From the Founder Editor’s desk Dear Readers, The last six months in Indian Agriculture have witnessed paradoxical circumstances. Amid the COVID crisis, besides the uncertainty in health, economy and others sectors, Agriculture is the only bright spot with spike of 3% growth sector in India. The Inter-Ministerial Committee has the target of Doubling the Farmer’s Income (DFI) by 2022 which uplift the agriculture sector and enormous e–commerce and agribusiness models have started during this pandemic period. The young professionals understand the potential of this sector. So, during this COVID, education and publishing sector effected. It will be difficult for the academicians to publish and get innovative knowledge about agriculture specialisation. So being as Young Agriculture Professional, I think about starting an e- newsletter which provides platform to bound all the agriculture students, scholars and research oriented people. We are glad to introduce the second issue of JUST AGRICULTURE e- Newsletter. Carrying forward our vision of starting this agriculture e-magazine is to engage all the agriculture students, scholars and research oriented people and to increase the writing capacity of agriculture students. The word “Just Agriculture” signifies the prominence given to the agriculture field and other allied sciences in today’s era. Our magazine offers sufficient platform and broad coverage for agriculture researchers and scientists for deliberating connecting throughout India and globally. For the agriculture students endowed with inquisitive mind and driven by professional goals, this newsletter will be a voyage of discovery. Keep Reading…….. Mohit Bharadwaj D.P.S. BADWAL Editor in Chief, Founder Editor, JUST AGRICULTURE e-Newsletter JUST AGRICULTURE e-Newsletter Message from Editor’s Desk Just Agriculture has been in service to educate the farmers of the India since its inception and publication of Magazine and Newsletter, both are those means towards this informal way. This Multidisciplinary e-Newsletter is a monthly platform for researchers being published monthly. I am quite happy that uninterrupted journey of this farmer's friendly e-Newsletter has started. Through this Newsletter, we try to our level best to make aware very latest, valuable, season-driven and scientifically proven technologies to the farmers for improving their farm practices and inturn to enhance their farm income. The authors of these important articles have shown their keen interest and expertise. I thank to all our authors for their valuable contribution and making this issue a source of knowledge. On behalf of Chief Managing Editor of Just Agriculture e-Newsletter, I would like to express sincere thanks to the Editorial team of e-Newsletter for compiling questions/queries raised. Without proper co-operation of the all Editorial Advisory Board members to bringing out this issue in very sophisticated way. The present issue of "Just Agriculture e-Newsletter" is intended to provide its readers, specially the farmer, a wider choice from the above list to help them understand and follow the practices, which can help improve their production, productivity and incomes. Abhishek Dehal Ankur Sharma, Executive Editor, Chief Managing Editor, JUST AGRICULTURE e-Newsletter JUST AGRICULTURE e-Newsletter INDEX Article ID Title Page No. 001 Apps that revolutionize the Indian Agriculture 01-04 Raghavi M.D. 002 Farmer suicide in India: reasons and statistics 05-07 Meenu Swami 003 A review on “price support scheme 2020’’ and its effects on 08-13 farmers income Suneet Singh, Dr. Shilpa Kaushal , Ankita soni 004 RNA Interference In Crop Improvement 14-18 K. Greeshma, A. Akhil Reddy, K. Anvesh 005 Crop Residues Management 19-22 Dr. Vikas Kumar, Ramesh Chand Bana and Prabhoo Singh 006 Bio-Refined Nano Nutrients from Fish & amp; Shellfish By- 23-24 Product for Roof Top Gardening and Urban Horticulture B.B. Sahu, S.K. Das and P. Mohanty 007 Effect of soil organic matter on physical properties of soil 25-30 Y. Rajit Kumar, Dr. Shilpa Kaushal, Gagandeep Kaur and Deepika Gulati 008 Use of Crop Residue in Solar Insulated Mud House: an 31-33 Alternative of Burning Crop Residue Aman Kumar Keshri 009 Bio Formulations of indigenous biocontrol agents - A 34-42 Potential Alternative for Pests and Disease Management in Meghalaya Pranab Dutta, Lipa Deb, R.K. Tombisana Devi, M. Pathak, R. K. Patidar and J K Chauhan 010 A review: Farm sector grows as GDP contracts for first 43-45 time in India Kritika, Abhishek, Sanjeev and Dr. Shilpa Kaushal 011 Enhancement Income of Farmers by Seed Production of 46-52 Open Pollinated Varieties of Carrot Sheshnath Mishra , Pritam Kalia, Chetna Chugh, Manisha Mangal, Shrawan Singh 012 Forest Fires: Causes and Impact on Environment 53-55 Sanjeev Kumar and Shaminder Kumar 013 Food Safety in Current Scenario & amp; How To Ensure 56-62 Safe Food Practices at Your Place Rubeka Idrishi, Dr. Satyapriya, Dr. Sitaram Bishnoi, Dr. Monika Yadav , Dr. Premlata Singh 014 Israel-A Revelation In Agriculture 63-65 Himanshi Kumari 015 “One Nation One