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Michael Pollan and The Idea of Garden

August 4, 2011 By gzgarden Leave a Comment

Article by Olivia Hunt

Michael Pollan is a prolific writer. He is living at an old farm in Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut. Michael Pollan is the author of many interesting and brilliant books, such as ‘Second Nature: A Gardener’s Education’, ‘A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder’, ‘The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World’ and ‘The Idea of a Garden’.

The book consists of stories where people retell what they have heard. Including historical and current issues and giving several genres, ‘The Idea of a Garden’ challenges people to investigate more attentively the variety of environments that we are surrounded by, the complication features of those environments, and our attitude to them.

In his book Michael Pollan proposes a metaphor that is appropriate to the environment issues – a nature as a garden. For Pollan gardening is not only the very act of this action but it is also the interaction with the nature and its sources. This kind of a metaphor gives local answers according to local conditions. This notion assumes anthropocentrism as inevitable process, while accepting people’s interdependence with life, health and survival. Moreover, it values other life forms’ wildness, for example, the wildness of water, air and soil. People interact with the nature and have ‘misunderstandings’ with it. In other words, this battle could be won or could be lost. Everything depends on the humanity – on the moderate usage of land resources, on the attentive approach to environmental issues and timely solutions.

The garden metaphor makes the demarcation between the intervention of humanity and the nature intervention giving examples of the second one for creating the balance in nature. However, Michael Pollan points out the significance of culture as a phenomenon and as a part of the garden preservation. This is the culture, which is used for teaching people how to live in harmony with nature, how to share the experience of past generations. It has its history in which there are numbers of mistakes that we should remember and avoid for making this world a garden of nature.

Summarizing, our land is a garden, which must be protected. This underlines the necessity for conservationists to be more serious in the issues of protecting wildlife and natural habitat and to present their ideas to a wide audience.

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Pot Herb Gardens

August 3, 2011 By gzgarden Leave a Comment

Many of you who are reading this article are already growing your own herbs… or at a minimum, enjoying fresh herbs in one fashion or the other. If so, by now you enjoyed the many benefits that Mother Nature’s hardest working – and least finicky – plants offer. Simply put, they make our food taste better; make the air we breathe sweeter and more fragrant; keep us healthier; and improve the beauty of our surroundings. However, you may not have given a great deal of thought to why herbalists, like me, genuinely prefer pot herb gardens over all others.

If not, I hope you’ll take a few minutes to learn why it simply doesn’t make sense – at least in my opinion – to grow herbs anywhere else but pots – even if you have acres of land available!

Following are several quick and straightforward reasons for getting into container herb gardening.

1.

City dwellers, apartment residents, and “small home” owners – or anyone with limited space – can grow fresh herbs! Compact pots can be placed on balconies, railings, windowsills, decks, living room floors… you name it. No direct sunshine? No problem. Just set your pots under artificial sun lamps and you’re good to go! It’s like having your own portable farm!

2. Pots offer greater flexibility, portability, and longevity. Start your herbs indoors or outdoors – the choice is yours. Then, when weather – or desire – dictates, move them in or out. Also, since the vast majority of herbs are perennials (i.e. they “come back” year after year as opposed to annuals that live one season and die off), they’re like the gifts that keep on giving!

However, if planted in the ground outside, your herbs would go dormant during the winter months (unless you live in a very mild climate) and you’d have to wait until spring for them to come back.

So, why settle for fresh herbs several months when you can have them year round simply by planting them in pots!

3. Pots are pretty. Okay, this one is a bit of a stretch, but worth mentioning. Although your herbs don’t give a hoot whether they’re planted in a tin coffee can or a fancy urn (and they’ll do just as well in either), you might. After all, there’s a good chance you’ll be looking at your herbs for a very long time, so why not let select pots that enhance the look and feel of your home as well? I happen to be a “container fanatic” – I absolutely love beautiful Mexican pottery, ceramic urns, unusual terrariums, simple terra cotta pots, and the like. It gives me great enjoyment to create beautiful surroundings (I am a frustrated interior decorator :>), so I plant my herbs in pots that are pleasing aesthetically as well. Additionally, I group my herb plants with other ornamental flowers, fruits and vegetables. The results are often stunning and provide me that much more pleasure.

