What r d developments in agriculture till today? what are the issues affecting farmers and farming?

Question

any more measures to improve agricultural yields. all that can help me in making a project on agricultural developments

Answer 1

It probably depends a bit on where it is in the world and what the farming systems in question are.  Seems pest insects and weeds, climatic constraints, natural resource management, markets and trade, and politics are just some issues affecting farmers and farming.  Wikipedia, for example, has an overview of agriculture that includes r & d over time and some of the issues farmers face.  In terms of a case study, conservation farming (such as practiced in parts of US, Africa and Australia for example) which involves reduced or no tillage etc is a good example showing that people should not assume that farmers are stupid or ignorant, don't care about the land, don't want to be sustainable in all ways, and when they are able, can and do do things and seek help to achieve improvements.  Good luck with your project.

Answer 2

The issues that are upper most on the list with regards to agriculture are mainly how to repair the damage done and keep production high. Land is damaged from continuous farming without regard to sustainability. Yes you can grow a crop with fertilizer to feed a plant but the soil is not nurtured and the chemicals throw off a balance that plants and soil flora and fauna need as it was incorporated into the genetics over millions of years. You can till the soil and rake it to clear an area but that mechanical action destroys the soil structure and it can wash away or blow away and what is left does not have a good structure for roots. After a time you have a dust bowl or a river bottom silted and that water system is now ruined also. We need to use the lessons that Mother Nature handed down to us. The soil is fine. Use cover crops to protect it with what we want, and pull the nutrients that watering has pushed below the reach of tilling and get them back up top. Then use thick mulch to protect our soil instead of pulverizing it, nurturing our plants while keeping back competitor weeds and conserving water while feeding long term organics.

Using pesticides over and over is like us working our hardest as Mother Nature would to make resistant varieties of diseases and bugs. Then we have to develop new chemicals that end up repeating the same old song. Take the lesson and use companion planting instead of monoculture. Use natures forces to combat the bugs by encouraging the wee beasts and birds to go get them. In return we give them nice homes and sanctuary. We don't need poisons when simple remedies and pre-planing will take care of a lot. 90% of the pesticides are required for the extra few % (an apple with a couple little spots organic grown) in a harvest, what a huge waste!

Thats just a couple issues. We have a lot of people to feed and with a complex society, we rely on farms to grow our food so we can have our culture. We grew as farmers for thousands of years and learned a lot and made our mistakes and now we know we have to get back to basics and dust off the little kiddie picture books that Mother Nature gave us. Look at the picture of nature working in harmony and beauty and in all it's detail, that is how to grow our food and life healthy and well, all of us.

By the way, to whom it may concern, using corn or other products for ethanol is taking food from the mouths of hungry people, and it's fermentation makes so much CO2 it is not worth it. That aside, it would only be a break even deal, then add the CO2, all because we can't get along. The Farmers should let the government know that their fields are not for that kind of B.S.

Answer 3

The issues that are upper most on the list with regards to agriculture are mainly how to repair the damage done and keep production high. Land is damaged from continuous farming without regard to sustainability. Yes you can grow a crop with fertilizer to feed a plant but the soil is not nurtured and the chemicals throw off a balance that plants and soil flora and fauna need as it was incorporated into the genetics over millions of years. You can till the soil and rake it to clear an area but that mechanical action destroys the soil structure and it can wash away or blow away and what is left does not have a good structure for roots. After a time you have a dust bowl or a river bottom silted and that water system is now ruined also. We need to use the lessons that Mother Nature handed down to us. The soil is fine. Use cover crops to protect it with what we want, and pull the nutrients that watering has pushed below the reach of tilling and get them back up top. Then use thick mulch to protect our soil instead of pulverizing it, nurturing our plants while keeping back competitor weeds and conserving water while feeding long term organics.

     Using pesticides over and over is like us working our hardest as Mother Nature would to make resistant varieties of diseases and bugs. Then we have to develop new chemicals that end up repeating the same old song. Take the lesson and use companion planting instead of monoculture. Use natures forces to combat the bugs by encouraging the wee beasts and birds to go get them. In return we give them nice homes and sanctuary. We don't need poisons when simple remedies and pre-planing will take care of a lot. 90% of the pesticides are required for the extra few % (an apple with a couple little spots organic grown) in a harvest, what a huge waste!

     Thats just a couple issues. We have a lot of people to feed and with a complex society, we rely on farms to grow our food so we can have our culture. We grew as farmers for  thousands of years and learned a lot and made our mistakes and now we know we have to get back to basics and dust off the little kiddie picture books that Mother Nature gave us. Look at the picture of nature working in harmony and beauty and in all it's detail, that is how to grow our food and life healthy and well, all of us.

     By the way, to whom it may concern, using corn or other products for ethanol is taking food from the mouths of hungry people, and it's fermentation makes so much CO2 it is not worth it. That aside, it would only be a break even deal, then add the CO2, all because we can't get along. The Farmers should let the government know that their fields are not for that kind of B.S.

Answer 4

Ask Mike453683  He hit on the  nose

Answer 5

The issues that affect farming is insects and land. Farmers need more land to grow more agricultural products to make more money, But most the insects are feeding on most of the plants. If they spray insecticide, the enviornment will be harmed!

Answer 6

irrigitation, finance, marketing ,new technology ,competition. although agl has come a long way since independence.