Category Archives: food security

Map Showing Countries Which Faced Severe Drought

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

The most severe droughts  are associated with prolonged shortages of water and result in widespread crop and other vegetation losses. In this map, the region affected the most is shaded in dark depending on the vegetation stress faced. The image … Continue reading →

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When it comes to food, technology won’t save us

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

A fellow blogger Janina commented on it. I am reproducing his words here. This is a great argument against the technology-driven, big-ag “food security” approach which focuses on the “need to feed the world” through more and flashier technological inventions. … Continue reading →

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Ley Farming or Alternate Husbandry:An Ecofriendly System

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Ley farming is an agricultural system where the field is alternately seeded for grain and left fallow. Another name for the method is “alternate husbandry”. In ley farming, the field is alternately used for grain or other cash crops for … Continue reading →

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Farming Systems:Indian Scenario

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

  Agriculture, also called farming or husbandry, is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi, and other life forms for food, fiber, biofuel and other products used to sustain life.It is increase of Biomass. Main Types of Farming: Commerical Farming – … Continue reading →

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