CFTRI EXAM – Basics of Agriculture

CFTRI EXAM – Basics of Agriculture

This lecture is mainly designed for CFTRI MSc (Food Tech) entrance exam which covers the following topics:

1. Soil & water conservation
2. Cropping Pattern & Weed Control
3. Soil Fertility & Fertilizer use
4. Diseases, Insect pest, nematodes of crops
5. Field crops
6. Farm Management, Agriculture Marketing & Storage
7. Farm Machinery
8. Animal Husbandry
9. Plant Breeding
10. Weather and Crops Soil & Water Resources
11. Horticultural Crops Fruits
12. Horticultural Crops Vegetables
13. Medicinal Crops
14. Aromatic Crops
15. Plantation Crops
16. Spices & Condiments
17. Commercial Crops

Dr. Khazi Ghousuddin Siddiqui is recently appointed as Assistant professor of Agronomy in College
of Agriculture, VNMKV, Selu. He has pursued his Doctorate in Agriculture (Agronomy) from
VNMKV, Parbhani in the year 2019. He has an outstanding academic record as a student of Agriculture
and has received best research paper awards in the International Conference on Agriculture and
Horticultural Sciences and at RAINFED-2015. A ICAR-NET qualified fellow, Prof. Khazi G.S. has
published numerous research papers and research articles in reputed international and national
Agriculture journals. He has also published a significant number of technical papers in Marathi
Language related to agriculture crop production for better understanding of farmers and
stakeholders associated with agriculture business.