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Monday, May 12th, 2008Conventional irrigation systems, such as channel irrigation and wild flooding tend to waste water as large quantities are supplied to the field in one go, most of which just flows over the crop and runs away without being taken up by the plants.
Recycling of Organic Waste
Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Introduction
Organic waste is produced wherever there is human habitation. The main forms of organic waste are household food waste, agricultural waste, human and animal waste. In industrialised countries the amount of organic waste produced is increasing dramatically each year.
New Technology of Extracting Coconut Oil
Thursday, May 1st, 2008Here’s a new technology of extracting coconut oil that can triple the income of coconut farmers. Dr. Pham Binh Chay, a researcher of the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (BIOTECH), University of the Philippines Bahos, has developed a better method of getting oil other than the traditional, tedious and uneconomical “copra system.”
Basic Guide to Hydroponics Technology
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008What Is Hydroponics?
In Latin, the word hydroponics means literally “water working.”
Hydroponics is the method of growing plants in nutrient-enriched water instead of soil—producing a healthier plant and healthier aromas. Plants grown using this method produce fruits and flowers with clearer, purer, more transparent scents. Impurities from soil and bacteria are eliminated, allowing hydroponically grown flowers […]
Vermiculture: The Management of Worms
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Diagram of a household-scale worm composting bin
It defines the thrilling potential for waste reduction, fertilizer production, as well as an assortment of possible uses for the future. Vermiculture enhances the growth of plants that provide food along with producing prosperous and financially rewarding fertilizer.
The earthworm is one of nature’s pinnacle “soil scientists.” Earthworms are […]
Making Hollow Blocks from Farm Wastes
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
METHOD #1
Rural folks can beat the high prices of housing materials. Out of farm waster and ordinary soil, one can make durable hollow blocks comparable in strength to commercial ones.
The hollow blocks can be made right on the building site and fashioned similar to commercial hollow blocks. Although considered strictly non-load bearing, it is […]
Coconut Cooking Oil
Monday, February 4th, 2008For this purpose, a practical method for rural application and based on the subtractive method has been developed since it gives a high percentage of recovery of oil using ordinary household utensils. A detailed description of the process is as follows:
Biogas: What is it; How it is Made; How to Use it; - Part 3 of 3
Monday, July 30th, 2007Time
84. It may take up to three weeks or even a month for the waste in your biogas unit to start making gas. After that, gas will be made for about eight weeks.
85. During these eight weeks, half of the gas will be made in the first two or three weeks and the rest in […]
Biogas: What is it; How it is Made; How to Use it; - Part 2 of 3
Monday, July 30th, 2007Waste materials
What waste materials to use
58. Animal manure from cows, pigs and chickens, and crop and plant wastes are good materials for making biogas.
Materials for make biogas
59. You can use animal manure alone or plant materials alone or you can use both mixed together.
60. Straw which is mixed with manure, which you may have where […]
Biogas: What is it; How it is Made; How to Use it; - Part 1 of 3
Monday, July 30th, 2007 Introduction
1. Farmers and their families always look for ways to make their lives better.
Farmer families
2. One way farm families can make their lives better is to make their own fuel gas which they can use for cooking.
Use fuel gas
3. Today many farmers are making fuel gas at home. They make it from animal manure […]
