{"id":227011,"date":"2023-02-17T21:02:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T15:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=227011"},"modified":"2023-02-22T10:26:01","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T04:56:01","slug":"towards-sustainability-arunachals-apatanis-use-a-unique-integrated-cultivation-method-it-needs-encouragement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/towards-sustainability-arunachals-apatanis-use-a-unique-integrated-cultivation-method-it-needs-encouragement\/","title":{"rendered":"Towards sustainability: Arunachal\u2019s Apatanis use a unique, integrated cultivation method; it needs encouragement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article<\/span> \u201cTowards sustainability: Arunachal\u2019s Apatanis use a unique, integrated cultivation method; it needs encouragement\u201d<\/b> published in<\/span> Down To Earth <\/b>on 17th February 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n

The Apatanis Tribe from Arunachal Pradesh practices a distinctive form of agriculture where rice and fish are grown together.<\/span><\/p>\n

About Apatani Tribe<\/b><\/h2>\n

The Apatani tribe is one of the major ethnic groups of the eastern Himalayas, Arunachal Pradesh.<\/span><\/p>\n

The major festivals of Apatanis are the Myoko, Dree, Yapung and Murung. People here believe that these traditional festivals ensure better productivity and well-being.<\/span><\/p>\n

Apatanis are known for their effective traditional village council called <\/span>bulya\u00f1 <\/b>which supervises, guides and has legal oversight over the activities of individuals that affect the community as a whole.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They work by addressing the conscience of the people rather than by instilling fear of the law and by promoting the prevention of unlawful activities rather than by punitive actions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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What is the Integrated rice-fish cultivation practised by Apatani Tribe?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Apatanis practice a unique form of agriculture called <\/span>Integrated rice-fish cultivation <\/b>where rice and fish are grown together. This is a low-input and eco-friendly practice.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this type of cultivation<\/b>, fish almost depend on the natural food sources of the rice fields and thus, farmers hardly need to use any supplementary fish feeds.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 The farmers sometimes use household and agricultural wastes and excreta of domestic animals like pigs, cows, and goats to make farming more sustainable and organic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source of irrigation:<\/b> The water sources in these high-altitude rice fields are mountain streams and rainwater dripped down during the monsoon season. Bamboo pipes are being used to distribute water from the networks of earthen irrigation channels.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tools:<\/b> Ancient and old-fashioned agricultural technologies are utilized for cultivation. Modern tools like tractors and power tillers are not affordable as well as inaccessible to the farmers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Benefits:<\/b> Fish improves rice productivity (by 10-15%) by controlling the growth of algae, weeds and insects, providing nutrient input through fish excreta and promoting tillering of the rice through the movement of fish inside the field.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cTowards sustainability: Arunachal\u2019s Apatanis use a unique, integrated cultivation method; it needs encouragement\u201d published in Down To Earth on 17th February 2023 What is the News? The Apatanis Tribe from Arunachal Pradesh practices a distinctive form of agriculture where rice and fish are grown together. About Apatani… Continue reading Towards sustainability: Arunachal\u2019s Apatanis use a unique, integrated cultivation method; it needs encouragement<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,11212,9],"tags":[10504,10514],"class_list":["post-227011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","category-public","tag-down-to-earth","tag-dte","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}