The latest blog from Taro Pumps and Texmo Industries
From product launches and company news to exclusive research and pump related articles, keep checking back to stay in the loop.
Farming Types
Posted On 23/11/2022 in Farming Types
Subsistence Farming in India
Subsistence farming is on the other end of the spectrum from commercial farming. Sometimes known as family farming, subsistence farming is where the farmer cultivates a field that supports their personal or family’s needs.
Read More
Posted On 16/06/2022 in Farming Types , People in Agriculture , Sustainability
Zero Budget Natural Farming in India
Padma Shri Subhash Palekar drew from ancient Indian texts, forest ecosystems and a formal degree in agriculture to develop and propagate ZBNF in the 1990s. This system relies on traditional practices to produce crops devoid of chemical inputs and in effect, revert to the pre-Green Revolution period of farming.
Read More
Posted On 16/05/2022 in Farming Types
Group Farming
Group farming or community farming is one of the best representations of how farming brings people together and creates food security. Farmers mostly use sustainable methods of growing crops on small pieces of land. It is about local food production rather than producing commercial crops.
Read More
Posted On 01/05/2022 in Crops , Farming Types
Canopy Management
A tree’s canopy is, as the term implies, the topmost portion which spreads horizontally. This growth impacts the amount of sunlight that filters down to the roots and the rest of the tree. Each fruit tree has its own canopy management system.
Read More
Posted On 26/01/2022 in Farming Types , Sustainability
Natural Farming in India
When Masanobu Fukuoka wrote his book, The One-Straw Revolution way back in 1975, little did he know that the world would go back to natural farming in such a significant way. This book went beyond agriculture and looked at a more holistic picture and key components such as the following became associated with natural farming.
Read More