Crop Production TechnologiesPeeyush Sharma, Vikas Abrol Crop production depends on the successful implementation of the soil, water, and nutrient management technologies. Food production by the year 2020 needs to be increased by 50 percent more than the present levels to satisfy the needs of around 8 billion people. Much of the increase would have to come from intensification of agricultural production. Importance of wise usage of water, nutrient management, and tillage in the agricultural sector for sustaining agricultural growth and slowing down environmental degradation calls for urgent attention of researchers, planners, and policy makers. Crop models enable researchers to promptly speculate on the long-term consequences of changes in agricultural practices. In addition, cropping systems, under different conditions, are making it possible to identify the adaptations required to respond to changes. This book adopts an interdisciplinary approach and contributes to this new vision. Leading authors analyze topics related to crop production technologies. The efforts have been made to keep the language as simple as possible, keeping in mind the readers of different language origins. The emphasis has been on general descriptions and principles of each topic, technical details, original research work, and modeling aspects. However, the comprehensive journal references in each area should enable the reader to pursue further studies of special interest. The subject has been presented through fifteen chapters to clearly specify different topics for convenience of the readers. |
Contents
Crop Models as Decision Support | 3 |
Crop Water Requirements in Cameroons Savanna Zones | 31 |
Impact of Soil Fertility Replenishment | 53 |
Optimizing Water Consumption | 73 |
The Nature of Rainfall at a Typical SemiArid | 93 |
Water Deficit Condition Affecting Rice | 113 |
Lowland Soils for Rice Cultivation in Ghana | 137 |
Impact of Mineral Fertilizer Integration with Farmyard | 153 |
Impact of Salinity Stress on Date Palm | 169 |
Vegetable Waste Compost Used | 179 |
Efficacy of Pseudomonas chlororaphis | 199 |
Effect of SocioEconomic Characteristics | 211 |
Analysis of Nutritional Interactions | 221 |
Tillage Effects on Soil Health | 245 |
Energy Use Pattern in Millet Production | 263 |
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