Agriculture
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Organic pest management
Botanical pesticides prepared from a variety of plant ingredients soaked and fermented in cattle urine provide a suitable alternative to chemical pesticides, at least for ...
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System of Rice Intensification (SRI)
The System of Rice Intensifi cation (SRI) was developed in Madagascar by Henri de Laulanie, in the 1980s. The practice contributes to both healthier soil and healthier plants, ...
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Improved compost preparation
Compost can be prepared from a wide range of organic materials including dead plant material such as crop residues, weeds, forest litter, and kitchen waste. Compost making is an ...
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Black plastic covered farmyard manure
Applying compost or farmyard manure (FYM) is an excellent way of maintaining and building soil fertility. Considerable nutrient losses often occur through the inappropriate ...
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Shitake Mushroom as cash crop
There is a great potential for cultivating shitake in mountain areas of Nepal and other parts of the Himalayan region. The technology is demonstrated at Godavari as it can be a ...
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Paulownia as a productive tree
Paulownia was planted at ICIMOD Knowledge Park at Godavari, to determine whether it would grow in the Himalayan mid-hills and the optimum conditions. It has proven highly ...
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Sloping Agricultural Land Technology (SALT)
Sloping agricultural land technology (SALT), otherwise known as contour hedgerow intercropping (agroforestry) technology (CHIAT), is a system in which dense hedgerows of fast ...
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