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Asian Agri-History Vol. 15, No. 1, 2011 (8186) 81

Progress Report 2010:Asian Agri-History Foundation

YL Nene

Asian Agri-History Foundation, Secunderabad 500009, Andhra Pradesh, India

(email: [email protected])

1. The Asian Agri-History Foundation

(AAHF) Trust was established and

registered in 1994 by a group of agricultural

scientists who felt the need to educate

agriculturists and all those directly or

indirectly connected with agriculture of Asia

with its rich agricultural heritage.

2. The number of subscribers to the journal

Asian Agri-History in 2010 was 404

(Individuals 334; Institutions 70). Again we

record our gratitude to KK Ranade,

Director (Operations), IOT Engineers Pvt.

Ltd., Mumbai and T Suresh, Genset

Engineers, Vijayawada, India for obtaining

subscription of over 100 persons.

3. YL Nene, Chairman, AAHF delivered

the following lectures:

Vrikshayurveda, the science of

traditional Indian agriculture at the

Training Workshop on EndogenousDevelopment, 1528 February 2010

organized by the Foundation for

Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions

(FRLHT), Bangalore.

Sustainable agriculture using ancient

and medieval farm techniques at the

20 th meeting of Friends of Same

Wavelength (FOSWL) (India),

Hyderabad on 21 August 2010.

Indian indigenous knowledge in

conservation agriculture at

International Conference on Traditional

Practices in Conservation Agriculture,

1820 September 2010, JRN Rajasthan

Vidyapeeth University, Udaipur.

4. YL Nene participated in the First World

Noni Congress-2010 at Chennai from 1 to 3October 2010 organized by the World Noni

Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu,

India. He delivered a talk on Potential of

Vrikshayurveda techniques in increasing

yields of perennial crops.

5. YL Nene and SPS Beniwal, Trustee,

AAHF visited Darjeeling from 21 to 27 April

2010 to meet with RS Tiwari, Chairman

(Longview Tea & Agro Ltd), VS Parmar,

Vice-Chairman (Chemong Tea Co.), and

other committee members of the West

Bengal Chapter of AAHF, and discuss

problems faced by the tea planters and

recommend plant protection measures for

organic tea cultivation.

6. The Foundation and its Rajasthan

Chapter organized the International


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Conference on Traditional Practices inConservation Agriculture from 18 to 20

September 2010 at Udaipur, Rajasthan on

successful completion of ten years by the

Chapter. The Indian Council of Agricultural

Research (ICAR), New Delhi sponsored the

Conference and sanctioned ` 150,000. The

Foundation Headquarters commended the

Chapters contributions and assisted in

publishing the Abstracts for the

Conference. D Surya Prakash, Office

Facility Manager, AAHF completed tenyears of service. The Foundation awarded

him the Trustees Medal (see photo).

7. Prof Nalini Sadhale, Hon. Editor of

Asian Agri-History and translator of several

Sanskrit texts published by AAHF, has been

awarded honorary doctorate by the

Maharishi University of Enlightenment, the

Netherlands for her very great contribution

to the field of Vedic Agriculture (see

photo).

8. Rajasthan Chapter of AAHF:

In total, 72 persons are members of

Rajasthan Chapter; of these, 42 are

subscribers of the journal Asian Agri-

History.

Three meetings of the members and five

meetings of the Executive Committee

were held during the year. The Executive

Committee of the Chapter consists of

KN Nag (Chairman), SL Choudhary

(Secretary), SK Khandelwal

(Treasurer), and MM Simlot, SC

Bhardwaj, GL Garg, Dhriti Solanki,

and G Rajamani (Members).

The Chapter has successfully completed

ten years. On this occasion and in

collaboration with AAHF, the Chapter

organized the International Conference on

Traditional Practices in Conservation

Agriculture from 18 to 20 September 2010

at JRN Rajasthan Vidyapeeth University,

Udaipur. The AAHF commended KN

Nag and SL Choudhary for their

contributions (see photos). The detailed

report and recommendations of theConference have been prepared [see

Asian Agri-History 15(1):7779].

The Chapter has fixed deposits of total

amount ` 364,124 in the bank, around

` 20,000 in SB account, and assets

(books, computer, etc.) of value

amounting ` 200,000.

D Surya Prakash honored at the International

Conference at Udaipur.

Prof Nalini Sadhale awarded honorary

doctorate.


