How to make charcoal briquettes from agricultural waste
Demonstration on how to make charcoal briquettes, by Amy Smith of D-Lab, MIT (http://web.mit.edu/d-lab/). For more information, please contact charcoal@mit.edu. The charcoal is made from agricultural waste materials using an oil drum. In this case maize stalks were used. The charcoal is compressed to briquettes using a simple hand-operated press. The demonstration was held during the IPIDAT 2009 meeting.
Duration : 0:9:54
What is the difference between horticulture and agricultural societies?
What is the major difference in technology between the horticultural and agricultural societies?
All help is appreciated!!!!
Archaeologically?
Horticulture-simple hand tools and no real pattern to fields, such as corn and beans growing together in one plot. Think-your mother’s garden. Agriculture-more complex tools and machines (not just the combines and threshers of today, but simple things like irrigation mechanisms and plows) and segregated fields (a la, corn in the corn field, squash in the squash field, and never the two shall meet). Think of any of the grain fields in the US Midwest.
UC Davis Sustainable Agricultural Farming Systems Project
This introduction to the SAFS project, an interdisciplinary, participatory research experiment, examines the transition from conventional farming systems to low-input and organic production of a typical Sacramento Valley row crop rotation on a 20-acre site.
Series: “University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources” [5/2001] [Science] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 5765]
Duration : 0:24:50
What are some ethical issues in agricultural technology?
I have to write a paper about an ethical issue in agricultural technology and i’m not sure where to start. All i need is a topic!
The humane treatment of animals when they are considered factory-manufactured components
The purity and nutritional value of foods ( as well as flavor) when technology stresses other factors (such as durability in shipping or simultaneous ripening of crops)
The conditions of the agricultural workers’ working environment and conditions of labor when costs drive the issues
The sustainable use of land and water when corporations must show an immediate profit every year rather than invest in long-term conservation
The environmental hazards of heavy concentrations of animals (water pollution from run-off of droppings) when it is profitable to concentrate the animals and feed them artificially
What was the enduring myth during the Agricultural Revolution?
A few men were responsible for transforming English agriculture from a peasant subsistence economy to a thriving capitalist agricultural system.
The agricultural revolution in England was thought to have occurred because of the selective breeding of livestock, the removal of common property rights to land, and new systems of cropping.
The Agricultural Revolution was a product of the inventions of the Industrial Revolution.
The Agricultural Revolution changed Canadian practices in farming.
The enduring myth? There was none hun. The Industrial Revolution, rather, was a product of the Agricultural Revolution. Historically agriculture started several thousand years ago in the Mesopatamia land in the middle-east and the areas of China and south Asia has been known to have a system of rice agriculture for thousands of years. No obvious myths.
What is the difference between agricultural literacy and agricultural awareness?
What is agricultural literacy?
What is agricultural awareness?
Agricultural literacy is defined as an understanding of the food and fiber system, which includes its history and its current economic, social, and environmental significance. Agriculture literacy is a learned concept, it can be taught in the schoolroom.
Agriculture awareness requires agriculture literacy but comes from a more hands on experience. Agriculture awareness can be acquired by interaction with farmers or others with direct involvement in agriculture. You could acquire agriculture awareness here on Answers. There are many knowledgeable people who answer agricultural questions. You have to be aware, however that there are some who answer who don’t know what they are talking about in agriculture as well as all other categories.
Mad Cow AnimationGenetic Engineering in California Agriculture
Take a look at the science behind genetic engineering and see how it is used in food crops and animals. Learn where and why this technology is used and look at the science-based concerns about the use of genetic engineering in agricultural production systems. Series: “University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources” [10/2004] [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 9057]
Duration : 0:29:49
What was the agricultural modernization after World War I in Europe?
I need this to complete a study guide. Tell me what it did and what agricultural means came out of it.
After WW1 many animals that had been used for pulling, ex horses were killed during the war to the point there were not enough to satisify demand. As a result mechinical instuments were introduced, ex cars tractors, were used where traditional farm animals used to be.