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Masanobu Fukuoka |
The One Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming |
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Masanobu Fukuoka is one of the most radical and influential agrarian thinkers of this century. 'One Straw' describes the events that led to the development of Fukuoka's concept of 'natural farming'. In this book, he emphasises the basic principles of non-cultivation and non-chemical farming by the incorporation and controlled use of weeds rather than their eradication. Using these methods Fukuoka produces greater crops than achieved by chemically-based and modern farming practices. Year by year... |
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Masanobu Fukuoka |
The Natural Way of Farming |
$37.99 $28.49 |
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Here in one volume are the secrets of Fukuoka's approach to farming the natural way. Natural farming is based on the observation of nature and allowing it to do what it naturally does best. Born in a small farming village on the island of Shikoku in Southern Japan in 1914, Masanobu Fukuoka was trained in microbiology as a plant pathologist. His career began as an agriculture customs inspector running tests on incoming and outgoing plants at the port of Yokohama. At twenty-five, he started to... |
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Claude Bourguignon |
Regenerating the Soil |
$18.99 $14.24 |
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The author in this treatise systematically shatters the modern farming's increasingly unnatural and unsustainable theories of agriculture which are rooted and reflective of industrially generated synthetic chemicals and pesticides. The author potently restores the ancient and primal truth that the soil is inherently alive and only living soils will support and agriculture of permanence.In this new and revolutionary book, Claude Bourguignon explains the natural basis of organic agriculture.... |
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Mohan Shankar Deshpande |
Organic Farming wrt Cosmic Energy |
$31.49 $23.62 |
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Is any agricultural expert prepared to prove that: The Deshpande method is wrong and loss producing for a farmer. The trials carried out on a thousand farms by the cultivators under his guidance and the working of the processes of nature as explained by Shri Deshpande based on these experiments is erroneous? The advertisements which confuse the farmers must also be stopped The Indian Agriculture should be freed from the shackles of Scientific Blind Faith."No Fertilizer is required as food... |
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Masanobu Fukuoka |
The Road Back to Nature |
$37.99 $28.49 |
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Fukuoka's reflections on his trips to Europe and to America, his sense of shock at seeing the destruction wreaked in the name of agriculture. A collection of his lectures, articles and essays which outline his thinking on nature, God and man and his underlying optimism that good sense can still prevail and we can still turn it all around. A collection of articles, lectures and essays recording his impressions as he travels the world talking about his revolutionary 'do-nothing' agricultural... |
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Subhash Palekar |
The Philosophy of Spiritual Farming - Volume I |
$25.49 $19.12 |
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Contents: 1. WHY GREEN REVOLUTION:Ancient India and Indian culture; Karl Marx and Gandhi; Equality is false; What about the effect of Globalization on the Agricultural sector; GATT; Biodiversity Act; Patent Act2. IS GREEN REVOLUTION, THE DESTROYER OF HUMAN RESOURCES? :Exploitation of farmer's economy; Bara Balutedar; Gram Swaraj; Industrial Revolution; After second world war; Effects of Green Revolution; A dirty and destructive Face of Green Revolution3. WHAT IS GREEN REVOLUTION? :How... |
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Subhash Palekar |
Zero Budget Natural Farming - Five Layer Palekar's Model (Part I) |
$18.99 $14.24 |
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About the Book:To get poisonless food, Pollution free water, air, Environment and happy, pleasant, wealthy and prosperous life for each and every living being, is the Birth right of everybody. That our birth right has been seized off by this violent, nonscientific, inhuman, barbarous, demonous, atrocious, ferocious, monstrous Green Revolution, from every producer farmer and Urban consumer. For acquiring this birth right for every living being, we have started this legal, non-violent and... |
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Subhash Palekar |
The Principles of Spiritual Farming - Volume II |
$25.49 $19.12 |
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Conetents: 13. ROLE OF THE Carbon IN Soil FERTILITY :Bio-physio-chemical cycles, what is the carbon cycle, Organic carbon & humas creation, volatile carbon, unstable carbon, Is green manuring process scientific, Purpose of mulching, stable carbon, the difference between green manuring, buring & composting, what is rotting, role of intercrops in soil fertility, organic carbon & temperature, Relation between carbon oxidation & micro-organisms14. ROLE OF THE NITROGEN IN... |
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Subhash Palekar |
Zero Budget Natural Farming - Five Layer Palekar's Model (Part II) |
$18.99 $14.24 |
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About the Book:To get poisonless food, Pollution free water, air, Environment and happy, pleasant, wealthy and prosperous life for each and every living being, is the Birth right of everybody. That our birth right has been seized off by this violent, nonscientific, inhuman, barbarous, demonous, atrocious, ferocious, monstrous Green Revolution, from every producer farmer and Urban consumer. For acquiring this birth right for every living being, we have started this legal, non-violent and... |
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Subhash Palekar |
The Symbiosis of Spiritual farming - Volume III |
