GREENHOUSE TECHNOLOGY

Growing plants is both an art and a science. About 95% of plants, either food crops or cash crops are grown in open field. Since time immemorial, man has learnt how to grow plants under natural environmental conditions. In some of the temperate regions where the climatic conditions are extremely adverse and no crops can be grown, man has developed methods of growing some high. Value crop continuously by providing protection from the excessive cold, which is called as Greenhouse Technology. So, Greenhouse Technology is the technique of providing favorable environment condition to the plants. It is rather used to protect the plants from the adverse climatic conditions such as wind, cold, precipitation, excessive radiation, extreme temperature, insects and diseases. It is also of vital importance to create an ideal micro climate around the plants. Greenhouses are framed or inflated structures covered with transparent or translucent material large enough to grow crops under partial or fully controlled environmental conditions to get optimum growth and productivity. Agriculture is the backbone of India's economic activity and our experience during the last 50 years has demonstrated the strong correlation between agricultural growth and economic prosperity. The present agricultural scenario is a mix of outstanding achievements and missed opportunities. If India has to emerge as an economic power in the world, our agricultural productivity should equal those countries, which are currently rated as economic power of the world. We need a new and effective technology which can improve continuously the productivity, profitability, sustainability of our major farming systems. One such technology is the greenhouse technology. Although it is centuries old, it is new to India.

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Biological Security of Polish Military Contingents Outside the Country

Safety & Defense ◽

10.37105/sd.58 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 62-67

Author(s):

Beata Osiak

Keyword(s):

Significant Role ◽

Environmental Conditions ◽

Climatic Conditions ◽

Cultural Barriers ◽

Tropical Diseases ◽

Biological Safety ◽

The North ◽

The World ◽

North And South ◽

The Eu

Polish soldiers have been participating in peacekeeping and stabilization missions around the world for several decades under the auspices of the UN, OSCE, NATO and the EU. They were first sent to Korea in 1953 to oversee a ceasefire between the North and South Koreas. Since then, nearly 70,000 Polish troops have taken part in 58 peace and humanitarian multinational missions on different continents (SKMP ONZ, 2019), which required from them great skills to cooperate with soldiers from other countries, to overcome cultural barriers, as well as adaptation to difficult, often completely different than in Europe, climatic conditions, and to create a system of safeguards and procedures against dangerous tropical diseases. Due to these reasons, biological safety, i.e., medical, sanitary-hygienic, and anti-epidemic security of the contingent, plays a significant role in every mission because it allows the soldiers and civilian personnel stay healthy in an unfavorable and different climate and environmental conditions.

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Study of Daily Extreme Temperature Indices over Sutlej Basin, N-W Himalayan Region, India

Global NEST Journal ◽

10.30955/gnj.001520 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 301-311 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Extreme Temperature ◽

Climatic Conditions ◽

Temperature Data ◽

Himalayan Region ◽

North West ◽

Management Board ◽

The World ◽

Expert Team ◽

Temperature Indices ◽

Extreme Indices

<div> <p>A detailed analysis of extreme temperature indices for the period of 1970-2005 is conducted over Sutlej river basin located in North-West Himalayan region. For this purpose, daily records of maximum and minimum temperature data were procured from Bhakara Beas Management Board, India for four stations. These stations are installed at varying height from 518m to 976m under different physiographic and climatic conditions. Fourteen extreme indices for temperature as specified by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Commission for Climatology (CCL)/Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) Expert Team on Climate Change Detection, Monitoring and Indices (ETCCDMI) are derived with the aid of RClimDex software.  Linear Regression (LR) method is employed for detecting annual as well as monthly trends in extreme indices of temperature over the period of thirty six years (1970-2005). Large spatial and inter-annual variability in trends of extreme indices is observed. However, a rise in diurnal temperature range is observed for the basin as a whole. This may be attributed to the decrease observed in maximum T<sub>Min</sub> (TXn) and warm nights (TN90p) coupled with the increase in maximum T<sub>Max</sub> (TXx).</p> </div> <p> </p>

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Alternatif Kanatlı Yetiştiriciliği: Beç Tavuğu Yetiştiriciliği

Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology ◽

10.24925/turjaf.v3i10.806-810.486 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3 (10) ◽

pp. 806

Author(s):

Sezai Alkan ◽

İsmail Durmuş

Keyword(s):

Biological Control ◽

Economic Efficiency ◽

Environmental Conditions ◽

Genetic Resource ◽

Guinea Fowl ◽

Climatic Conditions ◽

Poultry Production ◽

Livestock Farming ◽

The World

Guinea fowl live on the Africa continent as wild and where used intensively family livestock farming in the rural. Although the homeland of the Africa continent, Guinea growing rapidly increasing in the World. Nowadays, Guinea fowl is an important alternative genetic resource can be used in organic livestock farming which developing quickly. Able to adapt to different climatic conditions, have an economic efficiency level in the don’t good environmental conditions and being resistant to diseases are the biggest advantages. Besides, Guinea fowl eats insects, ticks, worms, mouse and snakes, especially in the surrounding of the livestock farming in the rural it can be used for biological control of these pests easily. Because of these advantages, Guinea fowl has a potential for alternative poultry production in Turkey. In this review, importance and general characteristics of Guinea fowl are given.

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Retrospection of Heatwave and Heat Index: A Case Study using ERA5 Dataset

10.21203/rs.3.rs-597802/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Amit Awasthi ◽

Kirti Vishwakarma ◽

Kanhu Charan Pattnayak

Keyword(s):

Relative Humidity ◽

Heat Waves ◽

Extreme Temperature ◽

Surface Air Temperature ◽

Climatic Conditions ◽

Heat Index ◽

The World ◽

Definition Of ◽

Different Parts

Abstract The frequency and intensity of extreme events especially Heat Waves (HW) are growing all around the world which ultimately poses a serious threat to the health of individuals. To quantify the effects of extreme temperature, appropriate information, and the importance of HW and Heat Index (HI) are carefully discussed for different parts of the world. Varied definitions of the HW and HI formula proposed and used by different countries are carried out systematically continent-wise. Different studies highlighted the number of definitions of HW, however mostly used Steadman’s formulae for the calculation of HI that uses surface air temperature and relative humidity as climatic fields which was developed in the late 1970s. Since then, dramatic changes in climatic conditions have been observed as evident from the ERA5 datasets which need to be addressed. Likewise, the definition of HW, which is modified by the researchers as per the geographic conditions, necessary modification in Steadman’s equation also needs to be done. This study will help the researcher community to understand the importance of HW and HI and think about its modification which further helps in better adaptation and application. Furthermore, it opens the scope to develop an equation based on the present scenario keeping in mind the basics of an index as considered by Steadman.

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Retrospection of heatwave and heat index

Theoretical and Applied Climatology ◽

10.1007/s00704-021-03854-z ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Amit Awasthi ◽

Kirti Vishwakarma ◽

Kanhu Charan Pattnayak

Keyword(s):

Relative Humidity ◽

Heat Waves ◽

Extreme Temperature ◽

Surface Air Temperature ◽

Climatic Conditions ◽

Heat Index ◽

Threefold Increase ◽

The World ◽

Definition Of ◽

Different Parts

AbstractThe frequency and intensity of extreme events especially heat waves (HW) are growing all around the world which ultimately poses a serious threat to the health of individuals. To quantify the effects of extreme temperature, appropriate information, and the importance of HW and heat index (HI) are carefully discussed for different parts of the world. Varied definitions of the HW and HI formula proposed and used by different countries are carried out systematically continent-wise. Different studies highlighted the number of definitions of HW; however, mostly used Steadman’s formulae, which was developed in the late 1970s, for the calculation of HI that uses surface air temperature and relative humidity as climatic fields. Since then, dramatic changes in climatic conditions have been observed as evident from the ERA5 datasets which need to be addressed; likewise, the definition of HW, which is modified by the researchers as per the geographic conditions. It is evident from the ERA5 data that the temperature has increased by 1–2 °C as compared to the 1980s. There is a threefold increase in the number of heatwave days over most of the continents in the last 40 years. This study will help the researcher community to understand the importance of HW and HI. Furthermore, it opens the scope to develop an equation based on the present scenario keeping in mind the basics of an index as considered by Steadman.

