Practice Farm Management Questions and Answers

• The chemical  which is used to attract the sexually mature insects for mating purpose is____ 
• A 'zero-turn mower', increasingly used for orchard and lawn maintenance, is mainly distinguished by its ability to?
• 'Direct seeded rice' (DSR) technology mainly eliminates which traditional labour-intensive step in rice cultivation?
• A 'happy seeder' machine, promoted as an alternative to stubble burning, mainly performs which combined operation?
• 'Turbocharging' in a tractor engine mainly improves performance by?
• Which farm machine is specifically designed to harvest below-ground tuber crops like potato with minimal damage?
• In cotton farming, the field is usually ploughed before sowing mainly to?
• When getting a field ready for cotton sowing, deep ploughing is normally carried out?
• Harrowing a cotton field after ploughing mainly helps to?
• Loosening the soil surface and uprooting young weeds between standing cotton rows during crop growth is called?
• Making raised ridges in a cotton field mainly helps to?
• Before sowing cotton, farmers usually plough the field mainly to prepare a good?
• A tractor-drawn implement with rotating discs, often used for secondary tillage in cotton fields, is called a?
• After the cotton crop is harvested, the leftover plant stalks are usually cleared from the field mainly to prepare for the next?
• Levelling a cotton field before sowing mainly helps to ensure?
• Which of these hand tools is commonly used by farmers for manually digging and loosening soil around young cotton plants?
• Which farm implement is most commonly used for inter-cultivation and weed control in standing cotton crops?
• Why is a 'sub-soiler' sometimes used in cotton fields before sowing?
•  In mechanized cotton farming, a 'cotton picker' or 'cotton harvester' is primarily designed to?
• 'Zero tillage' drills, sometimes used in certain cropping systems before sowing cotton, primarily help in?
• The 'power tiller' commonly used by small-scale cotton farmers is primarily powered by?
• Under India's National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) standards, what is the mandatory "Conversion Period" for annual crops like cotton before the...
•  'Biodynamic Agriculture' utilizes specialized fermented preparations (like BD 500 and BD 501). BD 500 (Horn Manure) is specifically applied to?
• In organic cotton farming, which fungal formulation is widely applied as a seed treatment to manage seedling damping-off and root rot diseases?
• The use of 'Neem Oil' or 'Azadirachtin' formulations in organic cotton pest management is effective because it acts primarily as an?
• Which green manure crop, when ploughed back into the soil before sowing cotton, is specifically valued for its ability to release phosphorus from insoluble...
• The "Agro-Climatic Zone" classification in India, used for regional agricultural planning, is primarily based on which combination of factors?
• In the context of contract farming, the "Asymmetric Information" problem refers to a situation where?
• A Farmer Producer Organization (FPO) is legally registered under which act, allowing it to function as a hybrid between a cooperative and a private company...
• The transition to Conservation Agriculture (CA) is heavily dependent on the availability and efficacy of which specific agro-chemical input?
• The three core pillars of "Climate-Smart Agriculture" (CSA) are sustainably increasing agricultural productivity, adapting and building resilience to clima...
• In organic cotton cultivation, the implementation of a strict 'Crop Rotation' with a leguminous green manure crop (like Sunhemp) is primarily aimed at?
• 'Neem Cake', applied as a soil amendment in organic cotton, provides a dual advantage because it acts simultaneously as?
•  'Trap Cropping' in organic cotton often involves planting Marigold (Tagetes) around the field perimeter. Marigold is specifically effective against the S...
• For effective pest management in organic cotton, the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana must be applied in the late evening or under cloudy conditi...
• 'Vermicompost' applied to organic cotton fields is considered superior to ordinary Farm Yard Manure (FYM) because it contains?
• Under the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) norms, if a farmer wishes to sell their cotton as 'Organic', the land must be maintained without...
• 'Precision Farming' in cotton, utilizing Variable Rate Technology (VRT) for fertilizer application, relies primarily on?
• The adoption of 'High Density Planting System' (HDPS) in cotton requires a fundamental shift in farm power dimensions, specifically necessitating?
• 'Contract Farming' in the cotton sector, facilitated by textile mills, is primarily advantageous to the farmer because it?