https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/Rk/issue/feed Rashtriya Krishi (English) 2020-03-19T05:29:24+00:00 Dr. Alka Singh hahs_2005@yahoo.com Open Journal Systems RASHTRIYA KRISHI (Agriculture Engish Magazine) - an English Magazine is published by  Hind Agricultural Research and Training Institute in association with Hind Agri-Horticultural Society, Muzaffarnagar.<br /><br />NAAS Rating :<br />2014 - 2.07<br />2017 - 3.25<br /><br />Impact Factor<br />    Global Impact Factor, Australia : 0.784<br />    Scientific Journal Impact Factor (SJIF), England : 4.180<br />    InfoBase Index, Karnataka, India : 2.10 https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/Rk/article/view/195251 Wood Apple (Bael)- A Fruit of High Medicinal Value 2020-03-19T05:28:52+00:00 Neha Tiwari Jiju N. Vyas Bael <em>(Aegle marmelos</em>), a plant indigenous to India has been used by the inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent for over 5000 years. It is present throughout Southeast Asia as a naturalized species. The tree is considered to be sacred by Hindus and is also known as “bilva” or “bilpathre”. Climatic requirements owing to its hard nature, bael tree has a wide adaptability to adverse soil and climatic conditions. It requires subtropical climate where summers are hot and dry and winters are mild. It has a reputation for being able to grow in places that other trees cannot. It copes with a wide range of soil conditions, is tolerant of water logging and has an unusually wide temperature tolerance (from -7°C to 48°C). It requires a pronounced dry season to give fruit. 2019-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/Rk/article/view/195253 Potential of Fish-Cum-Pig Farming in India for Small and Middle Farmers 2020-03-19T05:29:06+00:00 S. K. Verma sunilfisheriesdeptt@gmail.com Samson Panmei Laxmi Prasad Integrated farming is a farming in which the utilization of the synergetic effects of inter-related farm activities and the conservation, including the full utilization of farm wastes. Hence, integrated fish-cum-pig farming is the farming practice with the integration of pig and fish through utilization of farm wastes with an objective of maximizing the yield under sustainable production with reduced inputs cost. Integrated fish farming involving aquaculture defined broadly is the concurrent or sequential linkage between two or more activities, of which at least one is aquaculture. 2019-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/Rk/article/view/195254 Urban Agriculture:A Powerful Tool for Sustainable Development 2020-03-19T05:29:06+00:00 Abhilash Singh Maurya 483agabhilash@gmail.com Joginder Singh Malik Pravin Kumar Sharma Entire world is experiencing a tremendous increase in urbanization and rural to urban migration. The United Nations reported that during 2018, about 55 per cent of the world’s population lives in urban areas and is expected to increase to 68 per cent by 2050. India which ranks number two (after China) in the list of countries by population faces similar challenges. By 2024, India is expected to be the most populous country in the world (UN DESA, 2017). Urbanization in India is growing at a faster rate than rest of the world (Hindustan Times, 2007). The World Bank reported that about 34 per cent of India’s population now lives in urban areas which will further rise to 40 per cent in 2030. 2019-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/Rk/article/view/195255 Scientific Cultivation of Red Gram 2020-03-19T05:29:06+00:00 V. K. Poshiya vkposhiya@nau.in M. V. Tiwari H. R. Jadav . 2019-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/Rk/article/view/195257 Seaweed:Diva in Agriculture 2020-03-19T05:29:06+00:00 Nongmaithem Leindah Devi leindahnong@gmail.com Jotish Nongthombam Seaweed is a micro-organism that grows in oceans, lakes, rivers and is comprised of algae. Algae is a plant like organism that doesn’t contain actual ischolar_mains, flowers, leaves and stems, but does contain the green pigment known as chlorophyll. This allows the organisms to grow through the process of photosynthesis. Seaweed can include members of green, red or brown algae families, and there exist around 10,000 species within many marine habitats around the world. 2019-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/Rk/article/view/195259 Scientific Cultivation of Green Gram 2020-03-19T05:29:06+00:00 V. K. Poshiya vkposhiya@nau.in M. V. Tiwari H. R. Jadav . 2019-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/Rk/article/view/195260 Importance of Persimmon Fruit and their Cultivation 2020-03-19T05:29:06+00:00 T. S. Mishra tarashankarmishra2015@gmail.com H. M. Singh N. K. Mishra . 