Crops

A crop is a plant or animal product that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence. Crops may refer either to the harvested parts or to the harvest in a more refined state. Most crops are cultivated in agriculture or aquaculture. A crop may include macroscopic fungus (e.g. mushrooms), or alga. Most crops are harvested as food for humans or fodder for livestock. Some crops are gathered from the wild (including intensive gathering, e.g. ginseng). Important non-food crops include horticulture, floriculture and industrial crops. Horticulture crops include plants used for other crops (e.g. fruit trees). Floriculture crops …

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PICES: North Pacific Marine Science Organization · 17 April 2024 English

All names and claims expressed in this book of abstracts are solely those of the authors and do not represent those of the PICES Organization, nor those of their affiliated …

role in increasing crop yield and the quality of crops promises improvements considering climate adaptation


UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 12 April 2024 English

"The Honourable John Norquay is a magnificent book. Friesen meticulously documents Norquay's many accomplishments, larger-than-life character, and charisma. He paints a picture of a negotiator and orator who ably uses …

oxen, three cows, two calves, and three pigs. Crops had been planted on four cultivated acres. All time and labour had to be dedicated to animals, crops, the hunt, and the fishery. Given his relative erected fences to keep wandering animals out of his crops, laid flooring in the house, thatched the roof,


IHRP: International Human Rights Program, University of Toronto · 10 April 2024 English

The granting of such a permit primarily depends on ZKHWKHU WKH FRPSDQ\¶V proposed activities align with the purpose of the community forest, the goals of the Forest Management Plan and …

cleared land used by Indigenous villagers to grow crops and raise cattle. The land continues to be cleared permitted. Members typically build homes, cultivate crops, practice traditional rituals, and maintain a cemetery DFURVV ,QGLJHQRXV SHRSOHV¶ FURS ILHOGV harming young crops that farmers use for food. ReconAfrica had also for drinking, cooking, sanitation, 215 watering crops and raising livestock. Specifically, since ReconAfrica yield had reduced significantly. Given that his crops and animals are the only source of food for him


Fraser Institute · 5 April 2024 English

Canada, as with many other environmentally conscientious governments, is pursuing an agenda of an energy transition: away from fossil fuels, and toward a society increasingly driven by wind power, solar …

land around the earth. Arable land and permanent crops accounted for 12.3% of the world’s ice-free lands Percentage of ice-free land Arable land and permanent crops 16,000 12.3 Reservoirs 600 0.5 Area affected by


UAP: University of Alberta Press · 2 April 2024 English

All Sky, Mirror Ocean is for everyone looking to understand the complex issues around mental illness and healing. Combining autobiography, research-creation, poetry, and creative philosophy, Brad Necyk uses art and …

there was everything —children parents animals crops warm yellow air standing stark against


FRHD: Freehand Books · 1 April 2024 English

From award-winning poet Catherine Owen, a collection of poems about one woman's journey from BC to a new life in Alberta, where she buys an old house and creates a …

Because, raised by busy parents in the suburbs, Crops were mostly bean sprouts on the countertop, yet


AIC: Agricultural Institute of Canada · 31 March 2024 English

The success of the Quebec pilot, combined with the identified need across the agriculture sector for more training opportunities for women led to the expansion of the program Canada-wide and …

frequency of droughts and decimating their own crops, according to the new paper from IIED. Many female fruits and vegetables, as well as more specialised crops like aloe vera and moringa – a wide range to mitigate mostly women, sustain their families by cultivating crops and rearing animals on small plots of land. For mitigation efforts had been directed at protecting the crops and soil from the extreme conditions and had mixed the potatoes in the heat. Now we sell most of our crops over the winter, which has its own set of challenges


CPRC: University of Regina Press · 30 March 2024 English

Emily McGiffin’s poems examine imperial violence and colonialism in South Africa and Canada. Multifaceted and multi-voiced, Emily McGiffin’s poems explore the ongoing violence, destruction, and loss wrought by colonialism and …

falters, winks, strikes raptor’s wings and then the crops | now turnpikes, now cotton, now freewheeling toffs


Alberta WaterSMART Solutions · 28 March 2024 English

This report provides a brief overview of the SROI methodology, project approach, the objectives and activities of the options, and the key findings and assumptions made when completing the analysis. …

production production of opportunities, more sustainable crops and other regenerative practices goods Local Technical Developed: Producing crops, fish, game, and fruits Average revenue for food crops in 1145.00 14 Food Provisioning


CCPA: Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives · 27 March 2024 English

The report follows the publication of Safe at Work, Unsafe at Home: COVID-19 and Temporary Foreign Workers in Prince Edward Island in 2021 and Unfree Labour: COVID-19 and Migrant Workers …

jobs. These included pruning fruit trees, planting crops, and harvesting fruits and vegetables. Some picked much for coming to our country to help harvest the crops. 35 Conclusions Workers in our sample were recruited


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