Posts Tagged farmers
October 16, 2009 at 1:19 pm · Filed under Greenhouse ·Tagged bricks, cement, decorative flowers, farmers, glass sheets, glasshouses, Greenhouse, greenhouses, growing plants, growth of plants, optimal parameters, plastic sheets, Polyethylene, right time, slogans, space constraint, transparent glass, transverse direction, vegetables, wake up call
In today’s world wherever you go the slogans depicted here and there is, go the green way, save tree save future and so on. The most popular phrase that everyone would have experienced is, “you aren’t the last human being to survive in this world”. This clearly sets out the message to save the future. So as an early wake up call, preparations for the future have to be made. Greenhouses have come at right time, which can be implemented in the future even if there is no space available to cultivate the plants.
Greenhouse concept:
What is this greenhouse concept? Greenhouse is nothing but kind of a house wherein plants can be cultivated. What makes it very special is that we can set a greenhouse in a place whichever is suitable for growing plants. Greenhouse is not a house, which is built by means of cement bricks etc. Greenhouse is a house, which is built using either by glass sheets or plastic sheets that are transparent. Glass sheets used are well-defined ones where as the plastic sheets are usually made of polyethylene or PMMR’S. Plastic sheets are strong and stiff longitudinally but not as strong as in transverse direction. So this paves the way for glass sheets as a common material to be employed in making of greenhouses. The small greenhouses uk made out of glass sheets are also known as glasshouses. Glasshouses can be interconnected to a computer and optimal parameters can be maintained so as to help the growth of plants. Greenhouses can be classified into two types: large greenhouse and small greenhouse. Small greenhouses are the common sight in United Kingdom. One can notice as many number of greenhouses if he turns out to a trip to United Kingdom. The very fact, which makes it most popular, is the space constraint, attracting as many no of people to own it. Greenhouses are used widely in UK for the cultivation of decorative flowers, vegetables and so on. Small greenhouses are employed by small farmers to gain more money from. Many ask what is the advantage of a greenhouse? The advantage of growing plants in a greenhouse is that crops can be cultivated in all climatic conditions thereby we can have an edge over the others who conventionally grow the plants. Based on the weather the conditions the greenhouse can be modified perfectly so as to help the plants to get the nutrients in a balanced proportion. Hence small greenhouse has attracted many in UK.
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October 10, 2009 at 2:28 am · Filed under Pest Control ·Tagged amount of money, Beetle, beetles, concentration, farmers, food habit, fruits and vegetables, fungi, habitats, human population, insecticide, maggot, methodology, money loss, pest control sprays, pests, poor farmer, reproduction rate, sheep, two ways
A beetle is commonly known to many of us. But what it really does is not known by many of our people. The one unique feature about the beetle is that it is having the most number of species that is ever known. Other feature of this is that the beetles are common in all habitats. The reason for the beetles to be available in all habitats is due to the fact that beetles adapt to any climate and the other thing is that their reproduction rate is far higher than any other living beings. In a square mile the beetle population is 70 times the human population. They mostly feed on the plant and fungi.
Why is beetle harmful?
The reason for the farmers to worry about the beetle is that due to their two ways of causing damage to the farmers. The first one is due to their food habit. As they feed on the plant and fungi they largely damage the plants which form the major source of income for the normal farmer. If the plants are eaten by these pests then automatically the price of these fruits and vegetables will go down causing a large loss of money for the poor farmer. The second case is that when the beetles decompose the dead things. They also have the capability to decompose dead decaying matter. So they will be attacking the skin of the living beings too. This represents the sheep. This will also result in a large amount of money loss for the people who are living on them.
Ways to solve this problem?
The one and only way to solve this problem is to go in for the usage of pest control beetles. This also a spray of insecticide similar to the maggot pest controls. They work similar to the maggot pest control in all their procedures. They two work in two fashions. The preventive and the killing way and thereby eliminate the beetles once and for all. The only difference that it has over the other is that it would be more intense in its concentration. This would cause the plants to react fast to the control spry than the other pest control sprays.
The methodology of the pest control usage:
The pests eat away the plants so it is mandatory to use the pest control methods. The usage of the beetle pest control is much simpler when compared to maggot pest control. The only thing to be kept in mind is that the concentration must be kept low and the spray must be done only once in three months.
