Sustainable Agriculture Managements
It aims at sustainable production
with limited or no chemical inputs with preference to farm grown inputs without
pollution and minimum damage to natural resource base
·
Integrated
Water shed management aims at
o
Soil
and moisture conservation
o
Land
use based on land capability
o
Waste
land management
o
Afforestation
Better Crop Production Strategies
·
Tillage
practices aim at
o
Reduction
in the soil degradation
o
Improvement
in the weed control
o
Timely
decomposition of organic matter
o
Provides
optimum condition to soil micro organisms
·
Nutrient
managament
o
Use
of organic source of nutrients like, green (Daincha, Sesbania) and leaf manures
(Glyricidia, Tephrosia), Farmyard manures, composts, oil cakes, fish meal and
blood meals etc.
o
Use
of biofertilizers like Rhizobiam, Azolla, and Azotobacter etc.
·
Integrated
Water Managament
o
Rain
Water Management includes water harvesting, supplemental irrigation and
reduction of evapo transpiration
o
Irrigation
management includes, scheduling of irrigation, provision of good quality water
to avoid alkalization and salinization
·
Weed
Management
o
Use
of biological, cultural and physical methods of weed control
o
Hand
weeding, tillage and crop rotation also found effective inclusion
·
Pest and Disease Management
o
Use
of resistant varieties
o
Use
of plant derived pesticides
o
Concept
of Economic threshold level and integrated pest management
o
Incorporation
of physical, biological, chemical and cultural principles of pest and disease
management
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