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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

Christopher Schwebius is an entrepreneur who seeks out sharply defined, specifically focused topics to research. Upon finishing his research he provides relevant, un-biased information to his readers based on his discoveries and/or personal experiences. One of his latest ongoing projects can be viewed at http://www.whyisagricultureimportant.com

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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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Sustainability 61: Biomass Gasifiers

July 26, 2011 By gzgarden Leave a Comment

A gasifier is simply any installation that converts carbon-containing materials — peat, coal, oil, animal waste, wood, plant waste, organic materials, etc. — into a mix of gases that can in turn be burned to release energy. A biomass gasifier is an installation that uses one or more particular types of biomass, such as silage, wood chips, charcoal or organic waste, as its input fuel.

Fairly large scale gasifiers were first developed as local utilities in the 1800s, long before the spread of natural gas lines and electrical power grids, to provide a locally distributed fuel gas to be used for lighting, heating and cooking. The gas transmitted throughout such historical ‘town gas’ distribution systems was most often coal gas, derived from the combustion of coal. Though the residential use of such town gas was effectively supplanted by cheaper natural gas and electricity throughout the early 20th Century, gasification has since been consistently used in the production of synthetic fuels and chemicals.

However, small-scale biomass gasifiers, in which the inputs may include organic, animal and human wastes, have been around for quite some time as well. European wood gas generators supplied motor vehicle fuel through the gasoline shortages of World War II. Gasifiers consuming rural biomass and waste have long served the fuel needs of small farming villages and communities throughout the Indian subcontinent.

A typical biomass gasifier begins with a supply of biomass, whether wood chips, sawdust, corncobs and stalks, cattle dung, or other similar organic waste. Fed into the gasification, or combustion, chamber by some form of metering or measuring auger or conveyor, the biomass fuel is burned, with the assistance of a combustion fan or other oxygen input. Flammable gases given off by that combustion can be burned in turn to heat the water of a boiler-driven heating system. Those flammable gases burn quite hotly and cleanly, generating both substantial efficiency and little waste.

Biomass gasifiers must, of course, be developed and designed to suit their particular locale and installation. What is the intended input fuel? By what combustion process, sequence, and batch sizing is the greatest energy efficiency achieved? What is the residual waste? Must it be further treated? And, if so, how? Once such particulars are answered, and a final biomass gasifier designed, it may offer substantial savings over other more conventional heating systems. In some parts of the country, manufacturers offer ready-made ‘pre-packaged’ biomass gasifiers.

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Bakersfield In California

July 25, 2011 By gzgarden Leave a Comment

It is the county courthouse for Kern Country and is rapidly growing in population, on the figure showed almost 312,000 in the 2006 census. Colonists had pulled in to the place at the time the gold was detected in the year 1851 and in the year 1865, oil was discovered. During 1930′s, more people got in from different states to run away from the results from the Dust Bowl.

Lots of migrant farm workers were from the place of Mexico, Central and South America. There are also more permanent Basque community, shown in the amount of restaurants of old Basque. Also Chinese have the residential district in the city. Some social problems and political right inclines by Bakersfield California. The degree of teenage or immature pregnancy and with a low average statistics in literacy brought on the city’s concern.

Second to Nashville, the city is also known to be music center of the country for California. Merle Haggard, the music star of the country was born in the city of Bakersfield California and also Buck Owens, the late singer was based in there. In the 1950s, they both assisted to establish the “Bakersfield Sound”. Also rock bands began out here that includes Heavy Metal, Korn.

Oil production history in the place can be traced in Kern County Museum and childrens discovery museum is also showcase in the place and scene for local country music is exhibited. California State University is located at Bakersfield California and its local airport as Meadows Field Airport. The Bakersfield Symphony Ochestra was based from the Rabobank Convention Center, that has 3,000 seats on which more cultural shows took place. The city also has close associations with the twin four cities in Belarus, Japan, China and Mexico.