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October 10, 2009 at 2:26 am · Filed under Pest Control ·Tagged boon, cattle, caution, farm animals, farmers, Insect, intervals, larval phase, living organisms, maggot control, maggot therapy, maggots, medical industries, nearby farm, paralysis, Pest Control, remedy, sheep, spoilage, two ways
A larval phase of any insect is known as the maggot. These things usually feed on the dead tissues of living organisms. It has both good and bad associated with it. In most medical industries it is used to make living things cure from their respective diseases. This form of therapy is known as maggot therapy. But it is also accepts a large no of living things too. Only if they are in controlled state they are helpful to the society in other cases they form the killer for the society.
Why maggot is harmful?
The reason for the question is quiet simple. In large cases of the maggots, form a threat to the pets and the nearby farm animals. This largely mentions the sheep. This is a big fact for the farmers to worry as they face this as a major problem. This is because most of the farmers depend upon the sheep for their source of income. If something is bothering it them it is bothering their whole economy. If the maggot attack is untreated then it would even result in the death of the cattle.
Ways to treat?
The only remedy to this problem is to go in for the maggot pest control. This is nothing but spray of pest control fluids that are more effective in controlling the growth and attack of the maggots. These attack the maggots in two ways. One is that it would directly cause a paralysis in the maggot. The other is that it would restrict their growing area. This is found to have a high effect over the maggots. This has formed a major boon for the farmers in fighting the diseases and effects caused by the maggots. They are hundred percent safe to use and will not cause any effect to the crop or the pest. So usage of this is recommended by many of the people.
Usage manual:
The ways to use the maggot control is very simple. The procedures main aim is to spray it at proper intervals and proper amount of the spray has to be done. If improper procedures are followed it would result in the spoilage of the crop. For this reason alone the caution is taken in these matters. The amount of this must be used in proper proportions. There is no standard proportion for this. It varies for each and every brand. But everything works great on the crops and fights best on the maggot.
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October 9, 2009 at 6:17 am · Filed under Drip irrigation, Mechanization ·Tagged Agriculture, contour, crops, cultivators, Drip irrigation, farmers, fruitful results, irrigation facilities, irrigation methods, irrigation scheme, irrigation system, pivot irrigation, profits, root tips, surface changes, technological advancements, topological features
Agricultural practices have refined in last few years. People have broader idea about getting fruitful results out of their investment on the lands. One can ensure effective growth of plant only if the plant or whole plantation is administered with good irrigation facilities. These facilities can be helpful in providing useful gains for the farmers. By far technological advancements have gathered minds of farmers to render useful ideas into planned actions. These technological advancements can be adjudged with useful application in day-to-day life.
Importance of irrigation system
Irrigation plays a vital role in the modern day agriculture. The root tips are in search of water when they travel down inside the ground. These can be ably supported by irrigation administered by the cultivators. The irrigation methods are of varied types that are available for cultivators. Starting from drip irrigation to center pivot irrigation. Some of irrigation methods take care of all the necessary topological features that prevail in particular land. The contour of surface changes from place to place. It is quite evident that it can affect watering scheme adopted by the farmers. But this would be justified by the amount of water needed. Some crops would need large supply of water to be supplied to root tips.
Irrigation facilities promised by drip irrigation
Drip irrigation is one of the popular methods adopted by the farmers all over the world. This method could bestow useful irrigation to the crops that are planted. Drip irrigation is preferred in the gardens. The gardens that are small can be well sheltered under effective watering through drip irrigation scheme. Also some watering scheme require some additional components such as tubing that can add to the cost of establishment of watering facility. This can be cashing for the farmers initially but with effective maintenance it can fetch huge profits on long run. Drip irrigation also ensures correct level of moisture that is to be maintained around the root tips. Any variation in this can cause adverse effects on the plant.
Drip irrigations systems – Components
Drip irrigation involves use of valuable wit to design the overall plan of the system. The system includes tubing and piping needs to be satisfied before going for commissioning of irrigation system. There are several components that form integral part of drip irrigation systems. Also one needs to ensure proper design of irrigation systems can be employed to facilitate moisture monitoring. The shoot system of the plant needs supply of water and other nutrients through root. The watering of plants at optimum level ensures proper supply of nourishments for the development of crop into sizeable yielding. Special simulation software is available to map all the essential failure nodes that can lead to drastic changes in the irrigation channel. Hence it is advisable to use that software to clear out all the loopholes present in irrigation channel.
