Exam Details
| Subject | Rainfed Farming | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | DIPLOMA IN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT (DIWM) | |
| Department | School of Agriculture (SOA) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | December, 2015 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
Define farming system.
List the different components of farming systems.
Define sequential cropping and intercropping. When sequential cropping is feasible?
What is weather forecasting?
List the important aberrant weather conditions in dry land.
Describe briefly about different management practices (local and improved) for aberrant weather conditions.
Define water holding capacity of the soils.
Indicate critical growth stages and moisture sensitive periods of following crops:
Rice
Wheat
Cotton
Groundnut
Describe factors influencing water use efficiency.
What is green manuring?
Briefly describe different methods of growing green manure crops in-situ.
What are the disadvantages of green manuring?
What is Alley Cropping?
What are the positive impacts of mixed cropping with respect to pest management
Describe the role of pheromones as insect attractants.
List four Indigenous Technical Knowledge used for water conservation in India.
Describe briefly about different types of bunds used for soil and water conservation in India.
What is bench terracing? Draw a neat diagram to highlight components of a bench terrace.
What are the different benefits of biofertilizers
What are the precautions that need to be observed during storage of seeds?
What are the advantages of irrigation scheduling?
List the different components of farming systems.
Define sequential cropping and intercropping. When sequential cropping is feasible?
What is weather forecasting?
List the important aberrant weather conditions in dry land.
Describe briefly about different management practices (local and improved) for aberrant weather conditions.
Define water holding capacity of the soils.
Indicate critical growth stages and moisture sensitive periods of following crops:
Rice
Wheat
Cotton
Groundnut
Describe factors influencing water use efficiency.
What is green manuring?
Briefly describe different methods of growing green manure crops in-situ.
What are the disadvantages of green manuring?
What is Alley Cropping?
What are the positive impacts of mixed cropping with respect to pest management
Describe the role of pheromones as insect attractants.
List four Indigenous Technical Knowledge used for water conservation in India.
Describe briefly about different types of bunds used for soil and water conservation in India.
What is bench terracing? Draw a neat diagram to highlight components of a bench terrace.
What are the different benefits of biofertilizers
What are the precautions that need to be observed during storage of seeds?
What are the advantages of irrigation scheduling?
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Subjects
- Elements Of Hydrology
- Fundamentals Of Watershed Management
- Funding, Monitoring, Evaluation And Capacity Building
- Horticulture And Agroforestry System
- Livestock And Pasture Management
- Rainfed Farming
- Soil And Water Conservation