KRISHAKA DEVO BHAVA

It is a type of farming where cultivation of a crop is left to the natural forces of a given place. It means cultivation of crop with least human interference. Thus, seeding and harvesting are the only operations involved in such farming. It is comparable to primitive agriculture, where no cultivation is done, no weeding, no manure and no pest control. Everything is left to nature. Inspiration for such type of farming drawn from the perception that nature can take care of crop. Mr Masanobu Fukuoka of Japan first introduced natural farming. According to him farmers have to ‘do nothing’ but to follow nature to get maximum ecological, economical, mental and emotional benefit from farming. Principles of Natural Farming: 1. No cultivation. 2. No chemical fertilizer or prepared composed. 3. No weeding by tillage or herbicides. 4. No dependence on chemical pesticides. 5. Dispersal of clay seed ballsto propagate plants is done. Zero Budget Natural Farming in India(ZBNF):   ...

Indians have been cultivating for more than 10000 years since the time of Rigveda (c.8000 BC) using locally available resources in an eco-friendly way. Farmers of many areas still are following ancient practices while modern agricultural graduates, trained in the agricultural technologies of the West, are mostly ignorant of our own rich heritage of ancient agricultural practices. It is absolutely necessary for the farm scientists to possess knowledge of our agricultural heritage in order to effectively communicate with the majority of farmer communities. The oldest composition, Rigveda (c.8000), has several verses describing the profession of farming, farming operations and farmer’s happy and enjoyable life. Parasar(c.400 BC), Garg( ), Barahmihir(600 AD),  Kashyapa(700 – 800)AD and Surapal(1000AD) were five famous scholars and thinkers in ancient India who laid the foundation of Agriculture in India. The following eight books, six of which have been translated into English ...

Introduction:                            The practise of traditional/conventional farming is yet to be prominently practised in under developed and developing countries including India, the reasons behind this practising are in fact real and exist like poverty, lack of technical know-how about new technologies, illiteracy of farmers their marginal scattered lands discourage them to step back from the new initiatives and the poor risk-taking ability became the greatest obstacle stopping them from being a Business man.   To overcome these challenges many approaches has come forward, but any approach solely cannot meet the requirements, it need to be integrated and must meet rising needs including current modern technologies, and here comes the new term MODERN AGRICULTURE .              ...

Organic agriculture is very eco-friendly practices where we use cowdung, cow manure, cow urine, compost, FYM, etc instead of using chemical fertilizers, insecticides and pesticides which is harmful in nature. Among the various method of organic farming, Homa farming is the best method in agriculture.Homa organic farming was first introduced in Ancient science of Vruksha Ayurveda. HOMA means Yajnya or Havan. Homa Therapy helps to gathering the energy from the atmosphere, reduce toxicity, increase the yield, improve the quality,taste colour, nutrition value and shelf life as well as helps in Human health by purifying the blood, neutralise harmful bacteria. Agnihotra is the backbone of HOMA Therapy which is practised in particular point of time at sunrise and sunset each day. And other two Homa practices are such as Om Tryambakam Homa and Vyahruti Homa. Anyone can practices these Homa Therapy. Agnihotra is a small fire prepared in copper pyramid which have some specific dimensio...

Let us think about a situation, we have completed our respective courses in this institute, got jobs as well and then we realize that we literally don't have any identity card issued from here! How does it feel? Yes, more or less a same situation is there among the natives of Assam now. About 40 lakhs of people, who might be living there for decades, are at this moment not eligible for getting the Indian citizenship. More specifically, the final draft of Assam's National Register of Citizens was published on 30th July. Out of the 3.29 crore people who had applied to become a part of the NRC, only 2.89 crore were identified as valid citizens. More than 40 lakh citizens have been found to be invalid citizens of India. First of all, What is NRC? Why its upgradation was necessary?        The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a list of all bona fide Indian citizens. It was first prepared after the Census of 1951. Since then it has never been u...

Introduction Millions of species populate Earth. The vast majority gain energy to support their metabolism either directly from the sun, in the case of plants, or, in the case of animals and microbes, from other organisms through feeding on plants, predation, parasitism, or decomposition. In the pursuit of life and through their capacity to reproduce, organisms use energy, water, and nutrients. Organisms interact with one another in many ways, including competitive, predatory, parasitic, and facilitative ways, such as pollination, seed dispersal, and the provision of habitat. These fundamental linkages among organisms and their physical and biological environment constitute an interacting and ever-changing system that is known as an ecosystem. Humans are a component of these ecosystems. Indeed, in many regions they are the dominant organism. Whether dominant or not, however, humans depend on ecosystem properties and on the network of interactions among organisms and within and amon...

An eminent and young Nobel laureate Malala Yousafazai once quoted “I raise up my voice – not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard…we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.” This belief precisely outlines the foundation for a new era where women strive to achieve their desired place in the contemporary society. The 21 st century has the seen the world change several fold. It has seen the societal roles being interchanged. On one hand women are taking up jobs which were earlier regarded to be reserved only for the male population and men taking up roles which were sought out for the females. A social sovereignty has been established which paved way for concepts of feminism and political equality to make its way through after countless years of patriarchal dominance and struggle.   In the light of the facts, the global figures speak somewhat of a different tale. Discrimination against women have also seen a sharp increase terming it to be rampant ...