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RICE: 130 varieties
• Thopchini: mota chaaval or fat rice which gives a very good yield ranging between 70-72 quintals per hectare; 75 per cent of the rice can be recovered after pounding
• Jhumkia: the ear of the rice is like a jhumka (earring); 75 per cent …
• Thopchini: mota chaaval or fat rice which gives a very good yield ranging between 70-72 quintals per hectare; 75 per cent of the rice can be recovered after pounding
• Jhumkia: the ear of the rice is like a jhumka (earring); 75 per cent …
The Seed Supremo
THE winding road from Hardwar, the base of the Garhwal Himalaya, leads towards Chamba, a comparatively large village (often confused with the better known Chamba of Himachal Pradesh). Ten kilometres off Chamba lies the village Nagni, whose claim to fame is the relatively shy farmer Vijay Jardhari, founder of the …
Goodshow
BAN on commercial felling of trees in Himachal Pradesh is yielding results. The forest cover has increased and there has been a rise in the population of endangered species like the snow leopard. The state government, which had banned tree felling for commercial purposes, is now permitting felling by farmers …
Shape of things to come
FOR Santram Dikshit, a paper technologist at the Jan Sewa Ashram, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) near Solan, Himachal Pradesh, even trash is a valued resource and a business opportunity. Today, his organisation is engaged in using discarded plastic bags for manufacturing carpets. About 1.5 kg of plastic is required for …
Saving the earth
a stretch of barren hilly land is called changar in Himachal Pradesh. Since it lacks irrigation, agriculture on changar is difficult. About 427 sq km land in the basin of the river Beas in Kangra district is changar . It is spread over 99 pancha yats and 570 villages where, …
Utilization of slate mine waste: a study
The extraction of slate generates huge amounts of waste. As much as 50% of the material is wasted during the extraction, cutting and dressing operations. Based on laboratory work carried out by author it is analysed that the slate waste can be used in the preparation of concrete blocks for …
Juice no more
apple production in the state of Himachal Pradesh ( hp ) has dropped by 50 per cent in the last five years despite an increase of about 27 per cent in the cultivated area. The Himachal Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association ( hfvga ) says the rampant and unplanned use …
Enemies turn friends
LANTANA CAMARA, a terror for cultivators, will finally see some use. Not only a menace in areas where the soil is fertile, the weed is equally at home in poor soils. Its seeds are disseminated widely by birds and have a high rate of germination. Moreover, Lantana is highly adaptable …
ABUSE OF POWER
abuse of power: In another recent order, the SC proclaimed for the first time, the
A CLEAN SLATE
The villagers of Khaniyara in Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh, have sought the intervention of the High Court against local slate quarries which are threatening the area's ecology. To curb illegal quarrying inside the neighbouring Kembal forest, the court has ordered the state forest department to demarcate the forest land; the …