Biodiverse farming (BF) system is a whole farm management system which aims to deliver more sustainable agriculture. It includes farming of livestock, aquaculture, horticulture and other allied activities. Biodiverse systems are about bringing crops and livestock into an interactive relationship with the expectation that together as opposed to alone they will generate positive effects on outcomes of interest such as profitability overall productivity and conservation of non-renewable resources. It is however much more than this. Dryland agriculture refers to growing of crops entirely under...

Das System der biodiversen Landwirtschaft (BF) ist ein gesamtbetriebliches Managementsystem, das eine nachhaltigere Landwirtschaft zum Ziel hat. Beibiodiversen Systemen geht es darum, Nutzpflanzen und Nutztiere in ein interaktives Verhältnis zueinander zu bringen, in der Erwartung, dass sie zusammen und nicht allein positive Auswirkungen auf die gewünschten Ergebnisse wie Rentabilität, Gesamtproduktivität und Erhaltung nicht erneuerbarer Ressourcen haben werden. Trockenlandwirtschaft bedeutet, dass Pflanzen ausschließlich unter Regenbedingungen mit Niederschlägen zwischen 750 und 1150...

Pulses are an essential source of protein in the diet of the predominantly vegetarian Indian population. Pulses are known as the poor man's meat because they are rich in nutrition and low in cost. Therefore, most low-income populations can use this nutritious crop as their staple food. The main object of wide hybridization is to enhance yield with the production crop plant from biotic and abiotic stress. Hybridization between individuals from different species belonging to the same genus or to different genera is called distant hybridization or wide hybridization. It has been used in the...