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		<title>Actual State of Organic Agriculture</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organic farming is much more than just growing crops without the addition of chemical fertilizers and synthetic chemical pesticides, but a holistic system of agriculture, which still maintains and improves the economic sustainability and ecological balance not generating-toxic, healthy and tasty food or medicine or dye with natural fragrance and color.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Organic farming is much more than just growing crops without the addition of chemical fertilizers and synthetic chemical pesticides, but a holistic system of agriculture, which still maintains and improves the economic sustainability and ecological balance not generating-toxic, healthy and tasty food or medicine or dye with natural fragrance and color.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In today&#8217;s world, most organic farmers, who believe in biodiversity, they avoid genetically modified varieties, be they plants or seeds or plants or animals. Either you do not use any chemical in soil fertility and pest control, no chemicals, nor for growth or for protection, except for drugs that also if the situation is very bad and out of control.<span id="more-79"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">SUMMARY</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Organic farming is now practiced in over 100 countries around the world. The harmful effects of agrochemicals used in recent decades have the minds of consumers in different countries to buy now, or are willing to bio-bye foods with a high premium changed.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Policy makers are now promoting organic farming for various reasons, such as soil health, conservation of the rural economy and creating better conditions. The total organic area of 26 million hectares with 61 standards and 364 estimated</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Certification bodies.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">World markets for organic products at U.S. $ 26 billion estimated.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The certified organic area in India is 2.5 million hectares, but outside the certified area is estimated much more.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Organic farming is practiced in India since the beginning of agriculture in this country, and he remains in office until the Green Revolution was introduced into this country in the sixties mid-term.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There is a brief mention of organic farming in ancient literature like the Rig Veda, Ramayana, Mahabharata and Kautilya Arthshastra etc.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Sir Albert Howard industrial agriculture has been the first to teach in India by the British in the Indian farmers, the use of agrochemicals, but he finished in the teaching of organic farming by Indian farmers, developed the process Indore and then to establish the symbiosis placed Mushroom bridge between the humus in the soil and the sap of plants by mycorrhizal associations. It is said in a farm Testament &#8220;Since the industrial revolution in agriculture is to bring the balance is the country in turmoil, all kinds of diseases on the rise, nature is the removal of spent soil against the erosion. &#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Agriculture in ancient India</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">1. Oldest practice 10,000 years ago in the Neolithic of the Old<br />
Civilization such as Mesopotamia, Hwang Ho basin, etc.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">2. Ramayana everything dead to the earth, which nourish the earth and life to 3 Mahabharata 5500 BC Kamadhenu &#8211; holy cow, did not</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">only in the life of man, but also in soil fertility</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">4. Kautilya Arthshastra 300 BC, the use of more fertilizer from dung</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">pets and cakes</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">5. Brihad Sanhita selection methods, fertilizer for crops and fertilizers</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">6. Rigveda 2,500-1,500 BC, green manure and the use of goat manure, sheep,<br />
Cow, etc.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The widespread use of chemicals in agriculture in India</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">U. S. Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug, the Creator of the famous dwarf wheat in Mexico, visited India in 1957. In a press conference, he said: &#8220;If I was a member of Indian Parliament, I jumped from my seat every fifteen minutes and yell across the top of my voice, fertilizers, fertilizer to farmers. &#8220;The fact is that from the fifties and sixties, independent India, there was a gap between demand and production of food. To meet these, the Indian planners under the influence of American institutions such as the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations and the U.S. culinary expert Norman Borlaug, the idea of a paradigm shift in agriculture, natural chemistry of the local high brid and store high yields, which Grain has won popularity in the global brand of &#8220;miracle seeds&#8221;, with the ability of agrochemicals, at this point in time developed. This has been a global phenomenon and has contributed to rising world food fixed immediately. The day of global food production of cereals is estimated at 2,100 million tons, and is mainly due to the use of agrochemicals on artificial fertilizers and synthetic pesticides. But the effects of these chemicals are artificial fertilizers and synthetic pesticides and watch. There was no data of any of the Indian organization, as published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA in 1991 showed prediction that high emissions of methane from rice fields in India to 37.8 tons per year, rice farmers in India and more accumulation raises global methane emissions is also known as greenhouse gas emissions considered. Therefore, in India, more weight was attached to relocate, not to keep farming and conventional rice to 47% of total arable land (National Policy on Agriculture, Limited, 2000). Use artificial fertilizers, especially nitrogen fertilizers always load parasites agricultural applications of pesticides, mainly synthetic pesticides, and both affect the environment significantly.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The global use of fertilizer (kg / ha)</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Korea &#8211; Japan 357 kg &#8211; 247 kg</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Netherlands &#8211; Bangladesh 172 kg &#8211; 158 kg</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Germany &#8211; India 153 kg &#8211; 89 kg</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The grim logic of the recommendation of the use of chemical fertilizers:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Plants need 17 essential nutrients are divided into two groups:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">1. Macro-nutrients needed by plants in large quantities and</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">2. Micro-nutrients needed by plants in small quantities</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Regardless of the sources, all plant nutrients in inorganic form only. The 3 most important primary or macro-nutrients are absorbed in &#8211;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Nitrogen (N) as ammonia, nitrate and nitrite</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Phosphorus (P), calculated as P2O5 Phosphorus (available)<br />
Potash (K), calculated as K2O (potash available)</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The 3-secondary macro nutrients such as calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg)) and sulfur (S naturally present in soil and manure disposal.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Micronutrients or minor nutrients are, in fact, trace elements like iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), boron (B)), molybdenum (Mo) and Cobalt (Co and the secondary macronutrients are in soil and fertilizers are available. While there is nothing to add to the absorption of organic nutrients by plants, but plant is determined by the source of Initially, the influence of these nutrients, it is best if the organic source, such as availability is modest and delayed output, but not extend to absorb nutrients and influence each other. In chemical process to prevent the overuse of nitrogen fertilizers used to absorb phosphorus and potassium by plants.</p>
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		<title>Capacity Building and E.extension for Enhancing Agriculture Productivity in India</title>
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The green revolution, white and blue gave us food security. The high yield varieties and new technologies were webbed with chemical farming. Even today we have critical gaps in the productivity of foodgrains between technology with farms and farming practices. The chemical farming has led to soil degradation, water pollution, soil erosion and salinity. Meanwhile, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Abstract<br />
