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  • Cultural ecology also has its roots in earlier cultural anthropology, the geographic and environmental context of culture change. The neo-evolutionist Leslie White reacted to the idealism of the cultural approach, turning his attention to the progress of technology in harnessing energy to serve the survival and subsistence needs of cultures. Cultural ecology has sought to produce a more quantitative discipline than is characteristic of most cultural anthropology, which has remained rooted in the humanities.
    By: rupali
    Thursday, Jun 3, 2021
    AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS
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  • The exploitation of natural resources is the use of natural resources for economic growth, sometimes with a negative connotation of accompanying environmental degradation. It started to emerge on an industrial scale in the 19th century as the extraction and processing of raw materials (such as in mining, steam power, and machinery) developed much further than it had in preindustrial areas. During the 20th century, energy consumption rapidly increased. Today, about 80% of the world's energy consumption is sustained by the extraction of fossil fuels, which consists of oil, coal and natural gas.
    By: rupali
    Thursday, May 27, 2021
    WATER, ENERGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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  • Sustainable development is the organizing principle for meeting human development goals while simultaneously sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services on which the economy and society depend. The desired result is a state of society where living conditions and resources are used to continue to meet human needs without undermining the integrity and stability of the natural system
    By: Deepika harshwardhan jagtap swryawanshi
    Thursday, May 27, 2021
    WATER, ENERGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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  • Agriculture is the most important sector of the Sri Lankan economy. Even though its contribution to the gross domestic product declined substantially during the past 3 decades (from 30 percent in 1970 to 21 percent in 2000), it is the most important source of employment for the majority of the Sri Lankan workforce. Approximately 38 percent of the total labor force was engaged in agriculture in 1999. In the subsistence sector, rice is the main crop and farming rice is the most important economic activity for the majority of the people living in rural areas. During the last 5 decades the rice sector grew rapidly and output more than tripled, re Read more: https://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Asia-and-the-Pacific/Sri-Lanka-AGRICULTURE.html#ixzz6vrv4Mgfy
    By: Anne miller New vijayalaxmi santosh mhetre mali
    Wednesday, May 26, 2021
    HEALTH AND NUTRITION

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  • Agriculture is the most important sector of the Sri Lankan economy. Even though its contribution to the gross domestic product declined substantially during the past 3 decades (from 30 percent in 1970 to 21 percent in 2000), it is the most important source of employment for the majority of the Sri Lankan workforce. Approximately 38 percent of the total labor force was engaged in agriculture in 1999. In the subsistence sector, rice is the main crop and farming rice is the most important economic activity for the majority of the people living in rural areas. During the last 5 decades the rice sector grew rapidly and output more than tripled, Read more: https://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Asia-and-the-Pacific/Sri-Lanka-AGRICULTURE.html#ixzz6vrul9Y7F
    By: Anne miller New vijayalaxmi santosh mhetre mali
    Tuesday, May 25, 2021
    CULTURE AND SOCIETY

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  • Food web is a network of interconnected food chains. It comprises all the food chains within a single ecosystem. It helps in understanding that plants lay the foundation of all the food chains. In a marine environment, phytoplankton forms the primary producer.
    By: rupali
    Thursday, May 13, 2021
    WATER, ENERGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT

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  • The social-ecological approach are cross-level influences shown by arrows that cut across levels indicated in the figure. Thus, family consensus, a supportive division of labor, and appropriate information gathering at the level of social relations may support individual cultural expectations about home care. Likewise, a consistent relationship with service providers at the level of the neighborhood may reinforce proadaptation resources at the level of the family, such as willingness to include home health care staff as “family,” and a reasonable division of labor with home care providers.
    By: Rupsssssssssssssssšssś Mukharjeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
    Thursday, May 13, 2021
    EDUCATION

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  • Data communications refer to the transmission of this digital data between two or more computers and a computer network or data network is a telecommunications network that allows computers to exchange data. The physical connection between networked computing devices is established using either cable media or wireless media. The best-known computer network is the Internet.
    By: Edwin Castel
    Thursday, May 13, 2021
    EDUCATION

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