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SL Choudhary receiving memento from the Chief Minister.

KN Nag receiving memento from Honorable Chief Minister

Shri Ashok Gehlot.

Rajasthan Chapter celebrates ten years of success International Conference at Udaipur

Dignitaries on the dias.


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SL Choudhary, Advisor, AAHF andHon. Secretary, Rajasthan Chapter

delivered the following lectures and

interacted with farmers during the year:

Ancient plant protection practices:

Relevance as and now and

Kunapajal for crop health delivered

to the trainees of a program organized

by Advance Centre of Plant Pathology,

GB Pant University of Agriculture and

Technology, Pantnagar on 5 April 2010.

Science and technology in ancient

India at Allahabad Agriculture Institute

(deemed University), Allahabad on 8

April 2010. Also demonstrated the

method ofKunapajal prepararion to the

students of Department of Plant

Protection at the Institute.

Traditional agricultural practices for

sustainable production at Mahatma

Gandhi Chitrakoot Vishwavidyalaya,Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh on 10 April

2010.

Science and technology in ancient

India on 15 November 2010 to the staff

and students of Singhania Senior

Secondary School, and Government

Girls College, Kota, Rajasthan lecture

organized by GL Garg, Executive

Member, Rajasthan Chapter and

Project Officer, Department of Scienceand Technology, Government of

Rajasthan.

In a group meeting with Goshala

workers and small farmers organized by

the Mahaveer Goshala at Baran,

Rajasthan in the evening of 15

November 2010, the importance of cow

dung and urine in agriculture wasexplained. Also, an effort to make the

Goshala independent through these

products was recommended.

Our rich heritage in science and

technology, particularly in agriculture

to the staff and students of College of

Horticulture and Forestry, Maharana

Pratap University of Agriculture and

Technology (MPUAT), Jhalawar,

Rajasthan on 16 November 2010. Some

traditional practices for cultivation of

fruits and vegetable crops were

elaborated.

Cultivation of vegetables through

traditional agricultural practices to a group

of farmers on 21 July 2009 organized by

Krishi Gyan Kendra, Jhalawar. Five

farmers of Bherupura village adopted the

practices and others are also now

motivated. GL Garg assured the scientists

of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) to

provide financial assistance from the

Department of Science and Technology

(DST) to purchase copper containers to

prepare a bio-pesticide.

9. West Bengal Chapter of AAHF:

In total, 35 persons from West Bengal

are subscribers of the journal Asian Agri-

History.

YL Nene, Chairman, AAHF and SPSBeniwal, Trustee, AAHF visited

Darjeeling from 21 to 27 April 2010 to

attend a meeting on Problems faced in

organic farming of tea organized by RS

Tiwari, Chairman and VS Parmar,

Vice-Chairman of West Bengal Chapter

of AAHF. The major problem of die-


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back disease of tea was discussed alongwith other committee members of the

Chapter and tea planters. Also, some tea

estates were surveyed (see photos).

RS Tiwari, Chairman of West Bengal

Chapter conducted a meeting with all

committee members on 5 July 2010 to

discuss the progress and future activities

of the Chapter. TC Sharma of

Nagrifarm Tea Estate and V

Dhanchullia of Marylong Tea Estate

attended as invitees.

Two papers were presented at the

International Conference on Traditional

Practices in Conservation Agriculture,

1820 September 2010, JRN Rajasthan

Vidyapeeth University, Udaipur:

Management of die-back disease of

tea by RS Tiwari; and Darjeeling

tea industry going organic by VS

Parmar.

10. Uttarakhand Chapter of AAHF: In total,

40 persons from Uttarakhand are

subscribers of the journal Asian Agri-

History. The chapter has instituted AAHF

Research Fellowship for MS thesis on agri-history beginning academic session 2010

11. The Foundation Headquarters allocated

` 250,000 towards the Fellowship.

11. The website of the Foundation

www.agri-history.org has been in

existence since 2001 and updated

regularly. Over 129,503 persons visited our

website so far. A large number of persons

from all over the world contacted AAHF

seeking information on agriculturalheritage of Asia.

12. During 2010, twenty-five articles were

published in the four issues of the journal

Asian Agri-History (Vol. 14). Also, the

Catalog of Publications 19962010 was

published; this catalog contains information

on all publications of AAHF and its

Rajasthan Chapter.

