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Rs. 95,000 worth 16 pumpkin seed

One of the reasons that I am getting less time for my blog is due to my involvement in the agriculture field. You heard it right, we are into agriculture and believe me we just had our first vegetable and that was tori ko saag . It might have been a small offering from this huge field, nevertheless, we are enjoying it and that is what matters the most. We had taken a 5 acre land on lease and have sowed tori (mustard), Anupama bean, and potato right now and in coming days we shall be into zinger and cardamom, while plans of integrated farming are also in the threshold.   One of the motives we are into this area, where three of whom are associated partners is truly raw persons when it comes to farming. We are together; with our interest and for the support of Sikkim State’s mission of Organic State. With each passing day, we are learning and with each passing day our interests are also getting deep-rooted We just plucked our mustard leaves (for vegetables) and it was a wonde...

SIKKIM RANKS SECOND IN ORGANIC TRADE FAIR

Sikkim ranks second in the best pavilion layout award in the India Organic Trade Fair 2007 held in New Delhi. Six delegation members with 40 farmers participated from Sikkim in the fair. TD Lachungpa, additional director (East and North) of State Food Security and Agriculture Development department (SFSADD) received the award on behalf of the state which was ...

Sikkim for organic farming

Statesman News Service GANGTOK, May 18: Sikkim had an opportunity to highlight the achievements made in the agriculture and horticulture sectors through Mr Somnath Poudyal, state agriculture minister at the 78th Annual General Meeting of the ICAR Society in New Delhi recently. Speaking at the meeting, Mr Poudyal emphasised on the need for horticulture-centric research in Sikkim with stress on evolving location specific technologies that are coherent with the social and cultural ethos of the locality. Calling attention on the continuous decline of mandarin orange, large cardamom and productivity problems associated with ginger, Mr Poudyal urged for immediate measures to revive these crops in the interest of all farming community. Important issues rose pertaining to development of cymbidium orchids' need for standardisation of production protocol, control of pests and diseases, the strengthening of the exiting ICAR centre at Tadong and so on. Calling for research support in organic f...