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Agricultural Practices
Chapter Name : Crop Production And Management
Sub Topic Code : 103_08_01_02_01
Topic Name : Agricultural Practices
Sub Topic Name : Preparation Of Soil
Introduction

Soil - natural body consists of layers is composed of minerals. It is the end product of the influence of climate, temperature, time, organisms, parent materials and relief.

Pre-Requisites:

How is soil prepared? What kind of soil is required to grow crops?

Activity:

Farms, fields where farmers are at work. Also videos about preparation of soil.

Real Life Question:

How can fertility of soil be improved without using any chemicals?

Key Words / FlashCards
Key Words Definitions (pref. in our own words)
Conventional tillage Crops planted with use of moldboard plow
Reduced tillage Done with help of chisel plow
Conservation tillage No tillage is done and seeds are directly planted into previous season's crop residue.
Learning aids / Gadgets
Gadgets How it can be used
Moldboard plow and chisel plow Both are used to prepare the soil and then sow the seeds
Places to visit :

Farms and fields where crops are grown

Practical examples around us
Examples Explainations
Gardening While we sow seeds in our gardens we use the conservation tillage technique of preparing soil as we directly sow the seed into previous plants residue
What you learn in Theory:

How soil is prepared.

What you learn in Practice:

What kind of soil each plant requires and what kind of tillage needs to be done.

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