Natural Resource Management (NRM)

Natural Resource Management - Agronomy

Area of work

Technologies / interventions available for farmers

  1. Location specific agroforestry models / integrated farming system for NE Region.
  2. Jhum improvement for sustainable production
    • Bench terracing
    • Bun across slope
    • Contour cropping / Hedge row cropping
    • Water harvesting (Jalkhund)
    • Mixed cropping
    • Half-moon terrace for fruit trees
    • Contour drench / Catch pits
    • Bio-fertilizers / Botanicals/ Composting
    • High Yielding varieties
    • Plant protection measures
    • Mulching
  3. Micro-enterprises
    • Piggery
    • Poultry
    • Apiary
    • Aquaculture
    • Mushroom
    • Sericulture
    • Lac cultivation
    • Duckery
  4. Value addition