This note explains the
following topics: Production Economics, Nature and scope of Agricultural
Production Economics, Basic concepts and terms, Meaning and types of production
functions, Laws of returns, Factor-product relationship, Determination of
optimum input and output, Factor-factor relationship, product-product
relationship, Type of enterprise relationship, Returns to scale: meaning,
definition, importance, Farm management ,Typical farm management decisions, Economic principles applied to the
organization of farm business, Types and systems of farming, Cost concepts and
farm efficiency, Farm planning and budgeting, Risk and uncertainty, Linear
programming: Assumption, advantages and limitations of linear programming.
This lecture note covers the following topics: demand
for farm products, Supply of farm products, Economics of production and resource
use and instability in agriculture, Risk and uncertainty, Rural money market,
Labour market, Types of employer employee relationship, Land and lease markets
and Economics of share tenancy.
This note covers Agriculture, Horticulture and Plantation Crops, Agricultural Engineering, Tamil
Nadu Agricultural University, Sugar, Seed Certification and Organic
Certification, Agricultural Marketing and Agri Business, Tamil Nadu Watershed
Development Agency and Demand.
Agriculture is the backbone of Indian economy, as we are growing
hundreds of cereals, pulses, oil seeds, fruits and vegetables. Topics covered
includes: Agricultural Production and Management, Production and Management of
Horticultural Crops, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Post Production Handling,
Packaging and Processing of Animal Products, Seed Production and Nursery
Management, Entrepreneurial Skill Development.
The object in presenting
the book to the general public is the hope that it may be of assistance to
farmers, students and teachers, in their search for the fundamental truths and
principles of farming. Topics covered includes: Roots, Soils, Relation Of Soils
To Water, Forms Of Soil Water, Loss Of Soil Water, Soil Temperature, Plant Food
In The Soil, Seeds, Seed Planting, Spading And Plowing, Harrowing And Rolling,
Leaves, A Fertile Soil, Soil Water, Farm Manures, Commercial Fertilizers,
Rotation Of Crops, Farm Drainage.
Nitrogen is the most
yield-restraining nutrient in crop production globally. Efficient nitrogen
management is one of the most important factor for improving nitrogen use
efficiency, field crops productivity and profitability. Topics covered
includes: Inter and Intra Annual Variability of Nitrogen Concentrations in the
Headwaters of the Mero River, Nitrogen Transformations Associated with N2O
Emissions in Agricultural Soils, Controlled-Release Fertilizers as a Means to
Reduce Nitrogen Leaching and Runoff in Container-Grown Plant Production, Effects
of Heat Treatments on the Quality of Organic Wastes as a Nitrogen Fertilizer,
Nitrogen Fixation and Transfer in Agricultural Production Systems, Nitrogen Use
Efficiency in Rice, Prospects of N Fertilization in Medicinal Plants
Cultivation
This book covers the
following topics: Natural strength of land, Plant constituents, Organic matter,
Drainage, The Need of Lime, Applying Lime, Crop-rotation, Fertilizers , Tillage,
Control of soil moisture.