Category: Principles & Practices of Crop Production.

Field sanitation

Field sanitation is an important and highly effective farm practice to keep most pests under control. What to do? 1.      Use…

Crop rotation

Crop rotation is one of the oldest and most effective cultural control strategies. It means the planned order of specific…

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.…

Soil Formation

Introduction All soils initially come from rocks, this is termed the ‘parent material’. The Parent Material may be directly below…

Soil Groups

Agricultural Equipment and Their Uses

Agriculture has been transformed by technology to increase output and quality of goods. Today, farmers who are still breaking their…

INTRODUCTION

All field crops need soil, water, air and light (sunshine) to grow. The soil gives stability to the plants; it…