Kadu Krishi or Jungle Farming is an ancient art of farming rediscovered by Dr. Khadar. Kadu Krishi was practiced in eastern part of the globe particularly in the peninsular India.
‘Kadu Krishi’ in the Kannada language means Jungle Farming. Forests are being destroyed due to agriculture. In the name of agriculture and modern farming techniques, agriculture is being practiced with the misguidance of multinational fertilizer and seed companies. Huge quantities of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides are being applied for crops nowadays.
Farmers are being lured to make a lot of money by growing mono-crops like BT cotton, sugar cane, paddy, wheat and the like which require an enormous amount of water. In this process, not only Mother earth nut also the entire humankind is being destroyed.
About 38 percentage of arable land has turned barren. Only
when the soil is healthy people could be healthy. Every person should understand this. Therefore, I do not like the word ‘farming’ and instead call it Jungle farming. I have started this method of agriculture to grow real foods and protect the soils and conserve the Flora and fauna on the earth at the same time. The most important things to be done by the farmer are
as follows:
(i) the making and use of liquid fertilizer called ‘elixir of the jungle,’
(ii) a minimum of 20 % area in any piece of agricultural land should be earmarked for growing a small forest, and
(iii) collecting the leaf litter and other biomass generated by the trees in the small forest and using it to enrich the soil
In the farmland. The menace of pests would arise When only a single crop is grown. Mixed cropping pattern including a combination of siridhanya/positive grains (monocotyledons), pulses (dicotyledons) and oil seeds should be practiced. Dr. Khadar grows 12 different crops at the same time in our farm and this pattern of agriculture controls pests naturally.
Dr. Khadar and his team runs a program to train Agricultural and Siridhanya (Millets) enthusiasts to learn hands-on methods of ancient farming (Kadu Krishi), cultivation, processing & benefits of our forgotten food Siridhanya.
Objective is to introduce our Ancient way of Farming which helps farmers to grow food without using Synthetic Fertilizers and Pesticides. It also helps farmers in dry land areas to grow crops with just rainfall. A “need of the hour” to create awareness among people on Siridhanya which helps individuals for absolute health.
This extensive program covers the following –
- Introduction
- Overview about Dr. Khadar’s research
- Know about industrial agriculture vs Kadu Krishi
- Kadu Siri – Know about Jungle krishi
- Guided tour
- Water & Soil Conservation – Rain water, the only hope
- Know about effects of multiple / inter /poly / diversity cropping
- Learn how to prepare Kadu Chaitanya (Natural Fertilizer)
- Learn how to prepare Kadu Sahita (Natural Plant Growth Promoter)
- Know the uses of Kadu Prasada (Natural Manure)
- Know about cultivation of Siridhanya
- Seed treatment
- Know about Siridhanya Processing
- Siridhanya – The missing link in food cycle
- Q&A Session on Kadu Krishi & Siridhanya