Rice-Wheat Farming Adaptation to Agro-ecosystem and Weather The rice-wheat farming system in the Indo-Gangetic plain occupies 13.5 M ha of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. In India rice-wheat farming system is the major source of food security as it produces 85% of cereal in 10 M ha. Initially large scale cultivation of in the North-western Indo-gangetic plain was wheat and Eastern Indo gangetic plain was rice due to the favourable climate. The adaptation and expansion of Rice-Wheat…
planet earth is facing an acute crisis in the form of global warming. Citizens of the earth, no matter who they are, and wherever they are, all are equally affected. Global warming is showing its “Ecosigns” (Achenback and Heidi 1) such as changing monsoon pattern, expanding arid regions, fluctuating seasons, decreasing fresh water, and rising sea levels. There are different opinions about global warming, as some believe that it is a political stunt that shows up only during election time…
Baluchistan, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Gilgit-Baltistan, Kashmir, and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province of northern Pakistan experienced their worst floods in 80 years. Flash floods and continuous heavy rain during the country’s seasonal monsoon have as a result, “affected over 14 million people, killed around 1,550 people, and have injured about 2,000 others.” In addition, “around 6 million people have lost their homes and are in need of shelter.” According to the Office for…
His other bestselling like the revenge of geography, Monsoon and Balkan ghosts have also been translated into many languages. He was the first American writer to warn in print about a future war in the Balkan. His more controversial essays about the nature of US power have stimulated debate in academia, the…
Dehradun is also an ideal place for couples for honeymoon. The best to visit Dehradun is in monsoon that is from June to September. You can enjoy a lot in Dehradun. You can take perfect pictures because of nature and Dehradun is beautifully surrounded by mountains and trees and the landscapes of Dehradun are amazing. You can also shop a lot in Dehradun…
Pather Panchali is the first film in the critically acclaimed Apu Trilogy created by Bengali director Satyajit Ray in 1955. Pather Panchali was originally a novel written by the Indian writer Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay and Ray was inspired to make the film while working as a graphic designer for the Signet Press. Ray was inspired to create the film while working on the illustrations for the book’s re-release in 1944 and the drawings would later be used by Ray as a guide for the movie script…
to secure sinecures for them and their colleagues. They do not care about the children who have lost their parents, sick who need treatment, hungry who need food and homeless who need a roof over their heads, faced with the quakes and the roaring monsoon. The donors’ pledge of 4.4 billion dollars for reconstruction in the recent conference…
New belief systems and cultural traditions emerged and spread, often asserting universal truths. A. The core beliefs about desire, suffering, and the search for enlightenment preached by the historic Buddha and recorded by his followers into sutras and other scriptures were, in part, a reaction to the Vedic beliefs and rituals dominant in South Asia. Buddhism changed over time as it spread throughout Asia – first through the support of the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka, and then through the…
It is a widely disputed topic that corporations have a role in society to be ethical and consumer aware of their actions and impact on the wider world. ‘Business Ethics’ can be defined as the critical, structured examination of how people and institutions should behave in the world of commerce’ (Macdonald, 2010). Pressure on organisations in recent years to be ethical and consumer aware has affected their overall constitutions, forcing them to include how they are going to deal with ethical…
The Accomplishments of African Civilizations For centuries, historians have denied the accomplishment of African Civilizations. To this day the day, the misconceptions planted by racist historians remain present in the media. American media often displays Africa as a place of extreme poverty and lack of culture. In contrary, however, African people had many advances, even before the arrival of Europeans. The advances of the African Kingdoms are shown through their successful trade routes,…