The people there are very proud on their traditional sports and have formed a team in football, basketball, ice hockey and baseball. Bakersfield California is also a home of PGA qualifying tournaments in golf. Annually, more events are held like Clan Gathering Event and Scottish Games. Residents all in all also recognizes sports.

The city and some nearby district are one significant for the US. More improvements as the city remains to grow and so social needs of poorer citizens and travelers or migrants will be strongly dealt. Bakersfield is so blessed with oil fields, effective and productive land.

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Agriculture – Online Education Options for Career Training

July 25, 2011 By gzgarden Leave a Comment

Article by Renata McGee

The agriculture business delivers all types of foods such as meat and milk to everyone in society. Students can learn about crop and livestock farming by studying the industry through online agriculture schools and colleges. Online training can be pursued at several degree levels allowing students to enter their desired career.

The industry has seen a significant growth in technology use in recent years, which makes completing an education extremely beneficial if not imperative for interested students. Online training incorporates many fields to prepare students for professional work. Biology and chemistry are focused on to prepare students to understand plant promotion and livestock manufacturing. Students are also taught how to integrate new concepts with existing ones to better maintain the business. Many career opportunities are available to students that earn a degree. Some possible career options include:

*Agricultural Technician*Ranch Manager*Greenhouse Manager*Agricultural Professor

Students can enter these careers and more after completing the correct degree program. Online education options for career training in agriculture include an associate’s, bachelor’s, or master’s degree program.

Students that complete an associate’s degree program will gain a foundation in agriculture. Most programs prepare students to become technicians in the field by teaching them how to correctly operate the equipment and machines used for farming. The business of agriculture and understanding soil composition is also highly focused on. Common courses taken at this level of education could include:

*Agriculture Chemicals*Crop Science

Students can expect to understand the hazards of the business and how to promote safety on the job. Livestock and heavy machinery are key areas that are studied in a safety course. Other areas explored may include pesticides, the nature of soils, and ecosystems.

Bachelor’s degree programs give students the most career opportunities upon completion. Multiple concentration areas can be entered that focus on areas such as agricultural business management or industry marketing. Programs typically emphasize specific parts of the field like food production, soil science, and plant cultivation. Common coursework that can be found in all concentration areas may include:

*Microeconomics for Agriculture*Livestock Biometrics*Agriculture Research

Courses help students understand the chemical and biological make up of soil, plant growth, and crop performance. This wide knowledge base allows students to pursue careers in management, technology, and business.

Students that continue education by completing a master’s degree program have the opportunity to step into careers where they conduct research or teach others about agriculture. Students explore many areas, which include courses in biological engineering, organic agriculture, and agribusiness. Other online course topics that may be examined include:

*Horticulture*Agriculture Technology

Students are able to step into careers in areas that include government, science, management, and engineering. Soil composition specialists and agricultural policymakers are some career possibilities for students that complete training at the master’s degree level.

Online education allows students to work from home and enter their desired career. Enrolling in an accredited online college that offers agriculture is the first step to entering a satisfying career. Full accreditation is awarded by agencies like the Distance Education and Training Council to programs that offer a quality education.

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In Shandong province: “Harmonious spring” demonstrate charm of Agricultural Mechanization

