stdClass Object ( [nid] => 176348 [vid] => 176627 [type] => task_discussion [status] => 1 [created] => 1229216769 [changed] => 1229216769 [comment] => 2 [promote] => 1 [sticky] => 0 [revision_timestamp] => 1229216769 [title] => Re: Agriculture Research & Development [body] => Hello everybody, Ken from USA sent us a following message you begin improving their farming methods asap. Use organic, 0-till gardening and farming in permanent beds with bucket drip irrigation. The cost 0. They will have to be willing to change their farming methods. They will need seed for green manure/cover crops plus their food crops. They can double their yields and reduce their labor by 50%. What do they grow now? They can grow during the dry season [I assume there is one] using bucket drip irrigation and I tell them how to make the driplines. Thanks ken for suggest us a good idea. Regards, Nitin [teaser] => Hello everybody, Ken from USA sent us a following message you begin improving their farming methods asap. Use organic, 0-till gardening and farming in permanent beds with bucket drip irrigation. The cost 0. They will have to be willing to change their farming methods. They will need seed for green manure/cover crops plus their food crops. They can double their yields and reduce their labor by 50%. What do they grow now? They can grow during the dry season [I assume there is one] using bucket drip irrigation and I tell them how to make the driplines. [log] => [format] => 1 [uid] => 1371 [name] => nitin2550 [picture] => [data] => a:1:{s:8:"sms_user";a:1:{i:0;N;}} [path] => village/vadgam/project/task/discussion/re-agriculture-research-development [field_embedded_video] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [embed] => [value] => [provider] => [data] => Array ( ) ) ) [field_external_link] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [url] => [title] => [attributes] => N; ) [1] => Array ( [url] => [title] => [attributes] => N; ) [2] => Array ( [url] => [title] => [attributes] => N; ) ) [comment_type] => task_discussion [og_groups] => Array ( [0] => 82606 ) [og_groups_both] => Array ( [82606] => Vadgam ) [og_public] => 1 [tags] => [nodewords] => Array ( ) [trid] => 0 [language] => en [i18n_status] => 0 [taxonomy] => Array ( ) [translation] => Array ( ) [cid] => 176348 [pid] => 0 [hostname] => 61.2.48.100 [thread] => 01/ [mail] => [homepage] => [comment_target_nid] => 176346 [depth] => 0 )

stdClass Object ( [nid] => 179894 [vid] => 180223 [type] => task_discussion [status] => 1 [created] => 1230465303 [changed] => 1230465304 [comment] => 2 [promote] => 1 [sticky] => 0 [revision_timestamp] => 1230465304 [title] => Re: Agriculture Research & Development [body] => When the farmers are ready to improve their farming methods, I will mail them some DVDs. I have seed for new crops if they are interested. I can email a one page instruction sheet for building a denomstration bed to show the village famers that organic, 0-till in permanent beds really works and is used by some farmers in nearly every country. Ken Hargesheimer, minifarms@gmail.com [teaser] => When the farmers are ready to improve their farming methods, I will mail them some DVDs. I have seed for new crops if they are interested. I can email a one page instruction sheet for building a denomstration bed to show the village famers that organic, 0-till in permanent beds really works and is used by some farmers in nearly every country. Ken Hargesheimer, minifarms@gmail.com [log] => [format] => 1 [uid] => 5266 [name] => minifarms [picture] => [data] => a:6:{s:16:"nodecomment_sort";s:1:"1";s:16:"privatemsg_allow";i:1;s:28:"privatemsg_setmessage_notify";i:0;s:8:"og_email";s:1:"2";s:17:"messaging_default";s:4:"mail";s:7:"contact";i:0;} [path] => village/vadgam/project/task/discussion/re-agriculture-research-development-1 [field_embedded_video] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [embed] => [value] => [provider] => [data] => Array ( ) ) ) [field_external_link] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [url] => [title] => [attributes] => N; ) ) [comment_type] => task_discussion [og_groups] => Array ( [0] => 82606 ) [og_groups_both] => Array ( [82606] => Vadgam ) [og_public] => 1 [tags] => [nodewords] => Array ( ) [trid] => 0 [language] => en [i18n_status] => 0 [taxonomy] => Array ( ) [translation] => Array ( ) [cid] => 179894 [pid] => 0 [hostname] => 64.185.26.190 [thread] => 02/ [mail] => [homepage] => [comment_target_nid] => 176346 [depth] => 0 )