The green revolution, white and blue gave us food security. The high yield varieties and new technologies were webbed with chemical farming. Even today we have critical gaps in the productivity of foodgrains between technology with farms and farming practices. The chemical farming has led to soil degradation, water pollution, soil erosion and salinity. Meanwhile, we are faced with land degradation in 173 million hectares or about 53% of the area. Each year we lose 5000 million tons of topsoil with NPK losses of 5-8 million tonnes per year.<br />
In Mahrastra according to a survey that the black soil depth of 60 cm in 1910 which has since been reduced. Over 18% of it became a flat. Reduced soil depth is now due to low productivity in the runoff of soil and drought conditions. Therefore, to avoid these negative effects, we have solid information and communication methods for binding soil mapping, data of annual rainfall, rainfall and climate forecasts for farmers (Wani, 2005).<br />
The conservation and proper use must have sufficient knowledge to be produced by the advanced satellite system and was able to count back through communication mechanism. Thus, to increase agricultural production, communication tools should be used.<span id="more-78"></span><br />
It is time for sustainable agriculture. We should use the waste sludge, farmyard manure, cakes of waste, community waste and green waste to increase the phosphorus, nitrogen and micro-nutrients in the soil. It has been shown that these alternatives has a capacity of 1-2% phosphorus and nitrogen are about 40-45%, and provide micronutrients. Therefore, a new strategy needs to man harvesting trees using leaf litter, waste residue must be represented orchard and other agricultural wastes for soil improvement.<br />
Although we pesticides value of 3500 crores. In urban India, we use the domestic Pestic 1000 crores in real estate. In 1948, malaria claimed the lives of 2-8 million people in Malaysia. With reduced use of DDT, the death toll to 17 in 1963. Thus, a balance between food security and clean environment is maintained in developing countries. This means maintaining a balance between food security and environmental protection, or purity. The lead in this direction will be discussed in this document.<br />
1. Introduction<br />
The green revolution, white and blue gave us food security. The high yield varieties and new technologies were webbed with chemical farming. Even today, we have produced critical vulnerabilities in the productivity of cereals by using technology and traditional farmer in the area. The chemical farming has led to soil degradation, water pollution, soil erosion and salinization. Meanwhile, we deal with land degradation in 173 million hectares or about 53% of the area. Each year we lose 5000 million tons of topsoil with NPK losses of 5-8 million tonnes per year. In Mahrastra according to a survey that the black soil depth of 60 cm in 1910 which has since been reduced. Over 18% of it became a flat. Reduced soil depth is now due to low productivity in the runoff of soil and drought conditions. Therefore, to avoid these negative effects, we have solid information and communication methods for binding soil mapping, data of annual rainfall, rainfall and climate forecasts for farmers (Wani, 2005). The conservation and proper use needs sufficient knowledge, be produced by the advanced satellite system and was able to count back through communication mechanism. Thus, to increase agricultural production of the paper should be used.<br />
2. Land Holding<br />
We need more technology system based on agriculture to increase productivity per unit of land. Horizontal expansion is not possible. Embargo on the indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and other agricultural-agent is another obstacle to productivity of food grains has increased. Unfortunately, our production of food grains has reduced the pace. Growth rate of 1-2% has put pressure on our economy. The import of food grains, a mistake the last ten years, problems due to the analysis.<br />
The whole system of national agricultural research, extension and field officers have experienced fatigue. Also for the depletion of soil minerals and reduce pollution will require new mechanisms to increase productivity. Perhaps the use of electronic media, e-groups and extension of agrarian reform in the form of the revised system, KVK, ATMA, village-level rural development, self-help information and agricultural Kiose need introduction. State Agriculture Management and Extension Training Institute can (Samet), will make adjustments in our farming system so that agriculture, aquaculture, livestock and water conservation with new technology companies led the gains mainstream. This must be continued and a policy favorable to farmers in sustainable agriculture. On these pages, we will be the role of communication technology in agricultural applications to increase productivity and profit per unit to discuss the land. Technological and application, it must produce more per unit of land. We still have a chance, because our returns are lower than in many counties and our neighbors (Samra &amp; Sastry 2002).<br />
3. Organic Farming.<br />
Organic farming has been hailed as modern technology. We did our traditional organic agriculture for the adoption of agriculture chemical, which has landed us into trouble. This rotation imposed modernity and traditionalism us hard. Maybe we jumped to accept or to test the technology without a comparison with our own practice. Now back to our own traditional way is also fraught with problems. Questions are often asked, we can maintain or even maintain our productivity through the use of organic farming?. The fusion of modern technology of today and the traditional technique of recent years, can answer this question. Information and communication technology and bridge, a new union?<br />
4. Information and Communication Technology<br />
Current information and communication has been lacking all barriers of race, religion, culture and country. A comprehensive study of more than 23 review articles and a dozen books and journals has been presented by (Wani, 2005). A detailed description of how communication systems and information can help maintain production and income has been discussed (Wani, 2006). Warning systems for high-risk climate, floods and hurricanes, pests and mites can help to raise more crops. Agriculture, information and awareness packages that can be done by the pressure, mass, and now e-mails. The role of agricultural competitiveness, economic survey and evaluation of agriculture and the integration of women needs more attention. Women, half of agricultural workers are always surprised by the technological capabilities. The barriers of customs, the veil of religion and social restrictions, they can be overcome through education through television, tapes, e-mails or other modern communication devices.<br />
5. Phyto-Sanitary<br />
Technology transfer is simple. We can practice known techniques, or even show them. The central question is the assumption. India with 25% of GDP of agriculture devotes about 12% of GDP in subsidies and not on technology transfer. Combining agricultural export subsidies must make drastic cuts in the WTO agreements. The global market access opportunities limit of 3% on imports is further complicated things. International standards of sanitation is increasingly aware that the door holder. We export agricultural products from 12 agricultural products, and now we export approximately 18.45% of agricultural good in terms of beekeeping, floriculture, fresh fruits, mushrooms, spices, sugar, molasses, rice, tropical fruit juices, pulp, concentrates and including agro-chemicals. Fruits and vegetables have increased our export earnings. Our limitations in expanding our exports are infrastructure for the international packaging BIOSAFE to take sanitary and phytosanitary quarantine. Our incomes are too low to compete with others. Thus, technology has failed to methods of man, publishing, brochures, cards, newsletters, magazines, journals, newspapers Publishing Limited rural tourism exhibitions or interviews on television, but must be supplemented by video-conferences, campaigns massive awareness through videotapes, installations of cables and other domestic farm programs. Propaganda, publicity and education must be provided with communication skills such as rural journalism, popular participation, motivation and more by management information systems.<br />
Visits to farms, farmers want to have letters must be intensified. Farmers need information on markets, organic standards, and market mechanisms and networking.<br />
6. Smallholders smallholders<br />
