agriculture

Globalization of Indian economy ; its positive and negative impacts on different sectors, issues of FDI and FII in India.

INFRASTRUCTURE) that are badly needed for economic development. Foreign investment meets the gap in management, Entrepreneurship, technology and skill. These can be transferred to the host country through suitable training programmes and the processes. Further foreign companies bring with them sophisticated technological knowledge about production processes while transferring modern machinery equipment to the capital-poor developing … Read more

Ever Green Revolution and Rainbow revolution

Evergreen Revolution was a term coined by M.S. Swaminathan to indicate the development of  technologies that can help in increasing productivity in perpetuity without causing an associated ecological harm.He also stated that to achieve the goal of Food Security by ending hunger and to promote sustainable agriculture, it is important that in the field of social … Read more

WTO and agriculture

The World Trade Organization came into being in 1995 as the successor organization to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) established in the wake of the Second World War. It  is a multilateral framework (an agreement among governments) for conduct of international trade in goods and Services and also for protection of Intellectual … Read more

Pricing of agricultural inputs and outputs.

Agricultural prices cover prices of agricultural products (output prices) and prices of requisites for agricultural production (input prices) at various stages of Marketing. The structure of Indian Agricultural Marketing system consists of: Agricultural Co-operative Marketing Societies; Regulated Markets; Public Trading and Futures Trading. Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP)  while recommending the minimum support prices … Read more

Agricultural Marketing

Agricultural Marketing is the study of all the activities, agencies and policies involved in the procurement of farm inputs by the farmers and the movement of agricultural products from the farms to the consumers. The Agricultural Marketing system is a link between the farm and the non-farm sectors. It includes the organization of agricultural raw … Read more

Horticulture

Horticulture in Rajasthan Horticulture is the science and art of producing, improving, Marketing, and using fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental Plants. The importance of horticulture in improving the productivity of land, generating EMPLOYMENT, improving economic conditions of the farmers and entrepreneurs, enhancing exports and, above all, providing nutritional security to the people, is widely acknowledged. … Read more

Biotechnology and its applications

Biotechnology and its Applications Biotechnology is defined as the industrial application of living organisms and their biological processes such as biochemistry, Microbiology, and Genetic engineering, in order to make best use of the Microorganisms for the benefit of mankind. Modern biotechnology provides breakthrough products and technologies to combat debilitating and rare diseases, reduce our environmental … Read more

Andhra Pradesh: Relief and Structure

Andhra Pradesh has varied topography. It varies from the hills of Eastern Ghats and Nallamala Hills to the shores of Bay of Bengal.     Fig: Andhra Pradesh-Political Map Two main river of Andhra Pradesh;Krishna and Godavari, flows through the state. The state has two regions Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema. The plains to the east … Read more

Andhra Pradesh: Horticulture

INFRASTRUCTURE for Post Harvest Management and providing access to domestic, and export markets.Horticulture sector contributes approximately 5.16% of the State GSDP. Horticulture sector identified as one of the Growth engines to contribute GSDP growth in state of Andhra Pradesh   Five Layer Model of Horticulture crops:   To boost horticulture production and to keep a … Read more

Remote sensing- GIS and its application

    Remote Sensing Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object and thus in contrast to on-site observation. In current usage, the term “remote sensing” generally refers to the use of satellite- or aircraft-based sensor technologies to detect and classify objects on Earth, … Read more