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कोरोना, दिगो कृषी र पर्माकल्चर

कोरोना महामारीबाट विश्व आक्रान्त छ। यसको असर सबै देशहरूका सबै क्षेत्रहरूमा देखिन थालेको छ। नेपाल पनि यसबाट अछुतो छैन। कोरोना महामारीले धेरै कोणबाट नेपालको आर्थिक, सामाजिक राजनीतिक गतिविधिलाई अलग ढंगले असर गरेको छ। धेरैले हेला गरेको कृषि क्षेत्रको महत्व महामारीसँगै उजागर भएको छ र यसलाई समग्र कृषि क्षेत्रको उचाइ बढेको सहजै अनुमान लगाउन सकिन्छ । […]

नेपालमा अर्गानिक कृषिको सम्भावना र यसका महत्व

सामान्य रूपमा भन्नु पर्दा प्रकृति को सहि रूपमा संरक्षण तथा मानव स्वास्थ्यमा नकारात्मक प्रभाव पार्ने रासायनिक मल, बिउ, बिषादि लगायतका सामाग्री तथा प्रबिधिहरुको प्रयोग नगरी प्राकृतिक रूपमा उपलब्ध हुने बस्तुको प्रयोग गरि माटोको उर्वरा संरक्षण गरि स्वस्थ, सभ्य र स्वच्छ तरिकाले गरिने खेती नै अर्गानिक खेती हो ।देशमा उत्पादन भएका र आयातित तरकारी तथा फलफूलमा […]

Organic Farming: An Overview

Organic farming is a technique which involves the use of biological materials and avoidance of chemical substances (chemical fertilizers and pesticides) to maintain the natural health of soil. And as a result, organic farming gives less pollution, preserve the fertility of soil and maintain ecological balance and conserve biodiversity. AIM OF ORGANIC FARMING: To provide […]

Organic Coffee production in Nepal: Status and Opportunities

Organic Coffee production is one of the foremost commercial aspects of the agriculture in Nepal.  Coffee is considered as major cash crops with increasing demand of organic coffee in both national and international markets. In Nepal, coffee is first planted in 1938AD after a hermit planted coffee seeds in Gulmi brought from Myanmar and distributed […]

ROLE OF QUALITY SEEDS TO ENSURE FOOD SECURITY AND SELF SUFFICIENCY DURING COVID-19

Seed system is one of the most vital components of agricultural system that serves as an important element in strategies for agricultural development and poverty reduction. COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost every system worldwide and Seed system is not devoid of its effects too. Seed supply chain has been disrupted badly with very minimal workers […]

Community Seed Bank: A Conservation for Future

Seed is one of the simple yet major input that is essential for  farmers to obtain sustainable livelihood. Conservation (protection) and multiplication of both commonly and rarely utilized crops at farmer’s field holds a great importance to conserve agrobiodiversity which ensures sustainable agriculture. It is now realized by many that the sustainable agriculture cannot be […]

Healthy soil for healthy life

Soil, as defined by the Soil Science Society of America, is “the unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the Earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants. The formation of soil, padeogenesis, is a very slow process. Soil is the greatest reservoir of biodiversity. A healthy […]

खाद्य सुरक्षा र गुणस्तरीय बीउ : एक भ्रम

यदि पुर्नजीवनको कुनै स्रोत छ भने त्यो बिउ नै हो । जीवनको सुरुवात त यहीदेखि हुन्छ चाहे त्यो वनस्पति जगत् होस वा प्राणि जगत् । म एक कृषि विज्ञानको विद्यार्थी भएको हुनाले मैले यस लेखमा बिउलाई लिएर खाद्य–सुरक्षासम्बन्धि केहि भ्रमहरुलाई उद्घोष गर्ने प्रयास गरेको छु।केहि सन्देहहरुलाइ पनि प्रष्ट पार्ने जमर्को गरेको छु। कक्षा कोठामा गुन्जिने […]

Advantage of Composting and reasons of Asian farmer buying compost instead of making it by themselves

Composting is the process of decomposing the organic material by the successive action of soil microorganisms like bacteria, fungus, earthworms etc into a humus rich soil. For composting all organic material products are used such as wasted food, leaves, grasses, plant trimmings, straw, animal manure etc. Compost has been considered as a valuable soil amendment. […]

Organic Agriculture for building resilience for an unpredictable future

Changes affecting agriculture, such as rising oil prices, market volatility, climate change, or this pandemic, raise the issue of how to sustain agricultural ecosystem services. Farmers are faced with farm dynamics and disruptions caused by local, regional, national, or global patterns or shocks. These changes will bring new challenges to farmers. Farmers in developing countries […]