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अहिलेको युगमा अर्गानिक खेतिको आवश्यकता

जैविक खेती कृषिको त्यो विधि हो जो संश्लेषित उर्वरकहरु एवं संश्लेषितका कीटनाशकहरु बिना प्रयोग वा न्यूनतम प्रयोगमा आधारित छ तथा जो भूमिको उर्वरा शक्तिलाई बचाई राख्नका लागि फसल चक्र, हरियो मल, कम्पोस्ट आदिको प्रयोग गर्दछ। कृषि क्षेत्रमा रसायनिक मलको प्रयोगले एक दिन कृषि योग्य जमिनहरु मरुभुमिमा परिणत हुँने भयावह अवस्थाबाट नेपालीहरुले बेलैमा बिचार पुर्याउँनु पर्ने […]

किसानको लागि सरकार खोइ ?

नेपाल विकासोन्मुख तथा परिवर्तनको संक्रमणकालिन अवस्थामा भएको र विकास र समृद्धिका लागि अन्य कुनै पुर्वाधारहरु नभएको अवस्थामा कृषि क्रान्ति नै आर्थिक समृद्धि र देश विकासको एकमात्र विकल्प हो। देशमा कृषि क्रान्ति ,कृषि आधुनिकिकरण ,यान्त्रिकरण र व्यवसायिकरण को कुरा गरिरहदा कृषि गर्ने किसानहरु भने कहिले उत्पादित उपजले बजार नपाएर त कहिले विभिन्न कारणले कम उत्पादन तथा […]

Organic Agriculture in Nepal, Opportunities and Challenges

Agriculture being Nepal’s principle economic activity, employing more than 65% of total population, contributed 26.98% of total GDP of Nepal in FY 2018/19. Nepal Government has always emphasized this sector for dealing with key issues of poverty alleviation and economic development. Its support however is inclined towards conventional agriculture rather than organic farming. Organic Agriculture […]

Hermetic Storage Systems

Hermetic Storage is a method of using sealed, airtight units to control moisture and insects in stored dry agricultural commodities. The hermetic storage restricts gas exchanges between the internal and external environments and the stored commodity, maintaining the initial levels of moisture and controlling pests by the lack of oxygen. Sealed or hermetic storage systems are a very effective means of controlling grain moisture […]

Does Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) Policy Is Effective To Our Country Nepal ?

Although about 65% of the population are engaged in agricultural sector (agriculture, forestry and fisheries), the contribution of this sector to GDP is estimated to be 26.98% in the fiscal year 2018/19. This contribution was 27.59% in the fiscal year 2017/18. In the fiscal year 2019/20, Nepal spent Rs. 243 billion importing food which was […]

Major Challenges in marketing and trading of organic product In Nepal

In Nepal, the organic agriculture movement was first noticed at its infancy stage in the US policy level. In 1987 American research scholar Ms. Judith came to Nepal (Bhaktapur) and started “organic agriculture” who founded an NGO, Appropriate Agricultural Alternatives (AAA) which is devoted for research advocacy and marketing of organic agriculture. But organic agriculture […]

Organic Farming: An Eco-Friendly Way to Sustainable Agriculture

Organic Farming is defined as the production system, which avoids or largely excludes the use of synthetically compounded fertilizers, growth regulators, pesticides and livestock feed additives. Organic farming mostly relies upon crop rotation, animal manures, legumes, green manures, crop residues, off- farm organic wastes, mechanical cultivation mineral bearing rocks and several other aspects of biological […]

Organic Certification Process in Nepal

Organic certification is a process of branding or labelling your farm or farm products declaring them to meet the standard guidelines set so as to be called organic. It is a process ensuring that the producers and processors strictly follow the requirements and standards set. After the certification of farm or products, one is issued […]

उन्नत प्रविधिबाट गहुँको बीउ उत्पादन

कृषि बनस्पतिक परिभाषामा बीउलाई परिपक्क बीज अण्ड भनिन्छ । बाली उत्पादन गर्नको लागी बीउ एउटा प्रमुख लागत सामाग्री हो । गुणस्तरहीन बिउको कारण उत्पादनमा गिरावट भैरहेको छ। नेपालको कृषि अनुसन्धान प्रणाली फितलो भएको कारण हाम्रो देशमा बिउको परनिर्भरता झन बढ्दो छ। बिगतमा आयातित हाइब्रीड बिउमा भर पर्दा नेपाली कृषकले पटक पटक दुष्परिणामहरु भोगिसकेका छन् ।अरुको […]

“Organic farming for the resilient food system: Vermicomposting a new normal practice”

Agriculture is the fundamental aspect of Nepalese daily life, most important thing in agriculture is the healthy soil for good production but at the time the condition of our soil is getting very dilapidated. Our country stands as one of the poorest countries in the world. Highly susceptible to natural disasters, like earthquake, drought, floods […]