Paddy is the major food crop of vizianagaram district

EARTH WORMS

EARTH WORMS ARE BEING PRODUCED AT VERMI HATCHERY
AT CHEEPURUVALASA VILLAGE OF KOTHAVALASA MANDAL. GOVT.OF ANDHRA PRADESH IS ENCOURAGING SMALL FARMERS TO SET UP THEIR OWN VERMICOMPOST UNITS BY PROVIDING UPTO 75% SUBSIDY WHICH INCLUDES A CASH COMPONENT OF
Rs. 3000/-for construction of shed and 3 pits. 

HAPPY NEWS

PENTA SRIRAM PURAM OF GANTYADA MANDAL IS IN THE NEWS ONCE AGAIN.
SRI SOPAN JOSHI NEWS EDITOR ,FROM DOWN TO EARTH MAGAZINE
MOST POPULAR , ENVIRONMENT FORTNIGHTLY IN INDIA AND WORLD
CAME ALL THE WAY FROM DELHI TO STUDY THEIR CULTIVATION PRACTICES.

WHEN I JOINED AT GANTYADA , THE PEST PROBLEMS WERE VERY SEVERE AND FARMERS USED TO BLAME THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE . I HAVE TRIED MY BEST TO GAIN THEIR CONFIDENCE AND WE COLLECTIVELY ACHIEVED 100%PESTICIDE FREE CULTIVATION DURING 2002 AND 2004 .
FARMERS INFORMED THAT THEY ARE CONTINUING THE SAME.TIMELY SOWING ,BALANCED N APPLICATION WITH POTASH, INCORPORATION OF MORE
ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT ARE THE REASONS FOR THEIR SUCCESS.

THE PADDY SEASON JUST STARTED.A SMALL FARMER IS LEVELLING HIS FIELD BEFORE TRANSPLANTATION OF PADDY SEEDLINGS. 

MOTHER EARTH

MOTHER EARTH

I KNOW HER .......MOTHER EARTH,
SHE BREATHS IN THE FORESTS,
SHE FLOWS THROUGH THE RIVERS
AND CRASHES ON THE SHORE
WITH THE SEA.
I FEEL HER ARMS AROUND ME ,
NURTURING ME
AND ALL SHE ASKS IN RETURN IS
TO LOVE HER , CARE FOR HER, NURTURE HER



..................................FROM PANCHAMAMA

PANCHAMAMA means Mother Earth
in the old Inca language of
South America

collected from www.unep.org

VERMI HATCHERY BEDS-54 ft x 3 ft SIZE -5 Nos.