DISCOVER BEST PRACTICE FARMING FOR A SUSTAINABLE 2050

Human population was growing steadily until the last few hundred years. We will have about 10 billion humans on the planet by 2050. All these people have to be fed & clothed . Much of their food & clothing comes from Agriculture. It has grown as human population has grown

• Modern industrialized agriculture has been quite destructive. So we have serious challenges facing by us and also by global.

• Obviously Human population growth is primary issue. Second challenge is increasing urbanization in agriculture land , climate change.

We also had this strange phenomenon of biofuel production that in many cases based on using human food for production of fuels

Future farm project - 4 enterprises

1. Ecological cropping - Production of legumes, cereals , canola. 

2. Livestock - Based around the production of meat and wool by sheep. 

3. Maintain & restore ecosystem and biodiversity. 

4. People - We need contented farmers living in vibrant communities    

* CLEAN , GREEN , ETHICAL  clean means less reliance on drugs & hormones. Green - Ecosystem  ,Ethical - Animal welfare.

These concepts are future of all of our animal industries 

SIX MAJOR ISSUES IDENTIFIED THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED . 

1) Nutrition health & welfare of the animals.

2) Choice of genotypes ( we choose genotypes types that are suited to the environment & that we avoid the temptation to introduce exotic genotypes into environment is which they will not thrive). 

3) Human Nutrition ( Balanced diet ). 

4) Relevance of livestock to local culture  

5) Feeding of human food to livestock .

''We are losing our biodiversity rapidly we need to change the conservations rather than criticize farmers for this situation help them to become part of solution. 

Maintenance of biodiversity is an important part of the future farm project. 

Aim Of the future farm project is in fact for every building on the farm to contribute to independence for energy & water .

Agriculture is totally reliant on soil & water.  In order to provide sustainable functions for soil in the future.                                                               

* Increased water storage capacity , nutrient availability , carbon storage abilities. We cannot afford to lose our soils because remember soils are part of the critical zone upon which humanity ulterly depends. " Planting trees for the future farm project is main aim "

Management of water resources is critical for sustainable farming . Biggest uses of water is irrigated Agriculture . The most important indicator of water availability is soil moisture content ( we need to understand water balance ). Water balance states that the change in storage of water occurs at a rate depending on the inflows & outflows.

Ecological cropping

Technologies have been developed to enable no till cropping . It protects soil from destructive effects of cultivation & preserve soil moisture in the soil . It also increases crop productivity .No till cropping has required the usage of herbicides .                                                                         

 To maintain a no till cropping with all of it's environment advantages a major challenge is to ensure sustainability of herbicides which enable no till cropping.                                                                 

 If we have sufficient diversity in our farming system we can maintain the enormous advantages of no till cropping & still keep herbicides working working to help no till & crop productivity - Main objective.

Four main needs have been identified when considering the contribution livestock will make to global food security in the future.                  

1) We need better animal & welfare.                       

2) We need to select appropriate genotypes for environment.

3) We need to reduce the environmental footprint.                                                                      

4) we also need better livestock husbandry nutrition & management .

We need to reduce usage of more pesticides and herbicides, we need to educate people regarding  about sustainable farming and also we need to provide proper infrastructure in rural areas , we need to make people to adapt for organic & friendly farming . 

THANGELLA SAI POOJITHA ;

B.Sc.AGRICULTURE STUDENT,

  ( GEHU - DEHRADUN )     

REMOTE SENSING IN AGRICULTURE...

 ✅INTRODUCTION:-

👉The science of acquiring information about an object, without entering in contact with it, by sensing and recording reflected or emitted energy and processing, analysing, and applying that information.

👉According to India’s National Remote Sensing Agency, “Remote Sensing is the technique of acquiring information about objects on the earth’s surface without physically coming into contact with them.”

✅PRINCIPLE:-

• The energy comes down to the earth and a part is reflected and detected by a sensor;
• The detection is captured as data, which is sent to the receiving station;
• Some pre-processing takes place in the receiving station, and then the pre-processed data is handed over to the users;
• The users analyze the data for their own application.

PRINCIPLE OF REMOTE SENSING.

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✅ TYPES:-

👉Passive Remote Sensing.

👉Active Remote Sensing.

 👉Active remote sensors create their own electromagnetic energy that is transmitted from the sensor towards the terrain interacts with the terrain producing a backscatter of energy and it’s recorded by the remote sensor’s receiver.

👉Passive sensor detects the naturally transmitted microwave energy within its field of view.

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✅ROLE OF REMOTE SENSING IN AGRICULTURE:-

• Identification of pest and disease infestation.
• Irrigation monitoring and management
• Identification, area estimation and monitoring.
• Crop condition assessment.
• Soil mapping.
• Crop yield modeling and production forecasting.
• Crop nutrient detection.
• Agricultural drought assessment.
• Identification of planting and harvesting dates.

✅ADVANTAGES OF REMOTE SENSING:-

• Good spectral and spatial resolution.
• Allows broad regional coverage.
• Allows continuous acquisition of data.
• Provides cost effective and map accurate data.
• Provides large archive of historical data.

✅DISADVANTAGES OF REMOTE SENSING:-

• Cost of data collection and data purchase is high.
• Problems with data analysis and interpretation.
• Problems with all weather capability as all sensors cannot see through clouds.
• Potential limitations with spatial, spectral and temporal resolutions of the various sensors.

✅CONCLUSION:-

👉Remote sensing technology has developed from balloon photography to aerial photography to multi-spectral satellite imaging.

👉Some of the benefits that can be gained from the use of remote sensing-

• Early identification to crop health and stress.
• Ability to use this information to do remedial work on the problem.
• Improve crop yield.
• Crop yield predictions.
• Reduce costs.
• Reduce environmental impact.
• Crop management to maximize returns through the season. 

VIVEK KUMAR

B.Sc.agriculture.

(GEHU-DOON)

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