Higher demand for food grain on account of alarmingly increasing population has consequently put an extra pressure on availability of cultivated land area per capita. Adequate food grain could only be produced from this meager area through intensification of cropping both in space and time dimensions. Intensive cropping in post green revolution era has swung in favor of cereal-cereal rotation owing to higher and stable yields. However, intensive rotations are highly exhaustive for soil nutrients and if not properly nurtured, may result in poor soil health. Sufficient quantities of the...

Water conservation is the technology that can be developed in semi-arid region because other technologies cannot be effective unless there is water available for growing crop. Soil and water conservation techniques recommended for agricultural land includes mechanical measures like furrow opening, agronomical practices, vegetative barrier, runoff harvesting and recycling. soybean was subjected to various land layouts by opening of furrow at different intervals of rows. The beneficial effect of land layouts will certainly accelerate the process of growth and development of soybean which...

Soybean is miracle golden bean of 21st century which possesses potential to revolutionized Indian economy by correcting the health of human being and soil. In recent past with the fast deplction of fossil fuel resulted in exorbitant cost of chemical fertilizers. Average farmers can not afford to purchase and to make provision for such costly chemical fertilizers. For better utilization of resources and to produce crops with less expenditure, "Integrated nutrient management" is the best approach. In this approach, all the possible sources of nutrient applied based on economic consideration. By...