stdClass Object ( [nid] => 179990 [vid] => 180319 [type] => task_discussion [status] => 1 [created] => 1230503052 [changed] => 1230503053 [comment] => 2 [promote] => 1 [sticky] => 0 [revision_timestamp] => 1230503053 [title] => Re: Agriculture Research & Development [body] => Nitin, Below is how to make a demonstration bed. Email to me your postal address and I will mail some ag dvds. I am only mail seed after a demonstration bed is successful. Ken GARDENS/MINI-FARMS NETWORK USA: TX, MS, FL, CA, AR, NM, WA; Mexico, Rep. Dominicana, Côté d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Honduras, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Haiti, England, India, Uzbekistan Workshops in organic, no-till, permanent-bed gardening, mini-farming, mini-ranching using bucket drip irrigation, worldwide in English & Español Build a Demonstration Bed Healthy soil produces healthy plants, with high yields, to have healthy people and prevents most disease, pest, weed and erosion problems. This bed will demonstrate to people that this really works. 1. Mark off a bed 2 meters wide and 5 meters long. Can be any width or length. 2. Do not dig or till the bed. Cut down any weeds, etc and leave on top of the soil. 3. Plant a green manure/cover crop [seed are available in every country] in the bed. Irrigate using a drip line[s] if it is the dry season. I will tell you how to make the dripline out of poly tubing and a plastic pail. Dripline is 100 feet and irrigates one row of vegetables using 40 liters of water every other day. Cost in Nicaragua was US$3. Can be moved to another row of vegetables. 4. Let the gm/cc grow until time to plant a food crop. Cut the gm/cc down level with the soil, so it dies, and leave it on top of the soil. 5. Open up rows [4?] in which to plant a crop [maize?] or clear small areas [6 inches round] to plant agusi, tomatoes and/or squash, etc. 6. Harvest. Leave plants on top of the soil. 7. Do not dig or till. 8. Mulch the soil with dead grass, leaves or any organic material. Another way is to plant maize and when it is 300 to 400 cm tall, plant Mucuna [or other gm/cc such as Lablab, etc] between the maize plants. When the maize is harvested, leave the stalks standing. The Mucuna will grow and climb up the maize stalks and cover the ground. When it is time to plant the next crop, cut the Mucuna off at the ground and leave on the soil. Plant the next crop in the Mucuna. This demonstration bed will prove to everybody that this works. No hoeing, no digging, no tilling! I will help every step of the way. All you have to do is email me at minifarms@gmail.com. [teaser] => Nitin, Below is how to make a demonstration bed. Email to me your postal address and I will mail some ag dvds. I am only mail seed after a demonstration bed is successful. Ken GARDENS/MINI-FARMS NETWORK USA: TX, MS, FL, CA, AR, NM, WA; Mexico, Rep. Dominicana, Côté d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Honduras, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Haiti, England, India, Uzbekistan Workshops in organic, no-till, permanent-bed gardening, mini-farming, mini-ranching using bucket drip irrigation, worldwide in English & Español Build a Demonstration Bed [log] => [format] => 1 [uid] => 5266 [name] => minifarms [picture] => [data] => a:6:{s:16:"nodecomment_sort";s:1:"1";s:16:"privatemsg_allow";i:1;s:28:"privatemsg_setmessage_notify";i:0;s:8:"og_email";s:1:"2";s:17:"messaging_default";s:4:"mail";s:7:"contact";i:0;} [path] => village/vadgam/project/task/discussion/re-agriculture-research-development-3 [field_embedded_video] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [embed] => [value] => [provider] => [data] => Array ( ) ) ) [field_external_link] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [url] => [title] => [attributes] => N; ) ) [comment_type] => task_discussion [og_groups] => Array ( [0] => 82606 ) [og_groups_both] => Array ( [82606] => Vadgam ) [og_public] => 1 [tags] => [nodewords] => Array ( ) [trid] => 0 [language] => en [i18n_status] => 0 [taxonomy] => Array ( ) [translation] => Array ( ) [cid] => 179990 [pid] => 0 [hostname] => 64.185.26.190 [thread] => 03/ [mail] => [homepage] => [comment_target_nid] => 176346 [depth] => 0 )

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