Pisciculture
fresh Tilapia in floating basket
Pisciculture, also known as fish farming includes breeding fish commercially in tanks or enclosures such as fish ponds, usually for food. The most important fish species produced in fish farming are carp, tilapia, salmon, and catfish.
Advantages of Pisciculture
The aquaculture industry has created numerous jobs for people who reside in impoverished...
Agricultural Practices
Soil Preparation
Before growing a crop, the soil in which it is to be grown is prepared by ploughing, levelling, and manuring. Ploughing is the process of loosening and digging of soil using a plough. This helps in proper aeration of the soil. After ploughing, the soil is distributed evenly and levelled in the process called levelling. The soil is then manured.
Sowing
Selection...
Smart Farming
Smart farming is a control concept centred on providing the agricultural industry with the infrastructure to leverage advanced technology. Smart farming is growing in importance due to the combination of the expanding global population, the increasing demand for higher crop yield, the need to use natural resources efficiently, the rising use and sophistication of information and...
Agriculture and Climate Impact.
Climate Change results when the Earth’s climate system changes because of new weather patterns. Climate change can cause a severe impact on the sector of agriculture.
Global warming has an impact on agriculture because it causes severe rainfall, cyclones and extend periods of droughts in a country. For example, A part of Australia is a victim of heatwaves and there is a surplus of carbon...
Vanilla Plant
Vanilla
is a flavouring derived from orchids of the genus Vanilla, primarily
obtained from pods of the Mexican species. Pollination is needed to
make the plants produce the fruit from which the vanilla essence is
obtained.
History of Vanilla plant
In 1837, Belgian
botanist Charles
François Antoine Morren discovered this fact and learned a
method of artificially...