Eco Friendly Crop Husbandary

Objectives

On completion of training, the participants will be able

	to understand effective and sustainable use of natural resources
	to select and cultivate crops according to the Agro eco system to get maximum return
	to use the available water, resources economically withotrt over exploitation
	to utilise water according to soil and crop conditions

Contents

	Agro climatic regions of Tamilnadu
	Surface and ground water potentials
	Monsoons and their behaviour
	Soils, classifications and behaviour
	Ancient land use patterns
	Crop eco-system
	Crop choice according to socio, eco system
	Water stress and crop behaviour
	Judicious and economic use of surface and ground water
	Double cropping, mixed cropping and multiple cropping
	Mulching and shade cropping.