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Solarpowered
sprayer that solves
manyproblems
M.
J.
PRABU,
Agriculture, The Hindu,
December29,2011
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Solarpoweredsprayerthatsolvesmanyproblems.Oneneednotbe
ageniustodevelopanycommonlyuseddevices.Takethecaseof
the humble yet important knapsack manual sprayer (hung on the
shoulders). Though many models are available on the shelves,
priced at different rates, most of them last for only a few years.
Regularly filling them with water, pesticides and fuel (in case of
fuel operated ones) makes it difficult to lift and hang them on the
shoulder. After an hour of spraying, the weight of the machine
createsabackacheandshoulderpainforfarmers,saysMr.David
Raja Beleau, Assistant Director of Horticulture Kadayam, Tamil
Nadu,whodevelopedasolarpoweredbatteryoperatedsprayerfor
farmers.
ThosewhoareinterestedcancontactMr.DavidAssistantDirectorof
Horticulture Kadayam through his mobile number 9486285704 or
microeconomicsdavid@yahoo.co.in
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Authorities
must
experience problems to
solvethem
M.J.PRABU,Agriculture,The
Hindu,December15,2011
Canafarmerevercontactthe
Agriculture minister to voice
hisgrievance?
For more details readers can contact Mr. Deepak Nanaji Barde,
Bawapur taluka, Wardha , Phone : 9272610252 and Mr. Manish
Kawade
Project
Associate
MSSRF,
emails:
manishkawade45@gmail.com and waifad_vrc@rediffmail.com,
Phone:07152285043,Mobile:09890795456.
Debt
increases
with
dependence on fertilizers,
pesticides
M.J.PRABU,Agriculture,The
Hindu,November10,2011
Mr. Vishwasrao's search
brought him in contact with
several farmers practising
organic
farming.
They
impressed on him the need
for making one's own input
forthecropsandthatitdrasticallysavesmoneyforthefarmerand
helpsgetagoodyield....
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Natural
inputs,
multicropping advised for
Vidharbharegion
M. J. PRABU, Agriculture, The
Hindu,November2,2011
Such measures may have
prevented a few of the
suicides in the region. The
names Vidharbha or Wardha
immediately evoke memories
of farmers' suicides. Several reasons such as growing only one
crop, total dependence on monsoon, lack of infrastructure and
irrigation facilities, small land holdings, poor marketing, and
insensitive government policies towards farmers are attributed to
this. Visiting the region drives home one point, that not all of
Vidharbhaisagraveyardofdeadfarmers,saysMr.PrafulBansod,
ScientistMSSRFvillageResourceCentre,Yavatmal.
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Lightweight machine
weeds out paddy
farmers'woes
The
compactly
developed conoweeder
being tested by a
farmer in his field. In
the last two decades
the technique is fast
becoming
popular
among millions of
farmersworldwide.InIndiathesuccessofSRIcanbeperceivedas
being made possible by many small farmers who dared to
experiment and innovate new techniques, says Mr.
Senthilkumaran,
Director,
Information,
Education
and
Communication,M.S.SwaminathanResearchFoundation(MSSRF),
Chennai.
Simpleandefficient
Take the example of the conoweeder, a simple, handoperated
devicetoremove weeds from the paddy field. To encourage small
farmers to adopt this cultivation the State Governments passed
orders to their respective agriculture Universities to make the
machine available to farmers through their Krishi Vigyan Kendras
(KVKs) freely as and when they require. With the numbers being
limited, the KVKs' in many areas found it difficult to cater to the
demand.
For more details contact Mr. S. Karthikeyan, Om sakthi agri
industries,No9/1LalBahadurSastriroad,Kumbakonam:612001,
email:karthi_omsakthi@yahoo.co.in,mobile:09789618131,phone:
04352401231. And Mr. Senthil at Third Cross Road, Institutional
Area, Taramani, Chennai 600 113, email: senthil@mssrf.res.in
senthilrural@gmail.com,Phone:04422541229,22542791.
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Power from
Vivekanda
showstheway
waste:
Kendra
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Thoughthetownitselfhousesamodestpopulationofjust12,345
in about 400 households, it generates a huge volume of waste
mainlykitchenwastefromvarioushotelsandrestaurants.
An NGO from Kanyakumari called Vivekananda Kendra (Vk
nardep) built a solid waste management shed at the town
panchayat for collecting and processing the entire waste for
feedingintoabiogasplant.
The Kendra constructed the biogas plant (of 100 cubic metre
volume) a floating drum like device attached to a designed
biogas engines that are in turn connected to specially designed
controlpanels.
