What is conservation agriculture (CA) CA is a resource-saving agriculture concept that aims to: • Achieve acceptable profits with sustained production levels • Conserving the environment It has three principles: • Minimum soil disturbance (no tillage) • Permanent soil cover (crop residue retention or live mulch) • Species diversification (crop rotation and/or intercropping) 2 Evidences of environmental benefits from CA It is believed that CA ...
Outline 1. Obective 2. Practices of organic crop production • crop rotation • Multiple cropping • Multiple cropping • Companion cropping • Diversification of plant species • Buffer zoning • Questions for discussion • List of references Objective Understand the principles and practices of organic crop production system Introduction Organic agriculture employs friendly farming techniques that help rehabilitate and sustain the environment. Emphasis is on ...
Initiatives to be focused during 2019-20 Sl. Intervention Details No. Effective utilisation of land. 1 Planting of Redgram Additional income to farmers / reduction of cost in on field bunds. domestic consumption). Funds will be tapped from MGNREGS and a Construction of maximum share of 10% of proposal will be extended 2 Godowns for storage from Agriculture Department. of critical inputs. JDAs may be requested ...
Presentation Outline Brief History of NASFAM Aflatoxin challenge for smallholder farmers Trade impacts of Aflatoxin Market management based on Aflatoxin regulation Market Access trends by Volume Aflatoxin Management Interventions Challenges in mitigating Aflatoxin risk 2 Brief History of NASFAM • 1994 USAID funded Smallholder Agri-business Development Project (SADP) • 1997 NASFAM emerged, intensified crop diversification and market access –Legumes introduced to spread risk of ...
PAKISTAN ON GLOBE 1. TAKEAWAYS • Digital Technologies of Future • Governments Role in Creating Eco-System. • PPP – Implementation • Agriculture Entrepreneurship (Everyone can be a smart farmer) COUNTRY PRESENTATION – PAKISTAN 2. CHALLENGES • Yield Gap Less Skills (GAP & Gender Equality) Poor Inputs (Seed, Irrigation, Production Technology etc.) Post-Harvest Losses • Population growth (2.1%), • Migration to Urban centers ...
Crop Diversification - Seasonal Rice Fallow Area Existing proposed to be Seasons Seasonal Fallow brought under land (Hectares) cultivation (Hectares) Pre Kharif Fallow 84341 34351 (April-June) Rabi Fallow 59592 39013 (Dec- March) Grand Total 143933 73364 Crop-wise - cropping programme - for crop diversification in fallow land Crop Diversification : Year wise target(in Ha) Pre Kharif fallow Component 1st Year 2nd 3rd Year 4th Year ...
Overview of DHAN activities on crop insurance • Currently working with around 250000 farming families as part of Tank-fed Agriculture and Rainfed Farming programs • Has been taking up insurance related interventions since 1997 in 10 states • Coverage including life, health, crop and livestock insurance products- 1.13 million • Has been taking up crop insurance related interventions since 2004 Concept of crop risk ...
LECTURE-WISE COURSE BREAKUP LECTURE 1: AGRICULTURE, IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE, CROP PRODUCTION ART, SCIENCE AND BUSINESS, FACTORS AFFECTING CROP PRODUCTION LECTURE 2: CLASSIFICATION OF CROPS BASED ON THEIR UTILITY AND SEASONS OF GROWING, MAJOR AND PRINCIPAL CROPS OF THE COUNTRY, INTRODUCTION TO MAJOR FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND FLOWER CROPS OF COUNTRY LECTURE 3: CROP ROTATION, PRINCIPLES OF CROP ROTATION, ADVANTAGES OF CROP ROTATION AND ROTATIONAL INTENSITY LECTURE ...
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