Another vulnerable class in India) is small (approximately 65% owners of our farmers are smallholders. Technologies are produced primarily for commercial growers. Small farmers are not only limited to keeping the country, but on the &#8216;information. His case is more complicated because they also work other than small farms are not sufficient to preserve it. You have access to knowledge is limited. Even the word peasant or rural) (German term), or peasants in the countryside (English countryside, Bush / Farmer (French) and Campo / Campesino Spanish, that the extension works on a mission. With a love of the countryside and farmers, but this task could run correctly. It must be very familiar with objectives, problems, objectives and implementation. It must analyze the situation and avoid group conflict in the country. Thus, knowledge and experience of farmers, psychological values, expectations, needs and attitudes must be organized. This organization and the assessment is not possible without the use of modern communication methods and apply. Communication with agro-welding technology is the need of the hour.<br />
7. Communication Methods<br />
Disclosure of information to farmers is essential to any enrichment. The basic need for learning is communication.<br />
Factors influencing the communication range of the person, personality, relationships, knowledge, social and economic parameters of farmers. Their expectations of knowledge, experiences and perceptions, monitoring and evaluation prior to transfer of technology.<br />
8. Verifying Communication Vs Agri Production</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Critical I. reducing the yield gap.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In Kenya, reduced use of modern information and communication technologies, differences in crop yields between agricultural research and farmer&#8217;s fields. (Oguya and Bellamy, 2001). A country where 70% of the population with agriculture for livelihood, directly or indirectly, 80% export-oriented agriculture is connected. Reduced spreads through the effective use of information technology and communication have a significant impact.<br />
II climatic hazards and Communications<br />
The low productivity of soybean oil has been found that due to the partial adoption of production recommendations to farmers Mahrastra, India. The low yield factors were analyzed. Economic constraints, situational factors and communication gaps in crop production, protection, treatment of seeds and fertilizers found for them (Jaiswal et al, 2002).<br />
The modernization of equipment and technical background to help Cuba increase agricultural production and rural development on a pilot basis (Albelo. et al. 2002).<br />
9 .. Precision Agriculture<br />
Precision farming, so far concentrated on collecting data on site-specific management of land and crops. The technology for the site, the specific field operations, and automated data collection are available, but they rarely include Precision Agriculture to improve. The use of precision farming has affected the information technology and communication networks to improve the benefits of harvesting and productivity. This network can consist of a software platform that can be opened and operated by the farmer himself. For effective communication on the Internet and mobile telecommunications have been identified as important. The development of an information network and software integration of modern communication (Java, GIS) and hardware (GPS, Internet) technologies in a new user-friendly manner is necessary to achieve greater acceptance of technology and improved productivity (Lütticken, et al 2000).<br />
10. The satellite data as a source of communication<br />
Using satellite data (Star and Spot &#8211; Lite) half the time &#8211; depends on critical applications in Australia. The Australian Center for Remote Sensing (ha) has a new service for satellite data applications provide near real-time implementation. The STAR (Speedy acknowledged) service provides access to digital product satellite data at high resolution or compressed format within 12 hours of satellite overpass. Data from ground stations is produced in a facility on a link of broadband communications and priority treatment. This system provides data for satellite applications, such as performance modeling, leakage before harvesting the crop forecasting production, detection of plant diseases, monitoring crop stress, pest infestation , floods, fires and oil.<br />
SPOT &#8211; LITE is a low cost, off the preservatives ACRES satellite data that is ideal for use in geographic information systems (GIS). SPOT-LITE can still be accessed via the Internet and is shaped tiles for most of Australia are available (Thankappanm 2001).<br />
Studying in advance of applications to increase agricultural production requires rapid dissemination. The effects of the restriction of the root zone (RRR) on the vegetative and reproductive growth of fruit trees were studied namely, grapes, peaches and citrus. We know it improves the productivity of crops under low water availability. (Wang et al. 2002)<br />
11. Communication Networks<br />
The means of communication available to agricultural information in 15 Indian states studied. (Ghosh, 2002). The results suggest that while the transnational communication networks agricultural economy, it is not profitable. The communications network must be profitable.<br />
An attempt to improve communication between different departments and other forest organization of research interest in sustainable forestry has shown encouraging results. (Barbour and Wong 2001)<br />
You tried to have a rapid flow of information between researchers, extension workers and dairy farmers in eastern Azerbaijan, Iran. Information, inputs, outputs and inter-system communication studied. The communication link of improved productivity. (Rezvanfar, 2001)<br />
The basic tools of marketing premotion investigation fertilizers in India. (Yadav, 2002). Information such as advertising, public relations and personal selling has been found that the best promoter.<br />
In the &#8220;Unique Selling&#8221; approach to target the impact of the communicator. The impact of the integrated approach to agricultural use computers and spread to Greece and Poland studied. (Tzortzios et al 2001). L &#8216;gap in the known technique and has been found on the ground, farmers applied. The investigators lack training in the handling of new information technologies. To improve agricultural productivity must increase in advanced communications and technology information and keep up with computers.<br />
Common problem-solving meetings, networks and communication of information on agriculture, the production of sugarcane in Mauritius has been improved (Jhoty et al, 2001).<br />
12. Technology Foresight<br />
The technological gap between income research and farmers&#8217; yields are large. The know-how over the years, this volume is on the shelf. Much of it was frozen, had he not died in the walls to the institutions. The particular situation, crop and soil specific innovations, practices, farmers are few. Our integrated and mixed culture and needs of our farmers to improve practices that do not light. Our research has often aped the experiments for the commercial culture of the West, with some modifications and additions, even in good times. Our agriculture is still traditional in remote areas include the use of farm yard manure, vormiculture &amp; use of agricultural residues. Current problems of soil fertility is low, showed a reduction in yield and soil salinization caused by overuse of chemicals in agriculture, with little care for the earth.<br />
This scenario resulted due to innovative approaches to research incomplete. Our research applications blindly use more fertilizer, pesticides and fungicides to win the revolution, has helped the corn, but left the legacy of polluted water, air and environment with degraded. These revolutions future food excluded. This was due to poor vision and perception, therefore, net income seen at times.<br />
The immediate need is for research related to information technology and modern communications. The rapid development of information technology requires a simple and rapid transfer of technology, awareness, and also commented upon the farmers for a rapid implementation. Productivity would be enhanced if technological advances are adopted and their effects are known. Knowledge of computer hardware, software, networks, distribution channels and outlets is essential. A new concept of farmers&#8217; School of Communication can resolve 70% of local farmers. Kissan Call Center (1551) and Paigam Zraye expand entries.<br />
13. Decision Support System<br />
The globalization of commercialization of agriculture, etc. pose new challenges. This is not only the return that counts, but the benefit-cost ratio. The economic viability of agricultural products is now more important. The product, even if economic competition and global quality tests exist. The international plant health standards will be more difficult. The emergence of diseases like mad cow, or even of the Saarland, the experimental crops and other diseases of agriculture and livestock related warrants BIOSAFE agricultural products. The decision must be supported by information not only on marketing, international security, but also a law on agencies and regulations. Ignorance of the support system that could lead us to bankruptcy. Thus, a strong argument for tools and information management comes into force.<br />
The international network of computer systems and communication can only help in the decision as appropriate and economically viable agricultural production. (Tzortzios et al 2001) 20<br />
14. Agri-Intelligent Management.<br />