4. Some herbs just plain need to be “controlled.” Herbs grow like weeds; as a matter of fact, some botanists still consider them weeds (a bit insulting, if you ask me). And although herbs are wonderful “garden mates” there are several that will simply grow out of control if left to their own devices! So, pots then perform another valuable service; they act as natural “containments” for fast-growing, prolific herbs, like mint. But be sure to give your herb plants enough room to stretch out comfortably! (Tip: your pot should be 1.5 times the size of your herb plant). And if your plants seriously outgrow your containers, simply transplant them into something larger!

5. Pots allow you to move your herb plants to spots less tempting to critters. Recently, I mistakenly placed two of my herb pots (containing my favorites – dill and sage) on my deck’s railing. As I sat outside and sipped my coffee the next morning I noticed that one very determined squirrel had his/her little head buried in one of my pots and was happily chomping down on my precious dill! He/She had eaten my plant down to the very nub, and my luscious sage plant was nothing more than a memory.

My advice? Keep your pots close to your home; close to your cats and dogs; close to your broom – far away from “easy-access” critter areas! (What’s even worse is that there’s plenty of food on our deck for birds, squirrels, chipmunks, and the entire animal kingdom. They need to leave my herbs alone).

So, grow those herbs! But please, put them in pots so you too, can enjoy their bounties all year long! Here’s to your happy and healthy pot herb garden!

Mary E. Eule, BA, MS is a professional writer and researcher who been an avid container herb gardener for over 25 years. She is also the author of the comprehensive, step-by-step guide, “The Down to Earth Guide to Easy Container Herb Gardening,” Visit her website: http://ContainerHerbGardening.com to purchase her e-book, download her free herb e-course or to get additional tips and articles on pot herb gardens.

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Environmentally useful garden spaces

August 1, 2011 By gzgarden Leave a Comment

There are a lot of things that can make you feel that you are doing something for the environment. But there is one thing that will not only make you feel like you are doing something for the environment but also, whether knowingly or unknowingly you will be contributing to self development. What could this mysterious element be, if you are wondering, then there it is. It is garden. Now when the word garden crops up the reference is not being made to the little space in the front yard or back yard where a number of plants are grown. No this is a new concept that can easily make you rethink your entire idea of what a garden actually is.

All these elements might not always be incorporated into every garden but most of the time these are the normal things that you can find. Some even have elements that are not mentioned above depending on the creativity of the designer and the owner.

This space can heal your eyes with its beauty; increase your immunity through mesmerizing your olfactory lobes, act as a habitat to many birds which is undoubtedly a sight to see. Just sitting there perhaps reading a book after a long hard day is all you require to feel like a super human. What is more, this has been proven therapeutic to problems related to lack of sleep mingled with tiredness, skin and hair rejuvenation, etc for starters.

landscaper san francisco is an ideal theme to involve you because it has a wide range of solutions to the everyday healing and also because it can accommodate itself into the space without actually making any structural modifications which comes as a big advantage in the financial front.

Thus, what is to be conveyed is that the above mentioned form of gardening is also useful to the environment apart from you. It is also not very expensive.

The Author is a professional writer, presently writing for landscape design san francisco and san francisco garden design.

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Historical Changes at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens

July 31, 2011 By gzgarden Leave a Comment

Article by Joanne Jones

The Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens first opened in 1893. Since its opening day, many changes have been made. New greenhouses have been added and rooms have been redesigned over the years. The following is a review of the changes that have taken place at Phipps since its opening day.

From 1896 to 1897, construction took place on the very first addition to the conservatory. The new room was named the South Conservatory and it was quite large in size. Then, in the late 1930′s, glass and brick walls were added to the South Conservatory in order to split it into three rooms. The two new rooms that were created were called the Tropical Fruit and Spice Room (located to the right of the South Conservatory) and the Gallery (found on the left).

In 1902, a second addition to the Phipps Conservatory was built. Its original name was the Cacti House, but it is now called the Desert Room. At first, visitors could not walk around in the Cacti House; they could only see it from a terrace that looked out over the room. It wasn’t until the late 1930′s that visitors were able to walk through the Cacti House to see the plants up close.

Aquatic gardens were added later. The first pool was built in 1910 and the second pool was built in 1939. In 1996, a statue of Neptune (the Roman god of the sea) was restored and moved from Highland Park to the second pool. The aquatic gardens remain a favourite of many visitors to the conservatory.

