Vedic Agriculture
Homa Farm: Yadnyanagar
Village: Talwade, Tehsil: Rajapur, District: Ratnagiri
Maharashtra, India
cashew nut
Report from P.S. Kadam B.Sc. (Agri)
Officer, Agricultural Dept.
Pachal, Rajapur, Dist: Ratnagiri
Report on Cashew Nut trees
“I recently visited the Yadnyanagar Homa Farm of Shri Ravindra Wadekar in Talwade village. During the visit I inspected the Cashew Nut crop (which at the moment is in the flowering stage). Following are my observations:
Islampur, District: Sangli
Maharashtra, India
lime tree
“I heard about Agnihotra and its effects in a talk by Dr Pramod Basarkar from Dharwad Agricultural University, Karnataka. After hearing about it, I started to practice Agnihotra. But I didn’t think more about the benefits that were told in the talk.”
“Near to my house, there is a small garden which has a lime tree and which is about ten years old. It gives good fruit. This year again there were a lot of flowers but during flowering the tree was attacked by an insect pest and it lost all its flowers. People gave various advice for chemical treatments. Then I remembered Dr. Basarkar telling about the Agnihotra ash water solution.”
“I decided to mix some Agnihotra ash in water and after letting this sit for 3 days, the Agnihotra ash water solution was ready for use. I sprayed the lime tree only once with this solution. After 8 days, I checked the tree and found the insects had all disappeared and the tree had started to flower again. Thanks to Dr. Basarkar for his good advice about Agnihotra!”
Heiligenberg
Germany
22 year-old Homa Farm
“We can look back on 22 years of experience on the Homa Farm Heiligenberg. In an area of 20 hectares, 8 ha are used for agriculture, which are managed with great success. The results are convincing.” Continue reading “Homa Hof, Germany”
Village: Sutakatti, District: Belgaum
Karnataka, India
climate engineering
Dr O.P. Rupela, Chief Scientist (retired), International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, visited the farm recently and reported:
“The crop production system in this Homa farm reflects a complete balance, which can only be achieved when Nature is in perfect balance and harmony. The farm is a good place of education and research for agricultural scientists…” Continue reading “Abhay Mutalik Desai – Climate Engineering”
Homa Farm of Prestige Feed Mills
Dewas, District: Indore
Madhya Pradesh, India
soybean
“In the year 2001 we began a Homa Farming project in soya beans in cooperation with Prestige Feed Mills, Jaora Compound, Indore. I and my two children stayed on the ‘Dewas’ farm for the entire season practicing Agnihotra and Om Tryambakam Homas.”
“Using agro-chemicals the yield from the Prestige farm in the previous year was 350 kg per hectare. Using Homa Organic Farming techniques the yield in the current year was 1,800 kg per hectare.” Continue reading “Karin Heschl – Soybean”
Bucaramanga, Santander
Colombia
South America
strawberries
blackberries
cape gooseberries
“I was in an area of Santander which is called Garcia Rubia. This was a cold area with bad soil. We decided to make a Homa experiment when we met Julian Acosta. He introduced us to Homa Therapy. We got some land and started a HOMA Organic farming project. A Resonance point was established and we had 27 different products. We produced enough veggies and fruits for the whole town.”
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Mr El-Kabid Peter Ben George and his wife Carmen Lucia Burgos |
“We didn’t realize how powerful Homa Therapy was until now. We had a project for cold climate fruits, like the blackberries. The standard production of this fruit is 8 to 9 tons per hectare; we produced 14 tons. Average production of cape gooseberry is 5 tons a year per hectare, according to the ‘Universidad Nacional de Colombia.’ We produced over 9 tons. The strawberry production in Colombia is 0.75 pounds per plant per year. We got 1.5 pounds.”
“It was incredible! We received an award in Paris as Number One for Ecological Production. The following year, we again received the First Prize for Ecological Production. This was thanks to a partner who showed our fruit products in Europe.”
“Originally we had 25 liters of water per second. When we left the land, we were collecting 175 liters per second from our natural source. It became a river! We also planted 64 thousand trees, which also contributed to the water production. It was amazing.”
“My wife and I realize that it is all due to Homa Farming Technology which transformed the soil into this spectacular land!”
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The strawberry production in Colombia is 0.75 pounds per plant per year. We got 1.5 pounds. |
Average production of Uchuva is 5 tons a year per hectare. We produced over 9 tons. |
The standard production of blackberry is 8 to 9 tons per hectare. We produced 14 tons. |
Art of Living International Campus
Bangalore
Karnataka, India
coconut
Report by P.J. Joseph, Asst. Director of Agriculture
District: Kasaragod
Kerala
24th August, 2004
The leaves of most of the coconut palms were being eaten away by the caterpillars and the attack was fast spreading from the palms in the north portion to the southern region.Homa Farm: Devas’ Harvest
Byram, MI
USA
vegetables
edible flowers
herbs
“Deva’s Harvest” is the name of a one acre HOMA farm on the outskirts of Jackson, Mississippi. There, many of the herbs and vegetables grow in raised beds arranged in energetic circular forms (Mandalas). Vermiculture, compost and other natural methods are also used to obtain abundant and tasty produce.
