Tuesday 29 September 2015

Quail Farming Guide


Basically Quails are small birds and commercially grown for their meat and eggs. These birds belong to the family of “Phasianidae”. In Asia, commercial farming of these birds is increasing day by day as the investment and maintenance is very low when compared to other birds. These bird eggs are very nutritious than chicken eggs. Japan quails are very popular in the world and the first commercial farming of quails is started in Japan and now it spread across the world. The advantage of the quail farming is, these birds can be raised along with other poultry birds. In Asia, due to the increasing  population in rural as well as in urban areas, there is a huge demand for meat and there is no doubt,,To Read More Info Click here. 

Sunday 27 September 2015

Watermelon Cultivation Guide

Watermelons are native to the Kalahari Desert of southern Africa and the first recorded watermelon crop was found in Egypt. Farmers can make good profits from cultivation of watermelon, if proper cultivation methods and farm management practices are followed. Individual watermelon plants produce both male and female flowers. The fruit size varies from 2 to 15 kg, depending on variety. However, seedless varieties need pollinators. With the help of fruit shape retainers, farmers producing different shapes of watermelons which have great demand in the market. For example, in Japan, square shaped and love shaped watermelons are popular have great demand. China is top producer of watermelon in the world. To read more, Click Here. 

Saturday 26 September 2015

Rice Farming Guide

India is an important centre for Rice Farming and consumption. India stands in second position after China in the production of rice. Methods of growing rice differ greatly in different regions, but in most Asian countries including India, the traditional hand methods of cultivating and harvesting rice are still practiced. Modern farming of rice started in most of the countries which drastically reduced the labour problems and cost of cultivation to read more Click here.

Monday 21 September 2015

Ladies Finger Cultivation Guide

Okra is a vegetable crop which can be predominantly grown in tropics and subtropics. Okra originated in tropical and subtropical Africa. In Asia, the crop is cultivated for its young tender vegetables, used in curry and soups after cooking. Okra is also popularly known as “Lady's finger". In India, this vegetable as called as "Bhendi" or "Bihindi".Okra is good source of nutritional values and health benefits. The stem of the plant is used for the extraction of the fiber. Okra farming is very profitable and can be cultivated throughout the year. Okra belongs to the family of "Malvaceae" and genus of "Abelmoschus". To read more Click here. 

Friday 18 September 2015

Mint Cultivation Informatio Guide

Mint is one of the popular herb cultivated for its aroma, culinary use and medicinal properties throughout the world. Mint belongs to the family of "Labiatae" and genus of "Mentha". Mentha oil is derived from a common mint. It is an aromatic annual herb plant having pleasant odour leaves and is classified as an industrial crop. The end product of Mentha oil is extracted from the mint leaves by processing and steam distillation. In most of the Asian countries, mint is used in dish preparations for better flavour and aroma. Mint is a commercial crop and has huge demand for its leaves due to its medicinal uses. One can get decent profits with mint farming provided proper mint cultivation practices are followed. The mint is originated from Brazil and China.To read more click here.

Tuesday 15 September 2015

Tomato Cultivation Information Guide



Commercial cultivation of tomatoes such as greenhouse tomatoes, hydroponics tomatoes, playhouse tomatoes apart from open field tomatoes are pretty much successful everywhere in the world. The main advantage of tomato farming is, it can be grown from pots in backyard to highly commercial fields. Tomato belongs to the family of “Solanaceae” and genus of “Lycopersicon”. Basically it is a herbaceous sprawling plant growing to 1 meter to 3 meter in height and their flowers are in yellow colour. The tomato size depends on the cultivar (variety) as there many hybrid/commercial varieties available in the market. To read more click here. 

Friday 11 September 2015

Bitter Gourd Farming Information

Bitter gourd (Memordica charantia L.) is one of the most popular vegetable cultivated throughout Asia and extensively grown in India. This vegetable is also known as Bitter melon in other parts of the world. In India this vegetable is called as "Karela". Basically Bitter gourd plant is a vine that has climbing nature and belongs to the family of "Cucurbitaceae". Bitter gourd is popular due to its nutritious values, medicinal values and excellent health benefits. This vegetable is also used in herbal products. The taste of this vegetable is bitter due to the presence of 'momordicine'. The commercial cultivation of bitter gourd is very successful because of its high market demand and value. Bitter gourd is mostly consumed as fresh juice apart from using in culinary purpose.To read more: Click here.

Coconut Cultivation Guide

Coconut Farming:- Coconut plays very significant role in Asian economy and grown throughout tropical world. Dried coconut kernels (copra) and coconut oil is widely used in soap manufacturing, cosmetics and hair oils. Coconuts also used in many industrial products, which husk is source of fibre used in coir industry. The tender coconut water is a popular thirst quencher of health and virgin coconut oil (VCO), extracted from fresh coconut kernel without any chemical processes is full of vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants, thus making the coconut oils as “mother of all oils”. In India, commercial cultivation of coconut is major contributor of rural economy; these nuts are cultivated not only in coastal area but also in other states. With good farm management practices farmers can achieve maximum yield and thus profits. Coconut is cultivated in more than 93 countries of the world and Indonesia, Philippines, India are the major production countries in the world. In India, Kerala, Karnataka, TamilNadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Goa, West Bengal, Pondicherry, Maharashtra and Islands of Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar, Gujarat, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Tripura, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland are major commercial production and traditional cultivated states. Coconut belongs to the family of “Arecaceae” (Palm family) and genus of “Cocos”. To Read more click here.