July 24, 2011 By gzgarden Leave a Comment

Article by frbiz

Since the spring, Zhucheng agricultural sector prepared a solid spring sowing was carried out to the main content of spring agricultural work. According to statistics, the city has completed the machine actually 7.1 million mu of cultivated land, 11.5 mu of spring, machine filling 36.7 acres, battle various types of agricultural machinery reached 25 700 units (sets), spring sowing preparation work is in full swing, agricultural mechanization has a spring theme of agricultural production in the absolute, so that farmers feel the immediate friends of agricultural mechanization in the “spring” the production of charm.Innovative ideas spring grasp. Spring production management from the reminder reminder kinds of farming into a social service, policy and administrative guidance to promote the mode of operation is from a farmers cooperative to a fight on their own business direction, gradually decentralized management to farmers scale, intensive, mechanized, modern direction of change, technology promotion procedures have been great changes. Previously, the annual “spring seeding equipment,” are busy people to breathe. Now, with the intensity of agricultural support and continued to increase agricultural mechanization Zhucheng much more comprehensive, making spring sowing equipment becomes simple! I shop in the city’s Town, Village, Forest Village pleased to see the spring site, a National Taiwan University is a large agricultural field busily back and forth constantly. “Lao Bashi” Xu Gong King said with emotion: “Land tenure by nearly 30 years, the land began two years deep plowing, subsoiling. Former home, 7 acres of land, divided 56 large agricultural machinery can not scale of operation. and by every family of small four-wheel, can not complete subsoiling, deep tillage, soil compaction watched, but could do nothing. Now these problems are resolved, this is a credit to large agricultural machinery ah! “Grasp the key link in promoting spring. The town, the streets are the key to seize the current spring plowing time, give full play to new and efficient agricultural machinery, especially the role of agricultural machinery, organization, coordination and scheduling of all the agricultural machinery area into spring plowing.War effort with spring plowing. The spring production at all levels as the current agricultural and rural work in the mission, strengthen the leadership and dedication to good service. Agricultural sector to fully perform their functions, improve machine scheduling, organization of technical personnel to go to the forefront of production, and providing technical training, guidance and services in a timely manner and drainage maintenance and staff training, for the spring to provide mechanization of agricultural production services to help people solve the spring agricultural machinery operation difficulties and problems encountered.

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IRRIGATION: A Lifeline of AGRICULTURE

July 23, 2011 By gzgarden Leave a Comment

IRRIGATION: A Lifeline of AGRICULTURE

AGRICULTURE is one of the core sector for economic growth of the country. The overall growth of the country is determined by various parameters. Irrigation is considered as a life line of the India’s agriculture. The outstanding feature of Indian agriculture is its dependence on rainfall. Due to unequal distribution of rainfall during the year and its variation from year to year-in respect of quantity, incidence and duration, the Indian agriculture gets affected. Hence the development of irrigation was adopted priority in the India’s Five-year plans. Considerable amount was spent for the development of irrigation in the Five-year plans. In the first Five-year plan, irrigation accounted for an expenditure of Rs 456 crore and created irrigation potential was of the order of 3.66 million hectare. The 11th plan envisages creation of an additional potential of 16 million hectares at an estimated required outlay of about Rs 2,10,000 crore. Of the 182.7 million hectares of land used for cultivation, only about 62 million hectares is currently irrigated; the rest depend entirely on monsoon rains. Hence, from the agriculture point of view, enlarging the cropped area under assured irrigation is critical for Indian economy. India’s agriculture sector currently used about 90 per cent of total water resources. Irrigated agriculture has been fundamental to economic development, but unfortunately caused ground water depletion. India draws 80 per cent of its water resources from groundwater. India receives an average of 4,000 billion cubic metres of rainfall every year. Unfortunately, only 48 per cent of rainfall ends up in India’s rivers. Due to lack of storage and crumbling infrastructure, only 18 per cent can be utilized. Rainfall is confined to the monsoon season mainly form June to September, when India gets, on an average, 75 per cent of its total annual precipitation. Once again, due to India’s storage crunch the government is unable to store surplus water for the dry season. Government should take corrective policy decisions to balance the gap between supply and demand of water for the major sectors (Agriculture, Industry and Urbanisation etc.) as water is a scare resource. The scarcity of water becomes a bigger and bigger problem, rural and farming areas will most likely to hit the hardest. There is a clear picture about future need to augment irrigation capacity in agriculture as far as food production for rapidly growing population is concerned.

