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 lecture note covers the following topics: demand
for farm products, Supply of farm products, Economics of production and resource
use and instability in agriculture, Risk and uncertainty, Rural money market,
Labour market, Types of employer employee relationship, Land and lease markets
and Economics of share tenancy.
This note covers Agriculture, Horticulture and Plantation Crops, Agricultural Engineering, Tamil
Nadu Agricultural University, Sugar, Seed Certification and Organic
Certification, Agricultural Marketing and Agri Business, Tamil Nadu Watershed
Development Agency and Demand.
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
Crop diversity is a key
tenet of sustainable agriculture. Having multiple crops that fill distinct
niches in an agro eco system improves the ability to manage weeds, diseases and
insect pests as well as potentially improving the environmental performance of
the cropping system. The goal was to write a book where as many different
existing studies as possible could be presented in a single volume, making it
easy for the reader to compare methods, results and conclusions.
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.
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