technology in agriculture

INTRODUCTION  A farming system is an established way to operate a piece of land to raise crops, livestock or both and includes everything done on farm and outside the farm related to farm operations. -----------------------------------------------------------  OUTLINE OF THE TOPIC    a)  Introduction b)  Classification Criteria c)  Factors Influencing the Choice of Farming Systems in Pakistan d)  Kinds of Farming Systems e)  References  -----------------------------------------------------------  CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA   The classification of farming systems is based on  2 main principles (1)  Available natural resources - includes land, water resources, climate, grazing areas etc. (2)  Dominant pattern of farm and household activities - such as crops, aquaculture, livestock, forestry, processing and off-farm activities etc.   There are many ways to categorize farming systems; a)  extensive and intensi...

Top Story Wheat, Rice & Sugar supplies are adequate: PARC Planning according to food security is included in our priorities � Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad PakAgriFarming News Week Vol. 04 (Cover) Chairman Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC), Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad has said that we are planning according to the requirements of food security in the country. He added that wheat, rice and sugar is available in adequate supplies in the countries at the moment and in the next phase we are attempting to introduce high yielding oilseed crops like olive in Baluchistan, FATA, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan, AJK, D.I Khan and Sindh, for this purpose plants are being imported from Italy and machinery is also being imported from France for processing. PARC is also working to improve crop research on usage of sewage water from household and this has been successfully being attempted in Chak Shahzad in Islamabad. 10 research papers have been published on this research, lemon has showed very good...

Animal husbandry is basically the rearing, breeding and keeping of farm animals for producing food and other products for human beings. Livestock industry accounts for more than 50% of the share in GDP of Pakistan. Thus animal husbandry is a very vast and important discipline of agriculture and it can never b neglected. Following are major disciplines of animal husbandry. I) LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT It deals with the rearing and maintenance of cattle, sheep, horses and goats and breeding and for milk, meat and draft purposes. Animal nutrition is important with respect to livestock management because good nutritional quality food ensure healthy animals. II) POULTRY FARMING It deals with rearing of birds specially hens (layers and broilers), cocks, ducks and turkey for milk and meat production. III) DAIRY FARMING It deals with keeping and maintenance of cows and buffalo for milk production and milk products. IV) FISH CULTURE It deals with the rearing of fish in ponds for meat production. V...

Agriculture is a main discipline of plant science  and a very broad term. It can be defined in hundreds of ways, for example, An art, a science & business as well of raising crops and rearing of animals through exploiting the natural resources (soil & climate) with the coordination of socio economic infrastructure to meet the fundamental necessities of life, i.e. food, feed, fibre and shelter. Another definition is Agriculture is the cultivation of soil, management of soil and all farm operations carried out from sowing to harvesting of crops and rearing of animals at the farm. Agriculture can never be abandoned in any part of the world because there is no survival of mankind without the food production through agriculture. And not only food production but also there are so we are depending on agriculture for medicine, exports, cotton, leather and wool products, nutrition, meat, woods and straw for construction, timber and other purposes and numerous application in many o...