Now we are talking about the ecological pest management rather than integrated pest management (IPM). The slogan for the future in this regard is intelligent Pest Management (IPM). As the system is currently not covered by the blanket spraying of chemical pesticides, but intelligent and good program against pests, including the safe and calculated long-term efficacy and safety of biological products. Perhaps a well documented interaction between farmers, extension workers of education, researchers and policy makers need. It will take years, if the communication is not used the method of videoconferencing, Internet and related technological advances in satellite communications. This is what the future would be intelligent farm management.<br />
15. Participatory management<br />
The whole system of agricultural research, education and extension in NARS needs renewal. A composite ARS system will be established to cope with strong base of communication and information technology. All programs in this area should be participatory. All institutions, except universities ICAR, CSIR, RRL, UAA, or other institutions and industry should be webbed systems of extension services in the field of getter. Greater participation of farmers in planning and implementation of megaprojects such as seeds, the mission of horticulture is required.<br />
A transparent and open real choice, for both managerial and academic positions should be represented. Change for the individual is a crime. The above should be about truth, justice and fair play. The role of politics and politicians should be minimal in the national system of extension delivery. An open communications and IT has reached the only solution.<br />
16. Our vision<br />
1. Mixed farm academic culture:<br />
Higher productivity growth may be through the use of technology and production recommendations to be achieved in farmers&#8217; fields. We have 65% of small and marginal farmers, which awareness of the potential is low. The predominant production system is with these farmers mixed cultivation or farming composite. Unlike U.S. and European agriculture, we need an increase in the harvest &#8220;-production system of integrated fish farming on several occasions in life.&#8221; Therefore, we must create our own innovative educational and training policies. A Joint University of Agriculture and Education developed is our need. We are currently in error, our needs. A quick and rapid action is necessary to unify our educational system, all of agriculture and related disciplines, industries, sectors, businesses and farmers institution.<br />
2. Highest on productivity:<br />
Indian Agricultural pride year saw the green revolution and after 1968 the reduction of food imports in the wake of white wine, blue and other revolutions continued pressure of our population and agricultural growth. Our agricultural growth rate (AGR) must be equal, if not more, the population growth rate (PGR). AGR Our goal should be to double the PGR.<br />
This is important as consumer purchasing power and increase employment opportunities. Estimated current food grains of 210 million tonnes, should be doubled for the next 10 years. We must achieve our objectives of high productivity through vertical extension of the horizontal expansion of land, is simply not possible. Dr. MS Swaminathan has cited figures as 160 million tonnes of rice from the land CDT 40m and therefore the productivity target of 4 t / h, how the rational production of 100 million tonnes of wheat from 25 million tonnes wheat 25 million hectares needed a productivity 4t / CDT. Our goal is to double our productivity, pro hac needs more manpower in the technical development, industry and level of gross root.<br />
Climate disasters, earthquakes, Titanic tsunami, floods, have made our agricultural production in the past, and additional requirements must be borne in mind when planning the food. We expenditure per capita consumption of Rs.600 per month. We must bridge the gap between potential and actual yields on farmers. Chemical hazards of low fertility of agricultural soils, low water availability, pollution and environmental issues that hinder the development of our agriculture. Thus, sophisticated technology, participatory research and training modules are required. The new printing of Global Marketing. International trade and tariff regulations must be insured. All this will be the introduction of new subjects such as post-harvest management, value-added packaging, communications, credit and information services market have in our curriculum. Thus, a new multi-dimensional change in the curriculum has been planned.<br />
3. Quality Assurance<br />
We are proud to call them 2nd most Agricultural Research (ARS) in the world. If we examine our performance, we do not know where in the top ten most cited papers of agriculture in the world. United States tops the list with 3,62,79,842 world cited publications per year, with a small country like Switzerland to No.10. The research is positioned higher in the agricultural sector in the United States with 27 publication Lac / year from Japan, Germany, Great Britain, France, Canada, Italy, Russia, China and Australia. Our contribution to the publication of agriculture with only 5.48% of our share of the citation to 2.32%. This requires more attention to quality assurance. Our quality program for primary education should farm. We will focus on:<br />
The academic quality, accreditation, desirable, assessment, skills and reinforcement of skills and knowledge test. Quality assurance by strengthening the resources, information and entertainment of educational infrastructure. So we need to regulate the grant and report mid-rational between the State and.<br />
4. Jobs:<br />
We have a 45-50 State / University Agricultural Center or as generalities and 200 agricultural education with 48 faculties. The total number of disciplines must be strengthened subsidies in 5 years on 1 core funding to each discipline for quality assurance. We produce less than 10,000 graduates and 1,600 graduates of 5500 Ph.D in agriculture each year. They complement our unemployment pool. , On which he employed in new projects and creating more jobs, they have expertise in the global economy and trade policies. Biotechnology, Bioinformation, fertilizers, pesticides and fungicides used. New development in all faculties of universities and colleges will be implemented over the next 5 years. Such as:<br />
Pest information and measurement, analysis of the risk management system for decision support, geographic information systems. A new trust is on course curriculum, specify the area of practice in a partnership mode with farmers. A teacher-student-farmer-developed industrial, interaction and cooperation. A new model of the mechanics of voting in agriculture and related programs is integrated, consistent and accurate, the final results. It is the demand between and within the Faculty of harmony and synchronized curricula at UG, PG and Ph.D. level. This must be so that our region needs guidelines and location of paris matched<br />
5. Asian agricultural education degree:<br />
Indian economy is an agricultural marketing center, which supports 70% of our population, such as direct employment in rural areas. Forty percent of revenues generated by the industry comes from Agri-Based (Agro) Industries. So a huge potential and resources is hidden in him. When we think of Asia-specific agricultural, we have an important role in the region, comprising 60% of the world to play. The region is rich in energy resources and oil and the buzzword of the millennium, open borders and a common market with the first priority to peace, trust and confidence. For Liftmen the region, we need education and training in the use of human resources. Therefore, reform of agricultural education to our door to reap the gains of the common economic space in the region of Asia and SARC total. Education reforms should involve schools, colleges and universities. The re-modeling program is the introduction of new time emerging need, the competitive marketing world, climate, disasters, technology, limitations, sustainability, environment, conservation of water resources, the recovery factors, etc.<br />
Agricultural and educational reforms are necessary to allow parallel ICAR USDA grant to aid the government&#8217;s entire agricultural sector. An act Omnibusse of agriculture in the form of the Farm Bill U. S. 1996 is presented. The new education policy is not discriminatory written, comprehensive, transparent and accountable.<br />
6. Access to education and training:<br />
Access to education and training of people below the poverty line, youth and rural women are ensured. These products will require restructuring of the educational infrastructure. One of the three tire models presented, including:<br />
1. At work, training opportunities for mechanization of agriculture and livestock.<br />
2. Acquire professional skills up-gradation and rural policy at the university level, refinement and innovative participatory on farmers. Lessons from the roaming system for public holidays and Sundays.<br />
3. Teacher-student-Farmer-Industry-l&#8217;interaction work plans through self-learning, life with the peasants. It will provide quality training and employment, improvement of workers qualified for use in market development of Agri Asia.<br />
7. Informal flexible Agriculture Information Services<br />
A model of flexible programs that should have many opportunities to B. Sc level, such as:<br />
