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Increase Acidity in Soil

January 23, 2018

HOW TO INCREASE ACIDITY IN SOIL? Acidic soil is mostly found in the hills or mountainous regions. This soil is composed mainly of cations like calcium ions, ferric ions, potash ions & aluminium ions.  It is deficient in anions like those of nitrate ions, phosphorus ions, zinc ions etc.  These soils are a good source […]

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IRRIGATION

January 23, 2018

WHAT IS IRRIGATION? Irrigation is defined as the artificial means of bringing water to an area of land which has scarcity of water. Irrigation water gives the land an ability of producing crops which is otherwise impossible without the availability of water.  Irrigation is also defined as the supply of water to agricultural crops by […]

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INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT

January 23, 2018

WHAT IS INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT? Integrated pest management or IPM is defined as the use of all the methods of pest control, for example, cultural, physical, chemical & biological methods in such an integrated way so that the risks of investment, health & environment got reduced. IPM can also be defined as the comprehensive & […]

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CONTROLS OF INSECT PESTS

January 22, 2018

WHY TO CONTROL INSECT PESTS? Insect pests are controlled in a sense as they are posing the danger to human, nature & economy. Insect pests are posing many threats to crops which meant in qualitative & quantitative losses of crops. If insect pests are not controlled effectively than it will be very difficult for the […]

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Information and Communication Technology in Agriculture

January 17, 2018

ICT encloses all the telecommunication technologies such as the radio, television, mobile phone, computers, satellite technology; internet including email, instant messaging, video conferencing, social networking and other media applications which enable the users across the world to access, fetch, retrieve, share, transmit, store or modify the digital information. These telecommunication mediums have made the world […]

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