TAPPING IRRIGATION POTENTIAL

Efficient use of water resources is basic to survival of the ever increasing population of a country. In some areas, timing and amount of rainfall are not adequate to meet the moisture requirement of crops. Therefore, supplementary irrigation is essential to raise the crops, necessary to meet the needs of food and fiber for the growing population. Scientific irrigation water management techniques provide the best way to meet the irrigation requirement against weather induced fluctuations. The total irrigation potential was earlier estimated at 113.8 million hectares been revised to 140 million hectares. The share of major and medium schemes that are surface water based is 58.5 million hectares, whereas that of minor schemes, based on surface water is 17.4 million hectares. There has been large scale irrigation development but there was short fall in utilization of the potential created. To focus attention on efficient utilization of the created resources, a multi-disciplinary agency, the command area development authority was constituted in 1974-75. Command area development programme has been implemented in more than 100 irrigation projects with good results. India is very fortune country to have many rivers whose total catchment’s area is estimated to be 252.8 million hectares. Central Water Commission, Government of India, has divided the whole country in 20 river basins comprising 12 major basins, each having catchment’s area exceeding 20,000 KM and 8 composite river basis combining suitably together all the other remaining medium and small river systems. If we look in to the water availability per caput in 2001, it was 1,820 cubic meter over 1,027 million population which is expected to be reduced up to 1,341 cubic meters in 2025 over 1,394 (projected) million population. Country’s water demand is dominated by irrigation needs. The total water demand for agriculture, domestic and industrial sectors of India in 1995 was estimated to be about 650 KM3, of this about 90% is withdrawn for agriculture sector. To bridge the gap between water availability and requirement, inter-basin water transfers by inter-linking of rivers may be a viable alternative, which would also take care of the requirement of the water short areas, including drought prone areas. Use of Scientific water management system, use of waste water from the industries, lakes, reservoirs, ponds, drainage water are the ways about which one can think of. It’s a big hurdle before the policy makes to find out the ways to come out.

PATH TO MOVE ON

The Union Ministry of Water Resources constituted a standing sub-committee for assessment of availability and requirement of water. Government have put forward a multi-prolonged approach highlighting the need for completion of storage dams, interlinking of rivers, recycling of domestic waters and of industrial used water, desalination of sea water and artificial recharge ground water. Availability of irrigation water is an important factor in increasing the food grain production but availability of water is decreasing each day due to overuse of underground water. The Central Ground Water Board has identified 1,065 assessment blocks as over exploited or critical. The strategy proposed for water recharge is to divert rain water into dug wells. India Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) has set up one teaching-cum-demonstration model of water harvesting in each of 32 selected State Agriculture Universities and ICAR institutes to train 100 trainers and 1000 farmers every year. Irrigation accounts for an enormous portion of the world’s water use. Thus, most efficient utilization of even a small amount of irrigation water would free large amounts of water for other uses. We should ensure that our old water recharge systems are sustained and enhances, new recharge systems are developed.

Some possible ways are as given below.

1. Use of good agriculture practices. In Australia, water consumption in agriculture has been reduces by 30 per cent in the past 20 years by good agriculture practices.

2. Need to encourage modern irrigation methods like Drip Irrigation method.

3. Farmers should avoid one time flood irrigation system in their fields and instead should give more number of irrigation at intervals for higher inputs.

4. Use of Moisture conservation techniques like mulching can reduce the water requirement up to some extent.

5. Waste water of kitchen and toilet cam also be recycled and channelled for farming or charging of the underground water.

6. Computer-controlled system can be used to supervise the soil moisture and provide water when necessary. This will lead to irrigation efficiency.

7. Farmers can switch to more water-efficient, drought-resistant and salt-tolerant crop varieties.

8. Farmers can use organic farming techniques which result in higher crop yield per hectare and require only one-fourth of water and fertilizer.

9. Better farming techniques, such as leaving crop residue on fields and ground cover on drainage ways could reduce water losses dramatically.

