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INTRODUCTION
Name : RAGHAVA
Farm Name : AIKANTHIKA
Gardens Name :
ATMA – Home Garden
DHRUK – Forest Garden
CHITH – Velvet Bean Garden
ANANDA – Happiness Garden
AREA : 21 acres
Addressing 3400 Farmers at a local Organic Farming Festival.
No Fertilizers
No Pesticides
No Weeding
No Cultivation
Reptiles & Insects do the tilling part (Dough to
Spongy structure) by forming holes & pores in
the soil.
NO FERTILIZERS
LEGUMES IDENTIFICATION:
(For a Layman, not accurate)
Pinnately Leafed
( Leaves are Oppositely
Attached at a single Node )
Dicotyledon Seeds
Nitrogen Smell
SOIL FERTILITY
ENHANCEMENT
Vibrant population of
organisms improve humus
status.
Continuous replenishment
of plant nutrients through
NUTRIENT CYCLING
(shed plant debris, root parts,
animal manure, bird droppings &
biomass of soil organisms) &
NUTRIENT ADDITION
(subsoil nutrients pumping of
trees & atmospheric nitrogen
fixing plants).
SOIL STRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT
Porosity improves water holding capacity & enhances water
infiltration capacity.
Water logging decreases.
SOIL EROSION PREVENTED
Woody Components Prevent Surface Runoff of Finer Soil
Particles.
Cushioning Effect of Spongy Organic Mulch & Vegetation
Canopy minimizes the Erosive Effects of Rainfall.
Diverse Vegetation Cover Prevents Wind Erosion.
NO PESTICIDES
FACILITATES BIO-CONTROL OF PESTS & DISEASES
Fox, Wild Cat, Civet Cat Peacock, Mongoose, other animals, Birds, Reptiles & Insects
have made ‘Aikanthika’ as their Breeding Place (Habitat).
System Situation Favours the Rapid Multiplication of Beneficial Soil Flora & Fauna
with their Population Outnumbering the Disease Causing Organisms.
The Overall Improvement of Plant Health Stimulates their Inherent Capacity to Resist
& Disease Attack.
Tree Frog
Wild Kittens Designer Spider Peacock pansy (Butterfly)
NO WEEDING
Velvet Bean Puereria
(Mucuna utilis & Mucuna pruriens) ( Puereria phaseoloides )
ADVANTAGES OF NATURAL SYSTEM SYSTEM
MINIMUM EFFORT :
Following works are performed in the farm –
Volunteer Clearing
Heap of 50,000 Coconuts the Path swachh bharat
WATER CONSERVATION
“ How much rain we get is not at all important, question is how much of
it we are harvesting ”
- Anil Aggarwal (former director, Centre for Science & Environment)
By harvesting the rain at the point of its fall, runoff can be reduced
considerably.
Catching every drop of rain water where it falls & making it to percolate
into the earth to reach aquifers will raise the ground water table.
Cultivation,
Fertilizers,
Pesticides &
Weeding,
Do you think we are still,
Getting Harvest ?
Of course yes!
SOME OF THE FRUITS AND OTHER VEGETABLES
PRODUCES IN AIKANTHIKA FARM
Snehal, Pondicherry & Jade Journeaux, France Sydney Rosario, past Post-Doctoral Research, USA.
Mr. Larry and Nandalal USA & SIKKIM Lecture on natural farming by Mr. Larry from USA
PRACTISING IN FIELD IN NATRURAL WAY