Agriculture
Agriculture is the science and art of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to live in cities. The history of agriculture began thousands of years ago. After gathering wild grains beginning at least 105,000 years ago, nascent farmers began to plant them around 11,500 years ago. Pigs, sheep and cattle were domesticated over 10,000 years ago. Plants were independently cultivated in at least 11 regions of the world. Industrial agriculture based on large-scale monoculture in the twentieth century came …
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ADB: Asian Development Bank · 21 December 2024 English
and institutional capacity Sector / Subsector Agriculture, natural resources and rural development / Land-based … Department Sectors Group Responsible ADB Division Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office …
Lowy Institute for International Policy · 9 July 2024 English
Everyone is hoping that the productivity fairy sprinkles pixie-dust on our economic problems inflation, slow growth and income inequality. Remember Paul Krugmans maxim:Productivity isnt everything, but in the long run …
in incomes came from shifting workers out of agriculture (half the population used to work on the land) …
Greens/EFA: The Greens/European Free Alliance · 3 June 2024 English
Summary of the activities carried out by the EFA Group during the 2019-2024 mandate.
produce and how we produce. It is about which agriculture we support and how we support it. It is finally …
UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme · 11 May 2024 English
When: 11 May and 12 October 2024 Theme: The importance of insects for migratory birds Official website: https://www.worldmigratorybirdday.org/
success of bird migrations. Due to intensive agriculture and urban development and its effects such as … cause outbreaks that damage plant health and agriculture. The World Migratory Bird Day campaign in 2024 …
World Bank Group · 1 May 2024 English
This brief showcases the gender landscape in Cyprus on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains, minimizes losses in wealth, …
2011 0.87 2022 6.59 2.02 25.6 Employment in agriculture (% of employment) Male 5.04 2011 3.62 2022 8 …
ECCP: European Cluster Collaboration Platform · 19 April 2024
The association acts towards the Turning scientific creation of favorable conditions for ideas into business Increasing the The impacts of opportunities and number of scientific development and enhancement of the …
me CAMPAG & my cluster! Zaragoza/Spain 2017 Agriculture 75 Cluster established Active Ecosystems Cluster … agricultural innovation. VARILABOR SIEX transforms agriculture The project emphasises To enhance agri-machinery … precision agriculture. competitiveness in precision driven by tech like GPS and IoT, agriculture. optimizes …
WWA: World Weather Attribution · 18 April 2024 English
expected for February, with devastating consequences for the population largely depending on rainfed agriculture. …
the population largely depending on rainfed agriculture. …
HPA: Water Policy Association · 18 April 2024 English
damages related to coastal floods alone might Europe is the fastest-warming continent; since exceed EUR 1 trillion per year by the end of the the 1980s, warming on the continent …
ran has been transferred to Taliban control. Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development, In an interview …
ELIAMEP: Hellenic Foundation For European and Foreign Policy · 18 April 2024 English
The COVID-19 pandemic, combined with the increased automation adoption, also triggered a shift in the labour market within the EU, influencing the job vulnerability of low and middle-skilled workers. [...] …
address also needs of seasonal demand (e.g. agriculture, tourism). As regards attraction of foreign labour … annual basis for agricultural production. Beyond agriculture, Spain has recently extended the existing bilateral … the employee commits to returning home. Though agriculture remains the focus for the circular migration …
PICES: North Pacific Marine Science Organization · 17 April 2024 English
All names and claims expressed in this book of abstracts are solely those of the authors and do not represent those of the PICES Organization, nor those of their affiliated …
from human activities in coastal areas (e.g. agriculture, livestock farming) are important factors that … Netherlands. E-mail: simon.bush@wur.nl 2 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. Aquaculture … but integrates the key aims of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Code of Conduct. However, … and gas and, shipping, land-based industry and agriculture. Fishing impacts all ecological components via … presentation reviews the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization to develop global guidance on OECMs …