For more details and visit readers can contact Mr. G.Vasudeo,
Secretary,VivekanandaKendraNARDEP,Kanyakumari629702,
TamilNadu,e.mail:vknardep@gmail.com,website:vknardep.org,
phone04652246296(office).
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Farmers
would
quit
agriculture if they had an
alternativeTheHinduAugust
25,2011
UNCERTAIN: Climate change has
madefarmingevenmorerisky.
Electoral politics plays with rice
and wheat as gimmicks to get
votes
Some years ago the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO)
reportedafteritsstudyonagriculturethatroughlyhalfthefarmers
inthecountrydidnotwishtocontinuefarming.
They would rather quit if they had an alternative. This shameful
reality reflects the despair farmers feel and is based on the fact
that agriculture is a loss making enterprise and the farmers are
unabletoeitherfeedthemselvesorturnaprofit,saysDr.Suman
Sahai, Convener, Gene campaign, New Delhi in her blog
(sumansahaiblog.blogspot.com)onWhyfarmersdon'tfarm.
ReaderscancontactDr.SumanSahaiatmail@genecampaign.org,
J235/A, Lane W15C, Sainik farms, New Delhi 110062,
phone:01129556248and29555961..
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Rural
employment
scheme
making life miserable for small
farmersTheHindu14thJuly,2011.
"What can we poor ryots do against
themightofmoneyandpower"?
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intoindustries,Specialeconomiczones,ITparks,newairportsand
powerplants,ordevelopedintorealestate.Howcanwethentalk
ofensuringthecountry'sfoodsecurity?heasks.
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Government'sversionoftryingtocontrolpriceriseisnothelping.
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Anonioncannotbedismissedasjustanothervegetable.
In fact no other
vegetableseemstobe
backed by a strong
lobby like the humble
onion. Especially in
our
country,
Governments can be
toppled and unseated
if
the
vegetable
records a meteoric
price rise. When onion price fluctuates it becomes front page
news,saysMr.ManaramChowdharyfromSikar,Rajasthan.
Officials from the agriculture extension department in Sikar and
research station, Durgapur (Jaipur) appreciated the variety
developedbyMr.Choudhary.
Severalonionfarmersendupploughingtheircropsbackintothe
soilinfrustrationastheyarenotabletogetagoodpricefortheir
produce.Theweatheralsocreatesproblemsforus.
It suddenly starts raining during peak summer and sometimes
there is little rain for years together, says Mr. Sundaram Verma,
HoneyBeeNetworkcollaboratorRajasthan.
Falseclaim
Thetransportcosttothemandisdoesnotevenmakeupforour
investment expenditure. The Government's claim of trying to
controltherisedoesnotseemtobeofmuchhelptopoorfarmers.
The media must also throw light on plight of onion cultivators,
their problems, and new methods if any, to increase area of
cultivation and encourage other farmers to start cultivating onion,
insteadofjustreportingonpriceriseandhowitaffectsconsumers
andtheGovernment'sreplyandcontrolmechanismtothesame,
addsMr.Manaram.
For more information readers can contact Mr. Manaram
Chowdhary,VillageSanvlodaLadkhana,DistrictSikar,Rajasthanat
09799237178.
Farmer's organization can
play a more constructive
role The Hindu 7th April,
2011
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ThoughPanchayatiRajisbeneficialitdestroysharmonyinvillages.
Sprinkling
water
using
Chandraprabha rain gun The
Hindu10thMarch,2011
Thesystemcanirrigateanacreinaboutoneandhalfhours.
Unliketheknowledgeandawarenessofthepresentday,about25
years ago farmers never knew the effectiveness of water
conservation and the need for preserving groundwater by using
tubes and buckets for irrigating their crops. But in that phase,
Annasaheb Udagavi, from Sadala village of Chikkoditaluka in
Belgaun district, North Karnataka, developed a sprinkler system
thatcoversasmuchas140feetradiustoirrigatesugarcanecrops.
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Why
agriculture
policiesare
outdated
and
contradictoryTheHindu24thFebruary,2011
The Government does not bother to know what crops are being
sown.
Apartfromlands,animalsremainapotentialsourceofinvestment
andincomegenerationforsmallfarmers.Andinvestmentsarenot
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ThetwoSHG'shavesofargeneratedanincomeofRs84,000.
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FormoredetailscontactDr.M.Shivamurthy,PrincipalInvestigator
& Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension, UAS , GKVK,
campus, Bangalore560 065, email: murudaiah.shivamurthy@
gmail.comandmobile:09449044975.
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FormoredetailsreaderscancontactMr.M.C.Raocanbereached
at Venkatapuram village, Tidigam Panchayat, Kasinagar block,
Ganjam district, Orissa, phone: 08946211026 (res) and mobile:
08895962391.
