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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 […]

Preservation of seed; Utmost need to promote biodiversity and enable ecosystem

Seed is a fertilised mature ovule that posses an embryonic plant,stored food material(endosperm) and a protective coat(testa), which is viable and has capacity to germinate. We are very known of the fact that many seeds are edible and the majority of human calories comes from seeds, especially from cereals, legumes and nuts. Seeds also provide […]

Situation of seed production in Nepal

Seed is a fertilized mature ovule that posses’ embryonic plants, stored food materials and a protective coat (testa), which is viable and has capacity to germinate. Seed material includes all vegetatively propagated materials like Tubers of potato Bulb of onion and garlic Rhizome of turmeric and zinger Roots of yam and cassava Sets of sugarcane […]

उत्पादनका लागि पालिने पशुहरूको खोपको महत्व र खोप तालिका

भेटेरिनरी खोपहरु पशु स्वास्थ्य, पशु कल्याण, खाद्यबस्तु उत्पादन र जनस्वास्थ का दृष्टिकोणले महत्वपूर्ण मानिन्छ ।खोप सस्तो मूल्यमा रोगबाट बचाउने एकमात्र उपाय हो। सुरक्षित र गुणस्तरीय पशु आजको आवश्यकता हो ।पशु खोप मानव स्वास्थ्य ,पशु स्वास्थ्य र खाद्य सुरक्षा को लागि सजिलो उपलब्ध हुने , किफायती तथा आर्थिक रुपमा सस्तो र महत्वपूर्ण उपाय हो। खोपको उत्पती […]

Influence of Biochar on Crop Productivity in Organic Agriculture

We often wonder how can we increase our production and productivity leaving no traces of impact on human lives and nature, but do we really look into the probable solutions ? The same question heard from thousands of voices have echoed a lot and now we can say that we may have a credible measure […]

Organic farming, The future of Agriculture !

Excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides as a mean of intensive cultivation to boost up our food production have caused considerable damages to our soil health and the environment. This has been criticized recently by many environmentalists.  This has focused the attention of several experts in ecologically sound viable and sustainable farming systems, known […]

CONDITION OF SEED SECTOR AFTER HAVOC OF COVID-19

Seed, fertilizer, and irrigation are the major inputs that drive improvements in agricultural productivity. But we all have known that world wide pandemic COVID-19 has got potential not only to cause downfall of health sector or economy but also seed sector on the developing country like Nepal . for an agricultural country like ours with […]