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Karela (Bitter Gourd) farming in India & Cultivation guide
Bitter Gourd, Commonly known as Karela in Hindi, Pavakkai in Tamil or Kaipakka in Malayalam is a bitter vegetable commonly consumed in india. Its considered a melon and also goes by the name of Bitter melon in some other countries. The fruit is bitter but edible. Bitter Gourd or Karela is one of the few…
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Alphonso Mango Cultivation & Its Commercial Value
Mangoes are a natural crop in india. While mangoes can grow in almost all tropical weather, India is known for its mangoes. From Uttar pradesh to southern india, mangoes of some variety are grown in abundance. Each part of india has a significant variety of mango to its credit. Ratnagiri, is known for its Alphonso…
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Coir pith compost
Coir Pith is a by product of coconut husk. After the coir fibers are extracted, the remaining dust is called the coir pith or coir dust. the coir dust is high in Carbon content. the dust is not useful for any other purpose but agriculture. Unfortunately, direct use of raw, unprocessed coir dust is not…
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Coconut handling equipments
India is the largest producer of coconuts today, but do we know what to do with all of them. Our major failure today as farmers is our inability to process the produce we cultivate. May it be rice, tomatoes or coconut, we fail to process the produce effectively. for instance, tomatoes is one of the…
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Organic farming vs Conventional farming
Well thats kind of confusing. Conventinal farming is indeed organic. Thats what the oldest methods of farming was. No one had chemicals and we did not know how to farm any other way. but then, what i really mean is the kind of farming practised widely today when i say conventional farming. This article is…
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Thai Guava farming is Profitable. Here’s Why
Today most fruits in the market cost upward of Rs 50. The only fruit which is priced quite low is bananas which sell in the range of Rs 20. While the retail prices are high for consumers, the wholesale price or the price which the farmer gets is often very low. Even with low prices,…
