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Ms. Bharati Arvind Tripathi, Horticulture Consultant, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, discusses the use of native plants in landscape. Planting native trees , shrubs and herbs in the garden will have an immediate impact on the environment, with insects like bees, butterflies getting attracted. It...

Col. Sujan Mohanty, Founder, Orchids n More, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, discusses about commercial orchids cultivation and its challenges. Seeing the biodiversity and musical world of nature always mesmerise us, especially when we are living in the hustle and buzzle of the city life. The vision of...

Ms. Ajita Tiwari, HoD (i/c), Department of Agricultural Engineering, Assam University, Silchar, Assam, talks about food preservation techniques. The purpose of processing and preserving foods is to prevent spoiling of food material by reducing the growth of microorganisms and to extend the...

Mr. Vijay Bharat, Secretary, Mobile Agricultural School and Services, Ranchi, Jharkhand, talks about processing and value addition of finger millets. Finger millets is majorly grown by tribal people but considered as a super food. It contains many parts such as outer part, aleurone layer...

Mr. Mohamed Aseemudheen M, Masters Scholar, Kerala Agricultural University, College of Agriculture, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, explains how to set up FPO with small group of farmers. A producer organisation is a legal entity formed by primary producers or farmers. The organisation will share...

Mr. Rahul Paharia, Director, Jwala Techno Engineering Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, Maharashtra, talks about how to set up mango pulp processing unit. Mangoes are of special interest for anybody interested to set up a fruit processing plant. Amongst all the fruits exported from India, mangoes are exported...

Mr. Upendra Singh, Co-Founder, Farm Trip Private Ltd, Jaipur, Rajasthan, elaborates on Kolam Rice: Meeting Local and Global Standards for Quality. It has been observed that we are facing crisis in food production and quantity all over the country for both domestic and export purposes, and the...

Ms. Anitha Santhosh, Founder, Blossoms Farms, Belur Taluk, Hassan District, talks on anthurium cut flower cultivation. When I realised that I wanted to go into floriculture to have an employment for myself, I decided to opt for anthurium cut flowers. I started with 500 plants, bought the...

Ms. Sangita Dipak Sawalakhe, Director, Vidarbha Biotech Lab, Yavatmal, President VBL Agriculture Research and Health Organisation, Yavatmal, Maharashtra. She explains organic or natural farming is not possible without microorganisms and friendly insects. It is not possible to do organic or...

Mr. Rahul Paharia, Director, Jwala Techno Engineering Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, Maharashtra, talks about how to set up mango pulp processing unit. Mangoes are of special interest for anybody interested to set up a fruit processing plant. Amongst all the fruits exported from India, mangoes are exported...

Dr. Nagaraja T. E., Professor (Plant Breeding), University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, talks about millets breeding. Millets are small grained cereals grown in 131 countries across the globe. Pearl millet and sorghum are major millets and finger millet, foxtail millet, kodo millet...

Mr. Anand Kadakol, farmer, Devataru Farm, Dharwad, Karnataka, narrates the story of creating an organic farm – 14 years in the making. I was working in corporate setups in various countries, and I always had a feeling that we had to go back to India, to our roots, and do whatever we wanted to...

Ms. Reenu Noushad, Research Technician, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture ICBA, Dubai UAE, explains how to improve chilly cultivation productivity. The local names of chilli include mirchi, lal mirchi, and mirchiya. The plant’s botanical name is Capsicum annuum, belongs to the...

Dr. Shivakumar Magada, Professor of Aquatic Biology, KVAFSU, Bidar, Karnataka, discusses about aquaculture, advanced technologies and systems that are available and practised in the country. It is essential to understand the economics of agriculture, and only then it is possible to understand...

Mr. Shaik Akbar Ali, Designated Partner, IIFSA Information and Inputs for Sustainable Aquaculture LLP, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, talks about aquaculture and virtual pond management. We, at IIFSA, are running a set of systematic approach, ICT based pond management services. Aquaculture is similar...