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Climate-Smart Agriculture : Key to the Future

Agriculture is a backbone of any economy, and it is the activity by which food is produced by the optimal use of territorial resources such as land and water. Agriculture in simple terms can be defined as "the cultivation and/ or production of crop plants or livestock products" . A growing global population and changing diet are driving up the demand for food. Production is struggling to keep up as crop yields level off in many parts of the world, ocean health declines, and natural resources - including soil, water and biodiversity - are stretched dangerously thin. The food security challenge will only become more difficult, as the world will need more food for the growing population. This rising concern of food security coupled with output productivity of lands and crop yields made scientist think something about smart agriculture/ climate-smart agriculture. Climate-smart Agriculture   is a revolution in the agriculture industry that helps to guide actions required to...

The World - 19th Century till now

The history of the world, human history to be precise, is very long and composed of events and details which anyone could remember. Fewer and fewer details are available when we go back in history. Here we are not talking about the history which is not written or vaguely written or rarely/ not available to us. In the earlier centuries, the inventions of agriculture, fire, megalithic construction and speech became the foundation of human life, as well as the development of arts and sciences. With the 'rediscovery' of Classical learning, the invention of new economic models (like mercantilism) and increased contact around the globe started to shape the world it is today. Early modernity will see the creation of the nation-state, the rise of capitalism and colonialism and the beginning of industrialization. The World at the end of 19th c. The fruits of capital intensive and cheap-labor-driven industrialization were enormous for nations who can do it. Some impacts are: ...