Introduction: Future of agriculture will be severely knowledge-intensive, competitive, and market driven. The horizontal expansion of the land is not possible due to the increasing population. Thus, the use of smart agriculture techniques is a must. Precision farming is an agricultural term which is a burning hot topic in the Global agricultural domain. It is […]
Wheat is regarded as the third important staple crop of Nepal in case of production. In 2076/77 the area under cultivation was 707505 hectares with a productivity of 3089 kg/ha. Most of the wheat in Nepal is grown in a rice-wheat cropping pattern which develops many challenges to farmers to escape adverse heat stress and […]
Black rice, forbidden rice (Oryza Sativa Indica) that is gaining high popularity nowadays for its high nutritional value and a higher level of antioxidants. It is so-called forbidden rice or emperor’s rice because it was reserved by autocracy in ancient china. Black rice being rarer and more nutritious as compared to other types makes it […]
धान नेपालको मुख्य खाद्यान्न बाली हो । हाल नेपालको १५,५२,४६९ हेक्टरमा धान खेती गरिन्छ भने ५२,३०,३२७ टन उत्पादन तथा ३.३६ टन÷हेक्टर उत्पादकत्व रहेको छ । धानले नेपालको कुल ग्राहस्थ उत्पादनको लगभग ७% तथा कुल कृषि ग्राहस्थ उत्पादनको २०% हिस्सा ओगट्छ । नेपालको मुख्य बालीको रुपमा परिचित भएपनि नेपाल भने धान उत्पादनमा आत्मनिर्भर हुनसकेको छैन । […]
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 […]
