Agricultural Sciences: Techniques and Innovations Vol. 1

This book covers key areas of agricultural sciences. The contributions by the authors include genetic improvement, sheep farming, economic sustainability, socio-economic constraints, potato farming, minimum tillage systems, tractor-mounted potato digger elevator, automatic potato planter, intercrop, DNA fingerprinting, nutrient composition, soil protection, soil microorganisms, nutrient cycling, contamination of groundwater, microbial activities, low organic matter, soil fertility maintenance, crop performance, intra-row spacing, crop insurance schemes, government disaster relief, premium rates, claim settlements, soil fertility dynamics, agricultural expansion, atomic absorption spectrometer, cationic exchange capacity, agricultural productivity, soil nutrient deficiency, machine learning, internet of things, transitional probability matrix, farmer producer organisation. This book contains various materials suitable for students, researchers, and academicians in the fields of agricultural sciences.