Professional Documents
Culture Documents
2010
ASIM AGRICULTURE
FARM
SUBMITTED:
TO;
DEPARTMENT
OF
AGRICULTURE AND AGRIBUSINESS
MANAGEMENT
UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First of all I would like thanks to the only Sustainer, the only Creature
and the only God the ALLAH Subhana Hou Wa’ta aala.
I owe a great many thanks to those people who helped and supported
me during the writing of this Report. My deepest thanks to my
honorable and highly respectable teacher, Sir Saleem Eijaz, this report
is utterly cause by his effort to bring into light my potential to making
it. I express my thanks to the honorable Chairman, Prof. Dr. Saleem
Shahzad for extending his support. My deep sense of gratitude to Hadi
Bux Laghari (Technical Manager), Asim Agriculture Farm for his
support and guidance. I would also thank my Institution and my faculty
members without whom this report would have been a distant reality. I
also extend my heartfelt thanks to all my family member, and well
wishers.
Preface
This report encompasses to describe the overview of one of the
Agriculture Farm Field Trip. In preparation of this Report I have tried
my best to provide all possible information about the Asim Agriculture
Farm. In brief and in comprehensive form. I have also tried my best to
use simple and easy words and language.
I expect that this report will be such comprehensive that this will
extend knowledge of all students concerning Agriculture and
interested to go on Field Trip.
Sr. no Contents Page no.
01 Definition of Agriculture Farm 5
02 Introduction to AAF 5
05 Mango. 8
06 Banana. 9
07 Chili. 10
08 Projects 10 - 11
11 Achievement 11
12 Conclusion 12
Definition of Agriculture Farm:
The term agriculture represents the science, art of science, and the business of cultivating soil,
producing crops, and raising livestock; farming. So we can define the agriculture farm like that,
“the any tract of land where agricultural practices have been occurring, under the management of
a tenant or the owner.”
Land division of this farm is on three basis; family land, lease land and family member land
(belonging land). The area covers by these lands are the family Land is on 430 acres, lease land
is 103 acres and 170 acres land belongs to one of the family member which is under supervision.
The labor colony is also developing which comprises of 6 blocks and in each block 50 residential
quarters, lavatories, dairy farm, public park & street lights.
FARM UTILITIES:
The farm utilities and practices performing are absolutely meeting the highly efficient way and
procedures. The techniques and the technologies which are performing on this farm are as
follow:
1. Organic Composts.
2. Fermentor Pits.
IPM AND BIOLOGICAL CONTROL:
IPM and Biological Control (Mango, banana, Chilies, Onion etc).
INTERCROPPING TECHNIQUES:
Asim Agriculture Farm has been doing some successful intercropping techniques since many
years, which includes sugarcane with onion, chilies with banana.
SOIL ANALYSIS:
Soil Analysis is crucial in order to maintain the fertility of soil and cost benefit ratio. This
practice helps growers to be accurate in nutrient applications both Major and Micro-nutrients.
This should be done in every year.
BBTV MANAGEMENT:
In December 1988, BBTV disease was reported from Thatta District at Gorabari and
MirpurSakro. It received public attention in month of April 1989 when disease damaged more
than 70% of the banana crop in that area. Now this disease has spread throughout Sindh with
height intensity. A single vector transmits BBTV the banana black aphid, Pentalonia
nigronervosa. A complete control of the aphid (vector) and proper removal of diseased mats is
the most important factors for disease management. The first step in disease management is
effective disease aphid control. We have been able to find for the first time in Pakistan the
harboring host plants of the black aphid that are all monocot grasses in which it passes some
generations out of 30 generations from the months of September to end of the April. For
controlling the aphid instead of using herbicides to kill the grasses, we introduced here the
composting and use of organic mulches with banana leaves and chopped banana pseudostems.
Mulching has many benefits such as, it suppress weed growth, retain moisture in the soil by
reducing surface evaporation, insulate soils from extremes of temperatures and improve soil
structure by adding organic matter. (organic mulches only), increase nutrient content of the soil
and encourage the growth of beneficial fungi, such as Mycorrhizae, earthworms etc. we are using
less hazardous eco-fields to locate bunchy top infected plants, spraying them with kerosene oil
followed by cutting and burning have been advocated as in Australia (Dale, 1987) and at Asim
Agriculture Farm Tando Allah yar Sindh. Consequently, we still have the same banana crop
since 1994, whereas other banana fields of Sindh province are being razed each year.
MANGO EXPORT:
In the year 2005, we sold 70% of our mango fruit to the exporters and 30% to the local market.
In this year, we are preparing to export our mango through refer container. The basic
infrastructure is being made to export our fruit and vegetables that include metallic road,
packaging house, skilled labor etc. We are hoping for the positive outcome in near future.
1. Mango.
2. Banana.
3. Wheat.
4. Onion.
5. Chili.
6. Sugarcane.
Mango:
They produce best quality
mangoes and also export it.
Mango Orchards were located on
a large piece of land. The orchards
were 25 years old and need a lot of
care when the environmental
conditions are unfavorable.
Banana:
They are culturing the
tissue cultured banana.
They also have two
different varieties of
bananas. Out of the two
varieties one was Pakistani
and the other one was an
Indian variety. Pakistan
variety had large lush
green leaves which were
healthy due to the proper
care and management of
the farm. Indian variety
was taller as compared to
Pakistani variety, its yield was quiet good and it takes 2 – 3 months to get fully prepared. It was
the first time that Indian variety of banana was being cultivated on their farm.
Aphids and bunchy top of bananas are the pest and disease that occur on their farm, and it is
detected by the black lines formed on the botton parts of the big green leaves, they control these
pests by using trichoderma cards and by destroying immediately any Musaceae plant which is
infected with Bunchy top and Banana aphid infesting such a Musaceae plant.
They also burn the residues of the banana and form ash, which is rich in potassium and helps to
fulfill the potassium requirement of the banana plant and helps it to grow better.
The one acre cultivated land of banana is generating 5 lacs per season.
Chili:
Field operator Rehmat
said the chilies, which
could reach more than
16cm long and turn from
dark green to red when
mature. He further said
that we are using the top
variety hybrid seeds he
didn’t tell us name of
varieties, and they are
earning very well from
chili crop.
PROJECTS:
They are working with many government and private projects.
Achievement:
Sindh first mango orchard “Asim Farm gets Global GAP certification.”
The Asim Agriculture Farm has become the first mango orchard of Sindh which acquired the
GlobalGAP (Formerly Europe Gap), and third at national level after Tareen Farm and JDW Farm
of Punjab with the technical help of the Pakistan Horticulture Development and Export Board
(PHDEB).
Acquisition of GlobalGAP certification is the correct initiative on the part of exporters to address
above-referred challenges. The Asim Agriculture Farm believes that there is substantial potential
for export of Pak mangoes to the European market and, therefore, wants to acquire GlobalGAP
certification on its 50 hectors land allocated for mango production.
Conclusion:
In the end, I would conclude that, by the visit of Asim Agriculture Farm I got much practical
experience and built knowledge of concepts and principles of the farming systems as managed
ecosystems. I critically analyses the information presented on the key agricultural resource
management issues like pesticide usage, GM crops, water management on Asim Agriculture
Farm which were meeting the International level of farming and presented a ‘triple bottom line’
(environmental, economic and social) analysis of the management practices.