In 1939 the Cloister Garden was added to the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. A 17th century book called Hortus Floridus, which featured illustrations of botanical art, inspired the greenhouse. Then in 1966, the room was redesigned. It is now called the Broderie Room and is sometimes referred to as Parterre de Broderie. Translated to English, it means “embroidery on earth.”

Like many other greenhouses at Phipps, the Sunken Garden originally had a different name and has been remodeled over time. Its first name was the Charleston Garden and later it was renamed the Cascade Garden. The garden at that time had water flowing down concrete steps and the back wall was modeled after a Southern mansion. In 1963, the garden was redesigned and renamed the Sunken Garden. It now features a stream in the middle of the garden, with three brick fountains rising up from the stream and garden beds along the sides of the room.

Even the outdoor gardens have been remodeled. The Perennial Garden was renamed the Outdoor Garden and in 1986, it was expanded to cover one acre. It used the original hardscape created in 1935. The Outdoor Garden now features fountains, herb and medicinal gardens, conifers, wildflowers and more. Its breathtaking views make it a popular place to book outdoor weddings and other functions.

Construction efforts from May to September of 1991 concentrated on turning a storage area into the present day Japanese Courtyard Garden. Hoichi Kurisu, who has won several awards, designed the garden. He was able to transform a small space into a serene landscape that includes a pond, stream and wooden bridge.

Another important update at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens has been the restoration of the Phipps Hall of Botany, which was completed in January of 1999. It was originally built in 1901 to teach botany to high school students. The City of Pittsburgh later took over the building in order to use it for administrative offices.

In 1967, the original entrance was replaced with a new entrance in order to create space for offices and meeting rooms. In 2004, work began to update the look of the entrance so that it was more interesting and would compliment the original design done by the Lord and Burnham firm in 1893. The work was finished in March of 2005. Not only was the design updated, but it also incorporated environmentally friendly practices to make the new addition LEED Certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design).

Starting in 2007, the Phipps Conservatory began a multi-year expansion project. This project will concentrate on creating new office and educational spaces. It will be interesting to see what the new space will look like when the work is completed in 2010.

Learn more about the history of the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden. Once there, you will also find amazing photos of both the indoor and outdoor gardens at Phipps. Then take your time to check out our Picture Gallery for reviews of other gardens and conservatories around the world.










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The Many Functions of a Garden

July 30, 2011 By gzgarden Leave a Comment

Article by Benedict Yossarian

A Garden on its Own

If you grew up in a house with a garden, then you would appreciate the peace and solace that a garden can give; the fun and enjoyment that a garden plays hosts to in events and parties, there are many, many ways to use a garden. You just have to learn to sit back and appreciate what you have in order to see how much of a difference having a garden could give. By itself, a garden is where you can rest, relax and appreciate nature for itself; take a fresh breath of air, and by taking care of it, give back some of that nurturing that nature bestows upon us.

The Garden and You

You do no need some elaborate plan or expensive equipment just so you can appreciate your garden. Just pull out a nice comfortable chair unto your garden, grab a book and experience the feel of reading in such a beautiful atmosphere. You do not even need a book, you can just go there and rest, the fresh clean air is always good for the lungs and is very relaxing too. If you have a large enough space, you can do some of your hobbies in the garden too. If you have pets, then a clean garden is a good place to play with them. You can even train them tricks in a peaceful garden since they will not be distracted.

If you like to draw or write, being in the presence of nature could be quite the inspiring feeling. You will not even need special lighting since sunlight is bright and easy on the eyes. Roll out a blanket and whip out some snacks to give yourself a private picnic. One way or the other, you can turn your garden to your personal vacation spot. This is how you can truly appreciate the garden on your own.

Bringing More to Your Garden

Taking your friends and your family to a garden is quite a refreshing experience. You all get to enjoy nature and its beauty together. You can hold a grill or a small party in the outdoor settings. The open air is perfect for grills and barbecues since the smoke will not stay in the confines of the house. Just lay out a few tables and chairs and you are ready to go. The added bonus of having a party in the garden is that cleanup is not as complicated and there are less chances of your things in the house getting ruined.