1. Science<br />
2. Agro Sciences<br />
- Production System<br />
- Agri-Business<br />
- Social Studies<br />
3. International Agriculture<br />
4. Natural Resources<br />
5. Agri-Business Management<br />
6. Bioengineering<br />
7. Dietetrics<br />
8. Landscape Architecture</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">8. Agri-export orientation in training:<br />
In this era of bio-safety, phyto-and zoo sanitation took enormous importance. Education and knowledge was a treasure safe and secure in the past. This is true. The export of knowledge and new inventions should be patentable. Web design and Web sites have student teachers Unknown invisible. Pupil-teacher, backgrounds intellectuals gathered. New targets for policy and planning future educational need for information and communication. Therefore, I &amp; C courses on computer applications need. Which were reinforced in the SAU and ICAR institutions in recent years. But together with farmers, farm organizations and ministries use to reap the benefits of technological reforms necessary to increase our exports. Despite the ranking I are deficient in the milk of our exports.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Introduction</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In recent years, growth in agriculture of the few universities in 1940 to over 40 have increased the 2004th student enrollment has increased by only half a mile to nearly 20 miles of the same period. As today we have 260 schools in the qualifications to teach in India in agriculture alone. They consist of various disciplines including veterinary, horticulture, sericulture, forestry, floriculture, and a number of in other disciplines such as plantation crops, medicinal plants, fungi, production seeds, dairy, agriculture and management, etc.. A number of Government of India Ministry of Agriculture and allied employ graduates. The type of recruitment by the concerned State and Central Govt. free public service.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In addition to the professional employment of agricultural graduates can compete in the national or state or of financial and related services. Many banks, insurance companies, private companies, private companies and development companies. NGOs do not employ or agricultural and allied graduates. Graduates must pass through the employment of existing and new magazines to radio, television, and both central and State Govt. Also presented at the fairs. A large number of professional courses, administrative and industrial new functions related to agriculture and related studies were also announced. These include business management, financial management or related disciplines in the business sector. A degree in mass media, computers or even graduates of commerce provide additional employment opportunities in Govt. And the private sector. Overseas opportunities for graduates in agriculture are also there, but come out in international agriculture and a driving license in addition to a passport.<span id="more-77"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">For graduates, a number of courses for teachers available. Even today, we have positions in 1/3rd SAU and ICAR institutions for which an annual review of ARS Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board in place. The recruitment of researchers and teachers is open to all, M.Sc. / MVSc or related post graduates and PhDs. Ministry of Agriculture, in collaboration with NABARD and other banks set up agro-processing industry during Clinic. They are 3 months on training courses for the agri-graduates free. In fact, all charges are of Agriculture and Food supported school. A network of training centers of this type have been established. We also have a dozen in J and K. There is a strong future for agriculture and university graduates in the private sector. They may appear, the nurseries of fruit or seed sales and related production facilities. We have a number of successful agri-graduates earn more than Rs 20000 / &#8211; per month in different parts of the valley. The total agriculture and allied sector has a potential job. We have 15 such Agri Business Ventures, which identifies itself as the business viable employment. A large potential for employment is hidden in the plant nurseries for fruit and vegetables. An investment of Rs 30,000, &#8211; per year may lead to a net profit of Rs 2 lakh per year.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Australia also provides many jobs, such as Europe and the United States in Indian Agri-graduates. The respective embassies or the Internet to help advertise jobs for many graduates Agri. For information, see Australia had www.dookie. Uniemb.ed.am /. More personal information can be found on the phone 0427355721 or e-mail had its saparker@uniemeb.edu.an. Similarly, the many sites available worldwide and in India. The new projects are financed by banks and Agri.biotechnologies precision farming to organic farming.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Agricultural development over the years has been the result of agricultural production continues and the skills of their extension. Early agriculture was the domestication of animals. For thousands of years humans domesticated wild birds, dogs, goats and small animals, he could easily dominate and enslave its subordination. Agriculture, which has, since early learning outcomes trails, experiments and experiences over the years, well before changes in behavior, memory reoccurrence parental mental and later sent to children by doing and learning, and now through the exchange of experiences and they write or punctuate They entrepreneurship as a concern.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Concept of entrepreneurship</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Entrepreneurship adds economic benefits and profitability of agricultural production. Entrepreneurship is dominated by four factors:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A. Social Change</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">b. Support System Availability</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">c. Resources and their exploitation</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">d. self-confidence, exploration and spiritual power.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">An entrepreneur has an idea of his, have the capacity of an interest in acquiring the necessary technology. To assess one of the exploratory and analytical skills, how the purchase of cheap raw materials. It must be &#8220;knowledge&#8221; can be equipped with a mentality of use and benefit out of it.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">On farm</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A potential entrepreneurs should be made to always maximize their performance. Back decades of agricultural and industrial development was one of the configurations publicly funded and highly subsidized, but over time the &#8220;knowledge explosion in Indian agriculture, we have set the threshold of a system where there are long distances between industrial and agricultural enterprises. Where significant subsidies to agro-industrial. Farmers who use fertilizers and agrochemicals will be crushed under economic pressure. The differences between technology generation and the door to the farmers is increasing day by day. The rate of adoption of agricultural technologies are not more than 20-30%, with a higher potential.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The use of information and communication technology (I &amp; CT) to reduce the deficit and increase productivity is the need of the hour (Wani, 2005). Modern technology and knowledge is growing rapidly and effect change. This requires more trained and skilled farmers. Our education system has produced more writers, but not a teacher training youth to earn their own bread. You can reach the end of agriculture and related sectors, begging for work. The system must be corrected not to make these graduates that employers and workers. I wrote a treatise in 1992, where he was a system in which employers of our graduates of agriculture should not be used. The Germans are intelligent, farmers, schools, farmers, businesses and educational institutions, agricultural practice and training centers for farmers and how they are, where every farmer or livestock is man essentially educated colleagues . The banking system is organized so that they are at the door of the room calling, his food and agro-packaging clinical graduates to sell without investing. The banks are so smart they have villages, graduate or veterinary or agricultural land, and facilitate all respondents have achieved, so that the farming and veterinary or other medical graduates are used in As an investment bank. This is expected in India in the context of agri-clinics, agri-food business. We have no training in the hands of banks, but also with universities. There is virtually little interaction between universities and employers and banks.