The U.S tire industry is highly concentrated with top four companies generating more than ninety percent of total sales. The U.S agricultural tire demand has remained fairly strong in 2009 but not as robust as it was in 2008. Original equipment tire shipments have been particularly impacted in a negative way due to the slowdown [...]
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOSAFETY IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PRODUCTION Dr. Ashok Kumar Panigrahi, Balasore. Techniques questioned: Genetical modification of Agricultural Seeds- cotton, soya, maize, potato, rice and trees in the forest. Prologue The all encompassing big macabre issue discussed world wide today is the invasion of the [...]
IMPACT OF MNCs ON DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Introduction: Multinational corporation (or transnational corporation) (MNC/TNC) is a corporation or enterprise that manages production establishments or delivers services in at least two countries. Very large multinationals have budgets that exceed those of many countries. Multinational corporations can have a powerful influence in international relations and local economies. Multinational [...]
Global FOOD REQUIREMENT BY 2050 By Prof Ghulam Mohyudddin WANI Minimum requirements. A population of 9 billion at the rate of 300-400 grams of dry cereals, 210 grams of milk/man egg on alternate days and 9-10 gram meat or equivalent caloric value of cheese, butter or other animal fats will need different commodities. Roughly [...]
Title of research: Organic farming as an approach to sustainable development, an economic evaluation. Aims & Objectives: To find out ways and means to make agriculture sustainable as against the current agriculture, which is grossly nonsustainable? Introduction: Sir Albert Howard, the noted agricultural scientist brought in to India by the British during the [...]
Every minute of every day, America loses two acres of agricultural land to urban, commercial or residential development.1 In California, roughly 50,000 acres of farmland is developed every year.2 If patterns continue, another 2 million acres of California land will be paved over by 2050.3 As farmers are increasingly pressured to convert fertile land into [...]
The global industry of farm equipment and machinery has registered a significant growth in the previous decade both in terms of revenues and production. Like all other industrial sectors, the global economic slowdown also influenced the farm equipment and machinery market; however, the market is set to regain its pace following the recovering economy and [...]
