Eco Secretz

Krishi Jyothi Session by Shri Naveen Dutt Bhatti(9302127921) in CWF Whatsapp Group on 10th Feb Saturday.   Session leader Intro: an organic farmer from Indore. Has land at Indore and Pachmarhi (Matkuli). Growing wheat, soybean and season vegetables. H No. 55, Near New Digambar Public School, Khandwa Road, Village Limbodi, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452001 Session Synopsis in his own words Wheat is the second most important food crop in our country which contributes nearly 45 percent of total foodgrain production. The most common wheat grown in our country is consumed in the form of unleavened backed bread called chapatti. It occupies 90% of the total wheat area. It is grown from sea level up to an elevation of 3500 mts. Secondly, Emmer wheat is grown on a very restricted scale in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, AP and TN. It has high fibre and protein contents Varieties of wheat have been classified into certain groups state wise. Irrigated timely, Irrigated late, I...

Vegetable growing session by Mr Ravi Sankar Tekuru(9703016820) in CWF Whatsapp group on 4th Feb 2018. About Session leader in his own words:  My Name is Ravi Sankar Tekuru. I came from a remote village called Venkannapalem, Nellore district, AP. Presently working as Software Engineer in Hyderabad. 7years back I came to city life. In this 7years I'm not able to adapt to city life as a result I searched/moved around villages nearby me. In this way, I met nearly hundreds of farmers and I became witness to their techniques, sorrows, happiness, etc. This is the way I met some of you people and CWF evolved. Today session topic is Growing Vegetables.When I saw something new I had a habit to document it. I'm sharing some of my document on session topic This topic vegetable farming paired with several other topics, which can't be explained in detail. So I share links to other topics. Will discuss only on vegetables. Vegetable farming and intercrops. 1) Select a...

AhamKrishak Bandhu session in the cheap way of farming WhatsApp group with Smt Vidhya from Vellore district, Tamilnadu, India. Held on 14 Jan 2018. Session in her own words.            Often in farming we see lot of issues with money most of the time farmers do not get the value for their produce.. At other times familial obligations like marriage n if any previous loans eat into the budget of the farmer pushing him to take loans as we know bgetting loan from banking institutions is not that easy one has to make several trips if you dont have some banking employee as your friend or acquaintance under such circumstances farmer is pushed towards loan sharks who give loans easily but which grows into mountain in few days if one is not familiar or does not have means to pay back the monthly interest rate .. This and erdatic climatic conditions inability to market produce often leads to menta pressure driving the farmer to think of giving up his life as the...

AUTHOR: Mr. SURESH MADUGU ( +91 98487 61913 ) Krishi Jyoti session in CWF WhatsApp group by fellow member Shri Suresh Garu . He is a Freelance trainer and has a classic touch on all subjects related to agriculture sector. He gave session on "Efficient Water Management in Farms ". Here is the summary of the session in his words. Today's session is on water use efficiency aimed at producing more with a little amount of water or more yield per drop of water. In India, most follow surface irrigation..like Flood irrigation, basin, bund etc..in most scenarios when we irrigate the fields much water wastage through percolation, evaporation etc..hardly 30% water is available to crops. This leads to heavy losses in irrigation, more water to produce commodities and less rainfall is causing water table depletion.    water used to produce commodities. To increase water efficiency, we started using new technologies like Sprinkler, Drip, Shade net and poly hous...

AUTHOR: Mrs.SUJATHA(+9194440 55548) A session in CWF Krishi Jyothi lead by Smt. Sujatha Gullapalli.A natural farmer who started her journey from 2014 in Natural farming Padmasri Palekarji's method popularly referred to as Zero Budget Natural Farming aka ZBNF.  Here we present the session in her own words                       So many people doing natural farming in different methods. I am so comfortable following this system. And exactly following my Guru. As per my Guruji's words, in natural farming, we will consume less water comparatively with non-zbnf farmers.                   First of all, we made farm bunds. Every 4 acres we divided and made bunds and bunds also covered with seasonal plants, which we change for each season. In kharif, we plant bottle guards,  ridge guard like creepers. In Rabi season we will cover with Gummadi ie pumpkin, mari...

Aham Krishak Bandhu session in CWF group by Sakalesh Ravi(9886377250) - A Techie working in Banglore, Karnataka, India turned weekend farmer.         To begin with (On a lighter note), the First challenge is to convince your family, especially your wife that you are quitting the job and want to start farming: My farm is in Ballari (North Karnataka), our's is a black soil. Half the land is irrigated (borewell) and other half is rain-fed.   As a beginner, first thing we need to know if we have understood the concept of natural farming correctly.  In my quest to learn about organic farming, I had attended one of the sessions of Narayana Reddy Sir and was very impressed. My interest in farming grew stronger. Before I started farming, decided to talk to many fellow farmers and visited many farms  People were kind enough to guide me. Until this point I had thought Organic farming was the only ultimate thing,  then people taught me about ...