Cassava or Tapioca or Kappa is capable of feeding the hungry millions and putting as an industrial raw materials. FAO has identified cassava as wonder crop of the 21st century to save the humanity. Its cultivation can be extended to some of the European countries and also in the desert regions. This presentation gives more details about an experiment in Cassava cultivation conducted in the desert region, especially in the UAE.
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this presentation depict the various terms of agriculture. in this topic the information given about the farming system, types of farming and about the major crops.
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This presentation is based on an experiment conducted in the UAE on the desert farming - cassava and vegetable. This can be conducted on a large commercial level. For the global warming, production of wheat, rice, potato, apple and etc. is on a declining path. Cassava , according to FAO, is the wonder crop that can feed the hungry millions. Cassava cultivation can be extended even in the West.
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It was first domesticated in the Western Pacific & spread by humans throughout the region beginning 3600 yrs. ago.
The breadfruit is believed to be native to a vast area extending from New Guinea through the Indo-Malayan Archipelago to western Micronesia.
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Deserts are the going to be next source of food and industrial raw materials. Cassava or Tapioca cultivation can be made in desert in a massive scale by making water available. Cassava is a wonder crop that turn sun light into food and industrial raw material.
This presentation is based on an experiment conducted in the UAE on the desert farming - cassava and vegetable. This can be conducted on a large commercial level. For the global warming, production of wheat, rice, potato, apple and etc. is on a declining path. Cassava , according to FAO, is the wonder crop that can feed the hungry millions. Cassava cultivation can be extended even in the West.
Breadfruit is an ancient domesticated cultigen & its origin, domestication & distribution must be considered within a geographic & cultural context.
It was first domesticated in the Western Pacific & spread by humans throughout the region beginning 3600 yrs. ago.
The breadfruit is believed to be native to a vast area extending from New Guinea through the Indo-Malayan Archipelago to western Micronesia.
The Bismarck Archipelago being the Centre of diversity for wild seeded forms of Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg.
Few-seeded and seedless forms occur throughout the Pacific Islands, with the greatest diversity found in the eastern Pacific in Polynesia. Seedless breadfruit has been widely distributed throughout the tropical world.
Propagating by seeds is not popular, as seeds lose viability quickly & the germination percentage is low.
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GIVE THE FARMERS THEIR DUE AND ENSURE SUSTAINED GROWTH AND FOOD FOR ALLDr. Raju M. Mathew
For ensuring sustained growth and food for all, the only effective strategy is to give the due income and social status to the small, medium and marginal farmers and farm workers and reduce inter-sector imbalances.
Food, especially some familiar organic vegetables can augment vitality, sexuality and youthfulness . It is desirable to produce a handful of organic vegetables in our own little vegetable gardens. With some care, everybody can be more fit, healthy and happy so as to enjoy the pleasures of life.
FOOD FROM DESERT : DR. RAJU M. MATHEW'S EXPERIMENTS IN AL AIN IN TAPIOCA AND...Dr. Raju M. Mathew
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KERALA HISTORY : DECODING THE MYTHOLOGIES OF ONAM OR MAHABALI AND PARASURA...Dr. Raju M. Mathew
Onam is the national celebration of Kerala. It tells the tragic story of the Brahmin invasion and the total defeat of the people of Kerala resulting in the brutal murder of their emperor, Mahabali in the hands of Vamana and slavery of the people.
The victorious Brahmins introduced the inhuman Caste System, projecting Vamana as the incarnation of the Lord Vishnu and the Brahmins as the divine people. Without knowing the true story, now Vamana is worshiped in Kerala especially during Onam celebrations making the victim Mahabali a comic hero. Onam is the death anniversary of Mahabali and victory of the Brahmins over the people of Kerala and above all the slavery of the entire people by the foreign invaders.
Brahmins were basically a dissident group of Jews or Israelis who revolted against Moses. They were forced to settle in India and projected themselves as the people of the Supreme Indian God, 'Brahman' and came to be known as Bramins. They were wrongly projected as 'Aryans' by the western historians besides Adolf Hitler in his Meain Kampf out of ignorance.
Kerala had done crime against the Pulays and the other original settlers and for the last several centuries they have been living like Slaves. The Mythologies of Onam and the Origin of Kerala- Parsurama tell about the story of Brahmin dominance over the highly cultured Pulayas and growth of Islam and Christianity and also the economic dominance of the Nairs. Mythologies are coded events and histories. Using the techniques of decoding Mythologies, this work is made.
Early history of Kerala, its original settlers and the history of the Nairs, Brahmins, Ezhavas, Pulayas, Muslims and Christians can be traced out from the two well known Mythologies of Kerala in the absence of the valid historical evidences. This presentation provides valid insights in to the unknown history of the people of Kerala scattered in different communities. It deals with the invasion of Brahmins and Kshythriyas from the Northern India and the oppression of its original settlers on the one hand and the total annihilation or racial cleaning of Buddhism from Kerala and their impacts.,
This is a rich source for poets, script writers, painters, novelists and dramatists to bring out wonderful works. Researchers can also be benefited.
