Namasthe, Today’s Agriculture has grown as a business in the markets of Agri-produce. We have a huge potential for agriculture and allied products and services. Apart from huge demand for agri-produce, we also have got huge potential for some newly introduced crops and products of agriculture and allied farming.
We
have got demand for agri-input and at the same time we are consuming
agriculture produce. Some examples for this are seeds, pesticide, insecticide bio
agents and chemicals and to this list some latest additions are Agri
machineries and Agriculture knowledge.
Fresh
graduates in agri sciences has come up with newer and newer ideas for improving
Agriculture. Some examples are as follows.
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E-Choupal,
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Agri News channels and programmes on TV, Radio
and On internet especially Youtube, channels,…..
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Processing and marketing hubs for better returns
to farmers and other stake holders.
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Agri and allied sciences mobile apps on app
store and Play store.
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Some newer and newer technologies such as
Spraying drones, Arial photography drones for better farm management, tree
climbing equipment’s and other latest and old tractors and power tillers and
small agriculture machineries are on the markets…..
There are
latest developments in agriculture especially in Knowledge disbursement and the
investment in agriculture has also rose to newer and newer peaks. Technologies
for Seed production and marketing and cultivation methods have resulted in
higher and higher yield and also quality of produce has raised and thereby
making the life of people more standard.
Extension
activities related to agriculture and allied has grown to many fold and thereby
making it one of the best ways of earning and it is slowly activating the
migration of people towards agriculture from the salaried population.
Good concepts
such as Vana-Mahothsava (Tree planting) are making huge success these days,
which will directly or indirectly helping in keeping the environment clean and
safe for living.
The crops can
be classified in to many sub categories of classifications, which can be grown
and for the time being, it is kept in “Crops to be Grown” goal:
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Field Crops
Ø Cereals
Ø Pulses
Ø Oil
seeds
Ø Vegetables
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Leafy vegetables
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Exotic vegetables
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Vegetables
Ø Medicinal
crops
Ø Aromatic
crops
v
Fruit plantations
v
Spices crops
v
Algae & Mushrooms
v
Roots
Ø Rhizomes
Ø Bulb
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Plantation crops
v
Cash Crops……
These crops
require different agro climate for its growth and development, ignoring the
fact that it is artificial or natural environment. The goals setting for
growing the crops under different environment are important for the life of the
farmer, as it requires more investment and knowledge and skilled manpower. The
goals for the farming or agriculture have to be set based on need of the crop
produce in the market and its agro-chimerical requirements. The goals in
agriculture also depends on the amount of investment one wants to make in
agriculture or allied sciences. There are ‘n’ number of factors affecting the
overall success of the farm and for few crops such as plantation crops there
will be gestation period for the first harvest from the respective farm. Few
other crops such as exotic vegetables require skilled manpower to grow it well.
Newer methods of cropping system make most products per unit area but requires
considerably changes investment pattern. Few crops requires huge spacing [Plant
to plant; and Row to Row], few other crops requires support of their crop for
its growth and development.
Plants growth is
not an easy cake for everyone. It requires at-most care and skill and
consistent maintenance for a planting material to grow to full-fledged plant/tree.
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