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traditional_farming_notes [2008-04-17 15:44] – sanjeevtraditional_farming_notes [2008-04-30 09:52] – sanjeev
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 These notes form a part of [[sanjeev shankar]]'s research, which is summarised in his [[research_report_sanjeev-shankar|research report]] These notes form a part of [[sanjeev shankar]]'s research, which is summarised in his [[research_report_sanjeev-shankar|research report]]
  
-//Agricultural methods of the Orient_ China/India/Japan//+//Agricultural methods of non-industrialized societies - a large section of the Orient_ China/India/Japan//
  
   * System of peasant farming for centuries. Agricultural practices are as permanent as those of the primeval forest   * System of peasant farming for centuries. Agricultural practices are as permanent as those of the primeval forest
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   * regional variables a common feature   * regional variables a common feature
  
-//Agricultural methods of the Occident//+//Agricultural methods of industrialized societies - Occident//
  
   * Satisfy three hungers: hunger of local rural population with the livestock, hunger of urban population and that of machines which need raw materials   * Satisfy three hungers: hunger of local rural population with the livestock, hunger of urban population and that of machines which need raw materials
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   * artificial manure used widely   * artificial manure used widely
   * diseases and hence pesticides on the rise   * diseases and hence pesticides on the rise
-  * food preservation processes is a norm+  * food processing is a norm
   * science a dominant force to help production   * science a dominant force to help production
   * loss of soil fertility highlighted by the growing menace of soil erosion   * loss of soil fertility highlighted by the growing menace of soil erosion