KRISHAKA DEVO BHAVA

“Food security” is a multidimensional approach which subsumes under it food production, circulation, consumer choice, consumption and suffice intake of major nutrients. India houses 195 million undernourished people according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN. India is enlisted as a developing country and the second largest exporter of cereals .Higher economic growth has still not been able to pave a way to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, thus indicating bleak future with rural population representing a major slice from the pie. The National Food Security Act, 2013 focused on distributing cereals throughout the country but with limited focus on diet diversity .the Government should focus immediately on consumption of a diverse diet. The Indian Food Pyramid conceptualized by the National Institute of Nutrition was beyond the discernment of the masses. A catchy colorful representation like that of the United States Department of agriculture shall be mor...

I am going to write in support of the statement ‘population growth positively affects development’. Sounds a bit off beat and I seem to stand out as a crack pot and a fool to have chosen to speak against all the serious and stern arguments that some of my fellow mates will be presenting against my statement, isn’t it? Nevertheless, as the ripe old philosophers have said, work of greatness always attracts strong criticism, so will I be presenting my arguments without fear or favour. Well, before I present my arguments, I would like to clarify in a few words what development is. Development in simple words means that it is the measure of the living standard of humans. Thus, from the above statement it can be clearly seen that the term ‘development’ is a relative term. Human wants are ever increasing and ever changing.  Some time ago, clothes, house, food was considered as the major requirements along with the economic status for the people to call themselves so called developed. ...

Homa Therapy refers to healing fires of which Agnihotra is the basis. The application of Homa Therapy to agriculture is Homa Organic Farming. HOMA Organic Farming is a system of agriculture that may be added to any organic farming practices. I am doing the research on the effect of Homa farming on five verities of Brinjal with five replication. I divide my research in two plots with same soil fertility. One is treated With 1% Amrit Pani( 1kg cow dung +  1liter  cow Urine + 2liter water   + 50gm molasses) and the other one is treated with Amrit pani and Homa Farming both. I have to conduct homa daily at the time of sun rise and sun set daily according to the time table. There is a copper pyramid of specific size where I conduct homa with cow dung cake, Ghee and Unpolished, unbroken rice by chanting of two mantras. The smoke created in homa is healthy for plans, the vibration of mantras radiate through the pyramid which acts as an antenna helps to grow plants and t...

  Elephants are highly mobile creatures and a herd needs to travel atleast 10 kilometers a day. If we think elephants can be restricted to an area of about 100 sq.km then we are taking away their basic behavior. Moreover, they need tones of vegetation as food every day, now if we try and construct them in smaller areas, they are bound to ravage the area in a matter of days and then will enter into localities and would destroy hectares of crops, many lives and ample property. In Jharkhand it’s a burning problem for the villagers every year tons of food grains and crops are destroyed for elephants.                                                                 ...

Mushrooms is macro fungus with a distinctive fruiting body which is large enough to be seen with naked eyes. Mushroom cultivation has great scope in India because of the cheap and easily available raw material and also cheaper manpower needed to cultivate. This has attracted the small and marginal farmers to take-up its cultivation to augment their income. Oyster mushrooms has several species with distinctive features. Several species has medicinal value. Different colours oyster mushrooms are grown in our country. Recently a fresh and growing flush of bright pink coloured oyster mushrooms has taken place. The pink oyster ( Pleurotus Djamor ) is a tropical mushroom preferring warmer temperatures near about 23 to 38 degree C and 85% humidity. It takes 7 to 10 days to colonize the jar/packet. That’s why it found on tropical region of our country. Pink oyster is unique in that the mycelium is vibrantly pink. Plates of pink oyster are very sensitive to the cold. Rye grain is best for s...

“When women are empowered and can claim their rights and access to land, leadership, opportunities and choices, economic grow, food security is enhanced and prospects are improved for current and future generation .” Michel Bachele .   In the field of Agriculture and rural economics, women are the backbone. 43%of the world’s agricultural labours are taken on by the women. In the countries like Africa almost 80% agricultural workforce are women. Indian agriculture reflects familial traditional, social relation and gender roles. Women represent a significant demographic group in agricultural sector either through traditional sake or agricultural labour. In peasant India almost 84% women depend on agriculture for their subsistence. Almost 33% women are engaged in cultivation directly and 47% works as agricultural labour. In the case of some labour intensive crop, like Tea, cotton etc, women plays a very important role. In tea garden almost 47% labours are women. These crops req...

Gandhiji’s vision and view was clear regarding villages/rural development. India is a village oriented country and without proper development of villages and its People healthy and prosperous India is only wishful imagination. Minimum needs of rural People are to be provided, say economically, physically, medically, mentally they must be   well accustomed, means   easily they can get these most common belongings. Responsible Government can attribute such norms, rules, regulations and other necessary steps so that rural people can achieve their earnings properly, which is the foremost necessity. They must be aware about their health, education and all necessary commodities which can be fulfilled. Skill development program, modern out- look, what is going on in and around them, their eyes are to be opened. For the fulfillment of these Govt., NGOS’ and    Village people co-ordination is inevitable. Keeping it in the mind that: What Gandhiji in his Pr...

