Preparing Agriculture as subject for CSS, PMS
 

Dear Forum members

Agriculture is a vast subject with dozens of directions so no body can cover and command on the subject so i recomend to have genral overview of the subject.

kindly stick to following lines.

1-Agronomic issues (why we have lower yield? how could be improved? or good agri practices)

2-soil related issues (salinity, waterlogging, fertility or main problem of our soil)

3-IPM, IWM, ( pest, disease, weed, fertilizer managment)

4-Horticultural industry (Floriculture, tunnel farming , tissue culture)

5-Techniques to improve yield of the crops(plant breeding, biotechnology etc)
6-Livestock and poultry industry in Pakistan

7-challenges in agri business.

8-current issues from newspaper

9-objective type questions

some genral topic you can find from previous papers (different short questions)

Where to find articles and info

1-Genral Agriculture by Aktar Abbas (stick to relevant topics)
2-Crop production by Shafi Nazir (I dont recomend it as it has more technical details that could be better for agrarian and technical jobs)

3-Pakistan Agricultural Outlook by Ramzan Rafique & shoukat Ali ( if you find its updated or revised copy as 1st edition has old articles you can find all on [url=http://www.agrihunt.com]::AgriHunt:: - A Hunt for Agricultural Knowledge[/url])

4-Bascis of Agriculture by Muhammad Ramzan Rafique (for objective type and short question-its for agrarians but if you have time you must go through this book, you can also find major portion of this book on [url=http://www.agrihunt.com]::AgriHunt:: - A Hunt for Agricultural Knowledge[/url])

5-visit [url=http://www.agrihunt.com]::AgriHunt:: - A Hunt for Agricultural Knowledge[/url] and Pakistan Agricultural Intellectual Forum (PAIF Forum) for current issues in agriculture and relevant info.

Regards

Muhammad Ramzan Rafique

questions and amendments are welcome

causes of low yield in Pakistan
 

This question is most repeated one , and also one must know these facts, on my humble Dr.Ahamd PhD Agronomy wrote it , you can find this article
[url=http://www.agrihunt.com/index.php/pak-agri-outlook/115-causes-of-low-yield-in-pakistan.html]Causes of Low Yield in Pakistan[/url]
on this link.

Few important topics and related articles
 

Dear Friends
as i mentioned above different directions for agricultural paper here are some useful articles covering few direction with examination point of view.

1-Agronomy-Identifying causes of low farm yield ([url=http://agrihunt.com/pak-agri-outlook/1711-identifying-causes-of-low-farm-yield.html]Identifying causes of low farm yield[/url]])

2-livestock portion .Role of Livestock Production in Economy ([url=http://agrihunt.com/livestock-industry/1576-role-of-livestock-production-in-economy-.html]Role of Livestock Production in Economy[/url])
2-a CONSTRAINTS IN LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION IN PAKISTAN([url=http://agrihunt.com/livestock-industry/129-constraints-in-livestock-production-in-pakistan.html]CONSTRAINTS IN LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION IN PAKISTAN[/url])
3-Role of Research, Applications, and Dissemination in Agriculture ([url=http://agrihunt.com/pak-agri-outlook/1518-role-of-research-applications-and-dissemination-in-agriculture.html]Role of Research, Applications, and Dissemination in Agriculture[/url])
4-Techniques in genetic engineering and micro-biology to improve agriculture ([url=http://agrihunt.com/recent-researches/1712-techniques-in-genetic-engineering-and-micro-biology-to-improve-agriculture.html]Techniques in genetic engineering and micro-biology to improve agriculture[/url])

These are few topics oftenly repeated in exams.

Regards

question from last papers
 

A-I just saw a question regarding irrigation system in 2011 paper see the link below
1. [url=http://www.agrihunt.com/agri-engineering/1710-revamping-irrigation-system.html]Revamping irrigation system[/url] (The author of this article Bilal Hussan is an agrarian and CSP)

2.[url=http://www.agrihunt.com/agri-engineering/1708-saving-irrigation-water.html]Saving irrigation water[/url]

B-other short questions on tunnel farming

1.[url=http://www.agrihunt.com/horti-industry/1634-tunnel-farming-a-profitable-business.html]Tunnel farming: A profitable business[/url]
2.[url=http://www.agrihunt.com/horti-industry/1522-off-season-vegetable-production.html]Off season vegetable production[/url]

C.regarding forestery question
1.[url=http://www.agrihunt.com/pak-agri-outlook/116-depletion-of-forest-resources-.html]Depletion of Forest Resources[/url]

I hope to share more for 2011 paper and try to recall my knowledge for objective type paper...