13. With the donation of` 100,000 by

Sipani Krishi Anusandhan Farm

(SKAF), Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh,

India, AAHF instituted SKAF Award for

the Best Paper published in Asian Agri-

SPS Beniwal, YL Nene, A Palchoudhuri, RS Tiwari

and VS Parmar during field visit in Darjeeling.

YL Nene in discussion with tea garden staff in

Darjeeling.


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History each year. Accordingly the Awardfor 2010 has been given to the paper entitled

Himalayan Medicine System and its

Ayurvedic Perspective authored by Lalit

Tiwari and PC Pande (Asian Agri-History

14(3):261272). The Award consists of a

cash prize of` 5000 (which will be split

equally between the authors) and a

certificate to each author.

14. With the donation of` 100,000 by Ms

Santosh Mehra, w/o the Late Dr KLMehra, AAHF Founder-Advisor, the

Foundation instituted Dr KL Mehra

Memorial Award for the Best Paper on

Biodiversity published in Asian Agri-

History each year. Accordingly the

following two papers in series have been

selected as one award-winning entry for

the Award 2010:

Probable Agricultural Biodiversity

Heritage Sites in India: V. The Garo,

Khasi, and Jaintia Hills Region by

AK Singh (Asian Agri-History

14(2):133156).

Probable Agricultural BiodiversityHeritage Sites in India: VI. The

Northeastern Hills of Nagaland, Manipur,

Mizoram, and Tripura by AK Singh

(Asian Agri-History 14(3):217243).

The Award consists of a cash prize of

` 5000 and a certificate to the author.

15. SM Sinha, Hon. Advisor (Art and

Printing) continued to actively help in

ensuring high quality of all publications. We

are grateful to Sinha.

16. Many persons helped the Foundation.

We are especially grateful to Ch Vengala

Reddy and S Vijay Ramchander.

17. We are also grateful to the Foundation

staff for their hard work and dedication:

Sheila Vijayakumar, K Salai Muthu, and

D Surya Prakash.

18. The accounts were audited by the

auditors Messrs. ND Karwa & Co.,

Hyderabad and submitted to the tax

authorities in time.


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Sipani Krishi Anusandhan Farm Award 2010

The Asian Agri-History Foundation (AAHF) announces the Sipani Krishi

Anusandhan Farm Award 2010 for the Best Paper in Asian Agri-History.

The paper entitled Himalayan Medicine System and its Ayurvedic

Perspective authored by Lalit Tiwari and PC Pande (Asian Agri-History

14(3):261272) has been selected by panels of judges and trustees as the Best

Paper for the Award 2010. The Award consists of a cash prize of ` 5000 (which

will be split equally between the authors) and a certificate to each author. The

Award has been possible through a donation by Sipani Krishi Anusandhan Farm,

Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, India. Papers authored by trustees, editors, and

advisors of AAHF were not considered.

We congratulate the authors.

Chairman

AAHF

Lalit Tiwari PC Pande


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Dr KL Mehra Memorial Award 2010

The Asian Agri-History Foundation (AAHF) announces Dr KL Mehra Memorial

Award 2010 for the Best Paper on Biodiversity in Asian Agri-History.

The following two papers in series have been selected as one award-winning

entry by panels of judges and trustees for the Best Paper on Biodiversity for

the Award 2010:

1. Probable Agricultural Biodiversity Heritage Sites in India: V. The

Garo, Khasi, and Jaintia Hills Region by AK Singh (Asian Agri-

History 14(2):133156).2. Probable Agricultural Biodiversity Heritage Sites in India:

VI. The Northeastern Hills of Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and

Tripura by AK Singh (Asian Agri-History 14(3):217243).

The Award consists of a cash prize of ` 5000 and a certificate to the author.

The Award has been possible through a donation by Ms Santosh Mehra, w/o

the Late Dr KL Mehra, Founder-Advisor of AAHF. Papers authored by trustees,

editors, and advisors of AAHF were not considered.

We congratulate the author.

ChairmanAAHF

AK Singh

Another Award Instituted

Through the kind donation of Prof Lindsay Falvey and Ms Simone Falvey, anannual award will be given from 2011 to the best paper on Asian agricultural

history aspects of animal welfare, notable historical innovations associated

with the past period of Indianization across Asia, or spiritual aspects of

agriculture, published in future volumes of Asian Agri-History. The Award will

be called The Falvey Award. The Award consists of a cash prize of ` 10000

and a certificate to the author.

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