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Combast with SARS-COV-2 Virus, COVUID-19 Pandemic

Medical & Clinical Research ◽

10.33140/mcr.05.015 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

Keyword(s):

Health Facilities ◽

Political Capital ◽

Economic Power ◽

Biological Chemistry ◽

The World

Department of Biological Chemistry, Ariel University, 40700 Ariel, Israel. The currently roaring corona pandemic can be seen as a leading event in the deadly outbreak controlling the various health facilities and hospitals for years. The nosocomial microbial epidemic kills thousands of people every year in Israel around the world. Hygiene is the culprit for these fatal diseases [1]. And now it seems that the politicians, in macup to take care of the eradication of the disease-causing microbe, are taking advantage of the situation for the purpose of accumulating political capital and additional economic power. There is no escape from fighting the virus and tanning that bring about its reproduction, strengthening and transformation.

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Russia in the World Production and Market of Potatoes and Fruit and Vegetable Products

Economy of agricultural and processing enterprises ◽

10.31442/0235-2494-2020-0-9-74-83 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 74-83

Author(s):

Yu.I. Agirbov ◽

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R.R. Mukhametzyanov ◽

E.V. Britik ◽

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Keyword(s):

Fruits And Vegetables ◽

World Market ◽

Climatic Conditions ◽

Global Rating ◽

Vegetable Production ◽

World Production ◽

Fruit And Vegetable ◽

Vegetable Products ◽

The World ◽

Qualitative Changes

In 1961-2018 in the world as a whole, the gross harvest of potatoes increased from 290.6 million tons to 368.2 million tons, that is, 1.36 times. Over the same period, the production of vegetables and food melons increased from 197.7 million tons to 1,088.8 million tons (5.51 times), and fruits and berries from 199.9 million tons to 867.8 million tons (4.34 times). In a number of states in 1992-2018 the corresponding increase significantly exceeded the average values for the world as a whole, as a result of which their place in the global ranking increased, and the positions of some traditional producers of potatoes and fruits and vegetables decreased. For example, in terms of gross harvest of potatoes in 1992, Russia was in first place, and Poland was in third, while in 2018 they were in 4th and 9th positions, respectively. In terms of vegetable production, Italy and Japan were displaced from 4th and 5th places, which were taken by Turkey and Nigeria. In terms of gross harvests of fruits and berries, Turkey occupied the fifth position in total world production by 2018, although in 1992 it belonged to Italy. Quantitative and qualitative changes inevitably have a significant impact on both the volume of the world market and the parameters of international trade in potatoes, vegetables and melons, fruits and berries. Processes in foreign economic liberalization and economic integration contributed to an increase in the specialization and concentration of production of relevant plants in countries with more favorable natural and climatic conditions, as well as a gradual increase in demand for potatoes, vegetables and melons, fruits and berries from a number of states, including those that used to meet the needs of their population in large volumes at the expense of their own producers. The Russian Federation is one of the significant players in the world potato and fruit and vegetable market. Despite the increase in gross fruit and vegetable production in recent years, Russia’s positions in the global rating dropped from 7th to 10th place in vegetables and melons, from 20th to 31st place in fruits and berries. As for potatoes, there was a decrease in the volume of its production, as a result, Russia dropped from 1st place in 1992 to 4th place in 2018.

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Private Agricultural R&D: Do the Poor Benefit?

Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization ◽

10.1515/jafio-2021-0007 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Author(s):

Jock R. Anderson ◽

Regina Birner ◽

Latha Najarajan ◽

Anwar Naseem ◽

Carl E. Pray

Keyword(s):

Poverty Reduction ◽

Agricultural Research ◽

Farming Systems ◽

Agricultural Technologies ◽

Policy Makers ◽

The Public ◽

The Poor ◽

The World ◽

Agricultural Research And Development ◽

The Impact

Abstract Private agricultural research and development can foster the growth of agricultural productivity in the diverse farming systems of the developing world comparable to the public sector. We examine the extent to which technologies developed by private entities reach smallholder and resource-poor farmers, and the impact they have on poverty reduction. We critically review cases of successfully deployed improved agricultural technologies delivered by the private sector in both large and small developing countries for instructive lessons for policy makers around the world.

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