Agronomy

Resources Conservation Technology Resources conservation technology refers to those practices or approaches which increase the input use efficiency and factor productivity including labor, capital, and other inputs. It includes zero tillage/ minimum tillage, precision farming, intercropping, cover cropping, water harvesting, nutrient management, sequential farming etc. These techniques mainly conserve the natural resources, restore soil fertility, […]

Farming is a systematic arrangement of different enterprises like livestock, crops and forestry. Nepal is an agricultural country and people mostly here are engaged in Agriculture. In Nepal, farming system is still dependent on weather condition and over-dependence on rainfall is the main challenge that farmers have faced due to lack of irrigation facility. Only

Rice is number one staple food crop in Nepal. It is the major food crop which is the major source of nutrition for more than half of the world’s population. It fulfills more than 50% of the total calorie requirement of Nepalese people. China is the leading rice producer followed by India, Indonesia and Bangladesh.

Permaculture is the art and science of designing human beings place in the environment. It is about working with nature to make a better world for us all. By observing the natural world, we can see that there are a set of principles at work. Permaculture enables people to establish productive environments providing for food,

Ratoon is a crop which is allowed to grow in the same field from the eye buds left underground in the portion of stalk over stubbles after harvest of the main crop without planting seed setts a new. Ratoons are considered as a free gift by the Sugarcane growing farmers. Even though 40-50% of the