Processed cardamom has more market value but processing of cardamom is a labour intensive process. Owing to lack of support from research institutions, farmers in the region have...
Participatory Technology and Development
The research in agriculture has been confined laboratories of the Research Institutes and Universities. The scientists most of the times, are not exposed to the ground problems...
Farmers diary : Vertical agriculture
In India, farmers born after 1950 will be puzzled if they are told that crops can be raised without the use of manmade chemical fertilizers and pesticides. But that is what have...
Indigenous rural transportation: a farmer’s innovation
Post harvest transportation of farm produce requires designing and developing vehicles with adequate knowledge on engineering and technology aspects. However, less...