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MobilehelpsfindrightpriceforfarmersproduceTheHindu
5thNovember,2009
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EnhancingplantgrowthusingorganicinputsThe Hindu
15thOctober,2009
Thefatherusedconventionalmethods
while the son favoured organic
practices. Organic farmers and those
practising conventional farming are
mostly at loggerheads regarding
cultivation practices, and are in
mutual disapproval. The battle now
seemstohaveenteredwithinafamily
at Theni, Tamil Nadu as the father Mr. S. Pandiaraj practises
conventionalmethods,whilehissonJeyaPrakash,whohasanMSc
inBiotechnology,seemstofavourorganicmethods.
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FormoreinformationreaderscancontactMrs.A.LSomalaDevi,No
145Hemmanahalli,Athgoor,Hobali,Maddurtaluk,Mandyadistrict,
Karnataka:571428,mobile:9845746046.
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In the last one year Mr. Veeraraghavan has sold nearly 10,000
tonnesoffruitsandhasmadeanetprofitofmorethanRs.50lakhs.
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Scopeforconvertinghumanwasteintousefulcropmanure
TheHindu4thDecember2008
Butscientificstudiesindifferentparts
oftheworldhaveprovedthat human
excreta particularly urine will become
as precious as gold if only mankind
knows
how
to
manage
it
scientifically,"
says
Mr.
M.
Subburaman , Director, Society for
Community Organization and People's Education (SCOPE) at
Tiruchi,TamilNadu.
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Bitbybit,hefilledhiswellIndiaTogetherAugust3rd,2008
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Thoughthetraditionalmethodsmayvaryfromplacetoplace,their
efficiency in terms of pest control has been proven and accepted
bythosewhousethem.
FormoreinformationreaderscancontactMr.S.Aravindan,Social
scientist, Vivekananda KendraNatural Resources Development
Project, VKNardep, Vivekanandapuram, Kanyakumari 629 702,
Tamil Nadu, India, email. ngc_vknardep@sancharnet.in and
vknardep@gmail.com,mobile:9443748714,phone:04652246296
and04652247126.
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Thoughbeerearingisquiteprevalentamongmanyfarmersinthe
country,Biharseemstotopthelistasithappenstobethelargest
producer of honey producing about 21,000
metrictonnesofhoneyannually,andhasabout
20,000beekeeperswhoareengagedinhoney
production.
A majority of honeybee farmers in Bihar are
small producers who are exploited by middle
men. Most of them either sell the honey to a
local cooperative store or to private buyers.
Someofthemformassociationstosellthehoney,saidDr.R.K.P.
Singh,Advisor,StateFarmersCommission,Patna,Bihar.
Mr. Shashi has been conferred the Honour Award by the
Agricultural Produce Export Development Agency (APEDA) and
National Bee Board. The State government conferred on him the
Kisan Shree award for his contribution to honey production and
processing. He imparts training to farmers for honey production,
processingandpackagingonhisfarm.
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RoleofalivefenceinasmallfarmTheHindu24thApril2008
Itactsasashelterforavariety
of useful birds, reptiles and
otheranimals
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Biopesticides:gingergarlicextractmeasuresupTheHindu
3rdApril2008
Organic practices avoid investment on
costlychemicals
Thereisagrowingbodyofevidencetosuggestthatinthepast45
decades there has been an excessive dumping of chemical toxins
on the soil. As a result the soil has become barren and ground
watertoxic,inmanyplaces.
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Contrastthiswithorganicinputsthataresafe,
non toxic, and cost much less. For example, if
using chemical pesticides and fertilizers for
growingacropinahectareworksouttoabout
Rs.6,0007,000 the cost of growing the same
crop using organic inputs may come to only
about Rs.500 Rs. 1,000, according to Ms.
RajareegaofRaasiorganicfarmsatMuthupatti
villageinSivagangadistrict,TamilNadu.
FormoreinformationreaderscancontactReaderscancontactMs.Rajareega,Raasiorganic
farms, Muthupatti, via Kallal, A. Siruvayal (post), Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu, email:
rajareega@rediffmail.com,mobile:9865582142andphone:04565284937.
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Atlast,compostyardscometolife The
Hindu4thApril2008
Madambakkamisthelatesturbanlocalbody
togoforcomposting.Afterremainingidlefor
averylongtime,compostyardsbuiltinmost
of the town panchayats around Tambaram have started
functioning.
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For more information readers can contact Mr. T.K. Venkataraman can be reached at No
117E, 16th cross road, Besant Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu600090, email:
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bhavani_venkataraman@yahoo.com,phone:04424914299andmobile:9840777459..
