Improved Agriculture & Allied Practices for Farmers

The Segment of Horticultural Production Technology highlights the Protected Cultivation, Vegetable, Fruit, Floriculture and Diversification for nutritional security and prosperity. The Crop Protection unit includes information on Weed Management, Nematode Management and Integrated Pest Management. The Natural Resource Management components cover the topics on Soil Testing, Biofertilizer, Water Management and Biogas. The Post harvest and value addition highlights the grain and seed protection during storage, post harvest management of fruits and vegetables, value addition of agricultural produce and packing house operations of horticultural crops. Allied activities include information on apiculture, mushroom cultivation, and agricultural mechanization. The animal husbandry section compiles the information on dairy farming, fisheries based enterprises, scientific lac cultivation, pig farming and goat rearing.