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Due to over-exploitation of natural resources, exposure to production risk, and fall in biodiversity environment degradation, the sustainability of agriculture production system appears to be under threat.
In recent years precision agriculture and conservation agriculture have assumed greater importance, to meet such challenges and ensure long-term sustainability of the production system.
Keeping in view the advantages of precision and conservation agriculture, a five- day training programme on ‘Managing natural resources by precision and conservation agriculture’ was held at Punjab Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute (PAMETI). 24 extension officials from State Agriculture, Horticulture and Soil Conservation Department are attended the programme.
Precision agriculture has emerged during recent years as an improved management strategy to apply agricultural inputs at proper place, time and dose rather than applying uniformly over large frame.
Precision agriculture is management of crops/farms to respond to variability by using advanced technology. Conservation agriculture has proven beneficial to improve crop yields, while improving long-term environment and financial sustainability of farming. Dr HS Dhaliwal, director, PAMETI, emphasised how these practices would help the farmers in reducing the cost of production.
It an improved management strategy to apply agricultural inputs at proper place, time and dose rather than applying uniformly over large frame and Conservation agriculture has proven beneficial to improve crop yields, while improving long-term environment and financial sustainability of farming.