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Cost Effective Solution to save Coconut trees during forth coming water scarcity months due to El Niño : Olla Irrigation - Ancient Wisdom for Modern Droughts. 🏺 Echoes of Ancient Clay pot Irrigation Long before the term olla entered agricultural vocabulary, ancient Tamil farmers practiced remarkably similar methods. In Sangam‑era Tamilakam, clay vessels called “ māṇ paṇai ” or “kulam paṇai” were used to store and seep water near tree roots - especially for coconut, banana, and areca palms.   These pots were often placed in earthen basins (thottam) lined with coir, husk, and leaf mulch, creating a natural moisture‑retention system. Inscriptions and temple garden records from regions like Pollachi, Thanjavur, and Madurai mention such paṇai neer vaḻi (pot‑water channels) as part of sustainable irrigation networks.  This continuity of wisdom - from ancient Tamil pot irrigation to modern olla systems -  shows how indigenous knowledge can guide regenerative farming in the...

ZoomVin - Creating Environmental Niche and Photography

Recently we created ZoomVin website: What we do in this site is - we create environmental awareness. How do we do that - We create a real world environmental niche for birds and butterflies by planting trees and flowering plants. Also by properly placing bird feeders and baths we attract birds. They are fun to watch and we capture them in our camera. Through zoomvin we want to share the world these beautiful pictures in the form of digital media. Birds:   Butterflies: Roses and Flowers: Nature: See and enjoy these books (pictures). You can also create your own environment and attract them and capture those wonderful moments. These are small environments where these many birds visits. We have a created a bigger niche at EA FARMS  and lots of different birds visit. It is also a sustainable land development project.

The Birds’ Spot

The Birds’ Spot                   I survey the quaint, calm landscape of my backyard, With my eyes shining full of jubilance. I stop and look at a cozy area,  somehow more intriguing than the rest. Why not investigate? I curiously thought. My ponderings swirled in and around my mind. Then, quickly and suddenly! An idea struck the spot! It’s almost too good to be true, but The area’s perfect for a dear family of birds. They chirp all day long joyfully, uttering their carefree comments, As if nothing else mattered in the world. The soft, lush grass, And the crunchy vegetation would be the floor. The broad, emerald leaves of the majestic oak, Intertwined with gossamer threads of spider silk, Is surely the canopy. Here comes the parasite chandelier, Looking exactly like an old man’s beard. Now here’s the main part! The unique and gloriou...

Working with nature By Aparna Pallavi

Twenty years after the glory days of the Green Revolution, the yield from Subhash Sharma’s farm plummeted, even as input costs increased. He switched to organic farming as a last-ditch effort. Thirteen years on, his farm in Yavatmal is flourishing, and has become a model for hundreds of other farmers . “You can’t hold on to business and still do farming. The two things are enemies of each other. Agriculture is nature; it demands that you give it your all. Then alone will it be bounteous to you. If you have an eye on business, land will never give you anything because you will be robbing the land.” When Subhash Sharma talks like this you know he is not merely spouting poetry. Because the month is June, when sowing in Maharashtra’s ‘suicide-prone’ Yavatmal district has just begun, and he is standing against a backdrop of lush, healthy crops of pumpkin, chauli beans and tall, delicious-looking corn at his farm in Dorli village. The crops, as Sharma points out with justifiable pride, were ...