Fodder Essays

  • Livestock Feeding Programmes

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    retaining high moisture content, and stored under anaerobic conditions in a silo or ‘clamp’, whereby air is excluded. Modern methods, produce bails of silage, wrapped in plastic to exclude air in much same way, but are easier to handle and store. The fodder then undergoes a fermentation process, lowering the ph value to around 4.5 -5, which acts to preserve or basically ‘pickle’ the silage through the production of lactic acid, amongst others. Typically, silage from grass is cut three times a year, with

  • Technology Integrated into Agroforestry Systems Provides Multiple Benefits for Rural Counties

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    productivity and efficiency from their outputs that will provide some level of economic stability and livelihood. Four different types of agroforestry technologies that would aid in these practices include fertilizer tree systems, rotational woodlots, fodder banks, and indigenous fruit trees. Dr. Sharrow, professor at Oregon State University, explains his first law of agroforestry as “A good system is more than the sum of its parts” and implementing these technologies demonstrates this concept (2008 P

  • Ethnobotany

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    species of thirty six genera belonging to twenty five families were used traditionally by local inhabitants as medicinal, forage/fodder, shelter, fuel, and agricultural tools species. Sher & Al-Yemeni (2011) reported economically important plants in different parts of Malam Jabba (Swat). A total of ninety species were recorded having medicinal, fruit, food, fuel timber, fodder, and many other uses. Review of literature reveals a lot of ethnobotanical references about traditional usage of plants. Therefore

  • Hong Kong Species: East Asian porcupine and Red Muntjac

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    paper ... ...odder to manufacture cloths, or make profit from manufacturing products, which they can seize from the Park area either by hold captive or by shooting. Red Muntjac may be found in scrublands or in forest on a foggy evening. Collecting fodder may be one of the reasons of low regeneration in country park area. 3.illegal hunting and poaching Hunting and poaching was assessed as a serious threat to Barking deer. As red Muntjac is a delicate venison, many villagers in Hong Kong including

  • Poem And Exposure And Counter Attack By Siegfried Sassoon

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    The reaction against ‘cannon fodder’ concepts of war are strong in both poems. This means that soldiers were treated as mere pawns on a chess board. This is strongly seen in stanza one of ‘Counter Attack’, with the description of the soldiers. “Pallid, unshaven and thirsty” and “the

  • The Effects of Pesticides on Agriculture

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    residues in livestock generally accumulate by two ways. Either pesticides are applied to animals through insecticide-impregnated ear tag, spray, self treatment back rubber, dust bags, injectable or through pesticides spray on agricultural crops and fodder (Poppenga, 1999). Pesticide use has a positive and dramatic effect on agricultural production through protection of crops against insects, pests and diseases (Kaeew et al., 1996). Also for all pesticides to be effective against the pests, they must

  • Gfc Business Ethics

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    • Find an alternative use for it such as using it as fodder or extracting corn oil or corn starch, only if it’s fit for consumption- animals/humans after being processed as oil, starch or fodder. • There are several other uses of corn in which it’s not consumed like in production of match sticks, GFC could have sold it to those companies, it would have fetched lower price

  • The Role of Livestock in Pakistan's Agricultural Economy

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    Agriculture plays a vital role in our society, economic growth, and food production. It is the second largest sector in the Pakistan that is important in the economic growth of the country. Sustainable growth in livestock production system is essential for improving the livestock production i.e. milk and meat per animals rather than increasing the numbers of animals (Shabbir, 2011). It generates employment opportunities for rural smallholder farmers. Approximately 62 % population is living in rural

  • Oasis agro-ecosystem and date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) production in the MENA region

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    the system. About 1.2 million ha of irrigated cropland are used for the production of dates, fodder, fruit trees, and vegetables. In addition, an estimated 2.7 million cattle, pastoralists within this system (FAO, 2008). Under the palm trees in the oases, a microclimate is established. Humidity, heat, and light are favorable for optimized usage of space for other crops (orange, pomegranate, vegetables, fodder and, cereals) to grow in an environment, where fertile soil is scarce (photo. xx). Beside its

  • Bee Pollination Of Bees

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    hill with a garden of flowers all that are perished because bees are not around for their duty. The depopulation of bees could have a huge impact on the environment, which is reliant on the insects for pollination. If taken to the extreme, crops, fodder and therefore livestock could die off if there are no pollinating insects left. It would also have an impact on...

