by Zumbish | Aug 7, 2023 | Products and Platforms Press & Media
70-80% Indian farmers depend on groundwater; solar irrigation inadequate to change crop choices: Report Policies favouring growth of staple water-intensive cereal crops in different states have played major role in irrigation expansion India’s looming groundwater...
by Manjunatha G | Aug 7, 2023 | Rural Futures Press & Media
ಬರಡು ಮಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಜೀವ ಚೈತನ್ಯ ತುಂಬುವ ಸುಸ್ಥಿರ ಹಸಿರೆಲೆ ಗೊಬ್ಬರ ಕೃಷಿಗೆ ಮೂಲಾಧಾರವೇ ಆರೋಗ್ಯವಂತ ಮಣ್ಣು. ಯಾವುದೇ ಮಣ್ಣು ಬೆಳೆಯಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾಗದೇ ಹೋದರೆ ಆ ಮಣ್ಣನ್ನು ಬರಡು/ ಕಡಿಮೆ ಉತ್ಪಾದನಾ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯದ ಮಣ್ಣು ಎನ್ನಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಮುಖ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಬಿತ್ತಿದ ಬೀಜ ಗಿಡವಾಗಿ ಬೆಳೆದು ಒಳ್ಳೆ ಇಳುವರಿ ಕೊಡಬೇಕಾದರೆ ಆರೋಗ್ಯವಂತ ಮಣ್ಣೇ...
by Manjunatha G | Jun 19, 2023 | Rural Futures Blogs
Explainer: How Green Manure Can Help Degraded Farmlands Sustain Themselves A rotavator crushes a row of plants to create manure. Photo by Revanna Siddappa, Prarambha Soil fertility, i.e. the soil’s ability to support plant growth and optimise yield, depends on myriad...
by Manjunatha G, Sandeep Hanchanale, Veena Srinivasan | Oct 4, 2022 | Rural Futures Press & Media
Is Agroecological Farming a Solution for Rainfed Degraded Land? As part of Mongabay India’s ‘Conserving Agro-biodiversity’ series, our experts look into Akkadi Saalu, a traditional intercropping system in Karnataka that encourages biodiversity on the farm. While the...
by Srushti Paranjpe | Jun 7, 2022 | Rural Futures Press & Media
The Benefits of a Diversified Farm in Maharashtra Climate resilience, good yields and steady income: With erratic weather wrecking crops, growing multiple crops and nurturing an ecosystem could help farmers stay afloat. On a diversified farm, a variety of crops can be...
