Prepare an investigatory on the following topics:
a) Need of Animal Husbandry
b) Improvement in Crop yield
c) Irrigation- An important factor for agricultural practices
Answers
Explanation:
A) large number of farmers in India depend on animal husbandry for their livelihood. In addition to supplying milk, meat, eggs,wool, their castings (dung) and hides, animals, mainly bullocks, are the major source of power for both farmers and drayers. Thus, animal husbandry plays an important role in the rural economy.
B)agriculture, crop yield (also known as "agricultural output") refers to both the measure of the yield of a crop per unit area of land cultivation, and the seed generation of the plant itself (e.g if three grains are harvested for each grain seeded, the resulting yield is 1:3).
Explanation:
a ) The branch of agriculture that deals with the feeding, caring and breeding of domestic animals is called animal husbandry. The need of animal husbandry is that, as the population increases ,the demand for milk, eggs and meat is also growing up.
b ) Improvement in crop yield by following ways -
i - Mixed cropping
ii - Inter cropping
iii - Crop rotation
c ) The process of providing water to crops artificially to fulfill their water requirements is called irrigation.