Week 6: Farming systems
Course Material
- Week 1: Introduction to Agriculture, branches and allied sciences
- Week 2: Agriculture, history, importance
- Week 3: Salient features of Pakistan's agriculture
- Week 4: Climate, land and water resources
- Week 5: Agro-ecological zones of Pakistan
- Week 6: Farming systems
- Week 7: Tillage: objectives and types
- Week 8: Seed: types and quality
- Week 9-10: Crop nutrients, manures and fertilizers, Sources and methods of application
- Week 11: Irrigation: systems, types and management
- Week 12: Crop protection measures
- Week 13: Crop rotation
- Week 14: Harvesting, processing, storage and marketing of farm produce
- Week 15: Agro-based industries
- Week 16: Environmental pollution and health hazards
- Practical
- Teaching Schedule
- Key dates and time of class meeting
- Chapters 18
- Department College of Agriculture
- Teacher
Muhammad Ehsan Safdar
