Learn about the medicinal uses of: 1. Acorus Calamus 2. Adhatoda Zeylanica 3. Althaea Officinalis 4. Amaranthus 5. Amorphophallus 6. Aristolochia Indica 7. Atropa Belladonna 8. Podophyllum Peltatum 9. Thornapple. 1. Medicinal Uses of Acorus Calamus: Calamus oil and its fractions are credited with carminative, anti-spasmodic and anti-bacterial properties. The essential oil free alcoholic extract of the rhizome was found [...]
Fertiliser is one of the most entrenched and widely used agricultural inputs so far as the Indian farmers are concerned. It has also been a product which has been receiving continuous government support for its promotion and market development, as it is directly contributing to food production hikes. It is estimated that it alone contributes about 50-60 per cent to [...]
Agricultural inputs can be categorized into two types- Consumable and Capital Inputs. The former include manures and fertilisers, seeds, insecticides/pesticides, diesel oil and electricity. On the other hand, capital inputs include tractors, trailers, harvesters and threshers, pumpsets, and other implements. Most of the agricultural input markets are at the level of grain market towns and large villages. There are some [...]