Nội dung text Agronomy Lecture 5 with Dr. Abdul Shakoor.pdf
Lecture # 5 Agronomy Today’s Points: 1. Dry Farming 2. Dry Land Farming vs rainfed farming 3. Dry Farming vs irrigated farming 4. Aridity and drought 5. Types of cultivation/farming 6. Rainfall Pattern 7. What is drought? 8. Classification of droughts 9. Plant responses to drought 10. Plant adaptation to habitat 11. Agricultural instruments and their uses 12. Cotton crop
Dry Farming •The production of crops without irrigation on lands. •Crop cultivation mainly depends on rainfall. •Cultivation of crops in regions with annual rainfall of less than 750 mm.
• Dry land farming is cultivation of crops in regions with annual rainfall of more than 750 mm. • Rainfed farming is crop production in regions with annual rainfall of more than 1150 mm. Dry Land Farming vs Rainfed Farming