2019-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/Rk/article/view/195261 Soil Quality 2020-03-19T05:29:06+00:00 N. Leindah Devi leindahnong@gmail.com N. Jotish Santosh Kumar Soil quality is the capacity of a specific kind of soil to function, within natural or managed ecosystem boundaries, to sustain biological productivity, maintain or enhance water and air quality and promote human health (Karlen et al., 1997). Soil quality began to be interpreted as a sensitive and dynamic way to document soil conditions, as a response to management or as resistance to stress imposed by land use changes. An important feature of soil quality is the differentiation between inherent and dynamic soil properties. 2019-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/Rk/article/view/195263 Kitchen Garden or Nutrition Garden 2020-03-19T05:29:06+00:00 K. Z. Vaghela Hasmukh Leua hasmukh.hort@gmail.com A. D. Rathva N. R. Solanki Kitchen garden or nutrition garden or home garden is primarily intended for continuous supply of fresh vegetables for family use. A number of vegetables are grown in available land for getting a variety of vegetables. Family members domost ofworks.Area of garden, lay out, crops selected etc. depend on availability and nature of land. In rural area, landwill not be a limiting factor and scientifically laid out garden can be established. In urban areas, land is a limiting factor and very often crops are raised in limited available area or in terraces of buildings. Cultivation of crops in pots or in cement bags is also feasible in cities. 2019-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/Rk/article/view/195266 Alternatives to Crop Residue Burning 2020-03-19T05:29:22+00:00 Prava Kiran Dash dashprava111@gmail.com The harvest waste, both the field residues that are left in an agricultural field or orchard after the crop has been harvested and the process residues that are left after the crop is processed into a usable resource is more popularly termed as ‘crop residue’. Stalks and stubble (stems), leaves and seed pods are some common examples for field residues. Sugarcane bagasse and molasses are some good examples to process residue (Hoornweg and Bhada-Tata, 2012 and Obi et al., 2016). India generates on an average 500 Million tons (Mt here after) of crop residue per year (MNRE, 2009). The same report shows that a majority of this crop residue is in fact used as fodder, fuel for other domestic and industrial purposes. However, there is still a surplus of 140 Mt out of which 92 Mt is burned each year. 2019-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/Rk/article/view/195267 Citrus Mites and their Management 2020-03-19T05:29:22+00:00 Anjitha George anjithakitty@gmail.com C. N. Rao <strong>Introduction:</strong> Mites (Acari) are arthropods, a group that includes insects, spiders and among them, different mite species cause considerable damage in citrus. There are major four mite families relevant to citrus viz., Tetranychidae, Tenuipalpidae, Tarsonemidae and Eriophyidae. It is a serious pest of citrus in Vidarbha region, especially during Ambia (February-March) and Hasta (October-November) seasons. Citrus mites are more active on new growth of citrus plants, especially in the late spring and early fall. Populations will also be higher during summer due to the higher temperatures and humidity. 2019-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/Rk/article/view/195268 Scope of Underutilized Vegetables in North East Region 2020-03-19T05:29:22+00:00 T. S. Mishra tarashankarmishra2015@gmail.com H. M. Singh N. K. Mishra <p><strong>What are underutilized vegetable:</strong> These are Indigenous vegetables as might be in danger of being replaced by a few cultivated species or genetic variability of which may be lost due neglect or non.</p><p>Vegetables in India are grown from dry temperate to humid tropics between the altitudes from sea level to snow line. A wide range of plant species growing in Himalayan and sub Himalayan regions in India belonging to genus Solanaceae, Cucurbitace, Brassicaceae, besides various kinds of beans, tubers and ischolar_mains crops, spices, cole crops as well as some species of leafy vegetables constitute a huge list of underutilized vegetables. These vegetables are generally eaten by the local population and rarely shipped out as commercial commodities.