Remote Sensing: The practice of evaluating and studying the physical properties of a region by detecting the reflected and emitted radiation from a distance is known as remote sensing (typically from satellite or aircraft). It aids in the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object or...
Introduction Agriculture from time immemorial has always been a gamble with nature and its adversities. Looking back over a decade of severe weather anomalies like flood, drought, superstorms, and pest/disease infestations with impacts on a scale previously unimaginable, there is a pressing need to understand the toll that has been taken. In 2019 alone,...
Why Soil Testing? Soil Nutrient impact on plant growth was established back in the 1700s by eminent scholars like Dokuchev, Liebig and others. But, soil testing as a practice of soil fertility management was not popular until the mid or late 1940s. Soil testing plays an important role in understanding the built-in resource structure...
Agriculture and its challenges: Economic growth and development are heavily dependent on agriculture. It is essential to human existence because it provides food. The sector contributes a great deal to the economy as a supplier of industrial raw materials. It also contributes significantly to Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Human survival depends on it, and...
It Does More. It Costs Less. It’s That Simple. Introduction In India, agriculture is the primary source of livelihood. Nearly 60% of India’s population depends on agriculture as their sole source of income. At present, India takes the second position in agricultural production in the world. It also contributes a major share of the...
By Dr. Sat Kumar Tomer and Vijaya Pramathi V. S Farming, especially in developing countries, faces various risks due to climate change, pests and diseases, drought, floods, erratic rains, and so on. The challenges in agrarian countries e.g. India where 263.1 million people, roughly about 60 percent of the population is engaged in agriculture,...
Rainfall is the natural process by which the condensed water in the clouds descends back onto the earth in the form of precipitation, filling our lakes and rivers, recharging underground aquifers, and providing food for plants and animals. Precipitation levels vary widely over the world, from less than 0.1 inches per year in certain...