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Agriculture is the back bone of the rural India. Much emphasis is required to transfer scientific information to the farmers and policy makers of this country. The "Indian Farmer" magazine published monthly and highlight the key issues regarding the Indian agricultural practices. Magazine invites article from Agriculture, Veterinary Science and Fisheries Science.
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Sustainable Agriculture through Azolla
Subash ChandThe coming decades will be challenge for agriculture to meet the worlds increasing demand for food in a sustainable way. Continuous cropping, frequent cultivation of soil and intensive use of inorganic fertilizer resulted in breaking down of structure, depletion of fertility with more degradation of soil. Applying organic matter and enhancing biological nitrogen fixation combined with mineral fertilizers helps in maintaining soil fertility for sustainable agriculture. Azolla as manuring an economical, practical and even aesthetically pleasing method of restoring productivity of over worked land. Azolla plant is a free floating water fern, scientifically known as Azolla pinnata, it belongs to the family Azollaceae. Azolla is commonly known for its nitrogen fixing role in enhancing soil fertility and healthy food to human as well as animals.
Subash ChandThe coming decades will be challenge for agriculture to meet the worlds increasing demand for food in a sustainable way. Continuous cropping, frequent cultivation of soil and intensive use of inorganic fertilizer resulted in breaking down of structure, depletion of fertility with more degradation of soil. Applying organic matter and enhancing biological nitrogen fixation combined with mineral fertilizers helps in maintaining soil fertility for sustainable agriculture. Azolla as manuring an economical, practical and even aesthetically pleasing method of restoring productivity of over worked land. Azolla plant is a free floating water fern, scientifically known as Azolla pinnata, it belongs to the family Azollaceae. Azolla is commonly known for its nitrogen fixing role in enhancing soil fertility and healthy food to human as well as animals.
Dryland Agriculture: Soil & Water Conservation TechniquesChandrakala M, Sanjeev Kumar and Naveen D.V.
Check dams at suitable intervals should be constructed to avoid gully formation and to control soil erosion and recharge ground water. The stored water can be used to grow crops. Situation like Contour bunding or other soil and moisture conservation practices are not adopted means it will cause soil erosion due to rainfall and developed gullies. Finally land will not suitable for cultivation. The water can be used for Agriculture purposes; Fish rearing and increased the utility of water based activities. It can be built as permanent concrete structures or with stones, Bamboo and wooden planks as temporary measure. To improve localized irrigation facilities by developing a network of checkdams, streams and canals. Check dams facilitate infiltration of water into the soil. Check dams store water. Check dams Control runoff and accelerates recharging. Check dams provide enough time and space for the water to soak into the soil. Factors such as runoff, depth and width of the stream/river. people's participation. Availability of manpower and construction materials. Other local peculiarities etc. need to be taken into consideration during the planning and designing of check dams.
Check dams at suitable intervals should be constructed to avoid gully formation and to control soil erosion and recharge ground water. The stored water can be used to grow crops. Situation like Contour bunding or other soil and moisture conservation practices are not adopted means it will cause soil erosion due to rainfall and developed gullies. Finally land will not suitable for cultivation. The water can be used for Agriculture purposes; Fish rearing and increased the utility of water based activities. It can be built as permanent concrete structures or with stones, Bamboo and wooden planks as temporary measure. To improve localized irrigation facilities by developing a network of checkdams, streams and canals. Check dams facilitate infiltration of water into the soil. Check dams store water. Check dams Control runoff and accelerates recharging. Check dams provide enough time and space for the water to soak into the soil. Factors such as runoff, depth and width of the stream/river. people's participation. Availability of manpower and construction materials. Other local peculiarities etc. need to be taken into consideration during the planning and designing of check dams.
Latest Articles Special Issue IV
Seed Balls: A new weapon for greening India
Arjun K
Seed balls is one of the unique and innovative technique of propagating plants from seeds without opening up of soil and with less effort. India’s forest cover accounts only 21.35 percent of total world’s area. Every year government spend crores of rupees on reforestation of public and forest lands, but the success has not been much achieved. So seed balls are the ultimate solution to the problems experienced with the traditional way of restoring natural habitat. The traditional way of re-seeding natural areas is usually done by scattering seeds on top of the soil or digging the pits and planting the seedlings. But seed ball making is a fun and productive activity, it’s a great opportunity to educate all the age groups in the society about saving the environment. Back to history of seed balls, was developed by Japanese natural farmer and a Philosopher Masanobu Fukuoka.
Arjun K
Seed balls is one of the unique and innovative technique of propagating plants from seeds without opening up of soil and with less effort. India’s forest cover accounts only 21.35 percent of total world’s area. Every year government spend crores of rupees on reforestation of public and forest lands, but the success has not been much achieved. So seed balls are the ultimate solution to the problems experienced with the traditional way of restoring natural habitat. The traditional way of re-seeding natural areas is usually done by scattering seeds on top of the soil or digging the pits and planting the seedlings. But seed ball making is a fun and productive activity, it’s a great opportunity to educate all the age groups in the society about saving the environment. Back to history of seed balls, was developed by Japanese natural farmer and a Philosopher Masanobu Fukuoka.
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