Micronutrients play an active role in the plant metabolic processes starting from cell wall development to respiration, photosynthesis, chlorophyll formation, enzyme activity, nitrogen fixation and reduction etc....

Banana (Musa sp.), known for its antiquity in India, right from its mention in the Valmiki Ramayana (2020 BC), Kautilya’s Arthasastra, (300-400 BC) and its presence in paintings and sculptures of Ajanta and Ellora (600 BC), is an important fruit grown commercially....

India is the largest consumer and second producer of sugar in the world, with over 450 sugar factories located throughout the country. The sugar industry is amongst the largest agro-processing industries in India with average sugar production of about 176.75 lakhs tonnes with an annual turnover of Rs. 150 billion....

Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) is a systematic, semi structured activity conducted on site, by a multidisciplinary team. It is basically a bottom to top approach of learning rural life forms with and by rural people....