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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 […]

Integrated Nutrient Management

Integrated Nutrient Management is the practice in agriculture with all the sources of nutrients being applied to the soil for better yield; better soil productivity and sustainable soil conservation. Simply, INM is the practice of using nutrients for optimum production conserving the soil. According to WHO, Integrated Nutrient Management is the proper management of soil, […]

बीउ र बीउको गुणस्तर

बीउ कुनै पनि बालीको जग हो। कृषि बनस्पतिक परिभाषामा बीउलाई परिपक्क बीज अण्ड भनिन्छ। सरलीकृत तथा उदार अर्थमा धेरैले बीउलाई विरुवाको सन्तान उत्पत्तिको साधन भन्छन् । तसर्थ बीउ एक जीवित बस्तु हो र नयाँ बोट उत्पादन गर्न सक्षम हुन्छ । बीज एउटा सानो भ्रुणात्मक बोट हो जसलाई बीज कोटले छोपेको हुन्छ। बीज र अन्न बिचको […]

गुणस्तरीय बीउ : खाद्य-सुरक्षा र आत्मनिर्भरता

बीउ भनेको सुरक्षात्मक आवरणले ढाकेको एउटा परिपक्क रजकण र वानस्पातिक तरिकाले पुनरोउत्पादन गरि बाली उत्पादनका लागि रोप्न वा छर्न प्रयोग गरिने सजिव वस्तु हो । सामान्यतयास् बीउलाई बिरुवा विकासको पहिलो खुड्किलो रुपमा लिने गरिन्छ । माटोसङ्ग पारस्परिक सम्बन्ध गाँसेर सोही माटोमा उपलब्ध हुने विभिन्न प्रकारका आधारभुत तत्वहरुलाई प्रयोग गरेर बीउले अंकुरण थाल्दछ । र बिस्तारै […]

कस्तो बीउ बिजनलाई हामीले गुणस्तरीय बीउ बिजन भन्ने ?

वानस्पतिक हिसाबले परिभाषित गर्दा बीउलाई एउटा परिपक्व अण्ड भनिन्छ । बीउ एक आफ्नो जातीय (वंशानुगत) अस्तित्व कायम राख्ने तथा आफ्नो जीवन संरक्षण गर्ने साधन हो । धेरैले बीउलाई विरुवाको सन्तान उत्पतिको साधन हो भन्दै परिभाषित गरेका छन् । बीउ जीवित हो त्यसैले रोप्दा उम्रने हुनु पर्दछ । सबै बीउ अन्न/दाना हुन सक्छ तर सबै अन्न […]