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Agriculture

The production of food through the raising of crops and/or animals. The development of agriculture approximately 9,000 years ago is considered to be one of the most important revolutions in human thinking, one that made civilization possible. The trade of agricultural products, such as wheat or coffee, gave rise to the first exchanges. Even now, agricultural products are among the most important commodities that are traded. Very often, agriculture may only be performed in certain areas. Zoning laws regulate where farming and ranching may or may not take place. See also: Agribusiness.

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The conflicting reports of the PCA and the Office of the City Agriculturist prompted Mayor Maria Isabelle Salazar to order a review before she issues an executive order declaring a state of calamity.

Pests hit 112,117 coco trees

'There should be a MOA to make it clear that DA has control and supervision over the provincial and municipal agriculturist. If the DA has no extent of authority over these workers, we cannot expect that our programs from the DA will be felt there,' Sangcopan said.

Solon wants local agricultural functions reverted to DA

Also, there is no legislation which obliges farmers to consult a qualified agriculturist on the proper use of pesticides.

HEALTH: Cyprus tops EU list for excess pesticide residues in food

Marisa Aton, acting city agriculturist, said the villages of Patadon, Malinan and Maceboleg had already declared a state of calamity in their jurisdictions.

Farmers' losses mount as El Nino's grip widens

Balantac said this can be attained through modern farming technology and learning mechanisms through the interventions of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the provincial government through the Office of Provincial Agriculturist (OPA).

Batangas aims to make young farmers rich

MPAs Samiullah Chaudhry, Sahibzada Muhammad Gazain Abbasi, Syed Ali Abbas Shah, Sardar Sahabudin Khan Seehar, Sardar Javed Akhtar Khan Lund and Nawabzada Mansoor Ahmad Khan have been inducted to the council besides ex-MNA Dr Mina Ehsan Leghari Agriculturist Sardar Ali Raza Derashik and three former civil servants, namely Anwar A Khan, Javed Iqbal Awan and Athar Hussain Khan are also a part of South Punjab creation council.

Executive Council on Creation of South Punjab formed

Prominent Qatari agriculturist Nasser Ahmed al-Khalaf told Gulf Times that his farm will harvest in the coming weeks melons and water melons, grown for the first time in the country using hydroponics.

Hydroponics gives local veg production further boost

HYDERABAD -- Sindh Chamber of Agriculture, a representative body of agriculturist and growers in Sindh ha declared 2017-18 as year of destruction for agriculture economy of Sindh for the reason that sugar mills of the province have failed to start crushing season for sugarcane cultivated in millions of tons in the province and also their refusal to pay growers rate of Rs,280 per maund as notified by Sindh government.

2017-18 declared year of annihilation for agriculture economy in Sindh

Agriculture income is exempted from tax under section 41 of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, at the same it is also an established fact that agriculturist are selling their agricultural produce at international rates.

APTMA proposes 1% WHT on three major crops

According to studies on Myanmar's economic history, agricultural land in the Lower Myanmar delta, which was developed into a global rice export area, transformed from being 'agriculturist' to 'non-agriculturist' in nature under British colonial rule.

Identifying the 'agriculturists' in the Burma Delta in the colonial period: a new perspective on agriculturists based on a village tract's registers of holdings from the 1890s to the 1920s

When the area's agriculturist sought sanctuary at the church, Banque took him in and urged him to stay.

What price justice? Four years after independence East Timor's future depends on difficult choices about justice, reconciliation, and economic recovery

In September the Black Farmers and Agriculturist Association (BFAA) and 11 other plaintiffs filed a new suit against the U.S.

Black farmers sue USDA for $20.5 billion: mismanaged 1999 settlement sparks class action lawsuit