Agricultural Production by Vinra Publication
Book Summary:
Agriculture, also called farming or husbandry, is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi, and other life forms for food, fiber, biofuel, medicinals, and other products used to sustain and enhance human life. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the development of civilization. The cultivation of crops is one of the oldest occupations of mankind and probably began when he discovered that certain seeds spilled on disturbed ground, grew in some mysterious way into new plants. He collected the seeds and spread them into different regions.
The audience of the Book :
This book is Useful for Agricultural Engineering students.
Table of Contents:
1. Origin and Introduction of Crop Plants, Cereals, and Pulses
2. Fruit Production
3. Vegetables
4. Plantation crops
5. Dairy Farming
6. Pig Production
7. Water Management and Agricultural Production
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