Agriculture & Forestry

Topics (14)

• 1
  Crop Production
• 2
  Soil Science
• 3
  Forestry
• 4
  Livestock & Dairy
• 5
  Agricultural Economics
• 6
  Concept of Integrated Agriculture

  Natural resources as bases for agricultural production — land, water, biological, environmental, solar, energy.

• 7
  Challenges in Pakistan's Agriculture

  Crop and livestock management, fisheries, cottage industry, resource management and rural development.

• 8
  Elements of Climate and Crop Growth

  Farming systems, biological nitrogen fixation, soil profile/texture, fertility, salinity.

• 9
  Genetic Improvement for Crop Production

  GMO crops and seed production technology.

• 10
  Horticulture

  Floriculture, landscaping, pests and diseases of agricultural crops, integrated pest management.

• 11
  Rainfed and Irrigated Agriculture

  Mechanization, land tenure and reforms, role of agriculture in the national economy.

• 12
  Forest, Rangelands and Wildlife

  Importance, management, utilization and wood-based industries.

• 13
  Watershed Management

  Role of forests in the prevailing climate-change dilemma.

• 14
  National Forest Laws and Policies

The reading list straight from FPSC's revised Agriculture & Forestry syllabus. Build your core preparation around these texts — examiner-favoured references that questions are routinely drawn from.

1. 1

   Shaping the Future of Water for Agriculture

   World Bank, USA

2. 2

   Participatory Rural Development in Pakistan

   M.H. Khan

3. 3

   Agriculture in Pakistan

   M.H. Khan

4. 4

   Economic Survey of Pakistan

5. 5

   Fundamentals of Soil Science

   Henry D. Foth

6. 6

   Manual of Plant Production

   Abdul Manan

7. 7

   Principles of Field Crop Production

   Martin J.H. and Leonard W.H.

8. 8

   Diseases of Field Crops

   J.G. Dickson

9. 9

   Irrigation Principles & Practices

   Israelson and Vaughn E. Hansen

10. 10

    A Text Book of Plant Pathology

    A.V.S.S. Sambamurti

11. 11

    Breeding Field Crops

    Poehlman

12. 12

    The Principles of Agronomy

    Franklin Stewart Harris

13. 13

    Forest Types of Pakistan

    H.G. Champion, S.K. Seth and G.M. Khattak

14. 14

    Manual of Silviculture for Pakistan

    H.G. Champion, S.K. Seth and G.M. Khattak

15. 15

    Trees of Pakistan

    M.I. Sheikh

16. 16

    Range Management in Pakistan

    M.A.A. Qureshi

17. 17

    Comprehensive Forestry

    B.A. Raza

18. 18

    Farm Forestry in Pakistan

    M.A.A. Qureshi

19. 19

    Forest Management

    G.M. Khattak

20. 20

    Wildlife Ecology, Conservation and Management

    Sinclair, Fryxell and Caughley

21. 21

    Basics of Forestry & Allied Sciences

    Masood A.A. Qureshi