IGNOU MED 7 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

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MED 007 (July 2024 - January 2025) - ENGLISH

ASSIGNMENT

(Tutor Marked Assignment) Agriculture and Environment

Course Code: MED-007

Assignment Code: MED-007/TMA/2025

Maximum Marks: 100

Note:This assignment is based on the entire course.

All questions are compulsory. Marks for the questions are shown within brackets on the right hand side.

* Please answer in your own words; do not copy from the course material.

1. How loss of agro-biodiversity affects the nutrition of developing countries? Discuss the key principles to conserve and enhance agro-biodiversity.

2. Describe the approaches of sustainable agriculture.

3.a) Describe the various ways in which off-farm inputs affect air quality.

b) Give at least three reasons why deforestation is considered one of the important reasons for loss of global biodiversity?

4. What is environmental stress? Describe two major environmental stresses in plants?

5. Outline the measures the respective governments can take to accelerate the growth of agricultural sector in the South Asian countries.

6. Explain the role of integrated farming system in sustaining overall agricultural production.

7. What is organic farming? Describe its various steps.

8. Discuss the various dimensions of technology transfer and the appropriate technologies for resource poor farmers.

9. Describe any five components of alternative agriculture.

10. Discuss the merits of post harvest technology and explain the measures required to use this technology for attaining better environmental quality and improved productivity.

MED 007 (January 2026 - July 2026) - ENGLISH

Course Code: MED-007

Assignment Code: MED-007/TMA/2026

Maximum Marks: 100

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Note:

This assignment is based on the entire course.

* All questions are compulsory. Marks for the questions are shown within brackets on the right-hand side.

* Please answer in your own words; do not copy from the course material.

1.In your opinion, what are the major issues involved in the implementation of IPM? How can different components of IPM be integrated for its effective implementation?

2.What is alternate agriculture? Discuss briefly the products of honey bees and lac insect.

3.(a) What do the terms open and closed mean in relationship to nutrient cycles?

(b) Why are agro ecosystems relatively open with respect to nutrient cycles?

4.(i) Explain the elements of integrated farming?

(ii) Explain organic agricultural system.

5.What do you understand by ecological security? Outline the factors that threaten ecological security.

6.What do you understand by sustainable land use? List the major challenges in implementation of sustainable land use.

7.

(i) List at least four management options to manage water logged lands.

(ii) What do you understand by the term drought? Briefly describe the three strategies to mitigate drought conditions.

8. Discuss the measures the respective governments can take to accelerate the growth of agricultural sector in the South Asian countries.

9. Explain the impact of ozone layer depletion and rising carbon dioxide on agriculture.

10. Explain the various energy conservation measures to be adopted during crop production.

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