Thus, there is need to efficiently conserve the available water resources and use them judiciously with modern technological tools.

MAHENDRA K Patidar is a Computer Engineer currently pursuing PGDM with Banking, Insurance and Financial Services from Institute of Public Enterprise Hyderabad. He is the founder of a NGO named as PRATIGYA Foundation, which work for rural segment of the country. He is also writing a book titled as “Where we are going..???” A facet of rural India: Problems and Prospects. He love to Write articles. His previous articles includes “Literacy and Economic Development”, “High-Tech INDIA:Still a DREAM”, “Madhya Pradesh: Undermined or Undermanaged”, “INDIAN SPORTS: Why can’t we think beyond Money??” and “Do we really need B-School??”.

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July 22, 2011 By gzgarden Leave a Comment

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In economics, business is the social science of managing people to organize and maintain collective productivity toward accomplishing particular creative and productive goals, usually to generate profit.
The etymology of “business” refers to the state of being busy, in the context of the individual as well as the community or society. In other words, to be busy is to be doing commercially viable and profitable work.
The term “business” has at least three usages, depending on the scope — the general usage (above), the singular usage to refer to a particular company or corporation, and the generalized usage to refer to a particular market sector, such as “the record business,” “the computer business,” or “the business community” — the community of suppliers of goods and services.
The singular “business” can be a legally-recognized entity within an economically free society, wherein individuals organize based on expertise and skills to bring about social and technological advancement.
In predominantly capitalist economies, businesses are typically formed to earn profit and grow the personal wealth of their owners.
The owners and operators of a business have as one of their main objectives the receipt or generation of a financial return in exchange for their work — that is, the expense of time and energy — and for their acceptance of risk — investing work and money without certainty of success.
Notable exceptions to this rule include cooperative businesses and government institutions.
However, the exact definition of business is disputable as is business philosophy; for example, some Marxists use “means of production” as a rough synonym for “business”; however a more accurate definition of “means of production” would be the resources and apparatus by which products and services are created.
Control of these resources and apparatus results in control of business activity, and so, while they are very closely related, they are not the same thing.
Socialists advocate either government, public, or worker ownership of most sizable businesses. Some advocate a mixed economy of private and state-owned enterprises. Others advocate a capitalist economy where all, or nearly all, enterprises are privately owned.
Business Studies is taught as a subject in many schools.
Contents[hide]
1 Types of business ownership
2 Limited and Unlimited Liability
3 Organization
4 Business and government
4.1 Organizing a Vehicle
4.2 Commercial Law and Other Regulation
5 Capital
6 Intellectual property
7 Business and management
8 Exit plans
9 See also
10 External links

Types of business ownership
There are several types of business unit:.
Sole Proprietorship: a business owned by one person. The owner may operate on their own or may employ others. The owner of the business has total and unlimited personal liability of the debts incurred by the business.
Partnership: A partnership is a form of business in which two or more people operate for the common goal of making profit. Each partner has total and unlimited personal liability of the debts incurred by the partnership.
Cooperative Business: (often referred to as a Co-Op business or Co-Ops) use a cooperative business structure: for-profit, limited liability, but with members of the co-op share decision-making authority. Co-Ops normally fall into three types: consumer co-ops, producer co-ops (common in agriculture) and worker-owned companies. Co-Ops are fundamental to the ideology of Economic democracy.
Limited Companies
Private Limited Company (Ltd): a small to medium sized business that is often run by the family or the small group who own it. The owners and managers are only liable for the business up to the amount they have invested in the company, and are not liable for the debts incurred by the company unless they have signed a personal guarantee.
Public Limited Company (Plc): a business with limited liability, a wide spread of shareholders and in the UK, a share capital of over £50,000. The owners and managers are only liable for the business up to the amount they have invested in the company, and are not liable for the debts incurred by the company (unless they have signed a personal guarantee, which usually is not the case for a large corporation).
In the United States and some other countries, a limited company is known as either a corporation or a limited liability company.
Franchise: a new and popular form of business, especially in the United States. This is where an individual or small business (the franchisee) is given the right to use the identity and sell the products or services of another firm (franchisor). The chances of success for the franchisee are high, but a small portion of the profits must go to the franchisor. Examples of this form of business ownership include McDonalds, Burger King and the Body Shop.

