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Improvement in Food Resources Notes

Improvement in Food Resources Notes

Topics :

- Agriculture: Crop Production

- Crop Variety Improvement

- Crop Production Management

- Nutrient Management

- Enrichment of Soil with Nutrients-Manure

- Enrichment of Soil with Nutrients-Fertilizers

- Cropping Patterns

- Crop Protection Management

- Animal Husbandry

- Cattle Farming

- Poultry Farming

- Fish Production

- Bee-Keeping/Apiculture

Introduction

Introduction

Food is an essential substance consumed by living organisms to obtain the essential nutrients required for the growth and maintenance of life. Such nutrients are digested and assimilated in body to provide energy and to carry out the important life sustaining functions.
The nutrients contained in food are of two types: micronutrients and macronutrients.

Sources of Food:

Food is obtained from plant and animal.

Agriculture:

Agriculture: Crop Production

AGRICULTURE: CROP PRODUCTION

Plants of same type cultivated at same piece of land at large scale through agricultural practices is known as crop. There are different types of crops that provide different types of nutrients.

S.No.	Crop	Major nutrient	Examples
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Crop Variety Improvement

CROP VARIETY IMPROVEMENT

This approach is based on selecting the crop that can provide us good yield with desirable features or incorporating the desirable features into the growing crops. Technique is followed with different aim and through different ways.