Prashant Rupera | TNN

Vadodara: Anand Agricultural University (AAU) is all set to enter into an agreement with Gujarat State Fertilisers and Chemicals (GSFC) Limited through which the latter will sell liquid bio-fertiliser indigenously developed by the varsity.

Adichunchanagiri Ramanagar Shaka Mutt Seer Siddarameshwara swamij emphasising the need for adopting natural farming said natural farming which envisages zero-budget agriculture practices, is a panacea to the ills of plaguing farmers.

The farmers of Srinivaspur are making good use of Honge flowers. It is traditionally believed that the Honge flowers are useful as external manure for several horticultural produce. The Honge flowers, believed to produce a good peak, if used as manure.

Maize is grown in every suitable agricultural region of the globe. In India, maize is grown on 6 million ha area mainly as rainfed crop during rainy season and only 22.8% maize is grown under irrigated conditions. In this article, the authors have examined simple indigenous technologies that are beneficial to maize crop production under stress conditions.

The study on indigenous technical knowledge (ITK) about use of spent mushroom substrate (SMS) for agriculture revealed wide variations in age of the SMS applied in different crops at mushroom grower

A family that has little use for cash The morning I went to meet her Anusuyabai Meshram did something she does not usually do

Mudigere: There is good demand for the spices produced by using organic manure in the international market. People need to follow organic farming and thus increase the fertility of the soil, said Horticulture College Dean Dr J Venkatesh.

TIRUCHI: Chemistry students have a vital role to play in popularising the use of bio-pesticides and bio-fertilisers among the farming community, G. Jegannathan, Member, Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education, said on Friday.

SANTOSH K. KIRO

Clean-up act
Ranchi, March 12: Kitchen waste will soon become valuable.

The civic body in the state capital would set up a plant at Bero, some 35km from here, to convert the waste generated from households into compost

Though the green revolution enabled India to attain food security, the technologies, subsidies and public support systems failed to address the problems of small-scale dryland agriculture. Diversified farming, being more economically and ecologically resilient, can reduce risk.

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