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There are many types of businesses, and, as a result, businesses can be classified in many ways. One of the most common focuses on the primary profit-generating activities of a business, for example:
Manufacturers produce products, from raw materials or component parts, which they then sell at a profit. Companies that make physical goods, such as cars or pipes, are considered manufacturers.
Service businesses offer intangible goods or services and typically generate a profit by charging for labor or other services provided to government, other businesses or consumers. Organizations ranging from house decorators to consulting firms to restaurants and even to entertainers are types of service businesses.
Retailers and Distributors act as middle-men in getting goods produced by manufacturers to the intended consumer, generating a profit as a result of providing sales or distribution services. Most consumer-oriented stores and catalogue companies are distributors or retailers.
Agriculture and mining businesses are concerned with the production of raw material, such as plants or minerals.
Financial businesses include banks and other companies that generate profit through investment and management of capital.
Information businesses generate profits primarily from the resale of intellectual property and include movie studios, publishers and packaged software companies.
Utilities produce public services, such as heat, electricity, or sewage treatment, and are usually government chartered.
Real estate businesses generate profit from the selling, renting, and development of properties, homes, and buildings.
Transportation businesses deliver goods and individuals from location to location, generating a profit on the transportation costs
There are many other divisions and subdivisions of businesses. The authoritative list of business types for North America (although it is widely used around the world) is generally considered to be the North American Industry Classification System, or NAICS. The equivalent European Union list is the NACE.

Limited and Unlimited Liability
Unlimited Liability: a situation in which owners of a business are liable for all the debts that the business may incur.
Limited Liability: a situation in which the liability of the owners of a business is limited to the full paid-up value of the share capital.

Organization
Most businesses must accomplish similar functions regardless of size, legal structure or industry. These functions are often organized into departments. Common departments include (but are not limited to):
Accounting
Typically responsible for financial reporting, financial controls and the raising of the capital necessary to run the business.
Human Resources
Typically responsible for hiring, firing, payroll, benefits, etc.
Marketing and sales
responsible for selling the business’ goods or services to the customer and for managing the relationships with the customer
Marketing
Typically responsible for promoting interest in, and generating demand for, the business’ products or services, and positioning them within the market
Sales
finding likely purchasers and obtaining their agreement (known as a contract) to buy the business’ products or services
Operations
makes the product or delivers the service
Production
produces the raw materials into the delivered goods, if they require processing
Customer service
supports customers who need help with the goods or services
Procurement
responsible for acquiring the goods and services necessary for the business. Sometimes organized as:
Strategic sourcing
determines the business’ needs and plans for acquiring the necessary raw materials and services for the business
Purchasing
processes the purchase orders and related transactions
Research and Development
tests to create new products and to determine their viability (e.g. pilot plants)
Information Technology
manages the business’ computer and data assets
Communications/Public Relations
responsible for communicating to the outside world
Administration
provides administrative support to the other departments (such as typing, filing, etc.)
Internal Audit
an independent control function typically accountable to the Board of Directors for reporting on the proper functioning of the other departments
Management is sometimes listed as a “department” but typically refers to the top level of leadership within the business regardless of their functional role.

Business and government

The Bank of England in Threadneedle Street, London, England.
Most legal jurisdictions specify the forms that a business can take, and a body of commercial law has developed for each type. Some common types include partnerships, corporations (also called limited liability companies), and sole proprietorships.

