Farming system Definition : Farming system is a mix of farm enterprises such as crop, livestock, aquaculture, agro forestry and fruit crops to which farm family allocates its resources in order to efficiently manage the existing environment for the attainment of the family goal. The Crop Calendar is a tool that provides timely information about seeds to promote […]
Sustainable agriculture is an effective poverty reduction strategy when matched with rural development strategies to address the economic, social, and political disadvantages of the poor. It can increase income and food supply at the household level and can provide cheaper food, increased employment opportunities, and higher wages which contribute to broader poverty reduction. About 22,843,197 […]
हामी सबैले सानैबाट सुन्दै आएको कुरा- “नेपाल जैविक विविधताले भरिपूर्ण देश हो।” यस सुन्दर भुमिमा हजारौं किसिमका जिवजन्तु तथा वनस्पतिहरु पाइन्छ।वनस्पतीकै कुरा गर्दा आज हामी टिमुर बारे जानकारी लिनेछौं। हुन त टिमुर बारे धेर-थोर ज्ञान सबैमा हुन्छ। हामिले दैनिक रुपमा यसको उपभोग गरिरहेकै हुन्छौं। हाम्रो भान्साघरमा धेरैजसो यसको प्रयोग मसलाको रुपमा र चटनी बनाउन हुन्छ […]
Rice is by far the most important crop in Nepal and accounts for about 50% of the total agricultural area and production in the country. It is grown on about 1.45 million ha, and total production since 1988/89 has hovered between 3.2 million and 2.5 million tonnes. Rice contributes approximately one-fourth of the GDP and […]
आज फेरि कृषि सँग सम्बन्धित रहेर छलफल गर्न मन लाग्यो। मानव अस्तित्वको विकास सरी पुरानो इतिहास बोकेको कृषि लाई फर्केर हेर्ने हो भने विविध स्वरूप देख्न सकिन्छ। ढुङ्गे युग देखि आजको मोर्डन यानिकी आधुनिक खेति प्रविधि सम्म आइपुग्दा, कृषिले नया रूप लिगेको छ, धेरै परिवर्तन भएका छन्, ती परिवर्तनका पनि आफ्नै विशेषता अनि आवश्यकता छन्। […]
Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK) relates to a person’s genuine knowledge, a population that reflects traditional experiences as well as more recent encounters with new technologies. It is assumed that there is no systematic record of their origin about what they do and how they can be modified, their operations, boundaries, and applications. It exists in […]
Natural farming which is also known as “ do nothing farming” is an eco-friendly and sustainable way of growing food without interfering with crop and soil relationships as found in nature. It is simply a process of imitating nature to establish the balance between different components of nature in the farm. Its principles and techniques […]
अदुवा (Zingiber officinalis L.) जिन्ज़ीबरेसि (zingiberaceae) परिवार अन्तर्गत पर्ने मसला बाली हो्र पानीको निकासको राम्रो व्यावस्था भएको कालो, हलुका तथा खुकुलो माटो र चिस्यानयुक्त उष्णरउपोष्ण हावापानी अदुवा खेतिको लागि उपयुक्त मानिन्छ । ४० देखि ५० ग्रामको स्वस्थ र पोटिलो बिउ गानो लाई ३० से.मि. को दुरी कायम गरी फाल्गुन देखि चैत्र महिनामा रोप्न सिफारिस गरिएको […]
Nepal is diversity rich country; diversity in people, culture, tradition, knowledge, lifestyle; diversity in flora, fauna; resources, and mainly the Agrobiodiversity: Diversity on that Agriculture on which the country’s 80% households and 66% labor force depends as a source of income (IFAD 2018). But the status of farms and those farmers is very low. Resource-poor […]
Nepalese agriculture is characterized by subsistence farming and the concentration of most lands in the hands of a few people. Even though more than 66% of people here are involved in agriculture, Nepal is a food deficit country importing both cereals and high-value agricultural commodities. In addition, this occupation is not considered a fine line […]
