
Agriculture · Horticulture
Current Agriculture-2024
- ISBN
- 9789391734909
- Year
- 2024
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Total pages
- 386
- Ebook
- Coming soon
About the Book
Current Agriculture – 2024 is a comprehensive reference and practice guide covering the latest developments in agriculture along with subject-wise multiple-choice questions (MCQs). It includes sections on current agriculture trends, general agriculture, and specialized branches such as agronomy, soil science, horticulture, plant pathology, entomology, microbiology, biotechnology, plant breeding & genetics, and animal science — making it ideal for competitive exams and academic preparation.
Current Agriculture-2024 by H.R. GAUTAM..
386 pages · English · Published 2024
Subjects: Agriculture, Horticulture
About Author
Dr Harender Raj Gautam completed his Ph.D. from the prestigious Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi in 1991. He joined his service in Dr Y.S.Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry in 1992 and retired as former Professor and Head from the Department of Plant Pathology in 2023. He has research and teaching experience of more than 31 years on development of eco-friendly disease management technologies of plant diseases. He has worked in 10 ad-hoc research projects funded by various funding agencies of Government of India like Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Environment and Forests, and ICAR. He has written 100 Research Papers in leading national and international journals. He is a prolific writer and written 111 review / conceptual articles on policy issues on agriculture, food security, climate change and other topics of national importance in leading magazines and newspapers of the country. In addition, he authored 236 popular science articles in more than 43 magazines of the country on technology dissemination in plant protection and also other topics of importance in agriculture and environment. He has written/ edited 25 books, practical manuals, Souvenirs, magazines, journals etc. He has been invited to present his research work in more than 26 international conferences organized in India and also in other countries like Indonesia, Italy and Spain to present his work. He has been Member of Academic Council of the prestigious Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, in 1989-90. He also served as an expert in project evaluation in Department of Biotechnology and Ministry of Earth Sciences, Gov’t of India. He has developed a botanical formulation which was also selected for ‘India Innovates’ programme in a joint initiative of ICAR and Doordarshan Kendra for telecasting the technology ‘Success Stories’ through national broadcaster at the national level. He is recipient of ‘Himachal Shri’- Best Teacher award conferred by Himotkarsh Jan Kalyan and Sahitya Parishad of Himachal Pradesh in 2004. His work got accolades at the national level as he received ‘Earth Care Award’ of Rs. 3 lakh in cash and a citation in 2010 by a jury headed by noted agriculture scientist Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, in the category of Innovation for Climate Protection by the Jindal South West Foundation and The Times of India for research work and awareness in the field of environment protection. He is also recipient of ‘Himachal Gaurav Puraskar’ by Government of Himachal Pradesh in 2011 for the work on eco-friendly disease management practices. He has organized 7 National Symposia/ Conferences/ Workshops/ Live T.V. Farmers’ Programmes. He has delivered more than 100 T.V. and Radio Talks on dissemination of farming technologies and also on career guidance.
Content
�Current Agriculture. �General Agriculture. �Agriculture MCQs. �Agronomy MCQs. �Soil Science MCQs. �Horticulture MCQs. �Plant Pathology MCQs. �Agricultural Entomology MCQs. �Microbiology MCQs. �Biotechnology MCQs. �Plant Breeding and Genetics MCQs. �Animal Science MCQs.