Rainfed Agriculture

ISBN-13: 9781032024608 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 332 str.

R. K. Nanwal; G. a. Rajanna

Opis

The chapters of the book cover the entire gamut of rainfed agriculture supported by suitable examples and diagrams.
Note: T& F does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. This title is co-published with NIPA.

Spis treści

1. Rainfed farming: introduction, characteristics, distribution and problems 2.Efficient management of rainfed crops, contingent crop planning for aberrant weather situations 3. Management of rainfed crops; Choice of crops and varieties; Planting methods under low rainfall conditions 4. Water harvesting and moisture conservation; Study of mulches and antitranspirants 5. Principles of Intercropping; cropping systems/intercropping systems in rainfed agriculture; mulches and antitranspirants 6. Concept of watershed resource management, problems, approach and components 7. Drought and its management 8. Land use capability classification, Scope of agro-horticultural, agro-forestry and silvi-pasture in dryland agriculture 9.Tillage, tilth, frequency and depth of cultivation, compaction in soil tillage; concept of conservation tillage 10. Soil erosion: Definition, nature and extent of erosion, types of erosion and factors affecting soil erosion 11. Drainage considerations and agronomic management; rehabilitation of abandoned jhum lands and measures to prevent soil erosion. 12. Stress physiology: mitigating stress in dryland area 13. Tools and implements used in dryland agriculture 14. Collection of biometric data of rainfed crops and its interpretation