Farmers Diary - Recalling biodiversity, farming the Agnihotra way. Homa farming is a system which comes from ancient science of Vedas. Homa is a Sanskrit word used here synonymously with Yajnya. Yajnya is the technical term from the Vedic science of bio energy denoting the process of removing the toxic conditions of the atmosphere through the

Field trials were conducted for the validation of integrated pest management (IPM) package for the castor and pigeonpea intercropping system in rainfed agro-ecosystem for the state of Andhra Pradesh, India during 2002 and 2003 seasons.

Inter-cropping with sugarcane has been found as more beneficial to the farmers as it can boost total crop production per unit area along with ensuring sustainable sugarcane cultivation with higher economic benefit compared to other crops.
Quoting the field-level research findings and views of farmers, the sugarcane researchers and agriculturists revealed this while talking to the news agency in Rajshahi on Sunday.

An intercropping trial was conducted during 2007– 2010 on 6-year-old aonla (Emblica officinalis Gaertn.; cv. NA-7) orchard planted at 6 m × 6 m spacing and growing under rainfed calciorthent soil, to identify the suitable and profitable intercrops.

Mass planting of jatropha as a biofuel crop could benefit poor
areas as well as combating global warming, but only if a number of
scientific and production issues are properly addressed, a review has
warned.

Yunnan's worst drought for many years has been exacerbated by destruction of forest cover and a history of poor water management.

The Garo, Khasi and Jaintia Hills region, with its unique landscape, climatic phenomenon of heavy cloud cover and torrential rainfall, and agricultural richness involving the majority of the population, has been proposed as another National Agricultural Biodiversity Heritage Site based on six indices.

A 9-year old Hardwickia binata Roxb. plants at a spacing of 5mx5m was intercropped with V. radiata (L.) Wilczek in 2003 to study interactive effects of trees on resource use and crop production.

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NEW DELHI: With the kharif sowing season badly hit by delayed and deficient monsoon rains, the Centre has advised States to go in for moisture conservation for rabi and adopt water-saving technologies such as zero tillage and intercropping.

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