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Successful Agribusiness:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A bad connection and support system between Govt. Banking and culture of this university also has a worthwhile program and lucere in bankruptcy, despite his personal supervision by PMO. We visited the district Bandipora Agriclinic graduates or not, earned a handsome salary, more than Asstt Rahbar-e-zerat or agriculture. Agribusiness namely the sale of pesticides have been feeding livestock, poultry feed and agricultural advisory services, and often. In a small village in Papchan, earned a graduate of Agriculture Mr. Iqbal Shah Rs 10.000, &#8211; per month through the sale of services and inputs. At a distance of several kilometers in the same quarter a gentleman Khyatlani has a large poultry farm and earns Rs 20,000, &#8211; per month. Both entrepreneurs employ 2-3 people to date. The success demonstrated by Mr. Shah Malangam in agro and sale of pesticides and Mr. Bhat in milk and dairy products sold to earn a large income and more jobs for the poor. All these agricultural graduates have their own commercial interests with no bank or a university began.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Farmers as Entrepreneurs</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Indian agriculture and a farmer needs to change if the relevant recommendation of the WTO and GATT agreements are observed. Scenario poultry today is characterized as agro upmarket food business in India. The transformation of poultry farmers in the poultry industry met the 6% contribution of poultry from India and China to 25% of global market share. This, if put into practice to increase job creation by collectors. Adopted, the introduction of rural areas Vanraj, Gramapriya, Giriraj, Carl gold and other major varieties of locally grown poultry are our basic agricultural and rural development. The market acceptance is higher than the concerns of exotic birds. Free-range hen is like Bt cotton hybrid spread through the villages of India and ensure high yields and exports (Wani, 2007).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Agri-Poultry Business</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Dr. Gordon Butland, president of Global Poultry Strategies Presents &#8220;production of poultry-yard&#8221; as a means of alleviating poverty and malnutrition. We tried to distribute &#8220;birds&#8221; in the open system in results of all our KVK were excellent and our income was totally in favor of the agri-food and agri-clinics.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">All this will be the integration of technocrats agri-food and Veterinary need development to encourage companies to export and deliver quickly.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Holistic vision of farming enterprise</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Improved revenues, employment and independence among United Nations workers educated graduates and young women in particular, promoting community development, empowerment of women, protection of the environment. Rural-based poultry backyard subscribed to these standards, is a rich source for development of agriculture and entrepreneurship. Govt. India has a lot of funding for these food companies. Some examples of success in the livestock section can be reproduced as follows:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Backyard poultry incubators and</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">While Vanraj are best adapted to the poultry yard, they are not accustomed to the melancholy. There is a problem with farmers, a mother hen for the whole year. KVK solve this problem by installing the clutch small unit of the hatchery. Each month, 15-20 farmers are advantaged by the purchase of poultry chicks poultry. There are 200 units of poultry backyard Vanraj. Each farmer is breeding 10 to 25 in the courtyard. There is good demand and response for chicks and eggs Vanraj. KVKs are now planning to develop the entrepreneurship in agri-graduates.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Semi-stall goat</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">KVK has made an intervention to improve on this company, conducting programs of short term training for young people in rural areas. Also visit the exhibition were to eat goats, reproduce, and health management organized. More attention has been given to the goat Osmanabad and up-gradation in some non-descriptions of the breed of goats by Osmanabad Buck pure as the light of the evidence on semi concept stallfed goats. The experience of Andhra Pradesh shows a great potential for graduates of agricultural own business.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The production of broilers</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A KVK has conducted training programs for 165 trainees. Through training and demonstrations of the popularity of this agreement on agriculture in the production of broilers with the private sector, chicks, food and medicines has been increased offer and after 40 days of purchase. They have acquired skills through &#8220;learning by doing at KVK demonstration unit and won money. The technology has been 10 per cent of teenagers now take a 20 km radius. There are 27 poultry units, the capacity of 5000-10000 birds on the basis of contract farming. These self-employed rural youth to earn Rs 10000-15000 per lot.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A seminar-cum-farmers deal was organized SKUAST-K, 26-27 Oct.2007. The exchange of knowledge with farmers through farm and university graduates was highlighted by His Excellency the Chancellor and the Governor of J &amp; K. A vision of reducing poverty through the intervention of the poultry yard, was the theme of the seminar. Many Straps Gurez, Tangdar, Tillail Zanskar and breed pets. You have to be better and better and identification. The cooking methods require further expansion and scientific assistance for export. More emphasis to:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Food manufacturing plants and foodstuffs.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">· Organic foods and foodstuffs.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">· Operational excellence and modern mechanization to improve the quality of local businesses.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">· Management local family farm business management and buyer-seller-making mode.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This should farmers trained graduates. Thus, future farmers, a farmer has a diploma in the United States, Germany, etc.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">High Value Agri-Business</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The rapid growth of high value products of Indian agriculture promises 40% of total production. Areas of importance to the adoption of export earnings of fruit, milk, vegetables and poultry. Thus, training centers Agriclinic should now focus on product formation. The sector may be greater than 1 Lac young agricultural graduates and need to achieve national goals rather than the mere 14,000 UN-employed graduates in agriculture.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Technology Foresight</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The technological gap between income research and farmers&#8217; yields are large. The know-how for years on the shelf. Much of it was frozen, had he not died in the walls to the institutions. The particular situation, crop and soil specific innovations, practices, farmers are few. Our integrated and mixed culture and our farmers must be mixed culture packages to recommend improvements that are not carried further. Our research has often aped the experiments for the commercial culture of the West, with some modifications and additions, even in good times. Our agriculture is still traditional in remote areas include the use of farm yard manure, vormiculture &amp; use of agricultural residues. Current problems of soil fertility is low, showed a reduction in yield and soil salinization caused by overuse of chemicals in agriculture, with little care for the earth.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This scenario resulted due to innovative approaches to research incomplete. Our research applications blindly use more fertilizer, pesticides and fungicides to win the revolution, has helped the corn, but left the legacy of polluted water, air and environment with degraded. These revolutions future food excluded. This was due to poor performance.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Thus, an immediate need is for research related to information technology and modern communications. The rapid development of information technology requires a simple and rapid transfer of technology, awareness, and also commented upon the farmers for a rapid implementation. Productivity would be enhanced if technological advances are adopted and their effects are known. Knowledge of computer hardware, software, networks, distribution channels and outlets is essential. It consumes hundreds of Agri graduates in the media, information and communication.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Our vision</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Mixed farm academic culture:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Higher productivity growth may be through the use of technology and production recommendations to be achieved in farmers&#8217; fields. We have 65% of small and marginal farmers, which awareness of the potential is low. The predominant production system is with these farmers mixed cultivation or farming composite. Unlike U.S. and European agriculture, we need an increase in the harvest &#8220;-production system of integrated fish farming on several occasions in life.