</p> 2019-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/Rk/article/view/195252 Seed Deterioration:An Irresistible Physiological Phenomenon 2020-03-19T05:29:22+00:00 Rohit Chhabra rohit-bot@pau.edu Seed deterioration is the “deteriorative alterations occurring with time that increase the seed’s exposure to external challenges and decrease the ability of the seed to survive”. It leads to reduction in seed quality with storage duration and as the seed germinability decreases causing loss of vigour and making seeds less viable resulting in the death of seedlings in field. The process of seed deterioration could be associated with progressive decrease in germinability, increased mean time of germination, increase in the number of abnormal seedlings and lower tolerance to adverse storage conditions (Dahuja and Yadav, 2015). 2019-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/Rk/article/view/195269 Bakanae:An Emerging Disease of Aromatic Rice 2020-03-19T05:29:22+00:00 Rohit Chhabra Lavanya Vij lavanyavij4@gmail.com Rice is an important cereal cop belonging to family Poaceae and its production is affected by many biotic factors viz., diseases caused by bacteria, nematodes and fungal infestation are the most significant constraints causing low yield of this crop in India. The major diseases that affect the economics of rice are bakanae (<em>Fusarium fujikuroi)</em>, blast (<em>Pyriculariaoryzae</em>), stackburn (<em>Alternaria</em> spp.) and brown leaf spot (<em>Bipolarisoryzae</em>) of rice. The worldwide annual losses due to rice diseases are estimated to be about 10-15 per cent on an average basis. In Punjab, Bakanae (Foot rot) has become an economically important disease of aromatic rice cultivars. The word Bakanae is of Japanese origin which means naughty bad seedling referred to as foolish seedling. Very high yield losses due to epidemic breakout of bakanae disease were observed in the rice growing areas in Asia where it holds its high economic value (Adam et al., 2018). Bakanae was first noted by Ito and Kimura in 1828 in Japan. During recent years, the prevalence of this disease has been reported from all parts of Asia. The incidence of bakanae disease in India has particularly been reported in aromatic and improved rice cultivars (Bashyal et al., 2014) thereby, having profound effect on quality of seed. 2019-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/Rk/article/view/195270 Problems and Prospects of Pomegranate Growing in Barmer District of Rajasthan 2020-03-19T05:29:22+00:00 Pradeep Pagaria p_pagaria@yahoo.com Turfan Khan Ganga Ram Mali In India, it is reported that 2.3 lakh ha area is under Pomegranate cultivation and major states contributing to this area are Maharashtra (1.13 lakh ha), Karnataka (0.2 lakh ha), Gujarat (0.18 lakh ha) and Rajasthan (0.16 lakh ha). 2019-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/Rk/article/view/195271 Scope of Fig (<i>Ficus carica</i> L.) Cultivation in North West India 2020-03-19T05:29:24+00:00 Nishta Kumari Arti Sharma drartisharma02@gmail.com Neeraj Gupta The cultivated fig (<em>Ficus carica</em> L.) belonging to Moraceae family, is clearly of greatest importance as a source of human food. Common fig is also known as Anjeer. Fig is cultivated all over the world, originated from West Asia and spread to the Mediterranean region. The genus Ficus is a large one containing more than 1000 species, out of which about 65 species are found in India. In the world, the area under fig cultivation is 4,15,780 hectares with production of 10,47,230 MT (Anonymous, 2015). Egypt is leading fig producing country followed by Turkey, Algeria, Morocco and Iran. In India, fig is grown in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab and Tamil Nadu. The area under cultivation of fig in India is nearly 3,570 hectares with production of 14,643 MT, where in Maharashtra is the leading state followed by Karnataka (Anonymous, 2015). Fig is a minor fruit crop in North India with moderate size semi deciduous tree, growing 6-8 m high with short or twisted trunk and crown with irregular branches. 2019-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/Rk/article/view/195256 Internal Parasites and Livestock Health 2020-03-19T05:29:24+00:00 Munish Kumar dr_vodehra@yahoo.com Gurjant Singh Aulakh According to 19<sup>th</sup> livestock census, Punjab has a buffalo, cow and goat population of about 51.6 lac, 24.3 lac and 3.2 lac, respectively and these livestock produces milk in the tune of 1 crore 12 lac tonnes annually. Livestock farming had always played its significant role in the diversification of agriculture in the state. Livestock practices keeps changing with time. Earlier times, grazing practice used to be one of the major activities of dairy farming but now a days, stall feeding is more popular. Therefore, it is important these days to enhance knowledge about the scientific care and management of animals and follow the principle of “<em>Prevention is better than cure</em>”. This can actually decrease our unplanned expenses and so, increase profitability. 