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Crop Production and Management Agricultural Practices - Coggle Diagram
Crop Production and Management
Agricultural Practices
Defination
farmer needs to follow certain
Basic Agricultural Practices
these practices should start at
The beginning
including
Prep. of agricultural field
taking care of crops
harvesting produce
storing harvest until final use
to obtain
Good Quality crops
Good Quantity crops
Farmer must have good knowledge of
newer techniques
newer practices
newer equipments
Techniques in farming are similar to gardening but on a large scale
Preparation of soil
first step of crop production
making soil ready for farming
soil contains
water
air
mineral
microbes
in agricultral field
once crop harvested
nutrients deplete
growing another crop
field to be made suitable again
involves three steps
ploughing and tilling
mechanical processes
soil prepared to desired physical condition
it is important to
loosen soil
turn soil
as plants cannot penetrate through
hard soil
loose soil
porous
well aerated
thus roots of plants breathe easily in loose soil
holds more water
humus
gets mixed with soil
increasing soil fertility
rich in nutrients
organisms
earthworms
grow better in loose soil
increasing fertility
microbes
other organisms
uproot
unwanted weeds
easier to mix
manures
in loose soil
fertilisers
tools
plough
wooden plough
used since ancient times
iron plough
replacing wooden plough
can be pulled across field by
humans
animals
bullocks
horses
camels
machines
tractors
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hoe
used for
loosening soil
removing weeds
made of
long rod of
iron
wood
with bent iron plate
fixed to one end
pulled across field by
animals
bullocks
crumb crushing
during ploughing
big pieces of soil
crumbs
need to broken
before sowing seeds
are formed
normally done by wooden planks
levelling
field may not be even after
ploughing
tilling
soil is levelled
using leveller
levelling of soil is important
as it helps in uniform distribution
of seeds
it helps in proper irrigation
field
prevents moisture loss
instrument
leveller
used to level soil
cultivator
it is tractor driven