Potato is considered world’s number one non grain food commodity. It holds promise for food and nutritional security in the scenario of ever growing human population, due to its inherent efficiency in producing high dry matter, energy and edible protein per unit area per unit time. It provides carbohydrates, minerals, vitamin C, a number of B group vitamins, high quality proteins and dietary fibre. People of several European and Latin American countries ...
This book “Plant Propagation and Nursery Management” has primarily been written for students graduating in horticulture and agriculture covering topics of syllabus developed at national level by a group of specialists. It begins with introduction of subject with importance, scope and brief history with details about nursery, its components and management approaches followed by description of sexual and asexual (vegetative) methods of propagation with ...
This book ‘Extension Training and Management’ covers the basics and applied aspects of training, it focuses on numerous aspects including training organization, management of training, training needs assessment, Instructional objectives and lesson planning, learning process, training climate and pedagogy, training methods and techniques, planning and training aids, training evaluation, training and development of India, training strategies, ...
Nutrition is one of the most important aspects of fruit culture and accounts for thirty per cent of total cost of cultivation. However, in Indian fruit industry nutritional mis-management is among the major caused of low orchard efficiency resulting in poor productivity. It is not that we lack in knowledge and experience in nutritional management but it has not been presented in proper perspective to meet the requirement of clientele. This book on ...
Agricultural is practiced by 120 million farm families who live in 6.5 lakh villages. About 77% of total farming community belonhs to marginal and small farmers, who possess only 30% of total operated area. On the other hand the per capita avaliability of land from time, independence of the country has declined. Out of 328.8 mha of total geographical area, 18% under forest, 13.5% is not available for cultivation. Only 144 mha is available for cultivation which ...
