Shocking revelation by the Dr. Punjabrao Deshmukh University of Agriculture Because of laxity in maintaining the quality of the soil, agriculture in Vidarbha has to face soil deficiencies of various nutrients including carbon. This shocking observation has been recorded by Continue reading
Dr. Havinal prevents damage by anticipating the rain When he knew that it would rain in the next two days by consulting the weather office, Dr. Changonda Havinale of Solapur immediately began covering his two-and-a-half acre orchard with plastic sheets. Continue reading
Industrialist Satish Purandare has a sugar factory in Tanzania Growing from the original sugar export business, Purandare became a professional consultant for sugar factories; and now, he is the owner of a sugar factory himself, and that too, overseas, in Continue reading
86 mm rain recorded at Visapur Hailstorm and unseasonal rains have wreaked havoc in the Konkan and north-central areas of Maharashtra. The Department of Agriculture reported that heavy rains have lashed Konkan and north-central Maharashtra. Visapur in the Sangli district Continue reading
Plea in Assembly on behalf of drought-stricken areas; Discussions have political overtones The Kharip season has been in vain due to low rainfall, standing crops were lost to unseasonal rain and there are no expectations from the Rabi season. The Continue reading
“Watery” villages in a famine-hit region! Medsinga is a village with a population of 2700 in the Osmanabad Taluka. Rainfall is the only source of water. It has a farming area of approximately 1200 hectares, with sugarcane, soybean, Bengal gram Continue reading
Farming by Shree Samarth Shetkari Mandal, Yeola (Tal. Ghansavangi) Inspiration from group farming Everyone from the Shree Samarth Shetkari Mandal observes experiments done by the others in the group and implements them in their farm. If someone lags behind, they Continue reading
The garden was nurtured using purchased water During the drought of 2012-13, he built a tank with his own money. Moreover, water was supplied to the orchard by renting tankers from outside, which cost about four-and-a-half lakh rupees. The mango Continue reading
Success in spite of adverse conditions Sambhajirao started cultivating Aloe Vera in 1998 and it was an instant success. He had a good run at it, but he had not given any serious thought about marketing of his production. He Continue reading
“Decrease in problems in pomegranate production” Problems with pomegranate In June 2007, Bhagat started cultivating the Bhagwa variety of pomegranates, for which he used the method of air layering graft (guti kalam) for pomegranate, purchased from a private nursery. He Continue reading
