Forestry Articles
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Project - Green Deccan (Andhra Pradesh)
The dry weather conditions of Andhra Pradesh attract very less annual rainfall, leading to prolong droughts. This causes huge agrarian crisis and extreme despair for farming communities of the state. Thus, to eradicate these problems and strengthen Andhra’s agriculture, SankalpTaru is working out an action plan of planting varied fruit-bearing saplings on the lands of poor rural farmers by ...
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Project - Protect Himalayas (Uttarakhand)
SankalpTaru has initiated a green campaign in the most difficult terrain in the cold arid desert of Ladakh and is dedicated to the sustainable development of the region. Nature has blessed Dev Bhoomi Uttarakhand with heavenly beauty. However, this Himalayan region has been greatly affected by landslides and floods, leaving nothing but destruction and devastation in its wake. SankalpTaru initiated ...
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Project - Green Thar (Rajasthan)
Rajasthan comprises mostly of the wide and inhospitable Thar Desert, facing low yields, scanty irrigation facilities, low fertility and high alkalinity of soil. In pursuit of creating lush green forest in middle of Thar, SankalpTaru is developing orchards of pomegranate and other fruit bearing trees by providing horticulture farming in the rural villages. This is enabling poor farmers to sustain ...
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Project - Kheojia Assam
Assam is a major producer of tea and silk in the country and earns majority of its income from the same. However, because of its weather, the farmers prefer mono-cropping. Due to this most of the farmers in the state are extremely poor. To combat this problem, SankalpTaru Foundation has initiated Project Kheojia Assam. With our sustainable plantation drive, we have planted saplings of seedless ...
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Project - Green Leh Ladakh (Jammu & Kashmir)
SankalpTaru has initiated a vigorous green campaign in the most difficult terrain of cold arid desert of Leh Ladakh. Amidst of inclement weather conditions, with support from local communities we are sustainably developing the region by creating lush green forests in this desolate area to help check soil erosion and preserve environment. Species planted: Apple and Apricots Regions covered: ...
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Project - Green Arunachal
A biodiversity hub, the state of Arunachal Pradesh is India’s easternmost state with lush forests and trees. However, farmers face difficulties in accessing good quality saplings which give higher yields and this is further compounded by a lack of technical expertise. To address these challenges, SankalpTaru has joined hands with local farmers to plant Lychee and seedless lemon saplings in ...
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Project - Pasumai Tamil Nadu (Tamil Nadu)
Every year farmers in Tamil Nadu suffer crippling debts due to severe crop loss caused by acute shortage of water during non-monsoon seasons. The situation becomes grave when farmers get trapped in debts for not repaying loans on time. Since agriculture is the main source of income of rural farmers in Tamil Nadu, the adversities of failed harvest makes many of them to even commit suicide. ...
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Pini Kay Briquettes Processing Plant
There are many raw materials used to process sawdust briquettes. All kinds of logs, hardwoods, and branches are common raw materials, such as pine, oak, etc. Various farmland straws can also be used to process pini kay logs, such as cotton stalks, sorghum stalks, rice stalks, corn stalks, corn cobs, rice husks, peanut husks, palm husks, etc. The complete set of sawdust briquettes making machine ...
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How thick and how long should a fish pond liner be?
How thick should a fish pond liner be? For the fish ponds, 0.5mm 0.75mm 1mm thickness is popular, because the pond liner should have a tensile strength, and puncture resistance, the sharp rock and tree branches cannot damage the pond liner easily. And these thickness is flexible, not heavy, easy to install. How long will a pond liner last? The pond liner can last 6-60years based on different ...
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How do I stop tree roots from invading my garden?
Our carefully arranged own gardens are usually destroyed by plants such as fruit trees and bamboo planted by neighbors in daily life. This will make us feel very upset. But how can we solve this dilemma? If you want to achieve the effect of water storage and drainage, it is recommended to use water storage to drain cells, and then there is a root barrier under the storage row to prevent plant ...
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How do you make a tree root barrier?
With the development of the economy, people are more and more aware of the importance of environmental protection, and more and more green spaces are planned in cities’ construction. Yet, because trees root will occupy most of the underground space, the cement panels and roads in the garden are fragmented, so the product of root barrier appeared, and now HDPE LLDPE geomembrane is used in ...
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Storytelling is the challenge, but it can also be the solution
America loves farmers, and the data proves it. The Industry of Farming & Agriculture has the highest favorability ratings of all U.S. industries, and farming is regularly ranked one of the most trustworthy professions… so why is there still a major disconnect between food producers and the end consumer? There’s a feeling of “us vs. them” on both sides, and it ...
By DP Techlink
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How to Get the City to Remove a Tree
Trees, whether they are located on public or private land, can be hazardous. They can also be a nuisance. The question is: what can you do to get your city to remove them? To get your city to remove a tree, you need to inform them of the potential danger, damage, or inconvenience that the tree is likely to cause to the public. Do so by writing to them, calling them, or contacting them via their ...
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Log Debarker Machine Shipped To America For 300mm Diameter Logs
The processing of wooden furniture and the production of various high-quality boards require the use of peeled logs or hardwood as raw materials. The industrial log debarker machine is efficient equipment for removing bark, with a stripping rate of up to 98%. Shuliy factory has various wood peeling equipment, such as small log debarker machine, large continuous wood peeling machine, and so on. ...
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Exactly How The New Pyrolysis Machines Can Make Waste Agricultural Products Into Money
As most people reside in or close to the cities all across the globe, many are surprised to learn that there is plenty of agricultural waste produced in farm areas. Actually, worldwide, there is about 998 million tonnes of organic waste produced every year. And, that amount actually makes up for huge percentage of all the solid waste on the planet. When you thought the area dump, or landfill, was ...
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2013: Silkstone State School Parking Bays - Case Study
At Silkstone State School QLD a contentious issue arose. The school required car parking and a sealed one at that. But in the proposed car park was a huge old tree. The tree could be cut down and the roots dug out or the tree could be left, with open soil above the root system to allow for infiltration to keep the tree healthy; but this would lose at least six car spaces. What was to be ...
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The Paper Egg Carton Manufacturing Process
Having the capability to produce paper egg cartons is an integral part of the manufacturing process. You must be capable of producing these cartons so you have a place to keep the eggs if they are prepared to sell. The eco-friendly egg carton making machine is good for the environment since it uses waste paper pulp to generate the cartons. According to which model you decide on, you are able to ...
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Can corncob be made into briquettes?
Corncobs, like other agricultural and forestry wastes, are biomass resources that can be recycled, such as sawdust, crop stalks (corn stalks, soybean stalks, sorghum stalks, cotton stalks, rape stalks, peanut stalks, sunflower stalks), chaff, and grass. Grass, shrub branches, bamboo truncated, material head, bagasse, etc. The common feature of these biomass raw materials is that they contain a ...
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Hud-Son Forest Equipment Oscar 336-Busy Bee Apiaries Sawmill Review
The Oscar-336 is a great mill for the average and advances sawyers. No matter what your needs for a sawmill might be time always plays a factor in ones needs. You could be under pressure of supplying customers or you just need to finish a project so you can take some time to relax. The Oscar 336 makes quick work of log-to-lumber and slabbing needs. Not only can the Oscar-336 give you impressive ...
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Providing Tailored Crop Recipes, So Clients Can Hit the Ground Running
“You could best divide our products and services into three parts, being: external research and in-house contract research in our R&D labs, providing total indoor farming solutions, and collaborating in research projects,” explains Maarten Vandecruys, co-founder and CTO at Urban Crop Solutions ...
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