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41Hydroponics — (from the Greek words hydro (water) and ponos (labour) is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions, without soil. Terrestrial plants may be grown with their roots in the mineral nutrient solution only or in an inert medium,… …
42Ancient Egypt — was an ancient civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern nation of Egypt. The civilization began around 3150 BC [Only after 664 BC are dates secure. See Egyptian… …
43Fall of the Ottoman Empire — issues cleanup=Sep 2008 refimprove=Sep 2008 wikify=Sep 2008 Republic of Turkey (superimposed upon modern borders). Some scholars argue the power of the Caliphate began waning by 1683, and without the acquisition of significant new wealth the… …
44Coffee production in India — Coffee forests in India Coffee plantation in India …
45Vavilovian mimicry — Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov. Vavilovian mimicry (also crop mimicry or weed mimicry[1][2]) is a form of mimicry in plants where a weed comes to share one or more cha …
46mixed farming — noun growing crops and feed and livestock all on the same farm • Hypernyms: ↑farming, ↑agriculture, ↑husbandry * * * noun : the growing of food or cash crops, feed crops, and livestock on the same farm planned to do mixed farming, keep a cow,… …
47Geography of Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka Native name: Nickname: India s Teardrop Pearl of the Indian Ocean Map Sri Lanka …
48Geography of the People's Republic of China — China is the 3rd or 4th largest country in the world (depending on whether all PRC administered areas are included or not see List of countries and outlying territories by total area) and the one with the most people. It stretches about 5,000… …
49insect — insectival /in sek tuy veuhl/, adj. /in sekt/, n. 1. any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two… …
50farm — ▪ I. farm farm 1 [fɑːm ǁ fɑːrm] noun [countable] 1. FARMING an area of land, used for growing crops or keeping animals as a business: • a 3000 hectare maize farm • Farm exports account for 70% of New Zealand s exports. • a …
