Agronomy Definition:
· Agronomy is a branch of agriculture. It deals with principles and practices of soil, water and crop management.
· Agronomy term is derived from Greek words agros meaning ‘field’ and nomons meaning ‘to manage’.
· Agronomy branch also deals with field crop production and soil management on sustainable basis.
Scope of agronomy:
· Agronomy helps to increase the yield by introducing new agronomical cultivation methods and practices.
· It reduces the cost of production due to proper crop management.
· Increase the water use efficiency due to agronomic knowledge.
· It helps to reduce post-harvest losses due to use agronomic knowledge and practices.
· Use special tillage and intercultural operation for better crop growth and maximizing harvesting index.
· Appropriate soil fertility management con increase management yields with lesser use of fertilizer for increased profit.
· Intensive cropping pattern and integrated farming system for sustainable agricultural growth and increase food production per unit area to feed teaming million every year.
Importance of agronomy:
· It helps to increase to soil fertility using batter agronomic practices.
· It helps to increasing the soil health using agronomic practices.
· It helps to increase the water holding capacity of the soil using tillage practices.
· It helps to increase the crop yield using agronomical practices.
· Agronomy branch help to provide knowledge of the different types of soil and crop managements to increase the quality, yield of the soil and crop.