Agricultural practices

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Preparation of soil Sowing Adding manure & fertilizer

Irrigation Protecting from weeds storage

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 Agricultural practices are specific methods which, when applied to agriculture, create food for

consumers or further processing that is safe and wholesome.

Agricultural practices

The science dealing with the

principles and practices of field

crop production is called

Agronomy.

Agronomy

Improved seeds of high yielding varieties

Adequate and assured supply of water for irrigation

Increased and appropriate action of chemical fertilizers for increasing agricultural production.

Food crops

• Crops that are used for human consumption.

Horticulture

• Sections of agriculture in which Fruits and Vegetables are grown.

Plantation crops

• Crops which are grown on Plantations covering large estates.

Types Of Crops

FOOD CROPS

HORTICULTURE

PLANTATION CROPSRice, Wheat,

Maize, Millets and

Pulses

Fruits andVegetables

Tea, Coffee,

Coconut and Rubber

With increase in improvements , farmers started new farming methods of agriculture that are useful .

Harvesting……..Harvesting is the cutting and gathering of crop after maturity.

Harvesting is done in two ways:-

Manually by using a sickle.Mechanically by using a machine called the

Mechanical harvester.

A farmer uses a number of implements to carry out the farming . These are called the farming implements.

Farming Implements

Food grain production(In Million Tonnes) in 1998-

1999

RiceWheatCoarse ce-realsPulses

Food grain production

Crop ProtectionThe crops can be damaged by the attack of microbes, insects andAnimals. Any organism causing damage to the crop is called a pest.

Microbes

Animals

Insects

The pests include

Farmers use many methods for increasing Crop production .

Multiple cropping Fallow field

Crop Rotation

Increase

Some Methods Of Crop ProductionMultiple Cropping : In agriculture, multiple cropping is the practice of growing two or more crops in the same space during a single growing season.Fallow Field : Fallow Field is the process of remaining land uncultivated to regain its fertility

Crop Rotation : Crop rotation is the practice of growing a series of dissimilar/different types of crops in the same area in sequential seasons.

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