Gardens can host many events; you can go star gazing on clear nights just by preparing a telescope. Weddings are very romantic when held at a garden setting, and the green and white plays beautiful effects on the eyes. You can also have get-togethers, soirees, and other social functions in the garden. Just make sure that you prepare your garden with the right materials and proper maintenance to help it enhance the party instead of being a negative factor. This is why you should take care of your garden, because it can do so much for you. GP

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Fresh Herb Gardening Information

July 29, 2011 By gzgarden Leave a Comment

Article by Shad Alan

As far back as in the days of the ancient Chinese and Egyptians, the fact that herbs have been in use then, has been well-documented in history. Herbs were even recorded as having been trade items on which tithes were offered during biblical times. So where does fresh herb gardening stand today?

As noted in the recently published “Successful Herb Gardening ~ Step-by-Step” e-book, fresh herb gardening today can be very satisfying. It may start as a hobby but it is one hobby that will soon reward you, not only in terms of enjoyment, but will also give you the actual ingredients for your cooking and medical needs.

Fresh herb gardening will provide you with the aromatic herbs that can transform your everyday cooking into an adventure. Just the adding of a teaspoon of tarragon can explode the flavours of your pot of casserole.

Dry your herbs and mix them together into an aromatic potpourri and it will make your room smell good or brew them for tea. Pound them into a paste or marinate them in a tincture and they can relief your minor ailments to make your life more comfortable. You can even mix herbs into a solution for controlling garden insects and pests!

Why not initiate a fresh herb garden project that is specialized towards any one exclusive use, a mixture of uses or even several of them if you so choose. Herb plants can also be advantageously grown as companion plants amongst other plants in your garden for their benefit and even in containers inside your house.

There are several herb garden designs that you can adopt such as but not limited to, a small indoor herb garden on your kitchen windowsill, a small plot on your rooftop garden or even as part of a large Victorian kitchen garden.

Although fresh herb garden plants generally prefer a sunlit location, some do flourish in fully shaded spots whilst many others can thrive in the afternoon shade.

Extraordinarily, diseases and insect attacks which are the bane of the usual garden plants do not usually attack the herbal plants in a fresh herb garden patch. However, an infrequent infestation may occur with red spider mites and aphids found on the plants that grow close to the ground. The fennel, caraway, dill, or anise plants are amongst the herb plants that may be affected in this manner.

You can start your fresh herb gardening project by growing your own seedlings from seeds or with young plants purchased from a garden centre.

It is an immense joy to observe a plant as it grows from that one seed into a living and maturing thing that manifests some sign of growth every day. What a privilege and delight this experience is. And even more wonderful than this is to be able to watch this “birth to harvest” experience again and again because it is happening right in your own herb garden in your own backyard! As with most herbs, this is all the more satisfying because the rewards from your fresh herb gardening adventure are tangible aromatic plants that have so many useful benefits.

If this article has kindled a desire in you to explore this subject further then it is time to get hold of the fresh herb gardening information you need before you take the plunge into an amazing journey of creating and reaping from your very own fresh herb garden. The good news is that you can access a lot of this information free of charge from the Herb Gardening Site!

Better still, you can save yourself a lot of research time when you get the right fresh herb gardening information all in one easy step-by-step guide for the best chance of success. Then you can start reading and planning your fresh herb gardening in the next 10 minutes. One such resource we would recommend is the e-book “Successful Herb Gardening ~ Step-by-Step” which is available for download from the Herb Gardening Site.

Shad is an herb gardening enthusiast and owner of the Herb Gardening Site. For more great tips on fresh herb gardening, visit http://www.herbgardeningsite.com, the one-stop resource for herb gardening enthusiasts.










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The True Scope of Agriculture

July 29, 2011 By gzgarden Leave a Comment

Article by Christopher Schwebius

Agriculture has been the primary occupation of human beings, and that too a very important one. It provides a variety of products – crops – that are essential for humankind. Agriculture not only supports humans for their subsistence, but helps a large number of industries too.

Agriculture forms the raw material for numerous farm products based industries. The basic products, resulting from agricultural activities, are processed in big factories, before the final product is marketed. As such, agriculture generates employment, both for people working in the farming sector as well as those in the industrial, agriculture-based sector.

These days, agriculture has become an important commercial activity. A variety of crops are grown, which can be classified as –

*Food crops

*Commercial crops

*Fiber crops

*Beverage crops.

