technology in agriculture

Due to late cultivation of wheat and decrease in the area under wheat cultivation, the production of wheat is greatly being affected. This delay in the time of wheat sowing and reduction in area under wheat cultivation is due to cotton.   There are certain factors which are not under the control of farmer, but there are certain factors which, the farmer can control for example, in time cultivation of wheat. The objective of the farmer is to complete the pickings from the cotton field and then sowing of wheat and as a result, the average yield is reduced. In this situation, a new technology has been introduced by the crop scientists, in which method of wheat cultivation in the standing crop of cotton has been explained. Methodology of Wheat Inter cropping: For the cultivation of wheat in the standing crop of cotton, the farmer should complete the picking of the cotton bolls which are ready for the harvest and then irrigate between the rows of cotton plant. To avoid losses and preven...

INTRODUCTION The European grape ( Vitis vinifera ) is the most important species of the family  Vitaceae. Two other commercial species are  V.labrusca  and  V.rotundifolia .   Biological Classification Kingdom Plantae Division Magnoliophyta Class Magnoliopsida Order Vitales Family Vitaceae Genus Vitis Species V. vinifera -----------------------------------------------------------  OUTLINE OF THE TOPIC           a)  Introduction        b)  Importance        c)  Grapes in Pakistan        d)  Botany        e)  Environmental Effects        f)  Soil and Climate        g)  Propagation        h)  Cultural Practices        i)  Reference -----------------------------------------------------------   IMPORTANCE   Worldwide...

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...

Wheat threshing Pakistan, after coming into existence in 1947, has survived many natural calamities like floods, earth quakes, drought and so on. One of many professions which has prospered from that time to the present day. Agriculture always had a major share in the Gross Domestic Product ( GDP ) of Pakistan and it has varied from 25% to 19%. Presently, agriculture is 21% of GDP. Agriculture sector in 2011-12 has generated jobs for as much as 46% of the population of Pakistan but in the rural areas 60% population is associated with agriculture.  With the rapid change of the picture to industrialization and investments from multinational companies the standard of living has been improved in the metropolitan cities of Pakistan but this has a detrimental affect towards the agriculture, the rich soils and fertile lands once used for cultivation are now being sold for establishing the model towns, industry, petrol pumps and restaurants along major highways and motorways.  Even...