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Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia volubilis), also known as the Inca peanut, is a woody twining vine that produces star-shaped green fruit capsules containing edible seeds inside. The seeds are touted as a rich, source of high-quality essential fatty acids, and have exceptionally high protein...

Echinacea plants means which plant ? Pl clarify with full botanical name or common english / hindi name . For example Indian echinacea is Kalamegha / kariyat in hindi . Echinacea purpurea common english name is Purple Cone flower ; is a North American species, cultivated as a garden plant in...

Which CISR-CIMAP variety Asparagus racemosus ( Nepali Satawar ) are you cultivating ? CIMAP has developed more than 50 varieties of Nepali Satawar since 1985 ? What CNF ( Carrying & Forwarding ) rate are you expecting for fresh and dried roots ?

Baba Ramdev is the largest domestic buyer of Red Sandalwood in India . There are three qualities of red sandalwood: the price of A Grade is Rs 1.75 crore / MT, B Grade fetches Rs 1.5 crore / MT and the price of Grade C is Rs 29 lakh/ MT . Govt of Andhra Pradesh auctioned Red Sanders wood in...

Post harvest micro cooling chamber has good business scope The storage life of fresh fruits and vegetables even at low temperatures in general varies between 1 to 4 weeks excepting for a few commodities like apples, oranges, potatoes, cabbage etc. The objective of micro model 10 MT capacity...

Black ginger, the rhizome of ( Kaempferia parviflora ), has traditionally been used as food and a folk medicine for more than 1000 years in Thailand. The dried rhizome is generally pulverised and used as tea bags, while the fresh one is utilised to brew wine . As dietary supplements, it has...

Most of the farmers of Karnataka prefers to grow old Spanish variety -TMV-2 ; GPBD-4 ;Kadiri-9 , ICGV-00351, Dharani , GPBD-5 are other geno type varieties popular among Karnataka farmers . ICGV 03043 is a new variety of ground nut developed by ICRISAT and Directorate of Groundnut Research ...

Casuarina equisetifolia ( Australian pine ) is salt tolerant and grows well in poor sandy soils . The plant is used to control erosion along coastlines, estuaries, riverbanks and waterways . The concept of of living fences in permaculture vary from place to place . Any plant species introduced...

Available varieties of geranium in India are - Algerian or Tunisian : It is a slender plant with dark pink coloured flowers. It is cultivated in Nilgiris. This variety yields 50-60% more oil than the reunion type. Reunion or Bourbon : It is grown in Nilgiri and Annamalai hills. The plant is...

Entire banana plant excellent source of highly valuable raw materials for other industries by recycling agricultural waste . Banana plant part such as peels, leaves, pseudostem, stalk and inflorescence in various food and non-food applications serving as thickening agent, coloring and flavor...

Many mails from the remote locations based farmers and individuals asking about the details about AZOLLA project . Assumptions in Azolla farming : 1. Cost of making plastic / used flex sheet lined pond ( 2.0 M X 2..0 M X 0.2M ) :Rs 800.00 @ Rs 400 for 2 mandays 2. Plastic sheets (...

I'm retired scientist from ICAR ( Indian Council of Agricultural Research ), Goa ; not a machine manufacturer or trader . Please feel free to communicate with CIMAP -CISR for the machines . I provide my agro consultancy service to established companies only , but sometimes I do undertake...

West Bengal based a new agro startup engaged in processing Azolla based value added products with Netherlands based technology is inviting individuals / farmer / agro entrepreneur / social organisations as contract Azolla grower associate . Azolla is an aquatic fern. It can be grown in a low...

Are you into cattle feed manufacturing or for your own dairy farm consumption. Damaged grains are mostly sold by FCI through tenders. If you buy from distance locations through traders the transportation cost . will be more than feedstock itself. TMR feed concept is an old one being practiced...

There are 3 types of hydro distillation process i.e. water distillation; water and steam distillation; and direct steam distillation. Water distillation : Traditional “Deg and Bhapka” process has been used for centuries and is used even now with the following traditional equipments – Deg ...

Conventionally turmeric rhizomes are used for cultivation purpose . It requires large quantity of turmeric rhizome because the low efficiency of vegetative propagation. Approximately planting material requirement is about 2.5 MT /ha In addition during storage and cultivation rhizomes...

www.entekrishi.com is the best referral source to network with Kerala based farmers .

In southern states the cost of production for a liter of milk is about 25-28 per lt.and where family members are engaged in the dairy and one hired , daily wage farm worker . If you are selling milk to milk societies the price is 34-36 per lt. If you are selling directly to the consumers...

Have you ever tried with bio degradable plastic ( corn flour +vinegar ) on water hyacinth fibre sheets based disposal plates , bowls etc .

It has been found that about 4-5% of the total milk produced in India is converted into paneer. Without strong and steady trading network paneer is risky business . Paneer has a short life span of about 2-3 days at refrigeration storage without much deterioration in the quality, but freshness...