Essays on Agriculture

The total populace developed from 2.5 billion out of 1950 to 6.1 billion in the year 2000. Constantly 2050 the total populace is assessed to achieve 9.1 billion (somewhere in the range of 7.7 and 10.6 billion, contingent upon gauges). This implies the number of…

Biotic factors, the living factors being other organisms that are part of an individual’s ecosystem. These other organisms may compete with individuals for food or other resources. These factors affect the distribution of various species and the abundance of a species. So called living nature…

Rice (Oryza sativa) is a staple food in the Philippines and comprises 35% of an average Filipino’s daily calorie intake. Being an agricultural country, rice is a common crop in the Philippines especially in the northern parts yet the country continues to depend on importing…

During the last decades a lot of breakthrough occurred, leading to predictive gene testing. Some of our hereditary genes can actually be mutated or could be more susceptible to certains diseases. That is why some companies like 23andMe are commercialising kits that could potentially tell…

Introduction and Background On the 19 of September, Wednesday, 2018 Dulwich College Shanghai, Year 9 took a field trip to the Dongtan wetland park on Chongming Island in Shanghai. The wetland park is open from 9: 00 AM to 5: 00/17: 00 PM. They have…

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are supposed to play an important role in Sri Lankan economy as they are capable of generating employments, promoting the growth of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), embarking on innovations and stimulating of other economic activities. This sector is said to…

Introduction United Nations FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization) has predicted that food production must increase by 50% in 2030 and double by 2050 to meet the demands of a growing population. This has to be accomplished sustainably under the challenges of decreasing land availability (due…

Abstract According to the studies a 4-week-long administration of exogenous thyroxine in broiler breeder hens to decline the cold-induced ascites in their offspring suggests that the long-term maternal hyperthyroidism would affect gastrointestinal tract morphology in broiler breeder hens. The birds (70) were fostered in the…

By law, smallholders are required to sell their coffee through local growing cooperatives, who then pass the coffee to millers for processing and grading. For decades, coffee milling was managed by five mills, including the Kenya Planters Cooperative Union (KPCU) the largest mill. The mills…

In the 1980’s no one could imagine a world where computer devices were ubiquitous, they thought it was absurd but that science fiction became our reality and we don’t even think about it. Today we are having similar issues but in this case it is…