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Greenhouse Gases (GHGs)

April 9, 2018

Our concerns about current and future climate change are focused on global warming. “Greenhouse effect” and “global warming” are two terms that are often considered interchangeable, whereas they are not, since they refer to two different phenomena. The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon that keeps the global surface temperatures higher than they would be if it […]

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The Sulfur/Sulphur Cycle

April 9, 2018

Like nitrogen and phosphorus, sulfur is an essential element of life. At the origin of the Earth, sulfur was contained in igneous rocks, mainly in pyrite (FeS2). Degassing of the earth’s crust and subsequent aerobic weathering transferred a large amount of sulfur to the ocean in the form of SO42- . When SO4 is assimilated by organisms, it is reduced […]

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Improve the soil of the Garden: Manures

April 9, 2018

Enjoy the winter to feed the garden and the garden by bringing organic matter to form a humus. This bottom fertilization makes it possible to partially restore the elements taken from the soil during the previous season. Any crop causes depletion of the soil. This degradation must be compensated. Winter is the ideal time to improve the soil structure and […]

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Minimum Support Price

April 4, 2018

Minimum Support Price (MSP) is the price fixed by the Government of India for some of the listed agricultural crops in the market. It is a kind of market intervention to insure the farmers against any sharp fall in crop prices during bumper crop production. Minimum Support Prices are announced by the Cabinet Committee of […]

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Crop Practices to be done in month of July

April 1, 2018

Paddy crop: Transplantation of medium and late varieties of paddy in the fortnight, in the last fortnight, the transplanting of varieties of ripening varieties will be done in the second fortnight and transplantation of aromatic varieties. Before transplanting paddy, add Zinc sulphate at the rate of 25 kg / ha, but keep in mind that […]

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An e-market portal for Bovine Germplasm: ePashuhaat

March 27, 2018

 Abstract At present there is no authentic market in India for quality and disease free germplasm in the form of semen, embryos, calves, heifers and adult bovines. These are available with different agencies/stake holders. Most of the animals are sold in unorganised markets controlled by middlemen. Poor quality of germplasm with unknown genetic merit and […]

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e-commerce boom in Indian agriculture

March 25, 2018

During recent years e-commerce has found its way to the agricultural sector in India. The internet continues to become more popular among people who deal with agricultural business of any type. While technology availability has increased and its access has become easier, the demographic transition is also characterized by greater willingness to use technology among […]

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Indian Government Schemes in Agriculture

March 25, 2018

In 1950 Indian agriculture sector that was contributing 51.9% of GDP, since then it has been on a downside and it currently stand at 13.9 %. However a change in agrarian centric economy to an industry centric economy was invited with the advance industries, industries are growing very fast in our country those companies are […]

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Indian Model Contract Farming Act 2018

March 25, 2018

Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture and farmer‟s welfare released a draft Model Contract Farming Act, 2018. It seeks to create a regulatory and policy framework for contract farming. It will help farmers integrate with food processing units for better price realisation and reducing post-harvest losses. The model act provides a framework for determining the pre […]

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A look into Indian Agricultural Budget 2018-19

March 25, 2018

Highlights: Budget Mission – To strengthen agriculture, rural development, health, education, employment, MSME and infrastructure sectors. MSP for all unannounced kharif crops will be one and half times of their production cost like majority of rabi crops  Institutional Farm Credit raised to 11 lakh crore in 2018-19 from 8.5 lakh crore in 2014-15. 22,000 […]

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Major Nematode of Cotton crop and its management: Root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita)

March 25, 2018

Cotton is a major cash crop of Gossipium race. It is grown in warmer areas of the world. In India, Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh are the major producing states of Cotton. It is grown in Kharif season in Northern India and in Southern India. In terms of area of […]

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Guidelines for Nutritious and Safe silage making

March 24, 2018

Silage is fermented, high-moisture stored fodder which can be fed to cattle, sheep and other such ruminants (cud-chewing animals) or used as a biofuel feedstock for anaerobic digesters. It is necessary to adopt this method by Indian dairy farmers on large scale in situations like drought or heavy rainfall or scarcity of fodder. Silage making means preservation of chaffed cereal green fodder in anaerobic condition by way […]

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Spirulina (Athrospira platensis) cultivation for low investment and high income

March 22, 2018

Spirulina (Athrospira platensis) is a blue green algae. It is a nutritious protein diet supplement and it is also used in manufacture of many medicines and cosmetics. It contains plenty of protein, antioxidants, many vitamins and minerals. This is a super food for a healthy lifestyle. The income of the farmer continues to decline due […]

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Justified use and precautions of pesticide chemicals

March 22, 2018

Due to the nature of pesticides being poisonous, the risk of having bad effects on the health of the farmers, farm laborers and people during their use remains. The balanced and inappropriate quantity of insecticides has adverse effects on the environmental components. Therefore, Pesticides / Kitnashankas should use the advice of agricultural scientists. But many […]

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Recirculating Aquaculture Systems

March 20, 2018

This article gives a vivid explanation about the recent advances in agriculture more specifically in fishery sector. Now we are talking about sustainability of resources, so in this regard this article proves to be beneficial to spread awareness on RAS (Recirculating Aquaculture Systems). This article explains how in limited space and resources we can do […]

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