CROP PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

BY Martina, Abigail G, Abigail D,

Natasha.

INTRODUCTION • In farming, land can range from very small to

very large. • Thus different farmers must have more or less

land, money, access to information, and technology.

• Money or financial conditions is the main thing that plays a very important role in the different farming practices and technology taken by the farmers.

• There exists a correlation between higher inputs and yields.

• Farmers purchasing capacity for inputs decides cropping system and production practices.

• There are many levels of different production practices:-

1. No cost production practices. 2. Low cost production practices. 3. High cost production practices.

• Nutrients is an essential requirement for the growth of plants

• A nutrient is a chemical that an organism needs to live and grow or a substance used in an organism's metabolism which must be taken in from its

environment • Plants get their nutrients from the air, from water

and from the soil • For high yield provision of these nutrients can be

supplied from manure and fertilizers

• There are sixteen nutrients vital for plants:

Scarcity of these nutrients affects the physiological processes in plants like:

i. Reproduction ii. Growth iii. Weakness to diseases

- A chemical or natural substance added to soil to increase its fertility.

- Fertilizers are chemicals or animal manure that are used by farmers and gardeners to supply growing crops with the plant nutrients that they need to be healthy and grow well.

- Fertilizers add to the natural fertility of the soil and work with moisture to ensure that the plant does not go hungry throughout its growing life.

What are fertilizers?

- Fertilizers supply nitrogen, phosphorus , and potassium to plants.

- Fertilizers should be applied carefully or else it gets washed away with water and thus causes water pollution.

- Organic fertilizers is derived from animal or

vegetable matter.

Organic fertilizers

- Many different natural elements can go into the creation of organic fertilizer. Animal manure is a common ingredient in both commercial and home prepared blends.

- Rotten produce bone meal and the decomposing plants removed at the end of the season can also be chopped or ground in to small particles for inclusion in the fertilizer.