Cropping System
Cropping pattern is the yearly sequence and spatial arrangement of crops and fallow on a given area. Cropping system comprises all cropping patterns grown on the farm and their interaction…
Trap cropping
Trap cropping is the planting of a trap crop to protect the main cash crop from a certain pest or several pests. The trap crop can be from the same…
Soil tillage
Soil tillage is a method of soil preparation for seedbed preparation, sowing or transplanting, and for crops' growth. Types of soil tillage Conventional tillage The cultivation of the soil using…
Intercropping
Intercropping is the cultivation of two or more crops simultaneously on the same field. It also means the growing of two or more crops on the same field with the…
Green manuring
Green manuring is the plowing under or soil incorporation of any green manure crops while they are green or soon after they flower. Green manures are forage or leguminous crops…
Field sanitation
Field sanitation is an important and highly effective farm practice to keep most pests under control. What to do? 1. Use sterilized or diseased-free seeds for sowing. 2. Properly select healthy plants…
Crop rotation
Crop rotation is one of the oldest and most effective cultural control strategies. It means the planned order of specific crops planted on the same field. It also means that…
Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition
1. Fertile soil / Productive soil Provides all necessary soil factors in balanced proportion: air, water, T, nutrients in needed amounts, forms and proportions. 2. Essential Elements: 3 conditions a. Deficiency or low level results…
Soil Formation
Introduction All soils initially come from rocks, this is termed the ‘parent material’. The Parent Material may be directly below the soil, or great distances away if wind, water or…
