Define the term agricultural practices and also state the important steps taken during crop production.

Agricultural practices are those practices which involves the necessary steps to be taken during production of crops. There are number of steps of crop production which are to be done very carefully to ensure that crops get produced timely. Some of the most important steps taken during crop production are as under:

• Soil preparation
• Sowing
• Adding manure and fertilizers
• Irrigation
• Weeding
• Harvesting
• Threshing and winnowing

· Storage of grains