Traditional agricultural system

– use of bullocks

– use of local plants for manure

– use of human labor for harvest

– storage in sully, dhansar, dali, bhakari

– Threshing in dhiki jato etc.

Modern agricultural system

– Using genetically modified breeds

– Use of chemical (fertilizer, pesticides, insecticides)

– Modern harvesters

– Sophisticated store house

Natural resource management

• refers to the sustainable utilization of major natural resources, such as land, water, air, minerals, fisheries wild flora and fauna, together with these resources provide the ecosystem services to the human being.
• Integrated NRM is a processes of managing natural resources in a systematic way, which includes multiple aspect of natural resources use (biophysical, socio-economics and economic) to meet the production goals of the producers and other direct users (food, security, profitability and economics) as well as goals of the wider community (poverty alleviation, welfare of future generations, environment conservation).

Types of natural resources:

a) Renewable resources (trees, fish, wildlife, water, agriculture, livestock etc.

b) Non- renewable resources – Coal, gas, oil, minerals, soil etc.

Management must provide for the long-term protection of these natural resources, otherwise they may depleted or damaged for future use.