Two sisters, Cristina and Alejandra Mamud, use Homa Farming methods and they have experienced that biological controllers take care of damaging insects and diseases on their land. They also apply Homa Farming techniques in their two greenhouses.
Homa Farm: Hotel Cantayo
Cantayo, Nazca, Peru
South America
apples
wheat
corn
lemon
Lucia Destro:
“I live in a magic place, in Cantayo, Nazca, Peru. This is 150 km South of Lima. We have been practicing Homa Therapy with a lot of love for one year.”
| “Here in Cantayo, we enjoy a very beautiful energy. We use the Agnihotra ash mixed with water for the plants. Now, our Graviola tree is very beautiful. Before Homa Therapy, this tree was dying; it was completely destroyed. Now it gives big fruits, twice the size of the regular ones. This also happened with the lemon trees and several other plants. We always give Agnihotra ash water to the trees. Our lemons smell wonderful and have a great taste. When we serve lemonade, everybody is happy.” “I also cure our animals that have wounds or fungi by applying Agnihotra ash mixed with ghee. We could heal several and they are very well.” “We are very thankful to the Homa Therapy, since it gives life to the people here. For us it is not only a physical healing, it is also a spiritual and psychological healing, because the people live now in total harmony with us and with the whole environment. They are very helpful. We are very happy. We are growing with the Homa Therapy Homa and we feel very thankful to the people around us, and we also think that God is pleased with our work. We are truly grateful.” “The Agnihotra fire gives me everything. We have received Light, Love and Harmony with these fires. I like to say that we work with approx. 40 people in Cantayo, all of them help with the practice of Homa Therapy.” “We have beautiful huts (Agnihotra and Tryambakam hut). We also do Tryambakam. We noticed that the people live in harmony with their family and with us. We treat each other very well. Everything improved after we started Agnihotra. Before the people were doubtful and they used to leave their work half way done. It looks like that the consciousness rises along with more harmony, people’s hearts open and they are more loving and caring towards the animals, plants, the hotel kitchen and the guests which come from all over the world." Listen to Lucia Destro’s testimony (Spanish) |
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Enzo Destro points out some details about HOMA FARMING: "We planted apple trees only five months ago. And we already harvested the fruits, because there were so many apples that the branches could break. |
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Homa Farm: Tapovan
Parola, District: Jalgaon
Maharashtra, India
cotton
“There are four main cotton growing areas in Maharashtra, India – Khandesh, Marathwada, Vidarbha and Deccan Canal. Tapovan is situated in the Khandesh area. The GMO varieties of cotton which are known as Bt cotton have now achieved almost 100% penetration into these areas due to very aggressive marketing strategies by the seed companies.”
“Bt cotton is genetically engineered to protect the crop against only one pest – the American boll worm. However, cotton is attacked by no less than 165 pests. And now these secondary pests are attacking with great severity. The number of attacks by aphids, thrips, jassids, etc, has risen steeply since the introduction of Bt cotton in 2002.”
“Tobacco leaf streak virus, tobacco caterpillars, etc, have emerged as new diseases and pests of Bt cotton. The emergence of the mealy bug as a Bt cotton pest also appears to be a case of secondary pest resurgence, and no amount or type of pesticide has been able to control it.”
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Neighboring Bt cotton attacked by secondary pests |
Neighboring Bt Cotton attacked by Lalya disease |
“This year, the farmers of Khandesh report massive attack of the fungal wilt disease known locally as “Lalya”. Lalya seems to attack only some varieties of Bt cotton. Lalya causes an initial reddening of the leaves, then the whole plant turns red and after a few days it completely dries up and dies. In the farms surrounding Tapovan as many as 50% now show signs of Lalya wilt. Some farmers have already removed their cotton and are preparing their land for the next crop. This results in a massive economic loss to the farmers who are already in serious financial difficulty.”
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Tapovan Homa cotton- up to 90 bolls per plant |
Tapovan Homa Cotton – no pest problems |
“On the other hand in the HOMA Farm “Tapovan” we have sown non Bt American hybrid, Ankur 651. The plants are smaller in height than the Bt varieties but a count of the number of cotton bolls per plant reveals an average of up to 80 or 90. This compares very favorably with the Bt varieties. Bt plants are normally much bigger in size but this does not necessarily translate into more bolls per plant. And on some farms we have counted an average of only 50 to 60 bolls per plant.”
