The
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, is playing a pivotal role in
design and development of crop varieties,technologies and farm implements to suit the
prevailing situations and adapt to the climate change scenarios. This book
provides guidance to the production of following crops: Rice, Millets, Wheat,
Pulses, Oilseeds, Fibre Crops, Sugarcane , Sweet Sorghum, Tropical Sugarbeet,
Forage Crops, Green Manure Crops, Mushroom Cultivation , Composting And
Industrial Waste Water, Agro Forestry, Integrated Farming System, Weeds, Soil
Related Constraints and Their Management , Chisel Technology, Surge Irrigation,
Micro Irrigation, Agrometeorology, Farm Implements And Machinery .
Agriculture is the backbone of Indian economy, as we are growing
hundreds of cereals, pulses, oil seeds, fruits and vegetables. Topics covered
includes: Agricultural Production and Management, Production and Management of
Horticultural Crops, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Post Production Handling,
Packaging and Processing of Animal Products, Seed Production and Nursery
Management, Entrepreneurial Skill Development.
This book is a result of
the author's search for these facts and truths as a student and farmer and his
endeavor as a teacher to present them in a simple manner to others. The object
in presenting the book to the general public is the hope that it may be of
assistance to farmers, students and teachers, in their search for the
fundamental truths and principles of farming.
Nitrogen is the most
yield-restraining nutrient in crop production globally. Efficient nitrogen
management is one of the most important factor for improving nitrogen use
efficiency, field crops productivity and profitability. Topics covered
includes: Inter and Intra Annual Variability of Nitrogen Concentrations in the
Headwaters of the Mero River, Nitrogen Transformations Associated with N2O
Emissions in Agricultural Soils, Controlled-Release Fertilizers as a Means to
Reduce Nitrogen Leaching and Runoff in Container-Grown Plant Production, Effects
of Heat Treatments on the Quality of Organic Wastes as a Nitrogen Fertilizer,
Nitrogen Fixation and Transfer in Agricultural Production Systems, Nitrogen Use
Efficiency in Rice, Prospects of N Fertilization in Medicinal Plants
Cultivation
This book covers the
following topics: Natural strength of land, Plant constituents, Organic matter,
Drainage, The Need of Lime, Applying Lime, Crop-rotation, Fertilizers , Tillage,
Control of soil moisture.
This book
covers the following topics: Soils and Plant Nutrients, Composting, Botany,
Insects, Diseases and Disorders, Weeds, Diagnostics,IPM, Lawns, Herbaceous
Ornamentals, Woody Ornamentals, Native Plants, Propagation, , small Fruits, Tree
Fruits and Nuts, Vegetable Gardening, Organic Gardening, Plants Grown in
containers, Landscape Design, Wildlife, Youth, Community, and Therapeutic
Gardening.
This note explains the
following topics: Production Economics, Nature and scope of Agricultural
Production Economics, Basic concepts and terms, Meaning and types of production
functions, Laws of returns, Factor-product relationship, Determination of
optimum input and output, Factor-factor relationship, product-product
relationship, Type of enterprise relationship, Returns to scale: meaning,
definition, importance, Farm management ,Typical farm management decisions, Economic principles applied to the
organization of farm business, Types and systems of farming, Cost concepts and
farm efficiency, Farm planning and budgeting, Risk and uncertainty, Linear
programming: Assumption, advantages and limitations of linear programming.
This note explains the following topics: Principles of
Agricultural Economics, Fundamentals of Rural Sociology and Educational
Psychology, Production Economics and Farm Management, Agricultural Finance,
Agricultural Marketing, Fundamentals of Farm Business Management Including
Project Development Appraisal & Monitoring, Management of Agro-based Industry,
Marketing Management, Natural Resource Economics, Project Formulation Evaluation
and Monitoring.
Author(s): College of Agriculture, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi
Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur
This book is intended as a sequel to the Elements of Agriculture,
being a larger and more complete work, containing fuller directions for the
treatment of the different kinds of soils, for the preparation of manures, and
especially for the drainage of lands, whether level,rolling, hilly, or springy.
This note covers the following topics: Time Value of Money,
Agricultural Credit, Credit Analysis, History of Financing Agri , Commercial
Banks, Regional Rural Banks, Higher Financing Institutions, Insurance and
Credit, Crop Insurance and Agricultural Cooperation.