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    Berceem clover/Bur clover seeds

    I am looking for Berceem/Bur clover seeds to grow it with rice for weed control Please let me know the availability and pricing. Regards, Nandan
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    sell plantation drumstic seed

    Price, delivery, how to order Hi, I would like to know the features, price, delivery,how to order and if there is a minimum quantity. I am based in Palakkad, Kerala. Regards, Nandan
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    Finger millet seeds

    Hi, I am looking for 2-3Kgs of finger millet (ragi) seeds in palakkad,Kerala. Please let me know if it is available with anyone. Regards, Nandan
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    how to start organic farming

    Probably little bit reading will give you some basics, a few books zero budget natural farming (3 book series) - Subash Palekar One Straw Revolution - Masanobu Fukuoka Plenty for all - Dhabholkar Just google and you will find them in indian book stalls, if not send me a private message...
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    Organic Coconuts

    You can contact Santha Ramaswamy of Coimbatore who markets organic vegetable etc. and try your luck. I can give her contact details over private message. Even I have organic coconuts in palakkad,Kerala but sells at the same rate. Now a days rate (6.6 rupees per coconut) is slightly increased...
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    Modern agriculture.

    Agriculture practices Hi, If you are getting into agriculture it will be better if you can do organic/natural farming so that your soil will be healthy and in turn you will also be healthy. Modern chemical based agriculture is polluting the water/environment/soil and causes major health...
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    Bush cutter

    Bush cutter is a waste - why? Why did you conclude that bush cutter is a waste? I rented it to clean the grass and it was effective, now thinking of buying one. Once you clear the land and mulch it with grass clippings it becomes good manure and also you can start planting. Regards, Nandan
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    Hi All

    organic manure Hi Prabhu, You can grow legumes, oil seeds, cereals, spices and green manure crops and in each category 5 different varieties. Once this is grown you can cut and mulch and apply Jeewamritha/Amritha pani above this mulch. Basics of these methods can be found from...
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    list of farming entrepreneur of india

    farmers This will be a good thing to do and motivating a lot of people.It may be good if you can get a list of people who moved from IT to farming also. People like Bhaskar Save, Subash Palekar, Narayana Reddy etc.. are more than just farmer enterpreneur. Organic source book by Claude...
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    What needs to be noted while buy land in kerala?

    documents Hi, I bought the land near Vandithavalam, in Palakkad couple of years ago. An advocate verified the docs and also drafted the agreements. In addition to verifying the sale deeds, tax paids ..you have to check if the original documents are pledged in some banks for loan. If it...
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    Getting started on Organic Farming

    Info on Organic farming Here are some books on Organic/Natural farming/Zero budget farming..Basically philosophy is almost same.. One straw revolution - Masanobu Fukuoka Plenty for All - Prof. Dhabholkar Zero Budget Farming (3 books) - Subash Palekar Regards, Nandan
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    Software Professionals Turned Farmers

    Paddy cultivation Hi, Nice to see your passion in paddy cultivation. You can try SRI (System of Rice Intensification) method of paddy cultivation. Basically in this method, only one rice plant is trasplanted with a distance of 1 feet by 1 feet and also transplanted within 10 days (just google...
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    Yield and Profitability of 1 Acre land

    Yeild & different views Hi Mathivanan, Here are some reports on profitability and yeild... Madhavan an IIT graduate turned farmer gets 50,000/- per acre and his target is 1,00000/- per acre (If number of zeros are not correct, 0.5L and 1L....).. There is another report that V.S...
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