Herbal Care for Goats and Crops

Thiru Kathiresan, Melasthanam Village, Pudukottai District (Tamil Nadu) Kathiresan (37) rears goats to earn his livelihood. He is credited with developing a herbal-based veterinary cure. His local-veterinary practices are based on the vast repository of knowledge gleaned from Geethari Shephards, and traditional practices followed by his father. Thiru studied till the ninth grade in a … Continue reading →

Use of Sunari to turn green banana yellow

Antaryami PradhanAt/PO Tainsi, Dist. Angul, Odisha In Odisha banana is a common crop. The plant has a religious significance and yellow bananas in particular are in great demand. More often than not farmers choose to ripen the bananas using herbal methods. Antaryami Pradhan along with other farmers of his village prefers to use leaves of … Continue reading →

Snail shells used for banana ripening!

Laxmidhar SethiAt/P O Kausalyapur,Via-Pipili, Dist. Puri, Odisha Many farmers in Odisha ripen banana fruits by following a unique traditional method. They usually don’t wait for the banana to ripe on plant, rather they cut it and take it home. They use processed molluscs and snails for ripening the bananas. For ripening the bananas, they use … Continue reading →

आम की पैदावार बढ़ाने में मददगार सूर्यमुखी

विष्णुभाई वेलाभाई चौधरी ग्रामः खाटा अम्बा, जिलाः गांधीनगर विष्णुभाई सूर्यमुखी के तीन किलोग्राम उबले हुए फूल और तीन किलोग्राम कलमी के पत्तों को 20 लीटर गोमूत्र में मिलाते हैं। मिश्रण को छानने के बाद उसे पानी में घोला जाता है और फिर फसल पर छिड़का जाता है। आम के बागान में सूर्यमुखी के पौधे लगाने … Continue reading →

Multipurpose Drum Seeder

Damarashingi Baburao Village Parvathipuram, District: Vijayanagaram, Andhra Pradesh The multi-purpose drum seeder solely performs five major operations. It runs on three iron wheels and is two meters wide. Seven pegs are fixed for furrowing. two drums are placed above – one for seeds and the other for spraying herbicide. There is also a facility for … Continue reading →