Established and Emerging Practices for Soil and Crop Productivity

Contents: 1. Importance, impact and objectives of green technology. 2. History, importance, preparation and organisms in composting. 3. Preparation, requirement and maintenance of vermi-compost and farm yard manure. 4. Reuse, type, treatment of grey water. 5. Types, significance, choice of cover crops. 6. Carbon farming: green and brown manuring. 7. Climate change and global warming impact on agriculture. 8. Causes and impact of hurricanes and tropical storms. 9. Classification, depletion, management of natural resources. 10. Crop diversification for maximizing productivity. 11. Concept, significance and sustainability of cropping system. 12. Approach, objectives and components of farming system. 13. Degradation and management of land use resource. 14. Principles, significance and future of conservation agriculture. 15. Policy challenges and potential solutions of residue burning in India. 16. Type, importance, history, emerging technology of renewable energy. 17. Elements, technologies, approaches of precision farming. 18. Challenges, concept, approaches, management of site-specific nutrient. 19. Concept, advantages, components of integrated nutrient management. 20. Concept and function of integrated pest management. 21. Challenges of established and emerging technologies. …