Effective maintenance of irrigation systems
Maintenance of irrigation system largely depends on the design of irrigation system. The maintenance of the drip irrigation system involves series of actions that can ensure proper working of overall system. Subsurface drip watering schemes are widely used by the farmers pertaining to different parts of world to irrigate the lawns. These can be effectively monitored for pressure inside the channel. This pressure if not checked periodically can institute massive technical failures for the entire irrigation system. People can seek expert advice to have proper maintenance. The tubing can be checked for correctness periodically to eliminate water leakage. The inlet and outlet nozzle can be cleared off from dust and mud in order to have proper entry and exit of water inside the whole watering system.
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September 16, 2009 at 2:48 pm · Filed under irrigation systems ·Tagged atmosphere, carbon dioxide, crop cultivation, crops, Drip irrigation, essential nutrients, farmers, Fertilizers, glucose, granules, gravity, gravity irrigation, hilly terrains, innovative thinking, irrigation system, irrigation systems, irrigation water, plants, productivity, roots, soil erosion, starch
Importance of irrigation for farmers
Water to crops is equally necessary compare to the food for humans. Crops convert the water and the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere for converting into the glucose which is available in the form of seed and granules in the crops. Hence if we need to have a good crop cultivation then it is very important that you provide a good irrigation system to the fields so that the crops get enough amount of water to convert them to starch and glucose. A good irrigation system provides water to all the plants in the fields. The best irrigation system should distribute equal amount of water to all the crops. No crop should get les amount and no crop should get more amount of water. As if a crop is provided with more amount of water then they many lead to soil erosion and the crop may not have nutrients in the soil to grow, thus limiting the productivity of the field.
Some methods of irrigation by farmers
Water is distributed by either using power or just simply by means of gravity. The water is distributed by gravity automatically thus requiring no external power. This type of method is mainly used in hilly terrains where the terrain is inclined in nature thus giving way for automatic powerless irrigation. Some other innovative thinking has lead to another type of irrigation called as the drip irrigation in which water is injected directly into the root part of the plant so that they can absorb the water in very less time and hence can produce the crops in a very fast manner. This can also be added with the injection of water and fertilizers and other essential nutrients into the roots of the plants directly as if the fertilizers are sprayed in the soil then there is very less chance for the plants to absorb the fertilizers.
Disadvantages in irrigation system for farmers
Gravity cannot be used in very inclined regions as they can cause large amount of soil erosion that too in a particular piece of land. Also it will be difficult to cultivate crops and harvest them in inclined placed. They might cause fatigue to the farmers who harvest them. The disadvantage in the drip irrigation system is that the initial cost becomes too high that it can not be implemented by poor farmers. This can also be implemented only over a large piece of agricultural land.
Article Summary: Although there are many techniques which are used to cultivate crops in large quantities, the demand is still high than the produced goods. The farmers are developing more and more irrigation systems to cope up with the increase in the demand for the food supplies and the crop cultivation.
Resource Box Info: This article describes various irrigation process followed by the farmers in a place where the annual rainfall is usually less compared to other place in the country. You can visit the following site to get more information about the irrigation systems of the farmers http://agricultureguide.org/agriculture/irrigation/ .
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September 2, 2009 at 6:24 am · Filed under Drip irrigation, irrigation systems ·Tagged atmosphere, conserving water, crops, cultivation practice, drip irrigation systems, efficiency, extent, farmers, Fertilizers, handful, irrigation facilities, irrigation system, moisture level, optimum level, plants, root level, Sustainable agriculture, wastage of water, water application, wit
The drip irrigation is employed for the cultivation of variety of crops such as melon plants. Since only optimum moisture level is to be maintained within cultivation land, one can adopt drip irrigation. For plants like melon family need only less amount of water, drip irrigation can be handful. Read the rest of this entry »
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August 1, 2009 at 6:47 am · Filed under Articles, News, Orchard ·Tagged air moisture, common misconception, erosion, farmers, food web, Manure, plant root, root systems, soil preparation, three times, ventilation, warmth, weed control
Soil, is a living thing. Like all living things, it needs air, moisture and warmth. If we don’t work on it with correct techniques, we can’t harvest as much as we’d like, we only get as much as it’s able to give. If we process our soil properly we will provide moisture, ventilation and warmth which is a good environment for the growth of plant root systems.
Soil Food Web
The goals of soil processing is:
- Preparation of seedbeds.
- Weed control.
- Removal of foreign objects on the surface and making sure manure is mixed correctly with the soil.
- Preparation of field for watering and control of erosion.
It is a common misconception in our country that more plowing leads to more production. The farmers even become proud when they plow their fields two or three times each season. But scientific research shows too much processing actually hurts the soil. It is bad for yield and production costs. The soil must be worked on just as much as it requires, not too little, not too much.
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Agricultural Biodiversity 