The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.Please improve this article or discuss the issue on the talk page.
Organizing a Vehicle
The major factors affecting how a business is organized are usually:
The size and scope of the business, and its anticipated management and ownership : A smaller business is more flexible, larger businesses or those with wider ownership or more formal structures, will usually tend to be organized as partnerships or (more commonly) corporations. In addition a business which wishes to raise money on a stock market or to be owned by a wide range of people will often be required to adopt a specific legal form to do so.
The sector and country : private profit making businesses are different from government owned bodies. In some countries, certain businesses are legally obliged to be organized certain ways.
Limited liability : corporations, and limited liability partnerships, protect their owners from business failure, and are treated as separate entities, whereas an unincorporated business or person working on their own is usually not so protected.
Tax advantages : Different structures are treated differently in tax law, and may have advantages for this reason.
Disclosure and compliance requirements : different business structures may be required to make more or less information public (or reported to relevant authorities), and may be bound to comply with different rules and regulations.
Many businesses are operated through a separate entity such as a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company. Most legal jurisdictions allow people to organize such an entity by filing certain charter documents with the relevant Secretary of State or equivalent and complying with certain other ongoing obligations. The relationships and legal rights of shareholders, limited partners, or members, as the case may be, are governed partly by the charter documents and partly by the law of the jurisdiction where the entity is organized. Generally speaking, shareholders in a corporation, limited partners in a limited partnership, and members in a limited liability company are shielded from personal liability for the debts and obligations of the entity, which is legally treated as a separate “person.” This means that unless there is misconduct, the owner’s own possessions are strongly protected in law, if the business does not succeed.
Where two or more individuals own a business together but have failed to organize a more specialized form of vehicle, they will be treated as a simple (USA: general) partnership. The terms of a partnership will be partly governed by a partnership agreement if one is created, and partly by the law of the jurisdiction where the partnership is located. No paperwork or filing is necessary to create a partnership, and without an agreement, the relationships and legal rights of the partners will be entirely governed by the law of the jurisdiction where the partnership is located.
A single person who owns and runs a business is commonly known as a sole proprietor, whether he or she owns it directly or through a formally organized entity.
A few relevant factors to consider in deciding how to operate a business include:
General partners in a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership), plus anyone who personally owns and operates a business without creating a separate legal entity, are personally liable for the debts and obligations of the business.
Generally, corporations are required to pay tax just like “real” people. In some tax systems, this can give rise to so-called double taxation, because first the corporation pays tax on the profit, and then when the corporation distributes its profits to its owners, individuals have to include dividends in their income when they complete their personal tax returns, at which point a second layer of income tax is imposed.
In most countries, there are laws which treat small corporations differently than large ones. They may be exempt from certain legal filing requirements or labor laws

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Good article. And alot of useful info.

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Agriculture in India

July 21, 2011 By gzgarden Leave a Comment

Article by aniketdicosta

Indian economy is growing faster owing to the industrial and agricultural sectors since the revolution. India has also shown its dominance and sustained growth in the service and manufacturing sectors as well. But primarily, India is a land of agriculture. Our forefathers were agriculturist. Almost seventy per cent of Indian population is engaged in agricultural practices either directly or indirectly. Earlier, traditional methods were used in agriculture; farmers were using bullock carts, and were sowing seeds manually. Nowadays, farmers have adopted modern tools and techniques in agriculture and are now able to produce double output. Modern agriculture includes implementation of various new technological and institutional factors like use of HYV quality seeds, improved ploughs & irrigation, fertilizers, tractors, harvesters, and other important inputs.

India is the largest producer of sugarcane, tea, cashew, coconuts, turmeric and black pepper and ranks second largest producer in terms of rice, wheat, groundnut and inland fish. Agriculture is the largest economic sector and plays a very important role in the overall socio-economic development of India. Agriculture and other allied sectors account around 16.6 per cent of the total GDP in the year 2007. Moreover, India produces around 10 per cent of the total world’s fruit production, ranking first in banana and sapota production.

