Cultivation of Maize; Zea Mays
Maize prefers deep and fertile soils that are rich in organic matter content and have a pH of 7.5 to 8.5. Light and neutral soils are better
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Cultivation of cowpea for Fodder
Cowpea is a forage crop usually grown mixed with cereal fodders and grasses to improve the nutritive value of the herbage. It contains 20-24% crude protein, 43-49% neutral detergent fiber, 34-37% acid detergent fiber, 23-25% cellulose, and 5-6% hemicellulose on a dry matter basis
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Cultivation Kakun or Foxtail Millet in India
Kakun, or Italian millet, is also popular as Foxtail millet and German millet. It is generally grown as a rainfed crop in India. The kakun grains are cooked just like rice and then utilized. In some regions, kakun grains are ground to flour and consumed in the form of ‘chapaties
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Sorghum ((Sorghum bicolor L) or Jwoar Cultivation in India
It is one of the five major food grains of the world after Rice, Wheat, Maize, and Barley. Millions of poor people in the semiarid tropics regions of Africa and Asia depend on sorghum as their staple food. In addition, fodder and stover are fed to millions of animals providing milk and meat for man
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Cultivation of Lucerne (Medicago sativa) or Alfalfa in India
It is a deep-rooted herbaceous annual as well as a perennial plant, growing up to a height of 60 to 150 centimeters It is one of the most important fodder crops in India.
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Cultivation of Sunn-Hemp (Crotalaria Juncea) in India
Sunn-hemp is also raised as a green manure crop. If a sun hemp crop is grown for green manuring purposes, the crop is turned under with a soil inverting plough when the plants are about six to eight weeks old. It adds about 40-60 kg of nitrogen per hectare to the soil on its decomposition.
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Cultivation of Medicinal Plant ‘Brahmi ‘ (Bacopa monnieri ) in India
The brahni plant is usually propagated by softwood stem cuttings or runners. and the cuttings of about 5-6 cm long, each with a few leaves and 3-4 nodes are ideal for planting
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Cultivation of Groundnut ; A complete Information Guide
Groundnut ranks first place in India as an oil seed crop. Groundnut oil is important in vegetable oil (vanaspati ghee) production. Groundnut seed contains about 45 % oil and 26 % protein Groundnut whole kernel is highly digestible. It is, in the first place about as concentrated a portion of food as money can buy, one gram supplies 5.8 food calories.
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