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Green Revolution refers mainly to spectacular increase in wheat, rice and corn yields in many countries of the world in the late 20th centu...

Gene Bank a place where plants or plant materials are preserved to conserve the germplasm. Gene banks can be either ex situ, where seeds or...

Fiber Crop crops that produce filamentous matter from the bast tissue or other parts of plants, used for industrial purposes. Fiber crops i...

Fertilizer organic or inorganic material of natural or synthetic origin (other than liming materials) that is added to a soil to supply one...

Mixed Farming, a system of farming where crops, livestock, poultry, fish etc are raised in a farm. In other words, mixed farming utilizes cr...

Farming System a set of organised conditions for production of crops, livestock, fish, agroforestry, etc. Farming system includes the proce...

Department of Livestock Services (DLS) a government department responsible for providing veterinary coverage, development and extension serv...

Deepwater Rice rice grown in more than 50 cm water for one month or longer during the cropping season. Based on stature and depth of water, ...

Dairy Farm a livestock farm for raising of dairy cattle, devoted chiefly to the production of milk, and the manufacture of butter and cheese...

Crop Residue remnant or stubble from all types of crops. These are a valuable part of the total soil organic matter. Roots, stubble, leaves ...

Cotton Development Board (CDB) established in 1972 with the primary objective to introduce and promote cotton cultivation. During the early...

Cereal any gramineous plant grown for its edible, nutrient rich, starchy seeds. The term refers primarily to rice, wheat, maize, barley, mil...

Biofertiliser (jibaja sar) living materials used to increase fertility of soils. Some free-living or symbiotic bacteria and blue-green alga...

Bathan (cattle colony) a nearly extinct agrarian institution for community herding of the cattle of the village. Literally bathan, a prak...