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ValueAdditionleadsto'notensionagriculture'The Hindu
13thMarch2008
A hectare fetches the farmer a
gross income of Rs. 2 lakhs in 10
months
Therearetwowaysinagricultureforafarmertoearnmoney.One
isbygrowingandsellingtheharvested
crop,secondistogoinforsomevalue
added
products.
Farmers
are
encouraged by scientists to try and
explorevalueadditiontechnologyareas
as it enhances the marketability of the
produce. Compared to selling the raw
harvested produce, value addition
requires more financial inputs, proper
guidelines, and backup technologies to
ensuresuccess.
Mr.ShankerKishoreChaudhary,aprogressivesmallscalefarmerof
Vaishalidistrict,Bihar,isafarmerwhocultivateselephantfootyam
(commonlycalledasOolinNorthIndia)inhisthreeacrefield.He
calls Ool cultivation 'no tension agriculture' as it requires no cold
storage,posesnomarketingproblem,andtheincomeisgood.
For more information readers can contact Mr. Ramadhar, Chairman, Bihar State Farmers
Commission, Pant Bhawan, 1st Floor, Bailey Road, Patna 800001, email:
ramadhar@vsnl.comandkisanayog@gmail.com,phone:(0612)2206169and2232847.
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Formoredetails:ReaderscancontactMr.M.Sekar,Meekeri,B.ManihattyP.O.,TheNilgiris
andMr.R.RanganathanatNo16Vanigarstreet,Thirupporur,TamilNadu603110, email:
tedetrust@rediffmail.com,phone:04427478669and27446793,mobile:9443346369
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FormoredetailsreaderscancontactMr.ChinthalaVenkatReddy,
#646/B,OldAlwal,Secunderabad500010,Mobile:9866883336.
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Waste not, want not, wealth from waste The Hindu 27th
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ThefarmergetsmorethanRs.4lakhsasgrossincomeper
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Duringharvestingseasonthevillageisthrongedbybuyers
fortheproduce
RosemaryshowsthewaytokeepwildanimalsatbayThe
Hindu29thNovember2007
"ItwasthenthatIheardfromsourcesinmyvillageaboutMYRADA
KVK(MysoreResettlementandDevelopmentAgencyKrishiVigyan
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Kendra)whichhasbeenencouragingfarmersin
our area to grow Rosemary (an aromatic herb)
andarealsohelpingthemtomarkettheproduce
throughtheRosemaryGroup(createdmainlyfor
farmersgrowingRosemary),"sheexplained.
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PricedatRs.2650,theunitcandehusk
about160kgofnutsinaday
CultivatingStudiesmadewithrespecttothe
costofprocessingofarecanuttoremovethe
nuts have revealed that about 3540 per cent of the total cost of
processingisspentfordehuskingarecanutalone,whichofcourse,
isgenerallydonebyfarmworkersparticularlywomen,accordingto
Dr. B. Ranganna, Professor & Research Engineer, Post Harvest
Technology Centre, University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS),
GandhiKrishiVigyanKendra(GKVK),Bangalore.Themachinecan
be operated by employing four persons to dehusk arecanuts
simultaneously. The dehusking assembly consists of two sharp
edgedflaps,onebeingstationaryandtheothermovable,operated
bythepedalthroughalinkagemechanism.Theunithasahopper
to hold about 20 kg of arecanuts. Made of mild steel, the entire
unit is mounted on an angle iron stand and the dehusking
mechanismismadeofspringsteel.Thisissuitablefordehusking
freshly harvested mature green arecanuts of all varieties under
cultivation,saidDr.Ranganna.Thedehuskingcapacityoftheunit
is160kgperdaywitharunningtimeofeighthoursandtheunitis
priced at Rs.2,650 (does not include packaging and forwarding
charges).
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ModelfarmercoaxesmorecropsfromlesslandTheHindu
25thOctober2007
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succeedingettingagoodyield.OnesuchsmallfarmerisMr.K.O.
Sebastian,inKozhikodedistrictofKeralawhohasrubber,coconut,
arecanutandblackpepperinhisfouracreland.
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CoconutinIndiaisprimarilyasmallfarmerscrop.Growingcoconut
alone as a monocrop does not provide
employment through out the year and the
income derived from small holdings is not
sufficienttosustainafarmerslivelihood.
Coconut based intercropping in the
interspaces of coconut trees and integration
with other enterprises such as cattle offer
goodscopeforincreasingcoconutproduction.
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AnimalHusbandry
Aquaculture
Arecanut
Cocoa
Coconut
Cotton
Cultivation
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Equipments
Floriculture
Foodgrains
Herbs
Horticulture
Intercrop
Cultivation
Macadamia
nuts
Millets
Oilseeds
Organic
Farming
Pests
Poultry
Pulses
Rice
Sericulture
Soil
Management
Spices
Sugar
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