Agriculture

This is presented in a very readable way and concise description of information, easy-to-follow the apiculture activities. Specific concepts and detailed management techniques are covered in a matter-of-fact and easy to implement way. It covers all aspects catering for beginners and experienced bee-keepers alike. This book also helps the readers to easily learn about honey bee biology, the establishment of apiaries and it’s management. It Includes the glossary on the topics discussed. The book contains nine chapters covering all aspects of apiculture which include introduction to apiculture, bee-keeping equipments, honey-bee colony, methods of queen rearing and bee breeding, hive and bee’s products and their uses, pollination, handling bees wax and pollen trapping, managing diseases and pests, apiculture entrepreneurship and lac culture and more. This is an excellent book for bee-keepers, extension workers, progressive farmers and persons engaged in apiculture.  

This book entitled” Introductory Agribusiness Management” provides basic knowledge about, agricultural marketing, marketing management, marketing research, marketing channels, as well as to impart knowledge about Buyer behavior, Demand and Sales forecasting, Pricing policies, Product Planning and Sales promotion techniques, Entrepreneurship etc. that will be helpful for setting an agricultural business enterprise for improving market infrastructure, direct and group marketing, establishment of modern marketing and processing units, market integration and the improvement of the overall efficiency of the agricultural marketing system. It also provides students and adult learners with an essential understanding of what it takes to be a successful agribusiness manager in today’s rapidly evolving, highly unpredictable marketplace. This book is an ideal text for all courses on management in the agribusiness industry.    

This book analyses common rainfed farming systems and defines the principles and practices important to their effective functioning and management. The chapters of the book have been selected and arranged in such a manner as to lead the students through the entire gamut of rainfed agriculture supported by suitable examples and diagrams. The topics covered are most relevant in view of growing interests of rainfed agriculture technologies. The focus is on new concepts and approaches in dryland and rainfed lands, dryland farming techniques, watershed management and its components, agricultural technology for drylands, drought preparedness and management, water harvesting and its role in rainfed agriculture, integrated watershed management, strategies for mitigating and adapting to climate change in rainfed areas, role of mulching in soil and water conservation, agriculture’s effects on society and economy. The book is also supported with a comprehensive glossary and index in the end. This book will be useful to the students, teachers, progressive farmers, policy makers, extension workers and researchers working on various institutes and different universities.  

Biotech KISAN Hub project being implemented by Division of fruit Science SKUAST-K with financial and technical support from the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of has been instrumental in increasing in HDAP units in Kashmir from mere 90 to more than 500 covering an area of around 200 ha and rejuvenation units from almost nil to a more than 100 in a short span of 2 years. The apprehensions which were among the farming community have been addressed through regular training and demonstrations carried out by the Biotech KISAN hub for both rejuvenation and HDAP. The farmers in the south Kashmir districts have adopted the HDAP and rejuvenation technology at a faster pace and are currently leading and setting up the trend for all other districts of the valley. The average yield ofHDAP apple and the varieties introduced by Biotech KISAN hub will be around 40-60 t/ha compared to just 11 t/ha from traditional apple trees. The technology has simultaneously been transferred to state departments as well as KVKs. The impact of project activities has been significant in changing the attitude of the state govt. also and is planning to take it as a scheme vigorously. The awareness about both rejuvenation and HDAP was meager in northern districts of the valley and the Biotech KISAN hub team has introduced the first HDAP Units in said districts along with rejuvenation units. It is now expected that the farmers shall adopt HDAP and rejuvenation technology in the future with ease. The state government has decided to take it in mission mode. The HDAP and rejuvenation of apple orchards with new mutant is the future of apple orcharding system in valley and must be adopted in other apple growing regions of India as well.