Components of Resilience Name Institution Components of Resilience Introduction Resilience has become a part of everyday life as it generally determines the functioning of the world. It is the ability of an organism, organization or systems to adapt to adverse, stressful or tragic situations. For there to be growth there needs to be resilience so in a sense resilience does not mean a positive outcome but it can also lead to a negative one. According to Browning and Johnson (2010) there is a
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INTRODUCTION Farming is the ancient and the most common profession in Bangladesh. Most of the people of Bangladesh live in village and most of the villagers (62% manpower in agriculture1) are involved in farming. One of the main reasons of having common interest to farming is: the land is very fertile and most of the part of Bangladesh is plain. Another interesting thing is Bangladeshi people naturally good in farming. Agricultural sector is the single largest contributor to GDP. The crop sub-sector
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Question 1 Names of aquatic plant | Parts and its fuction | Water hyacinth (Eichhornia Crassipes) | The stems and leaves contain airfilled tissue which give the plant its considerablebuoyancy. | Duckweed (Lemnaceae) | Entire lower surface of fronds can absorb nutrients from the medium, and the plants can grow well under conditions which entirely prevent root elongation. | Water Primrose (Ludwigia) | The creeping and floating stems allow it to find open water and sunlight through the larger
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area for both crop and livestock. As a result, the basin produces over one-third of Australia’s food supply. From above sentence, it seems that the area is enriched with healthy natural resources and ecosystem. However, during 2001 to 2009, the irrigation in this area has increased by a large number causing the low inflows in river systems. The low inflows including the climate change has resulted in the drought across the basin, followed by other environmental problems such as a degradation of biodiversity
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INTRODUCTION- Pulses play a vital role to meet the protein demand of human diet. Pulses are considered as the poor people’s meat as it is the cheapest source of protein. Mungbean (Vigna radiata L.wilczek) is a summer pulse crop with short duration (50-90 days) and high nutritive value. The seeds contain 22-28 % protein,60-65 % carbohydrates, 1-1.5 % fat, 3.5-4.5 % fibers a4.5-5.5 ash, it has many effective uses, green pods in cooking as peas, sprout rich in vitamins and amino acids. This crop
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Coca Cola’s operations have been blamed for exacerbating or causing stress on local water resources in some less developed countries. Review and discuss the evidence. 1 billion people do not have access to safe drinking water and estimates suggest by 2025 two thirds of the world’s population will be living in ‘water stressed situations’ (Momsen, 2004). Drinking unsafe water is a reality for many people living in less developed countries and can lead to life threatening problems including cholera
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It started business in 1955 in Clovis, New Mexico. The nature of Newman Electric business is the service and repair of electric equipment, agricultural systems, controllers, and Industrial services. Newman Electric specializes in agricultural, irrigation systems, and motors. Today it has between eleven and fourteen employee’s services its customers. Their base service is spread out over north and east central New Mexico and West Texas. Newman Electric has been serving the farms, dairy, and feed
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Del Rio Foods, Inc. Del Rio Foods, Inc Business Policy Seminar Professor 1 Del Rio Foods, Inc Overview: Bob Gilly and Maria Sanchez established a food processing company named Del Rio Foods, Inc
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closely behind the Sacramento and Columbia Rivers. Major tributaries to the Klamath include the Shasta, Scott, Salmon and Trinity Rivers.” (US Environmental Protection Agency 1) In 2001, controversy erupted when drought conditions forced farming irrigation to shut down to preserve the salmon. The farmers lost their crops. The next year, “the government
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RAIN WATER HARVESTING IN NORTH EAST STATES: MIZORAM AND MANIPUR Rainwater harvesting is a means of taking water out of the hydrological cycle for either human or agricultural use. The rainfall is intercepted and collected on prepared watersheds. Basically, there are two types of rainwater harvesting schemes - those designed for agricultural use and those designed for human use. Rainwater catchment schemes intended for agricultural use require large catchment areas. In this case, use of the ground
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