AGRICULTURE 2023



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Over centuries, the growth of agriculture contributed to the rise of civilizations. Before agriculture became widespread, people spent most of their lives searching for food—hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants. About 11,500 years ago, people gradually learned how to grow cereal and root crops, and settled down to a life based on farming. By 2,000 years ago, much of the Earth’s population had become dependent on agriculture. Scholars are not sure why this shift to farming took place, but it may have occurred because of climate change. When people began growing crops, they also began herding and breeding wild animals. Adapting wild plants and animals for people to use is called domestication. griculture is the art and science of cultivating the soil, growing crops and raising livestock. It includes the preparation of plant and animal products for people to use and their distribution to markets. Agriculture provides most of the world's food and fabrics.

The prices of red onions continue to shoot up as it reached up to ₱720 per kilo Based on DA’s latest monitoring of Metro Manila markets, the per-kilo prices of local red onions now range from ₱500 to ₱720 — a substantial jump from just the day before, when the higher end of the price range was around ₱500 An onion (Allium cepa L., from Latin cepa meaning "onion"), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. The shallot is a botanical variety of the onion which was classified as a separate species until 2011. [2][3]: 21 Its close relatives include garlic, scallion, leek, and chive.

The Drive to Produce More, with Less Increasing global population, reductions in arable land and climate change are creating an urgent need to improve farm productivity in a sustainable way. Our customers are leading the charge through agricultural research and innovation in: Higher yield seed varieties – replacing older, less productive seeds with newer varieties that yield more or have improved traits (eg. drought resistance) Organic / biological / chemical plant protection – new products to protect plants from insects and fungus that destroy crops Fertilisers – creating new fertiliser protocols that improve yield and reduce environmental impact Soil microbes – developing healthy soil microbiomes that increase both plant robustness and yields Growing protocols – defining better ways to grow by providing exactly what is needed when it’s most needed, in any kind of environment (eg. field, greenhouse, etc). Crop protection to increase yields Field Trials Most agricultural innovations require Field Trials to verify their effectiveness “in the real world” where changing soil, climatic conditions and other factors all have an impact. Field Trials involve the collection of a lot of data, across many sites, and in many configurations. Field Trial Management is about designing effective trials, managing field staff, validating records, collating and normalising data and analysing the results. It’s a process that consumes considerable time and effort

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