{"id":29805,"date":"2018-05-28T12:12:26","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T12:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/?p=29805"},"modified":"2018-05-28T12:17:46","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T12:17:46","slug":"indo-israeli-tie-up-increases-mango-produce-in-kolar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/?p=29805","title":{"rendered":"Indo-Israeli tie-up increases mango produce in Kolar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"section1\">\n<div class=\"Normal\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/?attachment_id=29812\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29812\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29812\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/MangoBF28may2018.jpg\" alt=\"MangoBF28may2018\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/MangoBF28may2018.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/MangoBF28may2018-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bengaluru :<\/p>\n<p>Mango\u00a0cultivators in Hogalagere village of Kolar have reason to cheer. The yield has doubled as more than 600 mango trees\u00a0can be grown within one acre of land as against the previous limit of 60.<\/p>\n<p>Lavanya, project manager at the Kolar centre of excellence for mango cultivation and horticulture, said this has been possible only due to the partnership between India and Israel. \u201cThe tie-up has helped us get better yields since 2016,\u201d added Lavanya. Earlier, it was possible to grow only 60 mango trees in an acre but employing the root stocking technique, where grafting is done to increase production, has upped the number to 600. \u201cThis method reduces the lifespan of trees. Normally, a mango trees lives for 100 years but the technology decreases it to 25 years,\u201d explained Lavanya.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership began with a project called Mashav, initiated by the Israeli foreign ministry, which is aimed at achieving sustainable development and ensuring food security. Under the project, work is on in four main sectors \u2014 agriculture and rural development, socio-economic development, rural and urban development and education. It began in 2008 was later extended.<\/p>\n<p>At present, the Kolar centre is growing Mallika, a mango variety which is being sold at Rs 80 per kg. \u201cThe yield has been comparatively good. We use drip irrigation to water the trees and don\u2019t depend on rain,\u201d said Lavanya.<\/p>\n<p>The Indo-Israel agricultural cooperation has benefited both the countries, said the deputy chief of mission, Embassy of Israel, Dana Krush. \u201cThe new Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy had visited Israel in August and wanted to send state farmers to the country to learn new technologies and implement them here,\u201d said Krush.<\/p>\n<p>source: http:\/\/www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com \/ The Times of India \/ News&gt; City News&gt; Bangalore News \/ TNN \/ May 25th, 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bengaluru : Mango\u00a0cultivators in Hogalagere village of Kolar have reason to cheer. The yield has doubled as more than 600 mango trees\u00a0can be grown within one acre of land as against the previous limit of 60. Lavanya, project manager at the Kolar centre of excellence for mango cultivation and horticulture, said this has been possible &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/?p=29805\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Indo-Israeli tie-up increases mango produce in Kolar<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[664,5,15,10,320],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agriculture","category-business-economy","category-records-all","category-science-technology","category-world-opinion"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29805"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29813,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29805\/revisions\/29813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}