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Subhash Palekar |
The Techniques of Spiritual Farming - Volume IV |
$25.49 $19.12 |
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Contents:1. Discussion (Dialougue)2. How to Practice Zero Budget Natural Farming3. Natural Paddy Crop4. Variable Crop Patterns of Rice Cultivation5. Rice Transplantation Method6. Sugarcane Crop7. Banana Crop8. Coconut Cultivation9. Arecanut (Areca Catechu) Cultivation10. Black Pepper Cultivation11. Coffee Cultivation & Vanilla Cultivation12. Cocoa Cultivation13. Wheat Cultivation14. Jowar (Sorghum) Cultivation15. Kharif Crops Pigeon Pea, Maize & Cotton Cultivation16. Natural Plant... |
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Subhashini Sridhar |
Organic Vegetable Gardening |
$9.49 $7.12 |
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First published in 2002, this popular little booklet has been revised, enlarged and reprinted. Organic Vegetable Gardening focuses on how to grow vegetables in your garden without the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. It gives information on composting techniques and brief descriptions of pests and diseases that veggies are susceptible to and how to control them. |
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Subhashini Sridhar |
Neem: A User's Guide |
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Aimed at rejuvenating local, low cost use of neem in agriculture and health care. Meant to serve as a user’s manual for farmers and sustainable agriculture alternatives. Also useful for those interested in the uses of neem in effective home remedy for anamals and humans. Since time immemorial, we have used the Neem tree in agriculture, public health, medicine, toiletries, cosmetics, livestock protection and rituals. The tree is considered invaluable and it is found in every part ofour... |
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Arun K. Sharma |
A Handbook of Organic Farming |
$175.49 $131.62 |
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An encyclopaedic work on the issue of organic farming, this book covers most aspects of this vast subject. A useful companion for any organic farming enthusiast. Contents of the Book: Cycle for survival. Towards organic farming. Soils environment and plant growth. Soil organic matter and humus. In-situ manuring. Ex-situ manuring. Production of compost. Vermi-composting. Bio-intensive nutrient management. Mechanism of nitrogen fixation. Ecological pest management. Neem : the... |
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Shripad A. Dabholkar |
Plenty for All |
$25.49 $19.12 |
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For those who may want an introduction to Shripad Dabholkar's ideas - particularly Prayog Parivar methodology - here is a new book written by Dabholkar himself which gives details. |
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A T Dudani |
Alternatives To Pesticides In Tropical Countries |
$50.49 $37.87 |
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Alternatives to Pesticides in Tropical Countries presents a background to the history of pesticide use, tracing the gradual increase in both use and production. The author, AT Dudani, has written the book with particular reference to his local knowledge of India. While outlining the hazards of overuse of pesticides, the author explains the importance of international guidelines, developed by the Food and Agriculture Organisation. |
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Christopher Bird |
Secrets of the Soil |
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This book, a fascinating companion to 'The Secret Life of Plants' by the same authors, tells the story of the innovative, nontraditional, often surprising things that certain scientists, farmers, and mystics are doing to prevent the slow degradation of our planet. For example, using the techniques of Rudolf Steinera's biodynamic agriculture with its reliance on ethereal forces from the planets, Dan Carlsona's growth stimulating Sonic Bloom, and rock dust fertilizer to revitalize depleted... |
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Shylaja R. Rao |
User's Manual Series on Sustainable Agriculture Improving Soil Fertility Naturally 3 |
$4.95 $3.71 |
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Manohar Parchure |
Organic Farming |
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Parchure seeks to debunk the NPK theory of plant nutrition with homegrown wisdom. |
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Shylaja R. Rao |
User's Manual Series on Sustainable Agriculture Chemical Free Pest Control 4 |
$4.95 $3.71 |
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G.K. Ghosh |
Bio-Pesticide & Integrated Pest Management |
$37.99 $28.49 |
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While analysing how the use of chemical pesticides led to environmental disaster, this book suggests many alternative bio-pesticides which can help to increase food production without environmental damage. |
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Subhash Palekar |
Vegetable crops in Zero Budget Spiritual Farming (Volume 2) |
$18.99 $14.24 |
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Subhash Palekar |
Vegetable crops in Zero Budget Spiritual Farming (Volume 3) |
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Shylaja R. Rao |
User's Manual Series on Sustainable Agriculture Soil and Water Conservation 1 |
$4.95 $3.71 |
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Sanket K. Joshi |
Seed Album of Some Medicinal Plants of India |
$44.99 $33.74 |
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The books "Seed Album of Some Medicinal Plants of India" is a novel experiment-a deviation from the normal trend of focusing the leaves and flowers of a plant. The book not only depicts the morphological diversity and beauty of seeds but also assists in an instant identification of the plants through attractive photographs of seeds/fruits. The physiological aspects such as seed dormancy, germination, viability and propagation methods have also been given due consideration for... |