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Prospects of Organic Agriculture in Nepal

According to IFOAM, “Organic Agriculture is a production system that sustains the health of soils, ecosystems, and people. It relies on ecological processes, biodiversity and cycles adapted to local conditions, rather than the use of inputs with adverse effects. Organic Agriculture combines tradition, innovation, and science to benefit the shared environment and promote fair relationships […]

QUALITY SEED; A BASE FOR INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

During 20th century alone, the world population has grown from 1.65 billion to 6 billion. In 1970, there were roughly half as many people in the world as of there now. Though, due to declining growth rates, now it will take over 200 years to double it again, the predicted population will be around 10 […]

HOW QUALITY SEED HELPS IN FOOD SELF SUFFICIENCY AND FOOD SECURITY IN NEPAL ?

The seeds which are varietally pure with a high germination percentage, free from diseases and disease organisms, proper moisture content, and weight are known as seed quality, and quality seeds aids in food security and food self-sufficiency as they can produce high yields and fulfill the necessary demand of the present populations. The quality seeds […]

ORGANIC AGRICULTURE AND CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION

Organic farming is crop and livestock production practices that avoid the use of synthetic pesticides, chemical fertilizers, genetically modified organisms, synthetic antibiotics, synthetic growth hormones, synthetic animal drugs and synthetic food additives. Organic agriculture completely restricts on use of chemical fertilizer and utilizes locally available resources like, cow dung manure, compost manure, vermi-compost and thus, […]

Enough of toxic conventional relationship !

All of us must have been acquainted with organic farming which is an agricultural system that uses ecologically based pest controls and biological fertilizers derived largely from animal and plant wastes and nitrogen-fixing cover crops. Speaking of biodiversity, it is a measure of variation of living organisms at the genetic, species, and ecosystem level. Biodiversity […]

INDIGENOUS SEED STORAGE PRACTICE IN NEPAL. CONDITION RELATING TO PRESENT CONTEXT

High quality seeds of improved varieties are essential to enhance the production of annual crops. In tropical climates, high temperatures and humid conditions combine to cause rapid deterioration of seeds in open storage, resulting in lost value, poor stand establishment, lowered productivity and a disincentive to invest in improved seeds. Most seeds in Nepal are […]

Legal provision to register and obtain patent of local landraces and patent law in Nepal

Legal Provisions means any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any Governmental Entity. It helps to safeguard your invention and protect any product, design or process that meets certain specifications according to its originality, practicality, suitability, and utility. Every county in the world make Legal provision to register […]

प्राङ्गारिक खेतीका लागी घरेलु कीटनासक बनाउने तरिकाहरु

प्राङ्गारिक खेती गर्दा विसादीको प्रयोग गरिदैन र त्यसैबिच जब बालीमा किराहरुले आक्रमण गर्न थाल्छन् तब किसानहरु दोधारमा पर्नुहुन्छ। त्यसैले आज मैले हाम्रै घर वरिपरि पाइने चिजहरुबाट केही घरेलु कीटनासक बनाउने तरिकाबारे जानकारी दिनेछु जसले बालीमा लाग्ने विभिन्न किराहरुलाइ ब्यबस्थापन गर्न मद्दत गर्दछ। १. मेवाको पात  मेवाको पातबाट हामिले विभिन्न किरालाई मार्ने कीटनासक बनाउन सक्छौ। यसका […]

PRINCIPLE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FOR RESILIENT ECOSYSTEM

The present scenario of COVID-19 has made us realize the importance of the ecosystem and has urged us to consider the environment we live in as the prime factor in any farming practices. Thus, In this situation, organic agriculture is considered the best sustainable farming approach as it enhances the efficiency and productivity of land […]

COVID_19 and its impact on seed sector

The outbreak of COVID-19 as a global pandemic has brought ineluctable impact on all sphere of life from downturn of global economy to abrupt effect on public health. Nepal, an impecunious country whose major economy relies on agriculture production has been hard hit by this pandemic. Due to the strict lockdown enforced by the government […]