: Agrotechnology

Agrotechnology

Agriculture technology or agriculture science is a broad subject which deals with all those activities related with the production, processing and marketing of plants and animals for consumption. The important divisions under agriculture science are given below:

AGRONOMY AND CROP HUSBANDRY
Growing practices of Food Grains (Cereals), Oil Seeds, pulses, sugar crops etc

SOIL AND LAND MANAGEMENT
Soil and land conservation practices, manures and fertilizers etc

IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGY
Irrigation practices such as drip irrigation, sprinkler irrigation etc

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND FINANCE
Micro-finance, Agri-insurance schemes, rural credits, risk management etc

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
Machineries and equipments for mechanized agricultural production-tillers, soil levelers, harvesters, tractors etc

ENTAMOLOGY
Management of insects and pests using various pest control methods – chemical control by pesticides, insecticides, rodenticides, acaricides etc, biological control, mechanical control etc

POST HARVEST MANAGEMENT
Post harvest practices such correct harvesting practices, disinfestation practices such as fumigation, chemical control etc, washing, cleaning and drying practices, sorting and grading practices etc
AGROFORESTRY
Silviculture, social forestry

FISHERY INDUSTRY
Aquaculture (fish cultivation)

WEED CONTROL
Weed management practices, herbicides, biological control for weed management

HORTICULTURE
Growing and post harvest practices of fruits, vegetables, flowers, spices, condiments, plantation crops, root and tuber crops, medicinal and aromatic plants and mushrooms

WATER SHED MANAGEMENT
Water conservation practices such as water harvesting, preparation of water sheds, etc

FARM BUSINESS
Farm business models such as contract farming, corporate farming, precision farming, organic farming, LEISA etc

FUTURES TRADING AND COMMODITY MARKETING
Commodity exchanges, commodity trading etc

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRY TECHNOLOGY
Rearing of domestic animals, technology for dairy production, etc

PLANT PATHOLOGY AND NEMATOLOGY
Management of plant diseases by fungicides, nematicides and biological control, mechanical control etc

SEED TECHNOLOGY
Seed production techniques

POULTRY MANAGEMENT
Rearing of poultry; egg and meat production etc

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
Rural extension practices (lab to land)

GENETICS AND PLANT BREEDING
Plant breeding practices, Genetically Modified Organisms, Biotechnology for disease-pest resistant crop production