Harvest

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(Redirected from
Crop failure
)
For other uses, see Harvest (disambiguation).
"Reaping" redirects here. For other uses, see Reaping (disambiguation).
Harvesting in Volgograd Oblast, Russia
Straw of hay in a field of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Harvesting is the process of collecting plants, animals, or fish (as well as fungi) as food,

farm machinery, such as the combine harvester. Automation has increased the efficiency of both the seeding and harvesting processes. Specialized harvesting equipment, using conveyor belts for gentle gripping and mass transport, replaces the manual task of removing each seedling by hand.[3] The term "harvesting" in general usage may include immediate postharvest
handling, including cleaning, sorting, packing, and cooling.

The completion of harvesting marks the end of the growing season, or the growing cycle for a particular crop, and the social importance of this event makes it the focus of seasonal celebrations such as harvest festivals, found in many cultures and religions.

Etymology

"

verbified: "To harvest
" means to reap, gather, and store the harvest (or the crop). People who harvest and equipment that harvests are harvesters; while they do it, they are harvesting.

Crop failure

Crop failure (also known as harvest failure) is an absent or greatly diminished crop yield relative to expectation, caused by the plants being damaged, killed, or destroyed, or affected in some way that they fail to form edible fruit, seeds, or leaves in their expected abundance.

Crop failures can be caused by catastrophic events such as

overfertilization, or overexploitation
.

In history, crop failures and subsequent

rural exodus
, etc.

The proliferation of

unsustainable farming of land degrades soil fertility and diminishes crop yield. With a steadily-increasing world population and local overpopulation, even slightly diminishing yields are already the equivalent to a partial harvest failure. Fertilizers obviate the need for soil regeneration in the first place, and international trade
prevents local crop failures from developing into famines.

Other uses

Some people use their own animals for harvesting their crops

Harvesting commonly refers to

organ harvesting
is the removal of tissues or organs from a donor for purposes of transplanting.

In a non-agricultural sense, the word "harvesting" is an economic principle which is known as an exit event or liquidity event. For example, if a person or business was to cash out of an ownership position in a company or eliminate their investment in a product, it is known as a harvest strategy.[6]

Canada

Harvesting or Domestic Harvesting in Canada refers to hunting, fishing, and plant gathering by

Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement, "Harvesting means gathering, hunting, trapping or fishing ...".[7] Similarly, in the Tlicho Land Claim and Self Government Agreement, "'Harvesting' means, in relation to wildlife, hunting, trapping or fishing and, in relation to plants or trees, gathering or cutting."[8]

Gallery

  • Harvesting maize field in Rantasalmi, South Savonia, Finland
    Harvesting
    South Savonia, Finland
  • Rye harvest on Gotland, Sweden, 1900–1910.
    Rye harvest on Gotland, Sweden, 1900–1910.
  • Sugar beet harvester. Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
    Sugar beet harvester. Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
  • Harvesting rice in Alginet, Land of Valencia, 1953.
    Harvesting
    Land of Valencia
    , 1953.

See also

References

  1. Cambridge Dictionary
    . Retrieved Aug 17, 2023.
  2. ISBN 0-618-08230-1
    .
  3. ^ "Belts For Seedling Harvesting - Belt Corporation of America". Belt Corporation of America. 2017-04-18. Archived from the original on 2017-08-24. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  4. ^ Proceedings of the Philological Society, vol. 5, p. 207.
  5. ^ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Impact of Cultivation and Gathering of Medicinal Plants on Biodiversity: Global Trends and Issues: Appendix 1, Table 7, October 2002, accessed 29 January 2024
  6. ^ Staff, Investopedia (2011-01-09). "Harvest Strategy". Investopedia. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  7. ^ "Gwich'in Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement". Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada website. Archived from the original on 2004-05-29.
  8. ^ "Tlicho Agreemen". Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada website. Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2012-03-19.

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