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An AI operating system for agriculture.

Laisha answers farm questions in plain language and keeps the tools a farm, a student or an agri-business needs in one place: weather, crop health, market prices, soil and grain testing, calculators, and a free library of guides and university manuals written for every country.

210crop grow guides 503degree subject manuals 9degree tracks 39farm tools

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Laisha Lens for the month, the Laisha Review magazine, and the latest videos.

The free library

Everything here is free to read, with no account. Each page is written as a reference: what to do, why, and the numbers that matter.

Laisha Explains Long-form articles on the topics agriculture exams ask about most, and on what is new in farming, with diagrams, worked examples and sources. 229 articles Grow guides How to grow each crop from seed to harvest: climate, soil, sowing, water, nutrition, pests and diseases, harvest and storage. 210 crops Pest & Disease Encyclopedia Crop pests, diseases and weeds worldwide: scientific name, life cycle, symptoms, thresholds and control by mode-of-action group. 172 pests and diseases Laisha Review The free monthly magazine: a degree subject, a crop from field to harvest, an app inside Laisha, a Laisha Kids book and a country visit, online and as a PDF. Issue 1: Luxembourg Videos Short, fact-checked videos on growing crops and reading plant problems, each linked to the free guide it comes from. On YouTube Degree manuals Full university subjects across agriculture's allied degrees, each with a written manual and practice questions. 503 subjects Ayurveda (BAMS) study The BAMS curriculum subject by subject, with notes, papers and practice questions. 20 subjects Dravyaguna library Medicinal plants described in plain words: identity, properties, traditional use and safety limits. 198 dravya Gana and Mahakashaya Every classical group of dravya from Charaka and Sushruta, with each member and its botanical name. 93 groups Marma points Every marma with its location, its measure in angula and the effect of injury. Sushruta Samhita Farm tools, explained What each Laisha calculator and tool does, what it needs from you, and what it gives back. 39 tools Laisha Kids Illustrated books about plants and farming for school children. Class 1 to 10 Countries How a country farms: climate, crops, food and agriculture, told simply. Farming by country

Grow guides

Start with a crop. Each guide follows the season: choosing a variety, preparing the field, sowing, water and nutrition, protecting the crop, harvest and storage.

Degree manuals

Agriculture's allied degrees, subject by subject, as they are taught and examined around the world. Every subject has a written manual and practice questions.

Veterinary One veterinary degree, studied the way it is examined worldwide: from NAVLE in North America and the RCVS and AVBC examinations to the national entrance and licensing exams of Asia, Africa and Latin America. 73 subject manuals Agricultural Engineering Machines, water, and post-harvest processing: the engineering behind food production, taught as one degree from tillage to cold chain in Davis, Los Baños, Ludhiana and beyond. 57 subject manuals Dairy Science & Technology Milk from collection centre to cheese vat, spray dryer and lab bench: the chemistry, microbiology, processing and engineering of dairy, taught as one degree in Wageningen, Madison, Karnal, Lahore and beyond. 57 subject manuals Nursing Pre-registration nursing for every country: 56 subjects, a full study manual for each, and the licensing examinations and regulators of the world. 56 subject manuals Food Technology From the chemistry of a starch granule to the plant that cans, dries and packs it: one food science and technology degree, studied the way university, licensing and industry exams test it worldwide. 55 subject manuals Forestry Growing, measuring, protecting and governing forests: one forestry degree studied the way it is examined, from registered-forester routes in North America and chartered status in the UK to the Philippine Foresters'… 53 subject manuals Sustainability & Environment Climate, soil, water, biodiversity and the tools that measure them, from life-cycle assessment to carbon accounting and sustainability reporting: the environmental science of how the world feeds itself, taught from… 53 subject manuals Agricultural Statistics How agriculture is measured, tested and forecast: field experiments, crop-cutting surveys, statistical genetics, time series and the computing behind them. 52 subject manuals Agribusiness Management Economics, management and markets of food and farming, from the village market to the commodity exchange and the boardroom. 47 subject manuals

What the app does

Ask Laisha

Ask about a crop, a pest, a price or a field problem and get a specific, practical answer.

Weather and irrigation

Forecasts for your field and irrigation guidance grounded in them.

Crop health

Pest and disease identification, explained with the biology behind it.

Markets

Price outlooks and marketing channels for what you grow.

Soil and grain

Record soil and grain tests and read them against real standards.

Study

Quizzes and essay practice for agriculture, veterinary, Ayurveda and allied exams.

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