Crop Production and Tillage

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Importance of agriculture. 3. Factors affecting crop production. 4. Systems of crop production. 5. Tillage and Tillage operations. 6. Effect of Tillage. 7. Tillage and crop production. 8. Agricultural implement and machinery. 9. Types of Tillage operations. 10. Method of Tillage. 11. Management practices. 12. Future guide line and conclusion. References.

"The book includes scientific principles as well as technological advances made in this area of the crop production and Tillage. At present, there is no comprehensive text book on \'Crop Production and Tillage\' and applied aspects suitable for farmers. This book will provide comprehensive information on the subject matter and fulfil the needs of students and other professionals. This is a book containing all sorts of chapters on crop production and Tillage.

Though this book primarily written to serve as a text book/reference for the students of agriculture and technologists in developing organizations, this book will be valuable for similar groups in the third world countries of Asia and Africa. This book also serves as a valuable reference for the candidates preparing Agricultural Research Services and other competitive examinations. Professional Institutions in Soil Conservation, Krishi Vigyna Kendras and Rural Institutions and similar other institutions would find this book very much helpful. The farmers may refer this book to practice the agricultural implements and machinery in the context of raising field crops as the considerable emphasis is placed for obtaining maximum profitable production per unit area per unit time." (jacket)