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    Rice transplanting
    With transplanting rice you have more harvest and a better control over weeds. Therefore it makes it easier to manage your crop. When you broadcast rice, weeds are a big problem. When you transplant rice your yield is going to be two to three times higher. Furthermore you need less seeds, so you are able […]
    Duration: 00:07:07
    Rice seed preservation
    Most farmers save their own rice seeds for the following year. But they have to store it properly to keep it healthy and at high quality. Seeds are alive. For a good harvest, start with planting healthy seeds. Air and moisture will damage the seeds. When they are not stored the right way, they become […]
    Duration: 00:18:44
    Managing soil fertility for healthy rice
    For farmers it is important to know how to handle different fertilizer, to have a good and healthy rice harvest. A unhealthy harvest has fewer live and less organic matter. Water and nutrients drain away and are almost unreachable for the roots of the crops. Rice plants grow poorly, even with adding mineral fertilizer. Rice […]
    Duration: 00:10:22
    Land preparation for rice
    Preparing and levelling your land twice will help your field to be good and healthy. This will improve your harvest. In a field which is not levelled more weeds appear on the higher parts and you have to wait longer on the lowered parts, before you can start transplanting. Old seedlings tiller more poorly and […]
    Duration: 00:06:22
    Well dried seed is good seed
    It is important to dry your seed properly. Therefore you can use a table, which gives you many advantages. Drying rice during the rain seasons can be a big problem. Storms and rain make it hard to dry seeds and the rice field. Therefore the seeds spoil and you don‘t get a good yield. You […]
    Duration: 00:17:49
    The rice seedbed
    When the rice is broadcast, many seeds are wasted. To protect them, you should make a seedbed two weeks before transplanting. Farmers often broadcast before the rain starts. But when the rain comes later, the seeds ruin in the soil and the farmers have to sow again. Transplanting Transplanting saves seeds, water and nutrients. Because […]
    Duration: 00:17:01
    Effective weed management in rice
    Weeds are a problem for farmers ,because they take water and nutrients so the rice plants get less. Therefore, it is important to know how to handle weed properly. Not like rice, many weeds die underwater. The weeds seeds are found in the soil and spread with wind and rinse water. Some weed seeds are […]
    Duration: 00:08:44
    Increasing production of local chickens
    To expand the chicken production you should follow some guidelines. Then keeping chicken is profitable. When you buy your chicken, go to a local market. It is recommended to buy native chickens. Before you by a chicken consider the features. Is the chicken healthy and strong? Is the anus clean and is the chicken without […]
    Duration: 00:11:26
    Deworming goats and sheep with herbal medicines
    Goats and sheep kept for meat, milk, skin and wool. Worm infestation is a major problem and affects both growth and skin quality. In extreme cases without proper care animals can also die. Worm infected goats don’t eat and continued diarrhoea may kill them. Infected goats don’t mingle with others, are inactive and they pass […]
    Duration: 00:15:12
    Herbal Medicines Against Mastitis
    Mastitis is an infection, that makes the udder hard and swollen and the cow does not want to be milked. Long term usage of antibiotics is not good for the cow. It affects the milk and meat which is not good for the human consumption. Prevention The best way to prevent mastitis is to keep […]
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