Essays on Agriculture

Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) GMOs are transgenic organisms carrying foreign genes either from virus, bacteria, plants, humans in order to improve their genetic structure for particular purposes. In this procedure the beneficial or gene of interest is identified which is then isolated and multiplied and...

Research in biological pest management in agroecosystems and general plant crops is one of the essential parts of ensuring a viable crop yield as well as sustainability of the crop field and the surrounding environment. Involving myself in specialized research with pests that cause substantial...

Despite the importance of CNVs, a systematic and standardized way of detecting CNVs is still in its early phases of being developed. One of the main reasons for this is because identifying CNVs is a challenging task. For instance, detecting regions where CNVs are located...

How can genetic engeniering help cure Parkinson’s disease? The Parkinson’s disease ended many lives, plenty of people have suffered from this disease. The Parkinson disease is a genetically inherited disease, Parkinson’s disease is a progressive nervous system disorder that affects movement. Symptoms start gradually, sometimes...

The organism I have chosen to focus my research study on is Mosquitos. The taxonomic classification of the mosquito is as follows; It’s domain is Eukaryotic, it’s kingdom is Animalia and its phylum is Arthropoda. Mosquitoes have been around for over 100 million years. They...

One of the biggest threats towards upland conservation is depopulation and land abandonment due to increased market pressures on land managers. The abandonment of the landscape and significant reduction of the resident population would facilitate in the natural restoration of ecosystem processes. The reduction of...

The Sustainability Index of Agricultural Productive Systems (ISSPA) assessed the agroecological trustworthiness of the properties situated in the Centella miniaturized scale watershed (Dagua, Valle del Cauca). The assessment considered: soil and cover administration, water, strong waste, financial and political-institutional viewpoints. Altogether, 23 pointers were gathered...