Agriculture is now in cross road. It has lot problems with respect to production and even marketing. Suicide is common of either production loss nor market failure. The following are important steps to increase agriculture production
1. Don't cultivate single crop, increase the number of crops as much as possible in the same cropping period. Select crops based on your requirement, soil and climate. This will taken care of single crop loss syndrome.
2. I don't recommend tillage, if you want to cultivate the land, cultivate the land in summer time and kept open for fifteen days and then do farming
3. Select area specific good traditional seed varieties well in advance, ask other farmers or nearby institution to get better quality traditional seed. Don't buy seed from shop or agriculture department or Agricultural Universities or Krushi Vignana Kendra. These people will always give seeds give hybrid seeds only
4. Plough the land across slope or along contour, it will retain water and soil. The soil health will increase by doing this activity
5. Put intra and inter bunds in to the land, it will keep or retain run-off water and check the soil erosion and it act as barrier for loss soil
6. Put grass, fodder and some biomass trees on the bunds to prevent crack of bunds. These tress will give continuous additional income
7. If you have any pest and disease to the crops, don't spray any kind of chemicals. Prepare your own bio-chemicals using local herbs and other materials.
8. Don't use any chemical fertilizer to the crop, it will become an another expenditure. Prepare your own compost and other forms of organic fertilizer and liquid manures.
9. Protect your soil by using dry or wet mulching. Spread the agriculture waste either it may be dry or wet on the soil surface. It will keep soil health and act as a compost
10. Raise your bio fence around the land, it will protect the land from enemies and also gives additional income to the family. If you put biomass, so you will get free compost materials
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