The Handbook of Agriculture is one of the most popular publications of the ICAR with a wider readership. The present edition presents science-led developments in Indian agriculture, ongoing research efforts at the national level and with some ideas on the shape of future agriculture. For those who take intelligent interest in agriculture, the present edition would serve as a useful book.
The present edition has the following chapters: Soil and water, Land utilization, Field and forage crops, Environment, Agrobiodiversity, Resource conservation technologies, IPM, Pesticides residues, Seed production technologies, Energy in agriculture, Informatics, Biotechnology, Intellectual Property Rights, Agricultural marketing and trading and Indigenous Technical Knowledge have been included in the present edition. |
