How do you define Chemical Weathering? The chemical weathering of rock can be summarized as the chemical decomposition of rocks. Chemical weathering of rocks is the disintegration of rocks caused by chemical reactions, and not by mechanical processes. Chemical weathering Read more…
Category: Earth Science
What is Soil Bacteria? Soil bacteria are of the plant classification and a subdivision of the soil microorganism. Bacteria are single-cell organisms that are more numerous in the soils and they are very important in various soil processes. Soil bacteria Read more…
Agriculture is a broad field of science and there are terminologies used in the field of agriculture. Some are pertinent to farming while others to other sub-fields of agric science. Some of the words associated with farming and agriculture generally Read more…
There’s no doubt, your cooking method can change the composition of nutrients in fruits and vegetables but it’s not always a bad thing. In cooked vegetables and fruits, you can have some more nutrients than fresh in some rare cases. Read more…
Many vegetable crops were domesticated several centuries ago. The great ancient civilization in Mesopotamia grew vegetables such as turnips, onions, beans, lettuce, and cucumbers. While the early Egyptians cultivated a wide variety of vegetable crops such as asparagus, cabbage, cucumber, Read more…
The impacts of technology in advancing agriculture to meet the growing food and raw material demands of a rising population have taken different forms. The adoption of new methods and techniques of practicing farming like biotechnology has helped in increasing Read more…
The rise in various technological advancements in agriculture and socio-economic conditions like rising food scarcity has led to growers demanding a higher level of control of the environment for faster growth of plants. These controls require better strategies of soil Read more…
These days the topic of the Internet of Things is a trending one. But many are not familiar with this concept. Internet of things is basically the internet connection between things, people, process, animals, surrounding etc. in a virtual way. Read more…
As the population of the world shows no signs of slowing down, there have been suggestions to increase food production in farming to enable us to improve food security. Apart from the current global agricultural issues like climate change, lack Read more…
In this present time, farming involves the usage of a lot of chemicals. This starts from the usage of fertilizers for crop cultivation to the pesticides in the food products which are used to increase the shelf life. Nanotechnology Read more…
