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HOMA FARMING
- AGNIHOTRA AND VANILLA |
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Abhay Mutalik Desai, Sutagatti, Dist: Belgaum, Karnatak, India
Nature is a silent performer and I was anxious to see her work. Since
hundreds of farmers are closely observing our Homa Therapy work at Sutagatti, I was slightly under tension. Our faith and devotion has
started working in this kind of agriculture after three months of
regular Homa practice.
I am very happy to inform that the first vanilla produce for the year
1999-2000 was of excellent quality. The vanilla bean curing process
(three months) was started along with Homa Therapy. The cured vanilla
beans were tested at "Spice Board" testing laboratory in Cochin. The
following are the results:
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Year
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Place |
Vanillin%
by weight |
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1998 |
Ernanakulam
(Kerala) |
2.56 |
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1999 |
Myladumpara
(Kerala) |
2.71 |
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2000 |
Sutagatti
(Belgaum) |
2.91 |
(Using conventional agriculture
Vanillin accounts for about 2% of the dry weight of cured vanilla
beans.) |
Healthy Homa Vanilla plant with highest vanillin
content. |
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The above results have given immense joy to all of us, including our
fellow organic farmers who had participated in our Homa Therapy.
Now a person with deep knowledge about farm seeds has approached us. He
is ready to offer voluntary services in developing a seed bank, seed
plots and demonstration plots for fellow farmers in our area.
In this month we had three heavy rains at Sutagatti. First occasion was
when I was performing Om Tryambakam Homa. The other two rains came
during evening Agnihotra. However, the first occasion was special. It
rained only over Parashanatti and Sutagatti. This rain was very
essential to us because the electricity transmission transformer was
burnt and we had no power for fifteen days, that means no water for our
plants. Our mud barrage built across the River Ghataprabha remains
now full; otherwise, it dried up by middle of May. With Homa Therapy
availability of abundant water for farming during summer has happened,
after many, many years.
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My workers, their children and neighbors are very much influenced by
Homa Therapy. Two of my workers who were alcoholic have stopped
drinking. One of them is doing regular Om
Tryambakam Homa and Agnihotra during our absence. All these positive things are due to Homa.
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HOMA FARMING
- AGNIHOTRA AND SUGAR CANE |
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Abhay Mutalik Desai, Sutagatti, Dist:Belgaum, Karnataka,
India |
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In June 2005, sugar cane was attacked by woolly aphid. |
It was immediately controlled by two
spontaneous appearing natural predators called Micromus and Diapha.
(Attack resulted from the usage of impure ghee for Homas.) |
Interestingly, the predators started
from the area where the woolly aphid had first appeared.
Now we have a lush, green, healthy sugar cane in our 20 acres farm
and also in the neighboring farms. |
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