 2007, aquaculture represented 33% of total global seafood production and is projected to increase to as much as 71% by 2030 (FAO, 2009). Aquaculture seeks to provide an ideal and healthy environment to maximize fish growth in a shorter period of time. Among the…

BSE, the E-coli virus were not confined to a single region or country, nor do they spread out to certain social groups in society exclusively. It is widely known fact that, environmental hazards have no boundaries and are universalized by water, air, food chains and winds. Therefore, the question is who is not worried about the environment? It is obvious that everyone should be concerned of the environment in which we live, whether rich or poor, developed or developing nations. This knowledge of…

Hello and welcome to The Food Fad Show. Today we’re talking about food waste. Did you know that globally, we waste around one third of the food we produce. One third! Can you believe that? Here in the UK, we get rid of 7.2 million tonnes of food every year – more than half of which could be eaten safely. That’s enough food to fill Wembley Stadium … not once, but seven times per year. {Sound of audience reaction, e.g. “Wow!”} Host: Joining me here in the studio we have the Taylor family. A year…

Conclusions and policy implications Considering the size of the human population that depends on livestock production in both region as well as country wise, the development of domestic and export markets is critical to alleviating poverty, raising revenues and continuing the trend towards more market ‐ orientation. It is keen to promote the export of live animals and meat with a growing interest in value addition by maximizing export revenues, creating jobs and offsetting the limitations…