[Assam] (Saah,Baanh,Maah,Ghaanh)

[Mohan R. Palleti]

mm:
Regarding legumes, I can give a suggestion. ICRISAT (International Crops
Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics)at Patancheru, Hyderabad,
where I use to work before I came to the US helps farmers by distributing
free legume seeds after assesing climate and soil types. They will give
good sample seeds and know how. It  is a philantrophic institute so there
is no cost to our farmer. They have a mandate of Sorghum, pearl millet,
groundnut, chickpea, and pigeonpea. They may have dropped pigeonpea by
now.
I got some samples of groundnut and chickpea to Upper Assam years ago. The
groundnut did well but was harvested after the second flush. This was
because communication link with the experts were not maintained by the
farmer.

ICRISAT only works in the semi-arid tropics of the world. At that time I
could not divert research work in the region, because Assam was not in the
SAT region. I believe with todays climate pattern in Assam we should be
able to solicit attention in the region.

Hope somebody will make use of this.

Mohan R. Palleti


> P.S.(After my earlier one) Over the last 2 decades we saw  Over-Hypes in
> Assam ,quietly whimpering to  a  'Mew':   Black Pepper(instead of  or
> synergically with Paan Leaves)"Fantastic Export Prices" Cut Flowers
> forExport Vanilla Citronella Grass-Exracted Oil therefrom --RRL Jorhat was
> all agog! Xansii (Agar) Patchauli(Promoted mainly by same Ajmal Group and
> backed by NedFi)-fragrant herb Neem --Nagoan-minister Rockibul-- has been
> force-planted this year with 1 Lakh saplings Jatropha Biodiesel(Tomorrow
> Pres.Kalam Inaugurates" National Symposium" at Gau)
> Lands shrinking fast to Barren rivers/Treeless Reserve Forests/Birdless
> Safe Sanctuaries/ Multilane SuperNational Highways/Stadia/Gas
> Cracker?/National Energy Complexes/Housing for Lakhs of Armed Forces and
> families-Schools /Encroachers/Urbanization/flyovers....................
> And no thought on how to get the maximum out of Tea, Bamboo,Legumes,Grass
> (Saah,Baanh,Maah,Ghaanh) which we know GROWS well!
> mm
>
>      From:  Mrinali Goswami
> To:  assamonline at yahoogroups.com
> Subject:  [asom] Dubai Agar tycoon originally from Asom
> Date:  Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:00:40 -0700 (PDT)
>>Hi!
>>This is related to the discussion on Agar Wood see link
>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/assamonline/message/2669
>>
>>I just wanted to share my experience!
>>
>>A Mr.  Patar in Nelly( Jagiroad) area told me about agarwood about 15
>> years back. Patar had started a nursary for agar plantation. He told me
>> about the demand of agar mainly in the Middle-East, its export value and
>> how soil in Assam is ideal for agar cultivation. Patar was associated
>> with an NGO working in the Nelly/ Jagiroad area. They had also started a
>> rubber plantation in the area. It would be interesting to  follow up on
>> what happened to Patar’s agar cultivation.I remember, Patar’s
>> brother-in-law had a tea shop in Jagiroad’s market area - made very good
>> tea!
>>
>>Regards.
>>M Goswami
>>
>>
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