Book Description

Agriculture is the backbone of our society, way of life and not an occupation. History is dened as the continuous record of past events, whereas heritage denotes the values and traditional practices adopted in ancient India, and agriculture heritage relates to the values and the traditional agricultural practices adapted in ancient time and world, which are more relevant for present day system. Likewise, one should be proud of our agriculture as it has lot of inherited sustainable practices passed from one generation to other generation. The objectives of the book are to increase awareness and implant a sense of pride amongst the people of the rich unique heritage of Indian agriculture, to know as our agriculture has sustainable practices for generations and to stimulate scientic research based on traditional technology. This book is intended as a text book for under-graduate students in agriculture. Hopefully, the information contained herein will be a valuable reference to professional faculty members, agricultural scientists and students. Citations are avoided in the text so that the reader is not distracted. At the end of the book, a list of references has been given from which most of the material in the book is drawn. Theses references will also help students for further readings. The authors acknowledge with greater indebtedness the authors of various books, bulletins, monographs, periodicals and published papers from which most of the information for this book have been collected. Sincere efforts have made by the authors to make this book self-explanatory and useful, however, any suggestions for improvement will be highly appreciated.