  • Project Proposal on Poverty Reduction

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    Project Proposal on Poverty Reduction "Poverty reduction through pro-active, participatory, income- generating involvement of Rural youth in goat rearing" 1. Name of the project: Income generation through goat rearing. 2. Implementing organisation: Lemon grass 3. Objectives of the project: I) Income generation of the distressed women and land less farmers, II) Establishment of small scale goat rearing enterprise, III) Raise nutritional status through goat rearing and

  • Rhetorical Analysis Of A More Perfect Union

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    The speech “A More Perfect Union” given by Barack Obama during his 2008 presidential campaign rallied a great deal of support towards his election. In this essay I will analyze the effect his tone and style had on his audience, as well as give my personal reaction to the speech. On March 18 2008 presidential candidate Barack Obama addressed a growing controversy surrounding the racial views expressed by his former pastor Reverend Wright. Beyond simply expressing disapproval towards these opinions

  • The Code of Hammurabi

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    The code of Hammurabi By far the most remarkable of the Hammurabi records is the code of laws, the earliest known example of a ruler proclaiming publicity to his people an entire body of laws, arranged in orderly groups, so that all men might read and know what was required of them.1 The code was carved upon a black stone monument, eight feet high, and clearly intended to be reread in public view.2 The Code made known, in a vast number of cases, what the decision would be, and many cases

  • The Red Panda

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    With a population of less than 10,000 the red panda is listed vulnerable on the endangered species list. “The red panda has small cat like features but markings like a panda or a raccoon (Bearlife). “The red panda lives in Asia its habitat ranges include central China, Nepal, Myanmar, and Bhutan (Bearlife).”Reasoning for red pandas becoming endangered is habitat destruction. “Once living in many parts of Asia, the red panda is now confined to parceled territories that collectively are a fraction

  • Comparing the Dystopian Society in Brave New World and Modern Society

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    The meaning of happiness is a vague concept. Mankind has always tried to achieve this state of well-being even though there isn’t a clear definition. Brave New World tells the story of a society where there is nothing but happiness, just like a utopia, but it is considered a dystopian setting by the modern society. In modern society, there is a simple road that most people follow to achieve happiness: earning enough money for education, getting a university degree, a prestigious and high-paying job

  • Agricultural Revolution Essay

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    Introduction The second agricultural revolution can be termed as the period of agricultural enhancement between the 18th century and the culmination of the 19th century, which saw an extensive and rapid increase in agricultural yield and vast improvements in farm technology. Historians have frequently regarded as the first Agricultural Revolution (mainly at around 10,000 B.C.) as the period of transition from a hunting-and-gathering society to one based on stationary farming (Maisels, Dec 16, 2003)

  • Bloody Sunday

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    that was the Crimean war, Tsar Alexander II saw the drastic need for an improved military, firstly for trained soldiers instead of the serfs who served as cannon fodder throughout the war. To remedy this problem, Alexander issued his Emancipation Manifesto, which freed the serfs, in a combined attempt to alleviate the use of these cannon fodder-like people and the failing economy under the system of serfdom. By doing this, the tsar had hoped he had improved the state of the motherland, but instead, he

  • Benefits Of Mung Beans

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    The mung beans is a major edible legume seed in Asia (India, South East-Asia and East Asia) and is also eaten in Southern Europe and in the Southern USA. The mature seeds provide an invaluable source of digestible protein for humans in places where meat is lacking or where people are mostly vegetarian (AVRDC, 2012). Mung beans are cooked fresh or dry. They can be eaten whole or made into flour, soups, porridge, snacks, bread, noodles and ice-cream. Split seeds can be transformed into dhal in the

  • The Language Of Clothing Analysis

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    Marie Kondo, a Japanese organizing consultant and author, sheds light on the notion that if a person were to love their clothes, whether it be expensive or not, they would be able to sustain that pride with himself everyday: “If you fold your clothes in the formal spark of joy, you can actually make the joy last longer.” Albeit some may argue that personality has no correlation with the way a person dresses, the fact of the matter is that clothing choice can influence the way one acts on a specific

  • Mother Dairy Case Study

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    MOTHER DAIRY   HISTORY OF MOTHER DAIRY It was set up in 1978 under, Operation Flood-I‟ scheme of Govt. of India. Today Mother Dairy Kolkata is a household name and the Dairy is a premier dairy player in the state of West Bengal that has completed 33 years of dedicated service by serving innumerable small and marginal village milk producers and a wide cross-section of urban consumers. It safeguard the interest of rural milk producers by encouraging cooperative movement and marketing surplus milk