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At the present growth rate of 1.1% per year, the U.S. population will double to more than half a billion people within the next 60 years. It is estimated that approximately one acre of land is lost due to urbanization and highway construction alone for every person added to the U.S. population. This means that only 0.6 acres of farmland would be available to grow food for each American in 2050, as opposed to the 1.8 acres per capita available today. At least 1.2 acres per person is required in order to maintain current American dietary standards. Food prices are projected to increase 3 to 5-fold within this period. If present population growth, domestic food consumption and topsoil loss trends continue, the U.S. will most likely cease to be a food exporter by approximately 2025 because food grown in the U.S. will be needed for domestic purposes. Since food exports earn billion for the U.S. annually, the loss of this income source would result in an even greater increase in America’s trade deficit. Considering that America is the world’s largest food exporter, the future survival of millions of people around the world may also come into question if food exports from the U.S. were to cease. University and Mario Giampietro Istituto of Nazionale della Nutrizione, Rome Indicates that the rate of America’s population growth rate is a 1.1% per year and will double to more than half a billion people within the next 60 years.  In greater Phoenix, Arizona area we see the disappearance of orange and other citrus groves, dairy farms, and farm land.  In its place housing development at a rapid rate especially near Native American reservation settings within an urban settings.  In some cases, cities and towns buffering right up to the borders of reservation settings.  From 1990 to 2000 all of Arizona nearly doubled in size and most likely with the new 2010 US Census report it will be more than doubled.

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Agriculture is the backbone of the Indian Economy said Mahatma Gandhi five decades ago. Even today, as we enter the new millennium, the situation is still the same, with almost the entire economy being sustained by agriculture, which is the mainstay of the villages. Not only the economy, but also every one of us looks up to agriculture for our sustenance too. Although agriculture contributes only 21% of Indias GDP, its importance in the countrys economic, social, and political fabric goes well beyond this indicator. The rural areas are still home to some 72 percent of the India’s 1.1 billion people, a large number of whom are poor. Most of the rural poor depend on rain-fed agriculture and fragile forests for their livelihoods. The sharp rise in foodgrain production during Indias Green Revolution of the 1970s enabled the country to achieve self-sufficiency in foodgrains and stave off the threat of famine. Agricultural intensification in the 1970s to 1980s saw an increased demand for rural labor that raised rural wages and, together with declining food prices, reduced rural poverty. Sustained, although much slower, agricultural growth in the 1990s reduced rural poverty to 26.3 percent by 1999/00. Since then, however, the slowdown in agricultural growth has become a major cause for concern. Indias rice yields are one-third of Chinas and about half of those in Vietnam and Indonesia. With the exception of sugarcane, potato and tea, the same is true for most other agricultural commodities. The Government of India places high priority on reducing poverty by raising agricultural productivity. However, bold action from policymakers will be required to shift away from the existing subsidy-based regime that is no longer sustainable, to build a solid foundation for a highly productive, internationally competitive, and diversified agricultural sector.

ICTs play a key role in improving the availability of agricultural production and market information in developing countries. ICT-based market information systems have a proven track record for improving rural livelihoods in middle income developing countries where they have been introduced. However, these systems are generally limited in scale and have not been effectively replicated beyond the local level. This paper attempts an analysis of the ICT play an important role in bringing about sustainable agricultural development and future perspectives in agriculture and ICT. It is recommended that, in drought-prone and less endowed areas, future ICT initiatives provide information services such as facilitation of access to land records, question-and-answer services, information on rural development programmes, weather forecasting, marketing information, best package of practices for dry land agriculture, information on crop insurance and post- harvest technology. It is also recommended that, before ICT services are set up in a region, efforts are made to develop among the farmers both a satisfactory level of faith in the intentions of the ICT staff and a firm commitment to the goals of the proposed project. It is also suggested that participatory and rapid rural appraisals are carried out to ascertain what information the farmers need. In the process, the farmers’ self-fulfilling faith in the information services provided should be enhanced. It is further recommended that the farmers be instructed in how to get the best possible use out of the services provided. Today a new paradigm of agricultural development is fast emerging: in both developing and developed countries the overall development of rural areas is expanding in new directions; old ways of delivering important services to citizens are being challenged; and traditional societies are being transformed into knowledge societies all over the world.  ICTs play a key role in improving the availability of agricultural production and market information in developing countries. ICT-based market information systems have a proven track record for improving rural livelihoods in middle income developing countries where they have been introduced.

Writing an agriculture essay is the part of agricultural studies and as you have been assigned to write agriculture essay, than you need to find a good topic at first and search for the relevant material so that you could come up with a good piece of work. No doubt, internet can be the best medium to search for anything, but sometimes it becomes so exhausting for a student to search for a pertinent material on it as there are millions of websites that are of no use for the students. Therefore, we are here compiling some good resources where you will find your desired information with ease but make sure you are citing the sources properly. Food and agricultural organization works on the goal for defeating world hunger with the different countries of the world. All the member countries get together on a single platform to work for their nation and discuss on the prevalent agriculture and food situation globally. This resource can be an effective one to help you cope with the agriculture essays. Economic Research service is a greatest source for getting information on the economics information and research in United States Department of Agriculture. Though America is a industry based country, but still they put much effort into the agriculture side f their country, and this official site is a proof of their commitment. The united states agricultural and food policy blog can provide you with the latest news about the topic, research work being done and an information blog which is especially made for the nations community. This website can be of great help for writing your agriculture essay. This site contains all the information that is required for such essay types. This site is all related to the history of agriculture in United States of America; here you can find useful information to write your essays on agriculture in no time. It is a platform where professional people discuss on agriculture which includes the national policies, news or information etc.

Organic agriculture is about more than just growing crops without using either chemical fertilizers and synthetic pesticides, rather it a holistic approach to the very system of farming that restores, maintains and enhances economical sustainability and ecological balance generating non toxic, healthy and tasty food or medicine or dye with natural fragrance and colour. In today’s world most organic growers since believe in biodiversity, they avoid GM varieties, whether crops or seeds or plants or animals. They use no chemical either for soil fertility or for pest control, no chemical either for their growth or for their protection except the medicines that too only when the situation is very bad and beyond control. Organic agriculture is currently being practiced in more than 100 countries the world over. The ill effects of agrochemicals used for last several decades have changed the minds of consumers in different countries who are now buying or willing to bye organic food stuffs with high premium. Policy makers are now promoting organic agriculture for several different reasons such as soil health, sustaining rural economy and creating better environment. The global organic area is estimated at 26 million hectare with 61 standards and 364 certification bodies. The world organic market is estimated at 26 billion US $. The certified organic area in India is estimated at 2.5 million hectare but non-certified area is much more. Organic agriculture is being practiced in India since the beginning of agriculture in this country and it continued as such till Green Revolution was introduced in this country in the mid sixties. There is a brief mention of organic agriculture in ancient literatures like the Rigveda, Ramayana, Mahabharata and Kautilya Arthshastra etc. Sir Albert Howard was the first industrial agriculturist who was brought in to India by the British to teach the Indian farmers the use of agrochemicals but he ended up in learning the organic agriculture from Indian farmers, developed the Indore process and went on to establish the symbiotic fungal bridge between the humus in the soil and the sap of the plants through the mycorrhizal associations.