AGRICULTURE
(See also Drought; Farms; Fertilizers; Irrigation; Plants; Soil; crops by name)
(Note centered heading below: List by Place)
benefits of—
bats: g89 1/22 19
earthworms: g03 5/8 21-22
music: g88 11/22 30
book Raisons de la colère (Reasons for Wrath): w86 7/15 27
chemicals:
danger: g95 2/22 28
composting: g92 3/22 26-27
decline in biodiversity: g01 9/22 3-11
decline in production: g96 1/8 10-11
development of modern farming: g 9/09 21-23
failure of farm banks: g86 10/22 6
fruit-picking robot: g94 7/8 29
genetic engineering: g01 9/22 6, 11; g01 12/22 6; g00 4/22 25-27
giant kelp: g87 3/22 18-19
green revolution: g04 1/22 28; g01 9/22 5-6, 11
irrigation:
overirrigation: w90 7/1 4
use of sewage: g05 6/22 28
migrant workers: g94 3/22 6-8
natural methods as productive as chemical: g90 2/8 28-29
origin: it-1 57
pesticides: g03 10/8 8; g99 2/22 20-23
effect on migrant workers: g94 3/22 6-7
ineffectiveness: g96 1/8 10
penetrate workers’ clothing: g86 4/22 30
poisoning from: g86 11/22 9
weeds used instead: g01 10/8 29
pollination:
bats: g 10/14 12-13; g89 1/22 19
honeybees endangered: g88 7/8 30
slash-and-burn: g90 3/22 6
soil compaction from heavy machinery: g99 2/8 29
soil loss: g05 1/8 6; g90 3/22 11; g86 9/22 8-11; g86 12/22 30
hoofprints help prevent: g86 12/22 30
soil salinization: g05 1/8 7, 9; g04 8/22 25-27
surplus produce: g89 10/22 28-29
water used: g04 8/8 29
List by Place
Africa: g 8/14 7; g 7/12 20; g05 1/8 6
why not helped by green revolution: g04 1/22 28; g87 3/8 6; g86 11/22 30
why not self-sufficient: g87 3/8 5-8
Australia:
State Barrier Fence (Rabbit Proof Fence): g03 2/8 14-15
Bangladesh:
arsenic poisoning from deep wells: g98 4/8 28-29
developing nations:
fuel shortage: g86 10/8 31
Egypt (ancient): it-1 57-58, 687
granaries: it-2 1038
France:
fertilizers pollute drinking water: g90 10/22 29
India:
use of artificial glaciers: g01 4/8 31
Israel (ancient): it-1 57-59, 740-742; w11 9/1 11-13
booths: it-1 356, 555; ip-1 18-19
bulls used: it-1 374-375
calendar: w22.06 31; it-1 390-392, 765; nwt 1796; w07 6/15 8-12; bi12 1647; w90 9/1 16-17
Carmel range: it-1 419-420
fields: it-1 829-830
harrowing: w12 5/1 29
harvest: it-1 1040-1041; it-2 953; w12 5/1 29-30
implements: it-1 810-811
irrigation: it-1 58
lure of Baal worship: w19.06 3-4
nipping figs of sycamore trees: it-1 99; it-2 1050; w07 2/1 16; w04 11/15 10
plowing: it-1 714, 811; it-2 648-649; w12 5/1 28-29
soil conservation: it-1 58-59
sowing: it-2 1012-1013; w12 5/1 29
spiritual benefits: it-1 58
thorn removal: it-2 1095-1096
threshing: it-1 556, 811; it-2 953, 1096; nwt 1714; w12 5/1 30; w89 5/1 17
trees: it-2 1123
winnowing: it-2 1189; w12 5/1 30
Italy:
desertification: g98 5/8 28-29
Japan:
record tomato plant: g88 9/22 30
use of music: g88 11/22 30
Peru:
ancient technique: g89 5/22 29
Spain:
contributions of Moors: g88 11/8 27