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THIRD BLOG ENTRY : IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE

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 The climate change is no alien anymore in our age today. For Y generation, most of us have heard of it since school days. Our teachers have been mentioning about it since our first class of science and it seems that this problem is getting worse and is not showing any sign of recovery despite many attempts on reserving and conserving back the Mother Nature. Illustration of climate change                                     Climate change, also known as global warming, refers to the rise in average of surface temperatures on Earth. An overwhelming scientific consensus maintains that climate change is due primarily to the human use of fossil fuels, which releases carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the air. Climate change affects many things and one of our main concerns is the impact of it in agriculture. Agriculture is very important in the survival of mankind as it i...

SECOND BLOG ENTRY : GMO IN AGRICULTURE

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A  genetically modified organism  " GMO"   is any organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques is a " G enetically Engineered  Organism"   . A more specifically defined type of  GMO  is a "transgenic organism." Gmo for Food Genetically modified foods  or  GM foods , also known as  genetically engineered foods , are foods produced from organisms  that have had changes introduced into their DNA  using the methods of genetic engineering.  Genetic engineering techniques allow for the introduction of new traits as well as greater control over traits than previous methods such as selective breeding and mutation breeding.  Gmo for Fish The Food and Drug Administration will decide whether Atlantic salmon genectically engineering to grow faster then their natural relative can be allowed be raised and sold as food. Bred to grow faster : Altered fish can reach adult siz...

FIRST BLOG ENTRY : IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE

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                                                BLOG 1 : IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE                                   Agriculture can be defined as the utilisation of natural resource systems to produce commodities which maintain life , including food , fiber , forest product , horticulture crops , and thier related services .     Developing new industries from its rich natural resources will assist in the industrialization of the nation . Creating new markets for our products will assure the continued significant contribution of the agricultural sector to export earning . To achieve , human resource development especially in new and emerging areas of agricultural science as well as professional farm managers  to run large-scale mixe...