Agriculture has benefited a great deal from the various advancements in the field of science and technology – with modern machines making the ‘field’ jobs much easier than ever before. All over the world, agriculture is managed efficiently with the help of modern farm equipment. In the US, farmers rely much more on technology than on manual labor.

Machines are used for all important farm operations like – tilling, sowing, harvesting, sorting of fruits, etc. Most farmers prefer employing those laborers who are skillful, and who can operate upon their tractors, combines and harvesters. In fact, farmers are also ever so ready to try out every new development in the variety of crops, pesticides, fertilizers and the like.

The importance of agriculture also lies in the fact that it supports the export sector also – most of the farmers in the United States produce largely for exports, as the soil produce is quite fertile, and coupled with modern technology, the returns are huge. Some of the major farm products are crops like – rice, wheat, sugarcane, cotton, jute, tea, coffee and rubber – which are produced in most parts of the world.

In countries that export surplus farm output, agriculture is all the more significant, and the agricultural production is fairly high. As the farmer gets a good profit, his financial position, especially in developed countries, is better than many other entrepreneurs. He is now able to purchase the latest machinery, use latest techniques of farming, buy new and improved hybrid varieties of seeds, and use the best fertilizers to increase productivity.

Nowadays, there are improvements in wholesale marketing as well as transportation of farm products. The use of refrigeration systems and efficient rail transport has made possible the safe delivery of perishable farm products like dairy products, vegetables, and fruits. With barely 4% of total population of United States engaged in agriculture, they have huge exportable surplus.

Agriculture is not just limited to crop cultivation, dairy farming has become an indispensable part of the agricultural process. Dairy farming is the practice of farming in which cattle are kept for milk and milk products. Oftentimes, poultry is also included. In fact, the scope of agriculture has widened, with interrelated sectors over-lapping one another; and in the present scenario, each of these sectors is as important as any other! http://www.whyisagricultureimportant.com

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Japanese Tea Gardens

July 28, 2011 By gzgarden Leave a Comment

Article by Russ Chard

Japanese Tea Gardens -An Article By Russ Chard

I am often asked about Japanese Tea Gardens and the Japanese Tea Garden ceremony. Both are steeped in traditions that go back hundreds of years and are not quite as complicated as you may imagine.

Japanese gardens in their most popular form originated in China and as time went by they developed in style and substance without ever losing their meaning and spiritual traditions. Tea wasn’t even grown in Japan until the early 8th century and was consumed mainly for medicinal reasons. Chinese Buddhist priests described their tea making in a book called ‘Cha Ching’ and the contents of this book form the basis for the tea ceremony in a Japanese Tea garden today.

Hundreds of years ago monks and priests were largely responsible for designing and building Japanese gardens and the importance of religion and meditation within these gardens was very important. Priests would take tea to aid their meditation and so was born the Japanese Tea garden and eventually the Japanese Tea garden ceremony.

As a consequence Japanese Tea gardens are very much spiritual havens for the creators and visitors alike. The ceremony is strictly adhered to and is a forerunner of the Tea garden itself. Japanese Tea gardens never appear artificial, a golden rule of Japanese gardens, and must have a natural appearance. This is achieved by careful design and highly skilled construction.

The natural appearance of the Japanese Tea garden it intended to be enjoyed from the gardens entrance which is usually through a gate, along a carefully laid stone path which in turn leads to the Tea house or a small gazebo in some cases. Common ingredients in Japanese Tea gardens are stepping stones, small clusters of trees and stone lanterns.

It is essential due to it’s layout that a Japanese Tea garden is viewed from the path leads to the Tea house, the construction has been done in a way that this gives the best view of the garden.

Tea in Japan in the Heian period was a rare commodity and this dictated the Japanese attitude to tea and its drinking. Formalities were drawn up and the ceremony itself was based on its scarcity. I am sure that if tea had been cultivated in Japan and drunk by many more people than it actually was that the Japanese tea ceremony would not have been part of the country’s history and Japanese garden culture.

There are many fine examples of Japanese Tea gardens around the world. Outside of Japan a couple of notable ones can be found in Golden Gate park in San Fransisco, California and there is a beautiful example as part of the ‘Sunken gardens’ in San Antonio in Texas,USA.