Objective type paper of 2011
 

Answers
1-a.panicle
2-
3-Rice (not 100%) as its grassy weed could also be in other.
4-d.both a.b
5-
6-course rice ([url=http://www.agrihunt.com/major-crops/1612-production-technology-of-cereal-crops.html]Production Technology of Cereal Crops[/url])
7-c-dwarf more fertilizer responsive (but it was fro high yielding verities)most near answer for me .
8-d.carrot
9-d-hexaploid
10-d-oil seed crop ([url=http://www.agrihunt.com/major-crops/1613-production-technology-of-oil-seed-crops.html]Production Technology of Oil Seed Crops[/url])
11-b.sugerbeet
12-a.silkworm
13-MOP here P for Potash
14-b.Cotton leaf curl virus CLCV
15-Cimmyt is located in...mexico
16-
17-
18-
19-
20-Kajli is a breed of goat [url=http://www.agrihunt.com/livestock-industry/1329-goat-breeds-in-punjab-.html]Goat Breeds In Punjab[/url]
(I just google find [url]http://www.cssforum.com.pk/balochistan-public-service-commission/bpsc/past-papers/48472-agriculture-paper-2011-objective-solved.html[/url] found some other member already adressed this paper...any way I disagree at few where I am not sure i left that and i hope to find soon)
amendments are welcome
Regards

kajli
[url=http://www.agrihunt.com/livestock-industry/1338-breeds-and-types-of-sheep-and-goats.html]Breeds and Types Of Sheep And Goats[/url] is also name of an sheep breed , so its great confusion what is right answer for examiner,

thank u

[QUOTE=Muhammad Ramzan Rafique;365832]Dear Forum members

Agriculture is a vast subject with dozens of directions so no body can cover and command on the subject so i recomend to have genral overview of the subject.

kindly stick to following lines.

1-Agronomic issues (why we have lower yield? how could be improved? or good agri practices)

2-soil related issues (salinity, waterlogging, fertility or main problem of our soil)

3-IPM, IWM, ( pest, disease, weed, fertilizer managment)

4-Horticultural industry (Floriculture, tunnel farming , tissue culture)

5-Techniques to improve yield of the crops(plant breeding, biotechnology etc)
6-Livestock and poultry industry in Pakistan

7-challenges in agri business.

8-current issues from newspaper

9-objective type questions

some genral topic you can find from previous papers (different short questions)

Where to find articles and info

1-Genral Agriculture by Aktar Abbas (stick to relevant topics)
2-Crop production by Shafi Nazir (I dont recomend it as it has more technical details that could be better for agrarian and technical jobs)

3-Pakistan Agricultural Outlook by Ramzan Rafique & shoukat Ali ( if you find its updated or revised copy as 1st edition has old articles you can find all on [url=http://www.agrihunt.com]::AgriHunt:: - A Hunt for Agricultural Knowledge[/url])

4-Bascis of Agriculture by Muhammad Ramzan Rafique (for objective type and short question-its for agrarians but if you have time you must go through this book, you can also find major portion of this book on [url=http://www.agrihunt.com]::AgriHunt:: - A Hunt for Agricultural Knowledge[/url])

5-visit [url=http://www.agrihunt.com]::AgriHunt:: - A Hunt for Agricultural Knowledge[/url] and Pakistan Agricultural Intellectual Forum (PAIF Forum) for current issues in agriculture and relevant info.

Regards

Muhammad Ramzan Rafique

questions and amendments are welcome[/QUOTE]
Salam Muhammad Ramzan Rafique!
Thanks for Sharing with us. PLease help me regardind this subject,I am confused whether to opt it or not. I have the background of zoology,not of Botany. The Course outline of Agriculture is long and involving 8 areas to cover and I have less time left for CSS 2013. I need your assistance,how can I cover this subject in such short span of time.
Its paper also involves one general question(which is to be consulted from some Newspaper) An ardous task for me to prepare this question:sad:confused: