Southern Region Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute (SRFMT&TI) is located in Garladinne, Anantapur. The Institute conducts training courses in operation, maintenance and repair of farm machinery and equipment, and in the improved mechanized farming techniques for the benefits of farmers, tractor owners, technicians, in-service personnel. It also conducts energy conservation and management camps and arrange training for the women working in the field agriculture. The Government of India established this prestigious Institute at Garladinne in Anantapur Dist (A.P.) in the year 1983 for promotion and strengthening of Agricultural mechanization through Training and Testing programmes in the southern region.
Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences ( SHUATS ), formerly Allahabad Agricultural Institute , is a state agricultural university in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh , India.It operates as an autonomous Christian minority institution under the 'Sam Higginbottom Educational and Charitable Society, Allahabad'.It was established in 1910. Mason Vaugh (June 27, 1894 – October 7, 1978) was an American agriculturalist who developed the first agricultural engineering department outside North America in 1921 at Allahabad Agricultural Institute .He also served in the US Army during World War I . Alma mater- University of Missouri Scientific career- Fields Agricultural Engineering , Agricultural machinery Institutions- 1) Allahabad Agricultural Institute 2) University of Missouri The Ohio State University Prof. MasonVaugh is the father of Agricultural Engineering in India. He was an agricultural engi...
The meaning of water management is optimization of watering a crop as per it's requirement.In coming years we are going to face water stress in many parts of the world where as to feed the growing population, cultivable land needs to be increased along with water requirement for Agriculture. Therefore we are to control water while irrigating a crop. We should not allow water for deep percolation and drainage rather supply water up to root zone depth of a crop. We are to harvest each drop of rain water & prohibit it to drain to river & ocean. For example Rice consumes about 4,000 - 5,000 litres of water per kg of grain produced & It takes about 1500 litres of water to produce 1 kilogram of wheat. Rice is not a aquatic crop: it has great ability to tolerate submergence. By keeping two inch standing water in Rice field, we control weeds but cut off sunlight and aeration to the ground. An innovative method called the System of Rice ...
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