It all began when Gandhiji was thrown out of the train, while he was travelling to Pretoria, although he had a first-class ticket. This so happened on the complaint of a white man who was having to share seat with this black Indian. And thanks to that white man that this black Indian could later become our ‘Father of The Nation’. With the overwhelming feelings of fear and neglect, he felt like leaving South Africa at once. But destiny had a treasure in store for him. A task so great and befitting for him. His courage took over his fears and he thus decided to stay back in South Africa, working for 21 years. As protest for this ‘Apartheid’, he formed the Natal Indian Congress in 1894. This organization strived to put an end to the oppression of the native Africans and Indians by using non-violent protests. Gandhiji came back to India in 1896, for a brief time to gather 800 free Indians to work with him back in South Africa. Their arrival was greeted with violence by an irate m...

Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) are the most widely distributed algal organisms especially in tropical countries. They are ubiquitous and cosmopolitan found in eutrophic (organically rich) benthos of lakes, ponds, tanks etc. the BGA are the only organisms that grow in adverse and harsh environmental conditions. The global natural resources and energy crisis have widened the gap between demand and supply of nitrogen fertilizer. These blue-green algae plays a significant role in filling this gap. Cyanobacterial biofertilizer giving high yield varieties has further increased the demand of important crops. DOMINANT BGA IN RICE FIELD:   Rice cultivation is an age-old practice in our country. The average production is only about 1.7 t/ha because more than 85% of total area of rice is owned by small and marginal farmers. These farmers cannot afford to use various inputs needed to harvest maximum yield of rice. In this context, the nitrogen fixing blue-green algae deserve special...

Resource Map is a free, open-source tool that helps you make better decisions by giving a better insight into the location and distribution of your resources . With Resource Map , our team can collaboratively record, track, and analyse resources at a glance using a live map In PRA (Participatory Rural Appraisal) Resource Map is a very effective tool to know about the resource of the place, and it is also a good method to involve all person at the same time as because of its large size. Everyone can contribute their ideas and knowledge about the place in Resource mapping. It is also a good tool to attract people’s mind into PRA as because we use various colour and different materials as needed it is quite interesting than other tools of PRA. In our Resource Map at Anjan gram of Gumla Dist. of Jharkhand we use different materials like tiles, green grasses, coloured powder, sketch pens, sand, stone of different size, chart paper, etc. Our team is divided into groups, the mass ...

Mixed leaves extract: Meterials:3kg of neem leaves,2kg of custard apple leaves,2kg of papaya leaves,2 kg of pomegranate leaves,2kg guava leaves, and 10liters cow urine. Procedure method: 1st we collect the 5 leaves and cow urine. Then crush the above all recommended leaves. Then boil the cow urine or water and all leaves. Boil the mixture after some intervals of time till the mixture becomes half of the starting time. Then keep the mixture for 24 hours, filter the extract. This mixture store in a bottle. It can be stored up to 6 months. Application: Prepared extract apply on the field on evening or early morning. This preparation diluted 3 liters in 50 liters of water. It solution spray on the sprayer in one acre area. Effects: it is resistive for nature against the insects, est and disease. It is help for the plant to protect the insect and pest, and to increase the vegetative growth and plant shelf life. Advantage: It is fully natural and low cost. It is available for a vil...

This Information and Communication Technology (ICT) works as a catalyst in development for its tremendous potential to increase efficiency, productivity, and service quality in agriculture and allied sectors. A village development plan is a written document. It identifies issues of concern to that village. Opportunities, strengths, threats and weaknesses of a village are defined. It also provides practical actions that will result in an improved condition of the village. It provides opportunities for resource mobilization, a vision of what you would like your village to look like, sets out clear goals to achieve that vision, and gives you an action plan to reach out those goals. For preparing of village development plan, Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) exercises, Gram-Sava Meetings etc. have been organized. In this way, lots of information have been gathered for each and every villages. It’s very difficult to work on village development for the govern...

The basic principles of growth and development are the same the world over. Though we behave in a generally homogeneous manner, yet we are vastly different from economically developing countries of Africa and Asia, and from the affluent West. In a broad sense, development is defined as the overall well-being of the entire population. Thus, any agenda on development goes beyond the income of the individual or of the groups of individuals or of the society, and encompasses healthy living, equity, empowerment, participation, security, and social cohesion. Thus, the goal of the nation for development is therefore to increase economic growth and social justice, improve human resources, empower the poor, and create employment opportunity for them and consequently to reduce poverty. Thus, a nation thrives and develops if it simultaneously encompasses all these for the betterment of its people. In India, there is low level of income and high incidence of poverty, which has impacted...