Category Archives: Farming

General.  Known commonly as gliricidia or madre tree, Gliricidia sepium is well known in plantation agriculture as a shade tree. Therefore, it is also called the Mother of Cocoa. It is a nitrogen-fixing tree that is native to Central and South America. Gliricidia was introduced to Sri Lanka from West […]

A startup was sprouted in a single room rented out by Clint Davis, Ajay Jose and Raj Kiran. “As part of an academic project, I had to make wine from lab-grown edible mushrooms. The project was a huge hit and my teachers were impressed by the mushrooms– that is when […]

A Sample Project Plan for Aloe Vera Cultivation and Juice production  

1. Learn to plant, not only the garden, but also the basic crops (corn, cassava etc. ) and trees (fruit, native, woody); 2. Build with some land, whether it is a place of your own or a relative, a project, a community garden etc. Get involved with the people who […]

Aloevera Cultivation Aloevera (Aloe barbadensis) is a popular medicinal plant. It belongs to liliaceae family. It is a perennial plant, growing to the hight of 1½ – 2½ ft. Its leaves are long and thick, juicy with a wheel like phylotaxy. The two sides of the leaves have thorny structure […]

System (VS) is a very simple, practical, inexpensive, low maintenance and very effective means of soil and water conservation, sediment control, land stabilization and rehabilitation, and phyto-remediation. Being vegetative it is also environmental friendly. When planted in single rows vetiver plants will form a hedge which is very effective in […]