Indian Government is taking measure of meeting agricultural requirements by way of introducing various schemes such as construction of rural go downs, strengthening of agricultural marketing infrastructure, developing information network, and grading & standardization. Further, Indian Government has also established the Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute for launching new techniques and procedures for the various agricultural experiments, data analysis and specializes in statistical implementations for cattle and plants breeding.

Ministry of Agriculture has been giving much emphasis on commercializing agricultural production in the country. Sufficient food production & distribution has been considered high priority and global issue. On the other side, the ministry is also emphasizing on practice of horticulture by way of NHM and dissmenting latest production techniques.

Farmers holds small piece of land of their ancestral properties and practice agriculture. The average size of holding by each state varies from 0.5 hectare (Kerala), 0.75 hectare (Tamil Nadu), 3 hectares (Maharashtra), 3.65 hectares (Rajasthan), 4.03 hectares (Punjab) and the highest of 7.28 hectare (Nagaland). Sizes and areas vary due to the natural factors such as rain, soil, climate, population and quality of land. The agricultural output also differs due to inadequate rainfall in a particular year.

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What Importance Does Agricultural Implements Have in Indian Farming?

July 20, 2011 By gzgarden Leave a Comment

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India has an agricultural sector that fulfills the livelihood needs of over 60 percent of the country’s population. In such a situation, the demand of agricultural implements in the country is bound to experience growth. Interestingly, the agricultural implements suppliers and manufacturers in India are not only fulfilling the domestic needs, but also increasing the country’s share in the foreign trade.

As far as the domestic market for the agricultural implements is concerned, it is still in its nascent stage but not for many years to come. The following discussion analyzes the growing importance of these implements and how agricultural implements manufacturers are playing their roles.

Global and Domestic Growth RateThe global agricultural implements market is growing at a rate of 4.8 percent annum and it is expected to attain the worth of billion in 2010 and .2 billion by 2012. For the domestic agricultural implements market in India, a compound annual growth rate of 5 percent should help it attain the worth of billion in 2010.

The exports from the Indian agricultural implements manufacturers are finding international acceptance. For example, the tractors manufactured in India witnessed a growth from US$ 78 million in 2000-01 to US$ 235 million in 2004-05. The major markets for the Indian exports include the countries in Africa, Asia, South America and the Middle East. About 10 percent of the global agricultural implements market is acquired by the agricultural implements suppliers from India.

Reasons for GrowthThe face of the Indian agriculture is fast changing from hand farming to mechanized farming methods. This has given a boost to the demand of agricultural equipments in various states of the country. Some of the other reasons for this include:* Rise in the concept of contract farming where a contract is signed between a farmer and the contractor. The farmer produces the crops for the contractor on his own land and harvest and delivers the crops to the contractor at a pre-determined price.* Increased availability of institutional loans in the past few years has enabled the farmers to purchase the expensive implements for farming.* Urbanization has inspired a large section of village population to migrate to cities. Thus, the reduced manpower has increased the demand of implements.

Moreover, the increased brand value of top agricultural implements manufacturers in India has encouraged farmers to trust on their high-performing implements.

Popular Agricultural ImplementsThe agricultural implements suppliers offer implements in the following categories:* For land development, seed bed preparation and tilling, tractors and mould board plough are the modern implements.* Modern seed drills and planters are used for the processes like sowing and planting.* Blowers and power sprayers are used for plant protection.* Modern harvesters and threshers are other implements manufactured by the agricultural implements manufacturers.* Dozers, scrapers, dibblers, seed extractors, ditchers and dryer are the common implements in demand.

It is clear from the above discussion that agricultural implements are not only readily available but they also contribute towards convenient and profitable farming. So, in an agricultural country like India, the demand for these implements should increase year by year.

Author has wide knowledge of B2B Marketplace and Business industries. For latest updates and business opportunities on agricultural implements, Visit online business directory Dir.indiaMART.com

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