&#8221; Therefore, we must create our own innovative educational and training policies. A Joint University of Agriculture and Education developed is our need. We are currently in error, our needs. Quick and timely actions that are necessary to harmonize our education system, all of agriculture and related disciplines, industries, sectors, businesses and farmers institution.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Highest on productivity:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Indian Agricultural pride year saw the green revolution and after 1968 the reduction of food imports in the wake of white wine, blue and other revolutions continued pressure of our population and agricultural growth. Our agricultural growth rate (AGR) must be equal, if not more, the population growth rate (PGR). AGR Our goal should be to double the PGR.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">After the turn of the last century there were many experiments with cultured monkey. There should always only one field crop, like corn or wheat. This is a principle which is against nature, working with ecosystem based on synergy and the whole complex, in which plants work together and support each other. Some plants root more deeply than others, which allows the absorption of minerals beneath the topsoil. When these plants, their mineral-rich content which in turn fertilizes the soil. This is how nature creates its own cycle. In natural meadows, always the clover and grasses. Clover has its minerals from deep within the earth and herbs, a healing role in the ecosystem.</p>
<p>Mono-culture meant the end of the use of natural ecosystems to agriculture. In order to achieve higher returns faster, more nitrogen fertilizer has been developed. Encouraged by the success of nitrogen bombs in World War I, led the scientists to develop nitrogen fertilizer for agriculture. Funding came from petrochemical companies, whose aim was to compare the national and international economy totally dependent on gas and other fossil fuels. Therefore, it is not surprising that these powerful companies enjoy warm relations with the defense industry. Oil is a great waste of fossil fuels, and many wars were fought in oil. The Iraq war comes to mind as a recent example.</p>
<p>From this perspective, chemical weapons, seen as the inspiration for modern agriculture does not seem a strange concept. The scientists said they calculate the minimum number of elements for plant growth. The idea was to maximize profits with minimal resources. The NPK method was the result. The letters N, P and K stand for three elements: nitrogen (N)), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K. With just these three elements was possible, not only to crops but also to a very fast pace to make.</p>
<p>Through a skillful propaganda campaign, created it creates a dependence on these fossil fuels, synthetic variants based, chemical or owner of the patent. Monocultures and artificial fertilizers have been hailed as the solution to the problem to world food. I have no one to be hungry, because now they could grow food on a large scale. Who would not? These days we are seeing the prices of food and fuel, food and oil is running out. The problem of hunger in the world has never been solved, while petrochemical companies have become richer and more powerful.</p>
<p>Most readers here know that our soils are depleted and acidified. How it came is not known to all, but. We will continue our history lesson. Although the method for the production of NPK was capable of large mono-cropping, plant health, this was very poor. Obviously, rapid growth was not valid, since these crops have been attacked by the cleaning staff of mother nature: insects, fungi, weeds, viruses and other pathogens, including cancer. Mother Nature does not allow for easy, high concentrations of organisms weak to survive.<br />
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The researchers looked again to the defense industry into something to find with to manage these pests and insects and other unwanted junk men of fighting Mother Nature. This was the notorious pesticides, fungicides, herbicides and other &#8220;CIDES. Their origin? Nerve Gas. Originally they were only nerve gas (diluted not surprising to know that is the basis of the chemotherapy actually), the mustard gas.</p>
<p>With the sale of the farmers for their crops with chemical fertilizers and pesticides to ward off unwanted intruders, which created a devastating cycle that can only be described with another &#8220;CIDE&#8221; nutricide, murder of nutrients. Crops are holograms so simple: from the outside may look like food, but it is really weakened pumping up the cultures of the lack of nutritional content.</p>
<p>The one-sidedness of the mono-crops, fertilizer and the destructive effects of pesticides has caused a significant decrease in content of minerals, our soils &#8220;insertion. Treat rich menu of Mother Nature, only three of the minerals with synthetic elements and&#8221; cultures with highly toxic pesticides in the various stages of growth have been exhausted, and poisoned the soil. People and animals that eat these plants will experience the rush and exhaustion.</p>
<p>It is as if he had known. In the 1930s, Congress had an official investigation NPK agriculture-based method. The report, which had the alarming findings in 1936 and is known as a Senate document 264th He warns of a health crisis of unprecedented proportions if these practices continue. The chemical industry successfully made powerful lobby the legislature, however, obtained through bribery, and the majority of senators on his side. Document 264 was subsequently dismissed.</p>
<p>NPK agriculture and the pharmaceutical industry is to prosper then. That the incidence of cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other diseases of the modern welfare state that followed as a result. This created a system in which the first man made sick by eating poisonous food, made by those companies &#8220;solution&#8221; with drugs by pharmaceutical branches. Chemical treatment to go from cradle to grave. Why have we let ourselves be allowed so far in 100 years? &#8220;Now we have a crisis of health care experience warned Senate document 264th</p>
<p>Since the 1970s, the same chemical giant genetically-modified plants were to obtain patents on &#8220;new&#8221; seeds, whose genome has been altered. Monsanto gave us Agent Orange and DDT, is a leader in this dangerous game. For many years was the purchase of planting genetically modify and patent them. There is no patent on the nature, but revised, can be patented, in fact. There is nothing natural about GMOs, because only by pathogens such as viruses and cancer cells can penetrate into cells to alter their genetic structure.</p>
<p>Monsanto takes this idea further. Monsanto seed &#8220;Roundup Ready&#8221; means are feared resistant to the herbicide Roundup. That&#8217;s right, the seeds manipulated, so that crops can not grow without spraying with Roundup, the pesticide to make the compost too! Monsanto also has the technology to create a so-called &#8220;suicide gene&#8221; in their seeds so that farmers can harvest only one of them to obtain, forcing farmers to buy new seed every year. One can not conceive of a greater dependence on an industry which not only aims to control our energy reserves, but our food stocks.</p>
<p>The solution lies in the solution. To do this, we must return to the sea. Maynard Murray was an ear, nose and throat, he was about the deteriorating health than the average American, especially cancer, which was concerned a new but growing phenomenon in time. He had the unusual idea of using diluted seawater ground. His argument was, in a pristine environment no seasickness and animals and plants live at least twice as long in the land, no place is richer in minerals than the sea, the &#8220;soup of life. There are 92 minerals and trace elements in seawater and 84 in sea salt, the supply is infinite and there is no panacea. I think you know why this is not practiced widely.</p>
<p>Murray impressive results, and tests showed their crops contain significantly more vitamins and minerals. He wrote a book about him in 1976 as the &#8220;Sea Energy Agriculture. Don Jansen, a student of Maynard Murray, who cured his cancer father wheatgrass grown with the ocean. Wheat grass contains a spectacular 70% of chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is a magnesium-based and 98% identical to hemoglobin, the protein responsible for transporting the formation of red blood cells of oxygen through the blood. It is interesting that the sea water and 98% identical to the blood.</p>
<p>Drink With the growing of wheat grass with sea salt and the juice, it gives you two in the blood plasma in liquid form. Sea minerals and chlorophyll are also bases. To keep the doctor it is important that mineralize alkalized us on a daily basis. The minerals and chlorophyll contained the building blocks of life and life-giving solar energy and water as well as information of RNA and DNA. 70% of land area covered by sea water and 30% of the land mass, in which we live is largely herbaceous plants, mainly covered grass. Nature provides us served on a silver platter, but what is right in front of you is usually the first, what to ignore.</p>