Belly Dance and the Indian Classical Dances known for their beauty, deep scientific roots and spirituality are highly erotic too. They are based on sound theoretical foundations though nobody has made a scientific comparative study, other than treating it as for just entertaining men.
There exists a striking similarities between Indian Classical Dances and Belly dances in embedding Eroticism with Aesthetics and Spirituality. This work may be useful for dancers of both Belly Dances and the Classical Indian Dances besides the critics, students. It may help the lovers of both Belly Dances and the Indian Classical Dances to understand their Erotic, Spiritual and Aesthetic aspects besides their scientific foundations.
Most of the Dances are related Mythologies and some times the suppressed history too. This is more evident in Kerala, the southern state of India where mythologies and celebrations have their secret links of the elimination of Buddhism by cold blooded massacre and enslavement besides the brutal oppression of the Kingdom of Pulayas and their ever lasting enslavement that lead to the emergence of Nairs, Christiians, Muslims and Ezhavas in Kerala.
KERALA NEEDS NO MORE NEW MALLS, MOSQUES, CHURCHES,TEMPLES AND PARTY OFFICES B...Dr. Raju M. Mathew
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This is not a pro-CPM stand, opposing Lulu Mall, Ernakulam or Bolgatty Convention Center. Its philosophy and approach are quite different.People and their Land are more important than any ideology or religion or political party. After studying Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf and Table Talk and Mussolini's Speeches and Writings, we can identify the elements of Fascism in all political parties, including CPM and Congress, and religions, including Islam, Hinduism and Christianity. They are least concerned about the People and the Land other than their sectarian interests of Money, Power and Membership.
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The major challenge of the UAE in becoming a Knowledge Economy is to redefine 'Knowledge Economy' besides Education and Qualifications. With some idea of 'Knowledge Management' which is Data or Information Management rather than 'Knowledge Management', nobody can create a Knowledge Economy.
The attached YouTube video may be useful in clarifying the concepts of Knowledge, Information, Data, Knowledge Industry, Knowledge Economy, though it discuss more about Kerala.
KNOWLEDGE SCIENCE; NOT INFORMATION SCIENCE OR TECHNOLOGY- SCOPE,THEORIES AND...Dr. Raju M. Mathew
The inherent failures of 'Information Science' or' Information Technology' to deal with knowledge, necessitate the emergence of 'Knowledge Science' for Knowledge is a precious and strategic wealth and source of income. The complexity and diversity of knowledge must be studied and new research works are needed for the Mass Production,Delivery and Consumption of Knowledge and thereby knowledgization of the entire people. Knowmatics and Knowledge Science are the newly emerging fields of study. Mathew's Theories of Knowledge Consumption -Production and Cybernetics of Knowledge provide the methodological and theoretical foundations of Knowledge Science.
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CASSAVA OR TAPIOCA TO FEED THE HUNGRY MILLIONS - EXTENDING CASSAVA CULTIVATION EVEN IN THE WEST AND THE DESERT REGIONS
1. CASSAVA OR TAPIOCA CULTIVATION EXTENDING TO THE DESERTS AND
THE WEST TO MEET THE
WORLD FOOD CRISIS
DR. RAJU M. MATHEW &
MRS. RANI RAJU
2. STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF CASSAVA
• Cassava or Tapioca or Kappa, traditionally known as a tropical crop, is widely
cultivated in Kerala (India), Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia and several African
countries. Till recently, cassava has been considered as a poor man’s daily
bread without much strategic importance, though it has several industrial
applications as a raw material.
• The world is faced with an alarming decline of the production of rice, wheat,
potato, sugar cane, cereals, and apple on the one hand and wide use of
agriculture products, including food grains for producing bio-fuels. This has
made millions of the people to live in hunger without any food and also the
unprecedented rise of price of food products all over the world.
• The search for alternative food products has lead the Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to identify and declare Cassava or
Tapioca as the wonder crop of the 21st century to feed the hungry millions
besides making use of it as industrial a raw material with so many uses. The
European Union is a major importer of cassava. The following links give more
details about cassava and FAO on cassava:
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http://business.inquirer.net/124301/cassava-is-future-global-crop-says-un
http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/176780/icode/#.UkwZLucpcjg.facebook
http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/fao-approach-leads-to-sustainable-increases-in-cassavafarming/
3. EXPANDING CASSAVA CULTIVATION
• Cassava or tapioca, a native of Brazil, is generally cultivated in the
subtropical areas with a sufficient rain fall for yielding better crops. It
needs a lot of direct sunlight besides fertile land. Under shades, its
growth is slow and it is weak too. However, it is not as water-intensive
as paddy or sugar cane.
• For the expansion of the cultivation of cash crops like rubber and oil
palms in the traditional area of cultivation of cassava is a great threat for
its extensive cultivation.
