Farmers Handbook on Basic Agriculture

Lecture Note on Agriculture

This lecture note explains the following topics: The evolution of agriculture, Agro ecosystem, Impact of agriculture on environment, Impact of environment on agriculture, Sustainability the new paradigm, Land, Water, Biodiversity, Energy, Off farm inputs, Integrated resource management, Integrated farming systems, Integrated disease, Pest and weed management, Imperatives, New technologies, Agricultural waste management and Alternative management.

Author(s): The Peoples University

398 Pages

Farm and Ranch Management

The objectives of this note are to introduce you to principles of management and decision making that are applicable to farm and ranch firms and other agricultural businesses, and to develop skills in applying these principles to realistic management situations. Topics covered includes: Role of Management, Tools of Financial Management, Application of Economic Principles in Management, Planning and Enterprise budgets, Business Organization, Decision making under uncertainty.

Author(s): Dr. Richard Conner

NA Pages

Illinois Agronomy Handbook

This guide explains the following topics: Weather and Crops Steven, Corn, Soybean, Small Grains and Grain, Cropping Systems, Hay and Pasture, Water Quality, Managing Soil pH and Crop Nutrients, Managing Nitrogen, Soil Management and Tillage, Water Management, Weed Management, Managing Insect Pests, Managing Diseases and Nematodes.

Author(s): University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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Master Gardener Manual

This book provides information on environmentally responsible gardening and landscaping. Topics covered includes: Basic Botany, Physiology, and Environmental Effects on Plant Growth, Soils and Fertilizers, Entomology, Plant Pathology, Diagnosing Plant Damage, Pesticide Use and Safety, Plant Propagation, Indoor Plants, The Vegetable Gardening, Fruit Trees, Arboriculture,Pest and Pest Prevention.

Author(s): The University of Arizona

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Plant Breeding from Laboratories to Fields

During the last 50 years plant breeding has entered a molecular era based on molecular tools to analyse DNA, RNA and proteins and associate such molecular results with plant phenotype. Marker trait associations develop fast to enable more efficient breeding. However, they still leave a major part of breeding to be performed through selection of phenotypes using quantitative genetic tools. The ten chapters of this book illustrate this development.

Author(s): Sven Bode Andersen

288 Pages

Agriculture and Ecosystems (PDF 22P)

Aim of this note is to teach the students about the connections between the food they eat, agriculture and ecosystems and then it describes the health, environmental, social and economic problems in agriculture. Topics covered includes: Tracing food to soil, Food, agriculture and ecosystems, Problems in agriculture, Assessing and addressing problems and Alternative farming systems.

Author(s): The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

22 Pages

Agriculture and the environment

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Author(s): NA

NA Pages

Food and Agriculture Powerpoint Lecture

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Author(s): NA

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Principles of Agricultural Economics (PDF 86p)

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Author(s): NA

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Farm Management and Production Economics (PDF 87p)

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Author(s): NA

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