Archives for Agriculture
Irrigation channels in village watershed
In village watershed, irrigation channel is the life line of agriculture. Net works of irrigation channels can be seen scattered in agriculture field .These irrigation channels are connected from the…
Woman Strengthens the Hill Economy
Women in hills have a significant role to play in their whole life. They have the responsibility of taking care of house hold activity and working in agriculture field to…
Weed and its impact on crop
Weeds compete for sun light, water and nutrient with crop. Hence it has adverse impact on growth of crop. Some of the impacts are- Reduce the production of main crop…
Agribusiness can be expanded efficiently through E-commerce
E-commerce in the agribusiness sector has a great future The emergence of e-commerce in the agriculture/agribusiness sector has a great future. However it is at a stage where it is…
Significance of Fly ash in Agriculture
Fly ash in Agriculture Fly ash is the residue of burning of coal and lignite. The coal has nutrient embedded in it. After burning of the coal the left out…
Pollution in village watershed
Village watershed Pollution is increasing day by day. The watershed areas near cities are mostly seeing polluted. With time, the village watersheds are also getting polluted. The garbage, waste material…
Possible successful outcomes through watershed approach
Watershed approach - watershed interventions Watershed approach provides an opportunity to bring following possible outcomes through watershed interventions. These are:- Awareness Exposure Skill development, capacity building Confidence building Community development watershed…
Waste management is a big challenge
Waste management Pollution on earth is a big issue and Waste management is a great challenge to be tackled. Pollution can be from dumping of waste material, radioactive pollution or…
Organic farming –way back – traditional methods – moving step ahead
Organic farming –A way back to traditional methods or moving a step ahead In organic farming, there is more dependency on farm based inputs like Farm yard manure,compost etc. Does…
Nursery raising as an appealing agribusiness intervention
Nursery raising Nursery raising is becoming an appealing agribusiness intervention that is attracting the farmers. The farmers are getting good earning through sale of seedlings. Most of them are finding…
Toria –Threshing
About Toria Toria is an oil seed crop .It is called as Rape seed. The scientific name is Brassica napus. The plant is vigorous and hardy .It is grown as…
Agriculture – A business or business of loss ?
Earlier the farmers use to have good production with whatever resources were available to them .The farmers had better understanding of integrated use of available resources and hence had done…