6. Stages of
Farming Practices
Choice of seeds
For planting
Nurturing of the
crop
Protection of the
growing crops and
Harvested crops
from loss
Crop Production
Improvement by
Crop variety
Improvement by
Different methods
Crop protection
management
•Hybridization
•Genetic
manipulation
•Nutrient management or
mineralnutrition of plants
•Manures and fertilisers
•Organic farming
•Irrigation
•Cropping patterns
•Insects-pests
control
•Diseases control
•Weeds control
•Scientific storage of
grains
7.
8. Parent 1
(with a desired character)
(e.g., high yield)
Parent 2
(with a desired character)
(e.g., disease resistant)
Offspring
(Hybrid)
12. Fish Production
Fish is a cheap source
of animal protein for our
food. Fish production
includes the finned true
fish as well as selfish
such as Prawns &
Molluscs .
The water source of the
fish can be either
seawater or fresh water,
such as in rivers and
ponds. Fishing can thus
be done both by capture
and culture of fish in
marine water and
freshwater ecosystem
13. Cattle Farming
Cattle Husbandry is
done for two purpose
milk and drought labor
for agriculture work such
as tilling, irrigation and
carting. Indian such
belong to two different
species, Bos indicus,
Cows, and Bos bubalis,
Buuffaloes.Milk-
producing females are
called mulch animal
(diary animal), while the
ones used for farm
labour are called drought
animal.
14. And Cows still with us.
1525 of VT’s 6800 farms are dairy
Jersey cows bred in VT
helped make VT butter
and cheese famous!
Breeding & other ag research remain
import to VT’s economy and
environment.
15. Bee-Keeping
Honey is widely used and
therefore bee-keeping for
making honey has become
an agriculture enterprise.
Since bee-keeping needs
low investments, farmers
use it as an additional
income generation activity.
The local varieties of bees
used for commercial honey
production are Apis Cerana
Indica, commonly known as
the Indian Bee, A.
dorsata, the rock bee and
A. florae, the little bee.
This is variety commonly
used for commercial honey
production