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Maintaining a flower garden is even painless than planting one

July 28, 2011 By gzgarden Leave a Comment

When you select what brand of oceanic crops you wish to have, summon up that the plants ought to solely cloak about half of the water. Crops could be free floating, submerged, or marginal. Which you decide is all a matter of personal preferment. Some plants are good for their scent, fairly present different oxygen than others and can last the pool well being, and quite are exactly beautiful. Fish aren’t only good to take a look at however they’re additionally absolutely favoring. Fish assist hold debris at a littlest and assist in controlling larva and different insects.

Sustaining a flower garden is even painless than planting one. Still they’ll make it on their very own, a bag of fertilizer utilized in the early spring is an effective idea. Drop behind any blooms after they embark to blench and keep them good and watered.

To save lots of yourself work throughout the after season of flower gardening, rid your backyard of all junk and diverge out natural nutrients like peat slough or compost. Don?t overlook to showabove the soil to properly mix within the fertilizer and rake facile when finished. If you have perennials holed up be attentive not to disturb their roots in this process.

Pythium blight can simply be seen within theearly morning. You can easily praise the fungus on the highest of the lawn as white cotton confit. You possibly can simply acknowledge this fungus mostly along driveways and walks, the place the soil is moist. Pythium blight can merely be managed by watering within the day on the first doable time frame.

Gardening archives, upon all else, are extraordinarily convenient. If you do not reside near a nursery or some sort of gardening store, it’s tough to understand all the things you require to start out and maintain a wholesome garden. Let?s face it; Wal-Mart doesn’t have all the things you need for a garden. Gardening catalogues offer you extra choices and let you view the whole lot accessible at a single setting.

Many gardeners don’t even think about fall gardening by of the winter freezes that might make an soon attitude. Quite the opposite, fall gardening will end in glorious vegetables and can extend crops lengthy after spring planted vegetation are finished. Greens produced fromfall gardening are from time to time sweeter and milder than those assemble within the heat time and offer an emblem new taste to the same previous veggies.

There are a lot of new tendencies surfacing in gardening, and water gardening is one of the major new interests. Water gardening might be within the form of waterfalls, ponds, fountains, all of which could be enhanced by rock work combos and flash, plants, and fish. Water gardening doesn?t need to be a pond or natural water base either, it may well consist of just a plastic tub, basically anything that may maintain water.

For those who?re in the north and likewise having perennial Rye grass, then you will need to to be very cautious not to leave your grass moist at night. A dreadful fungus referred to as Pythium Blight could take its higher hand, should you go away your garden wet within the nighttide as a result of this fungus like to develop in high humid situation mostly, in the nighttide.

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Modern Agricultural Techniques In India.

July 28, 2011 By gzgarden Leave a Comment

Article by aniketdicosta

India is primarily an agriculture country dating back to more than ten thousand years. Today, India ranks the second largest in agricultural output worldwide. Agriculture contributes approximately 33 percent of the Gross Domestic Product and round about 70 percent of Indian population is engaged in agriculture sector. Most of the agricultural outputs including wheat, tea, coffee, cotton etc are exported to foreign countries contributing about 8.56 percent of India?s exports. About 43 per cent of geographical land is used for agricultural activity. India accounts world?s number one country in sugarcane and stood second rank in rice output.

Modern Agricultural Techniques:

With years of practice in agriculture there have been new inventions and modern techniques adopted by farmers in agriculture To spread and encourage knowledge of agriculture among the youth generation, government has even launched new programmes and courses with specialization in agriculture Modern Agricultural comprises of improved farming techniques and the using of irrigation and high-yield grains resulting into increased production. The main drawback is being the inadequate monsoon, which accounts a crucial role in influencing agricultural production in India since most of the cropped area even now does not have any assured irrigation. Although measures are being undertaken by government authorities to eradicate the inadequacy of monsoon by introducing water dams and river project for effective irrigation.

In fact, India is facing the biggest challenge of producing enough food grains to cater the increasing population of India. Hence measures are been taken to expand farmland area and with quality grains the farmers are now able to produce double output in the same amount of land.

Farmers have adopted modern improved irrigation techniques that have the potential to increase agricultural production with improved farming techniques in areas that rely on monsoon also could improve yield. Moreover, improving the use of fertilizer, especially on rain fed land, also would help to increase the production. Government of India is trying a variety of plans and strategies with sophisticated water management techniques replacing the traditional farming practices.

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