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51Human impacts on the nitrogen cycle — Agricultural and industrial nitrogen (N) inputs to the environment currently exceed inputs from natural N fixation (Galloway 2003). As a consequence of anthropogenic inputs, the global nitrogen cycle (Fig. 1) has been significantly altered over… …
52Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest — Timelapse of deforestation in the state of Rondonia in Brazil, from 2000 2010. The Amazon River flowing through the rainforest. The main sources of deforestation in the Amazo …
53Plants in the Bible — • Discusses all of the types of plants mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Plants in the Bible Plants in the Bible …
54Weed of cultivation — A weed of cultivation is any plant that is well adapted to environments in which land is cultivated for growing some other plant. Many are quite specialised and can only thrive and reproduce where the ground has been broken by plough or spade.… …
55shifting cultivation — noun A system of cultivating land, in which an area is cleared and farmed until the fertility of the soil is exhausted, then abandoned for a new area • • • Main Entry: ↑shift * * * ˌshifting ˌcultiˈvation 7 [shifting cultivation] noun …
56Saint Vincent And The Grenadines — Introduction Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Background: Disputed between France and the United Kingdom in the 18th century, Saint Vincent was ceded to the latter in 1783. Autonomy was granted in 1969, and independence in 1979. Geography Saint… …
57History of the Jews — History of the Jews † Catholic Encyclopedia ► History of the Jews (Yehúd m; Ioudaismos). Of the two terms, Jews and Judaism, the former denotes usually the Israelites or descendants of Jacob (Israel) in contrast to Gentile races;… …
58Jhum cultivation — or shifting agriculture used to be practised by the tribal groups in the north eastern states of India like Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Nagaland. Later, that has come to be less practised. This system often involves clearing of a piece of… …
59Colonial history of the United States — Colonial America redirects here. For other uses, see Colonial America (disambiguation). History of the United States This article is part of a series …
60fit for cultivation — Such a condition of the soil, in its natural condition, as will enable a farmer bringing to business a reasonable amount of skill, to raise regularly and annually by tillage, grain or other staple crops. Keeran v Griffith, 34 Cal 580, 581 …
