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...