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Ecosystem Economics
It is not simple to miss the signs of destruction of nature where ever 1 goes. Tall skyscrapers and the big cranes creating them are a constant feature of every single city in the world. Mountains of granite and rocks are becoming flattened, trees cut and rivers diverted to provide the raw supplies for the construction business. It is estimated that about 90% of all non-fuel mineral use and a significant proportion of timber use goes into the construction business. It is effortless to fuel economic growth, particularly in the short term with no regard to the damage that it is causing on longer term environmental and social sustainability. What we want to find are imaginative and constructive solutions, that not only fuel growth and economic development, but also restore … Read entire article »
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GLOBAL VILLAGE AGRICULTURE
3. GLOBAL VILLAGE AGRICULTURE The world has shrunk into a global village and as such technological developments taking place in any advanced country become known instantly, which help other countries like ours to adopt and follow their techniques to remain updated. One of such countries is Israel, which is characterized by topographical variations and a wide range of soils, enabling the growing and raising of a variety of crops and animals. A large increase in population immediately after 1948 required a rapid increase in food production, followed by development of research and extension facilities and services. In recent years Israel, like many other countries, has faced difficulties in continuing the supply of services it previously provided. This difficulty led agricultural organizations to begin assuming the responsibility of partially financing extension for … Read entire article »
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Pricing of Agriculture Commodities in India
Pricing of Agriculture Commodities in India Cost determination is simple procedure in industrial sector as compared to agriculture goods. Determination of cost of agriculture commodities is one of the critical problems due to the fact of its complication. Farmers are using their own resource and labour force to produce agro items but they do not charging their suitable price in determination of priced of agricultural merchandise. In the creating country like India farmers are illiterate or semi literate, they have not proper understanding about approaches of pricing. As a result, they taking into consideration only those items which are spent in income term, but they excluded their non-cash expenses like use of won resources, imputed value of loved ones labour, rent paid for leased-in Land, rental value of owned land, price … Read entire article »
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