B L Jana
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The book 'Hydroponics' (Soilless Gardening) is a subset of hydroculture, and it is a method of growing crop plants (Vegetables, fruits and flowers, etc.) using mineral nutrient solutions in water without soil. Terrestrial plants may be grown with their roots in the mineral nutrient solution only, or in an inert medium such as perlite, gravel, sand, etc. It is the art and science of growing crops with balanced amounts of plant food in the form of fertilizing ...
Seed is the most basic and prime input of agricultural production, and is the most important component of all inputs used in agricultural crop productivity increase. Strictly speaking, seed is an embryo, a living organism embedded in the supporting or the food storage tissue. Its importance is given to the biological existence, whereas in grain the importance is given to the supporting tissue of the economic produce.
This book "Principles of Seed ...
Organic Agriculture or Organic Farming is the most widely recognised alternative farming system, which avoids or largely excludes the use of agrochemicals (synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, growth regulators, etc). It is gaining gradual momentum across the world, and growing awareness of health and environmental issues in agriculture although it was initiated before 10,000 years back in India when the farmers started cultivation depending on natural resources ...
The book "Introductory Agriculture (Ancient Heritage, Agricultural Scenario and Gender Equity in Agriculture)" is inextricably interwoven with the progress of civilization because it was the taking up of agriculture that made it possible for primitive man to live in selected spots, forming a society where art (skill), science (knowledge) and business (marketing) of crop production started, and growing a significant portion of his food nearby.
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Weed Management, Weeds and their Control Methods are most important for enhanced sustainable agricultural and horticultural production and productivity with Integrated Crop Management and Precision Farming Technologies along with protected natural environment followed by balanced use of agricultural inputs in time. Now-a-days, much stress has been given for eco-friendly plant protection measures, which are the key areas for all-round economic development of our ...
Enhanced sustainable agricultural production with precision farming technologies along with protected natural environment followed by balanced nutrition, efficient use of water and other inputs and ecofriendly plant protection are the key areas for all-round development in our country. Now, intensification of agriculture & horticulture is the main strategy to generate additional food and nutrition along with livestock, fishery and other non-agricultural ...
The author in this book of agricultural journalism has included the SAU’s syllabus for teaching the course in under graduate and post graduate levels of agricultural sciences, and veterinary and animal husbandry sciences. The author has written the book within six chapters and has discussed analyzed in depth on the functions of information technology and communication management, print journalism, electronic journalism, Photo journalism, new journalism and ...
The future of our agriculture and food security will depend upon the attention we pay to soil conservation and enhancement of water harvesting and its careful and efficient use, conservation of agro-biodiversity, and anticipatory action for meeting the challenges of global warming resulting in unfavourable shift in temperature, rainfall and sea level rise etc.
Indian farming systems has now achieved so many bright milestones producing over 100 million tonnes of ...
Post Harvest Technology of Agri-Horticultural Crops is a most wanted paradigm shift from agricultural crops to value added horticultural crops with their food processing and allied industries for the benefit of the farmers. Stagnation of agricultural growth and productivity is experienced since the decade of nineties with slow change of socio economic progress of the farm sector. Diversity and conservation of all our biological resource including genetic ...
The book Soil Health for Better Crops has been designed to focus on improving the soil health leading to sustainable and precision agriculture for the upliftment of the socio-economic status of the resource-poor farming communities. The author has been prompted to write this books as a practical reference document on the works of various scientists and has tried to focus various factors of better agronomic efficiency in crop production and productivity.
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Sustainable agriculture is an operational concept yet to be tested on a wider scale. It is a non-linear, cyclical and dynamic process, and conforms to various macro and micro-ecological concepts. Sustainable agriculture in developing countries is expected to reduce the cost on external inputs, avoid heavy mechanization, release the burdens of over production and cropping intensity in 'agriculturally advanced pockets', raise stability, productivity and ...
Droughts are the worst crisis in some drought prone rainfed and dryland areas in India, specially in the semi-arid tropics including Rajasthan where the State finds itself in the grip of parts of the States of Orissa, WestBengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Haryana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and other neighbouring states due to lack of rainfall and prolonged water crisis prevails in the hottest months. The crisis is so serious on humans ...
Betelvine cultivation and the consumption of betel leaves is a very traditional and widespread practice in India and in many other countries of South-east Asia. It is a traditional cash crop of rural India and the betel leaves have become a part of life in most tropical and sub-tropical countries where betel chewing is an ancient habit of the Asian people. It is now widely cultivated in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam, Thailand, ...
‘Diversification in Agriculture’ is a paradigm shift from one crop to another bringing out a desirable change in the existing cropping pattern towards more balanced cropping system to meet ever increasing demand for cereals, pulses, oilseeds, fibres, fodder and grasses, horticultural crops and fuel, etc. for the burgeoning population. It aims to improving soil health and agro-ecosystem with socio-economic improvement of the people. It takes into account of ...
Leafy Vegetable and Mushrooms are the store-house of useful minerals and vitamins at the cheapest price, and are now-a-day considered as the corner stones of health care system due to presence of many helpful phytochemicals in alleviating some serious diseases. Fruits and vegetables and particularly Leafy Vegetables and Mushrooms containing phyto factors potential are now referred to as functional food or health food being known as protective Food. In the modern ...
The author, in this book of 'Precision Farming' has prompted and attempted to analyse specific points and mark the situational of precision farming with objectives, areas of study, concept, GPS/GIS importance, specially variable crop reduction, innovation and experience of farmers, need for precision agriculture for smart recovery, weather forecasting, need for an Ever Green Revolution on sustainable farming, some policy structures, perspective paradox and ...
Technologies for Water Harvesting and" Watershed Management and is a paradigm shift ensuring supply of water to every field in the rainfed areas and this would remove hunger and poverty from the devastating dryland/drought-prone areas, restoring ecological balance, providing green cover over denuded areas, bringing in more rains, and improving the environmental, economy, ecology, export and equity in the country. Watershed management is some how getting in ...