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life sucked before the green revolution, sucked after it too, meaning

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"Life of people has sucked in the period before the green revolution and even after it"  Green Revolution is the revolution in agriculture around the world Green Revolution involves the supply of  modern practices such as water, fertilizer, and chemical pesticides The period in the 1960’s was known as the green revolution. Green means green color and revolution means great development. Combining green and revolution makes the green revolution. Green revolution refers to the great advancement in the production of food crop and, crop production has improved so much so to the level that farmers saw their excess produce ready to be sold out into the market. life of people sucked before the green revolution Crop yields prior to the Green Revolution was very poor Prior to the Green Revolution people in the then underdeveloped countries like India, Pakistan, Nepal, Nigeria, the Philippines, and several other newly independent nations were living in half stomach

4 steps SOIL PREPARATION done before growing a new crop?

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Proper soil preparation should be done before growing a new crop. Every crop plant lives in the soil. It can be a crop as tiny as a pea to the biggest fruit plants like mango trees all of them depend on the soil for their nutritional needs and water requirement. Soil gives plants a support to their spreading root system. It gives all the minerals, vitamins, macro and micronutrients that are necessary for the healthy growth and development of the crops. Farmers who plant crops and vegetables should know well about the growing season of and when to do the soil preparation beforehand. Proper preparation of soil ensures good crops and ultimately great yield and happiness to a farmer. Soil preparation refers to the process of loosening the soil particles by turning them with the help of a hoe or a plow (oxen driven or tractor driven plow) and the loosened and finer soil particles are then pushed across the flat surface of the garden to make it level (this is called soil leveling).

What constitutes the basic agricultural practices - useful knowledge for students

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The question of what constitutes basic agricultural practices outline here in a nutshell. Good yield from crops is obtained by growing good and healthy and high yielding variety seeds. Plants need four things to grow well viz - air, water, sunlight, and mineral nutrients. Besides protecting them from predators like insects, pests and other runabout livestock ensure their independent growth. Following are some basic agricultural practices that are to be followed to get a good yield from cultivated crops. Preparation of soil Soil preparation  | Toronto star First, the soil should be prepared by turning and loosening to break the large sticky lumps into smaller pieces. Soil preparation is done by tilling follow by leveling. Selection of seeds Seed selection  | Flickr To plant crop into the prepared piece of land you need seeds. Proper selection of good seeds is critical as it ensures good returns. Only healthy and undamaged seeds should be taken. High Yielding Varieti

First Muslim dynasty in India - Ilbari dynasty or Slave Dynasty

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Ilbary dynasty was popularly known as the Slave dynasty  and Mamluk dynasty were the descendants of Muhammad Ghori. They ruled India from 1206 AD to 1286 AD. Slave dynasty was the first Muslim dynasty to rule India. Rulers after Muhammad Ghori – Ilbari or Slave Dynasty After the second battle of Terain in 1192 AD Muhammad Ghori became the first Muslim king to ever rule India.  Ghori died in 1206 AD. Ghori did not have a son to heir his throne.  Image | MapofIndia The India possession of this Afghan king was left in the hands of his able and manumitted slave, Qutb ud din Aibak. Ilbary or Slave Dynasty They are the slave and slave descendants of Muhammad Ghori. They are also called Ilbary dynasty as all rulers of this dynasty with the exception of Qutb ud din Aibak were members of the Ilbary tribe of the Turks. Name of rulers of the Slave dynasty Rulers of this dynasty comprises of – Qutb ud din Aibak (1206 AD – 1210 AD) Aram Shah (1210AD) Iltutmish

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