<p>What is the soil is good for us, well, it&#8217;s good for the plants is good for the animals. We are all one and share more genetic information than we think. People have more genes of fungi in human genes. No wonder, polysaccharides, such as medicinal mushrooms Reishi, Shiitake, Maitake and Kawaratake prevent cancer in humans! It is therefore important to have good way to work. We have taken the culture of agriculture. If we are not on our soil, we are well on our own &#8220;card&#8221;, liver and intestine. There is a direct parallel with nature. The chemicals not only heal, what is the nature.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Organic food is now the fastest-growing segment of U.S. agriculture. In 2007, the value of retail sales of organic foods was estimated at more than 20 billion U.S. dollars. According to the Food Marketing Institute, more than half of Americans buy organic food product at least once a month. The industry is expected to be at a rate of 18 percent per year until 2010, sales of organic food is one of the fastest growing sectors in the U.S. economy is generally weak. Organic food, cut their budgets is not an option for many people who are fighting for their survival.</p>
<p>What does it mean, green?</p>
<p>According to the National Organic Standards Board:</p>
<p>&#8220;Organic agriculture is an ecological production management and promotes greater biodiversity, biological cycles and soil biological activity. It is based on minimal use of external inputs and on management practices that restore, maintain and enhance ecological harmony.</p>
<p>&#8220;The word is a bio-labeling term that stands for goods under the authority of the law concerning the manufacture organic foods. The principal guidelines for organic production are to use materials and processes, the ecological balance of natural systems and to improve that to integrate the parts of the farming system into an ecological whole.<br />
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&#8220;Organic agriculture practices can not ensure that products are completely free of residues, but the methods used to minimize the pollution of air, soil and water.</p>
<p>Deal &#8220;organic foods to keep processors and distributors of standards that the integrity of organic agriculture held. The main objective of organic farming is to optimize health and productivity of interdependent communities of soil, plants, animals and humans.&#8221;</p>
<p>This definition soft sounds meaning people associate with the term, such as the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides is grown for food. Canada `s newly formed organic regulation specifically prohibits synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and genetically modified organisms (GMOs).</p>
<p>The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) puts it this way: &#8220;Organic crops are without most conventional pesticides, fertilizers, petroleum or sewage-sludge-based fertilizers increased. Animals on an organic farm raised are fed organic food and access to fresh air. They are not given antibiotics or growth hormones. &#8221;</p>
<p>The USDA allows a sliding scale that reduces some of the hardships of his own definition. In this scale, that only products that are made exclusively from controlled biological materials and methods, such as &#8220;100 percent organic means, while those who are identified only 95 percent of the composition of purity&#8221; organic. Both categories offer a USDA seal. The salt and water as ingredients, except that of observation.</p>
<p>Then there is another category that will allow the use of up to 30 percent organic materials and production methods, but which may be legally labeled &#8220;with organic ingredients&#8221;. Products containing less than 70 percent organically, it is not allowed to call itself into an organic form. However, organic ingredients to be labeled as such.</p>
<p>Simply read these definitions and find out what is not contained in a product labeled organic is a strong incentive to buy only organic products.</p>
<p>Organic farming offers a Difference</p>
<p>Only in the U.S., more than one billion pounds of pesticides into the environment as a result of non-organic methods published. Some of them are very persistent and remain in the environment long after use. Extensive analysis of pesticide residues found by the USDA that are conventionally produced fruits and vegetables three to four times more often contain residues of pesticides than organic produce, and they are eight to eleven times more likely to contain multiple residues and wastes into new levels and fifty to seven times larger than the residues in organic samples.</p>
<p>A recent study reported in Environmental Health Perspectives found that the body of organic fresh fruits and vegetables for corresponding conventional food, the median urinary metabolite concentrations were pesticides, malathion and chlorpyrifos from a high level will be reduced to a level not recognized or unrecognized in the vicinity.</p>
<p>Conventional agricultural methods can cause water pollution. Since 1995, a network of environmental organizations began, including the Environmental Working Group, testing tap water for herbicides in the corn belt and in Louisiana and Maryland. The results suggested a wide contamination of tap water with many different pesticides at levels that serious health risks. In some cities, herbicides in tap Federal Health for life after weeks or months passed at a time. The elimination of polluting chemicals and nitrogen leaching by organic farming methods used, in combination with soil building, works to prevent environmental pollution and to protect water resources and to spare.</p>
<p>The term &#8220;natural&#8221; has no real meaning</p>
<p>The parameters of the word &#8220;organic&#8221; are quite clearly defined and specified. Many other food manufacturers want to maintain the attractiveness and receive the higher price of organic food, without going through the rigors of organic certification. Instead, they label their food as &#8220;natural.&#8221; This term does not in any way mean that the product meet the criteria for bio-equivalent products.</p>
<p>If it seems there are more products labeled natural, it&#8217;s not your imagination. Almost everyone who does not want an organic farmers take advantage of America `s desire to eat healthier too. One third of all new U.S. food and beverages in 2008 marked the claims of being &#8220;natural&#8221; or otherwise healthy. But concepts like these have nothing to do with the nutritional value of the final product. The term &#8220;organic&#8221; refers only to that generated as the product and do not relate to the nutritional value of the product.</p>
<p>The USDA, the regulatory authority for meat and poultry, said that these products can be described as &#8220;natural&#8221; if they contain no artificial ingredients or added color and will be processed only minimally () is a vague claim. But if the term is used, the label must also have an additional explanation, such as &#8220;no added colorings or artificial ingredients.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may be the term &#8220;natural&#8221; is used on food labels if the food with no added colors, artificial flavors or contain synthetic substances. This can be a big gray area. When asked in 2005, more precisely in the definition of &#8220;natural&#8221;, rejected the FDA. Shortly thereafter, the Center for Science in the Public Interest sued Kraft Foods for demanding an &#8220;all natural&#8221; for their drink Capri-Sun The suit was dropped, as the force agreed to take the outside of the label claim. 7 Up-makers tried to make the same claim, but avoids the concept of the label under the threat of legal action.</p>
<p>Why does organic food cost so much?</p>
<p>Prices for organic foods reflect many of the same cost as conventional products in terms of growing, harvesting, transport and storage. Organic food also must comply with strict rules governing all these steps, which are in a labor-intensive processes and management. Organic farming is generally on a smaller scale. It has been shown that if all the indirect costs of conventional food production, such as cleaning polluted water, replacement of eroded soils, costs of health care for farmers and workers counted in the price of food, organic foods cost the same or even less than conventionally grown foods.</p>
<p>A survey conducted in July 2008 revealed that were among the customers who buy organic products reported, 56 percent of household income over $ 100,000, and 36 percent had incomes below $ 25,000. These data show that the decision of the green store is a question of priorities.</p>
<p>Although the organic industry is expected to be 18 percent per year until 2010, the sagging economy could grow lead some Americans to carry them back on purchases as environmentally recorded as expenses. But in the long run, this decision is obviously not viable in view of health damage and losses, productivity associated with a diet of conventional crops, as well as the hidden costs of conventional purchase. And then there `s think tastes.</p>
<p>Sources:</p>
<p>Organic Trade Association, www.ota.com.</p>
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