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बिना जुताई होगी गेहूं की खेती

By admin, on November 5th, 2011%

भागलपुर, निज संवाददाता : कम लागत पर बिना जुताई के गेहूं की खेती से किसानों की स्थिति सुधरेगी। इसके लिए बिहार कृषि विश्वविद्यालय में नई-नई तकनीकें विकसित की जा रही हैं। कृषि वैज्ञानिकों ने जिले के किसानों को पंतनगर जीरोटिल ड्रिल मशीन से बिना जुताई खेती करने की सलाह दी है। वैज्ञानिकों का कहना है . . . → Read More: बिना जुताई होगी गेहूं की खेती

Agriculture department to adopt 84 villages for promoting SRI method

By admin, on October 16th, 2011%

The Agriculture Department would adopt 84 villages in the district to promote the system of rice intensification (SRI) technique in paddy cultivation during the samba and thaladi seasons this year. One assistant agriculture officer would be assigned to each of these villages to ensure that the entire paddy area in the adopted villages were brought . . . → Read More: Agriculture department to adopt 84 villages for promoting SRI method

Pest-wary citizens take to organic farming

By admin, on October 7th, 2011%

Kochi- City dwellers finally appear to be waking up to the dangers of pesticides in their fruits and vegetables and have started growing their own in their backyards.

Haritha Nagari, an urban homestead farming venture operating in the corporation area, promoted by the Vegetable and Fruit Promotion Council of Kerala (VFPCK), is becoming quite a . . . → Read More: Pest-wary citizens take to organic farming

तस्वीर और तक़दीर दोनो बदल रही है

By admin, on October 3rd, 2011%

आज से लगभग 20 साल पहले इस क्षेत्र में मोरारका फाउंडेशन ने विकास की नई इबारत लिखने का काम शुरू किया. इस फाउंडेशन ने विकास नाम के शब्द को पुन: पारिभाषित करने की सोच के साथ काम करना शुरू किया. रासायनिक खाद के इस्तेमाल से खेतों की घटती उर्वरता को बचाने के लिए जैविक खेती . . . → Read More: तस्वीर और तक़दीर दोनो बदल रही है

Green Essentials: An organic farming venture

By admin, on October 1st, 2011%

Many of us dream of a bucolic life, but how many actually manage to make the switch? Meet 35-year-old Karan Manral, a freelance marketing consultant, and his wife, 33-year-old Yogita Mehra, who have not only managed to go green, but have turned their lifestyle choice into a profitable business.

As a child, Manral showed some . . . → Read More: Green Essentials: An organic farming venture

India’s taste takes off with organic food

By admin, on October 1st, 2011%

DEHRADUN: Four decades after the country achieved self-sufficiency in food production through Green Revolution using high-yielding seeds and chemical fertilizers, pesticides and insecticides, a counter movement is gradually spreading in India: organic farming.

Districts in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, the three states which were instrumental in turning India into a surplus food economy, now seeks . . . → Read More: India’s taste takes off with organic food

Farming and industrial slowdown

By admin, on September 24th, 2011%

The combination of slower growth and high inflation has been a frequent occurrence in drought years, leading to a decline in farm output and high prices.

Farm output is not the only indicator of the health of the sector. Farm income is a more comprehensive measure of the sector’s performance. Farm income is affected . . . → Read More: Farming and industrial slowdown

Adopt zero budget natural farming for better produce, profits

By admin, on September 16th, 2011%

It’s not only chemical farming, organic farming too serves up poison in your plate. “Both are alien farming methods and serve poison in our plate,” said Subhash Palekar, noted agriculture expert.

Palekar said organic farming is more dangerous than chemical farming.”Microorganisms used in vermiculture (type of organic farming), like eisenia foetida stop the formation of . . . → Read More: Adopt zero budget natural farming for better produce, profits

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