2019-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/Rk/article/view/195258 A Dream Journey from <i>Cannavis sativa</i> Grower to Prestigious ICAR Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Antyodaya Award Winner, 2018 2020-03-19T05:29:24+00:00 Dipankar Dey dkvkwesttripura@gmail.com Dipak Nath Lord Litan Debbarma Introduction: Shri Charan Debarma a Progressive tribal farmer of North Pulinpur ADC Village has adopted the Pond Based Farming System under the Project National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture. North Pulinpur is one of the draught prone tribal inhabited ADC village of the district Khowai under the state Tripura. There were no perennial streams, rivers, ponds and other irrigation facilities in the village. Prevailing temperature ranges from 16°C to 37°C. Annual rainfall ranges from 2050 to 2550 mm, but almost whole amount goes out to neighbouring lower elevated village. Before initiation of NICRA Shri Charan Debbarma was growing only <em>Kharif</em> rice. In his remaining land he was growing <em>Cannavis sativa</em>, the of flowers (called marijuana) and leaves and preparations derived from resinous extract (e.g., hashish) are consumed by smoking, vaporising and oral ingestion. Because of this type of use it is banned to grow the crop in India. 2019-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/Rk/article/view/195262 Women’s Collective Action for Combating Malnutrition:Strategies and Solutions 2020-03-19T05:29:24+00:00 Amtul Waris amtul.waris@gmail.com India’s performance on the nutrition front in comparison to the neighbouring countries and other developed economies is quite disturbing. In order to meet the UNSDG goals (Table 1). India has to take serious measures for improving on its nutrition outcomes for all the vulnerable groups across all its states. 2019-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/Rk/article/view/195265 Backyard Nutritional Low Drip Kitchen Gardening in Narmada District, Gujarat 2020-03-19T05:29:24+00:00 V. K. Poshiya vkposhiya@nau.in M. V. Tiwari H. R. Jadav <strong>Introduction :</strong> It is well known fact that the tribal areas are very poor regarding resources availability including scarcity of water. In spite of that a farm women Smt. Sarmista Ben Sahdevbhaivasava 21-year-old lady is a successful backyard kitchen gardener from Timbapada village of Narmada district. She has education only upto class XII and did not have any prior knowledge of low drip irrigation Kitchen gardening. She has about 1.00- acreland. Earlier she was growing one or two vegetable crops of local variety in her backyard in traditional way which was not enough to survive her family. She was always finding of suitable options to enhance extra income. She always takes a chance to change her situation to increase the income and improve the health and nutritional status of her family. A team of scientists visitedat Timbapada and contact Smt.Sarmistaben. The village was adopted by TWTC, Dediapada. So, by adopting the new improved variety of various vegetables in initial stage, she obtained more profit as compared to traditional variety and she fulfills their nutritional requirement and got more production and more income and the actual profit. 2019-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/Rk/article/view/195264 Entrepreneurship Development in Rural Area by Processing of Ginger 2020-03-19T05:29:24+00:00 Dashrath Bhati bhati.dashrath.1@gmail.com Rita Singh Raghuvanshi Sudha Jukaria <strong>Ginger an Indian spice:</strong> Many Indian spices play a significant role in food preparation and act as an important ingredient. Every spice has its own flavour and essence which helps in making that spice unique and thereby delicious dish. Apart from making food tasty, spices also come with notable nutritional values and provide some major health benefits. Spices have a traditional history of use, with strong roles in cultural heritage. Ginger (<em>Zingiber officinale</em> Rose.) is one of important commercial spice crop in tropical and subtropical region. The rhizome is used worldwide as spices for flavouring in a number of food-products and also used in medicine. Apart from being a spice in a recipe, ginger can be used as processed products such as ginger <em>Sherbet</em>, candy, pickle, etc. Ginger used in traditional medicine, has been found to possess antioxidant effect that can control the generation of free radicals. The main bioactive components of ginger possess antioxidant, anticancer, and anti-inflammatory attributes. It is effective for the treatment of inflammation, rheumatism, cold, heat cramps and diabetes. Several studies suggest that ginger may work better than placebo in reducing different health related issues. 2019-12-01T00:00:00+00:00