Market”- Nation V/S Farmer 66-69 Gagandeep Kaur, Nitika Thakur www.justagriculture.in 016 Precision Nutrient Management in Conservation 70-77 Agriculture Systems Amit Kumar, R. Singh, R.K. Avasthe, Subhash Babu, B.A. Gudade, Gaurendra Gupta, Adarsh Kumar and Gaurav Verma 017 Production Distribution And Export Value Of Tea In India 78-83 Namgyal Wangchuk, Sharad Sachan, Sanjeev P S, Bhanu Pratap, Suliyaa Mantaw And Jai Raj Sougaijam 018 Stevia: A zero calorie natural sweet fix 84-92 Ashmeet Kaur, Dr.Shilpa Kaushal 019 Quinoa: A Potential Crop For Nutritional Security 93-100 Sanju Choudhary, Devilal Birla, Biswajit Pramanick and Manju Choudhary 020 Silicon Nanoparticle: Role in Agriculture 101-103 Shalu Priya 021 Speed Breeding: An Advance Approach 104-108 Shweta Tiwari 022 Sustainable Water Management in Rice through 109-111 “AutoMon PH” Ramesh Chand Bana, Prabhoo Singh and Vikas Kumar 023 Urban Agriculture in India: Advantages and Challenges 112-114 Upama Singh Maharjan, Dr. Shilpa Kaushal 024 Utility of Internet of Things in Agriculture: From Concept 115-117 to Reality Monika Sharma 025 Women’s Friendly Drudgery Reducing Tools 118-123 Malek Shanabanu Hafizmiya, Vishal Suthar 026 Strategies for enhancing linseed production for self 124-129 sufficiency in oil & industrial demands Devendra K. Payasi, Deepa Garg 027 Annadaata vs Ordinances 130-133 Preeti Dhanker 028 Crop Residue Management for Pollution Free Agriculture 134-137 Prakash Yadav, T. Pandiaraj, Vimlesh Kumar, D. K. Singh and Priyanka Singh 029 Agricultural Mechanization for In-situ Management of 138-146 Crop Residue in Punjab Dr. Balwinder Singh Dhillon 030 Blooming Era of Indian Agritech Start-ups 147-152 Aadithya P S 031 Soil Micronutrients: An Introduction 153-157 Deepak Kochar, Sushil, Rahul 032 Contribution of agriculture to country’s economy under 158-160 circumstances of COVID-19 Abhishek Kanade 033 Cultivation of cassava/Tapioca (Manihot esculenta Crantz) 161-164 in India Ashutosh Upadhyay, Pratyksh Pandey www.justagriculture.in 034 Economic Impact of Flood on Agriculture- A Case Analysis 165-167 of Spice Crops in Kerala Dr. Nithin K N 035 FEMINISING AGRICULTURE: A Step Towards Women 168-171 Empowerment Sowjanya 036 Doubling Farmers Income through Livestock Based 172-178 Intergrated Farming System A.K Verma, B.L Ola, Sunil Kumar, Sushil Kumar Sharma & P.K. Rai 037 Zero Budget Natural Farming: A boon or a curse for our 179-184 nation? Shivam Kaisth 038 Genetics and Breeding for Biotic and abiotic stress 185-192 resistance in Chilli Shubham Singh, Shatrunjay Yadav, Abhilash Singh 039 Global Demand For Food 193-198 Abhay Kumar, Prince kaushal and Sapna Chaudhary 040 Impact Of COVID-19 Pandemic On Agriculture Sector 199-203 Shruti Patidar 041 Increasing Self-Immolation By Farmers In India: Statistics, 204-208 Reasons And Solutions Harshita Singh, Shalini Tiwari, Barkha Sharma 042 GI tags and its contribution in Indian Agriculture 209-215 Raksha Deo 043 Nanotechnology in agriculture, its role, favorable 216-225 circumstance and pitfalls Nitika Pathania 044 Role and mechanism of botanicals in pest management 226-232 Kumbhar C R 045 Snail Farming: Boost to Agriculture Export 233-235 Chaitanya Tiwari 046 Silage Making Uses to Reduce the Feeding Expenditure 236-239 Dr. Balwinder Singh Dhillon 047 Agronanotechnology 240-246 Komal 048 Problem of Farmers in Himachal Pradesh 247-255 Mukesh Sharma 049 Raisins from table grapes: The opportunities in the scenario 256-260 of Covid-19 Ajay Kumar Sharma and R G Somkuwar 050 Maturity indices of fruit crops 261-265 Naseer Ahmed, Jaspreet Kaur, Praneet Chauhan, Yogeeta Thakur, Krishan Kumar & Chhaya 051 A Review on Pre-Disaster Planning and Preparedness for 266-271 Earthquakes in India Deepika Gulati, Dr. Shilpa Kaushal, Y.Rajit Kumar and www.justagriculture.in Gagandeep Kaur 052 Agricultural Sensors : A Step towards Smart Agriculture 272-277 Gargi Gautami Padhiary and Subha laxmi Mishra 053 Sustainable Agriculture and Smart technologies : 278-280 Komal Chaudhary 054 Understanding Hydroponics And Its Scope In India 281-288 Madhurima Maiti, Tanushree Saha 055 The Future : Why Using Hydroponics For Farming? 289-291 Dipti 056 Plant Defence Mechanism 292-304 Amit Kumar Shukla, Rohit Kumar Singh 057 Integrated Agromet advisory services (IAAS) and its 305-308 economic impact on Farmers. Amit Bijlwan 058 Role of monsoon in Indian agriculture 309-312 Anis Kumar 059 Reviving The Blues - A Venturesome Approach Towards 313-315 Sustenance Megha S Vinod 060 Agricultural Biosecurity: An integrated and preventive 316-321 avenue Anshi Jaiswal 061 Fungicide resistance in plant pathogens: 322-327 An emerging threat in Plant Disease Manangement Pratik Jaisani 062 Weather forecast and its application in agriculture 328-332 Rajesh Kumar, Kartik Sharma, Karan Chhabra 063 Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan: Implications in Indian 333-335 Agribusiness Dr. Nithin K N 064 Ongoing efforts of NDRI in Discovering New Clones of 336-337 Milch Animals in India Puja Akanchha 065 Strategies for Doubling Income of Farmers 338-345 Er.