Learn Mountain Agriculture with Rahul
By Rahul Senchuri
Categories: Animal Nutrition and Fodder Production
About Course
Explore the unique challenges and opportunities of farming in mountainous regions. Learn sustainable agricultural practices, resource management, and strategies to enhance productivity and resilience in high-altitude farming systems.
What Will You Learn?
- Understand the characteristics and constraints of mountain agriculture.
- Learn sustainable practices for soil conservation, water management, and crop production.
- Explore techniques to adapt to climate variability and resource limitations.
- Develop strategies for improving livelihoods through innovative mountain farming systems.
Course Content
Introduction
Defining Mountain and mountain agriculture, Basic issues of mountain agriculture and mountain specifities/ interlinkage/ imperatives
Traditional VS Modern Mountain Agriculture system, NRM and Mountain Agroforestry system
Biodiversity conservation
Mountain agricultural and rural income diversification
Commercial farming
Institutional policies/ strategies in mountain agricultural development
policy and partnership development of mountain, mountain specific programs and advocacy support
Climate change and its impact on mountain agriculture; mountain agriculture, peoples livelihood , environment, ecosystem and cropping pattern
Mountain livestock genetic diversity
characteristics and socio-economic importance, genetic improvement strategy for conservation
Challenges, constraint and Sustainable development of Mountain Agriculture
Improving soil and crop productivity in mountain agriculture
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