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Shifting Cultivation

INTRODUCTION

Agriculture is the artificial cultivation and processing of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fibers and other byproducts. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the development of much denser and more stratified societies. Agriculture has played a key role in the development of human civilization. Until the Industrial Revolution, the vast majority of the human population labored in agriculture. Development of agricultural techniques has steadily increased agricultural productivity, and the widespread diffusion of these techniques during a time period is often called an agricultural revolution. A remarkable shift in agricultural practices has occurred over the past century in response to new technologies.

 

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Deforestation In Ghana: New Challenges And New Strategies

I.       INTRODUCTION

The natural environment is now regarded by many as being at risk from the harmful influence of industrialization and human activities, hence the urgent need for its protection from further harm and depletion. The protection requires:

a.       Reduction, control and elimination of existing causes of damage to the environment

b.       The Prevention of additional forms of damage

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