Melia dubia (malai vembu) yield statistics:

Dear friends,

Tamil agricultural magazine “Pasumai Vikatan”, in it’s July 10, 2011 issue, has published yield statistics of Melia dubia (Malai Vembu in Tamil, Hebbevu in Kannada, Konda Veppa in Telugu) in irrigated fields. I have also personally visited those farms at Sennampatty village of Erode district to verify the veracity of yield claims.

Spacing in feet ----Yield / acre / Annum / Tons

4 x 4 --------------------27

5 x 5 --------------------29

6 x 6 --------------------27

7 x 7 --------------------21

Farmers have obtained better yield in 5’ x 5’ spacing. Please bear in mind that the above smaller spacing is recommended only when you go for supplying the produce to biomass power companies where quantity matters and size or quality of log doesn’t matter.
Regards,
Vishnu Sankar

Agroforestry practices and cropping patterns

Dear friends,

A Ppt presentation explaining the following concepts is presented here:

• The basic concepts of Agroforestry,




• the agroforestry practices,




• cropping patterns for tree crops,




• list of fodder giving trees,




• list of Nitrogen fixing trees,




• seed treatment method and inoculation with VAM,




• list of economically important fast growing tree species,




• trees that have gained wide spread acceptance among the farmers,




• list of long standing, hard wood trees that have good market value




• and the Govt. subsidy for medicinal value trees.

Click this thumbnail to view the presentation:

(Pictures, drawings and illustrations shown in this presentation are taken from various websites and they are used here for educative purpose only and not for any monetary gains).

Regards,
Vishnu Sankar

Anthocephalus cadamba ( Vellai Kadambu in Tamil)

Dear friends,

The Forest Extension division of Department of Forests, Tamilnadu, India has come out with a video with narrartion from the Chief Conservator of forests (Extension), Mr. Irulandi to promote the cultivation of Anthocephalus cadamba ( Vellai Kadambu in Tamil).

(To know the difference with Manja Kadambu click this link: Haldinia cardifolia (Tamil :Manja Kadambu).

To view the video click this youtube link.

Regards,
Vishnu Sankar

Importance of trees

Dear friends,

The Forest Extension division of Department of Forests, Tamilnadu has released a video with a nice little speech about the importance of trees by M.Karthi, a cute little girl from Coimbatore. A must see video for tree lovers!

Regards,
Vishnu Sankar