• There is a need to find out alternative areas of cassava cultivation to
feed the growing hungry millions and meeting industrial raw material
needs. This has made us to conduct experiments in cassava cultivation in
the UAE without any green house.
• Even though so many expats from Kerala in the UAE have ventured
cassava cultivation in a very small scale, that too in a fancy way, nobody
has done it in a scientific way with documentation so as to conduct
further studies.
• The following slides give some basic details about our limited
experiment on cassava cultivation outside a green house in the UAE
exploring the possibility of expanding cassava cultivation in the vast
desert region noted with direct sunlight and fertile land provided there
is a minimum amount of water available for irrigation.
4. OUR EARLY ATTEMPT IN CASSAVA CULTIVATION
• In Jan. 2008, we shifted our residence to the sub-urban residential
area of Al Ain in the Emirates of Abu Dhabi in a rented small villa.
We, myself and my wife, Rani are the only expats in this area.
• There were only thick thorny plants near our house without any
flowers or butterflies. Rani planted a beguine villa plant and a
branch of muringa (drum stick) tree and we watered them daily.
For the next two years, there was not much growth for those
plants, though in the third year, they brought out some flowers.
• Clearing the thorns, we planted some cassava stems that we got
from our friends in Al Ain. Though their growth was bit slow, after
14 months, we got tapioca and the yield was not very bad.
• Knowing our interest in agriculture, the Imam of the nearby
mosque gave us some seeds of ‘thumara’, a bushy type beans. We
planted them; after two years they started to flower and give yield.
Some Pakistani and Bengala Desh workers brought manures for us.
• Our interest in farming was just a hobby – gardening and we did not
bother much about its economic or strategic importance.
5. SUPPLEMENTRY FOOD ITEMS
• When tapioca is presented or introduced as a major
food for the millions all over the world, it needs
supplementary food items like fish, especially sardine,
and beans like thumara or soya beans that can be
cultivated along with cassava.
• Hundreds of food products can be produced from
tapioca, besides animal feeds and several industrial
products. Further research on these areas are required
along with popularizing tapioca as a major food and
industrial raw material with strategic importance in the
21st century.
8. CASSAVA AND VEGETABLES
• Once a land is made suitable for cassava cultivation,
along with it, different verities of vegetables, such as
ladies’ finger, ash guard, bitter guard, snake guard, soya
beans, long beans, thumara beans, red cheera and etc.
can also be cultivated. All beans plants have the
nitrogen fixation potentialities. These vegetables can
turn the tapioca as a balanced or enriched food.
• Along with cassava, we produce different types of
vegetables in a purely organic way. Their flowers attract
different types of butterflies, dragon flies, honey bees
and also honey sucking birds. Their photographs are
also given in the following slides.
12. A SERIOUS ATTEMPT
• The early success story in cassava cultivation prompted us
to make some experiment in it with some documentation.
We planted some high yielding cassava stems in Jan.2013
and May 2013 and most of them sprout. We watered them
in every morning and night and put cow dung and
compost once in a month.
• During the severe summer hot, we put them under the
shade of the green fiber net to protect them from direct
heat of the sun. Dry palm leaves can also be used instead
of the fiber net. Though the growth was slow, most of them
survived during the severe summer hot.
• After the summer, they have been growing fast and steady,
some times better than in Kerala. It is far better than our
first attempt. It is expected that they will give a very
impressive yield by Jan.2014 on the basis of its growth
compared to the previous ones.
14. DESERT SOIL FOR CASSAVA
• Desert soil and the abundant sun light are very much
suitable for cassava cultivation provided water is there to
irrigate daily. Growth is fast, especially after the summer, if
cultivated either on January or May. During the extreme
hot, some sort of shades can be provided to protect the
cassava.
• Some fast growing trees or bushes like drum stick or
thumara beans can be planted one year ahead of cassava
cultivation. Thumara beans are a very good complement to
tapioca to make a balanced food. Both the leaves and
beans of the drum stick tree have medicinal properties and
very good for controlling obesity, high blood pleasure,
diabetes, cancer and cholesterol. Soya beans and some
vegetables can also be cultivated along with cassava.
25. CASSAVA CULTIVATION IN THE WEST
• For the global warming, some of the western countries like
the UK, France and etc are acquiring some of characteristics
of sub-tropical regions. That is why; their production of
wheat , apple, potato, grapes and etc. is on decline. Cassava
can be cultivated in areas where a lot of sun light is
available. For the western countries, suitable verities of
cassava can be identified out of over a hundred types.
• Immediate global strategies must be formulated and
implemented in expanding cassava cultivation in nontraditional areas, including the western and desert regions
and thereby at least a ten fold increase in tapioca
production to feed the hungry millions and providing
valuable raw materials for industry also. Value-added
animal feeds can also be produced from this wonder crop
of the twenty first century. Oman, the UAE, Saudi Arabia
and etc can be emerged as major cassava cultivating
countries in the near future.