Can a 1,000-year-old Sanskrit text transform modern farming? This talk reveals how Vrikshayurveda — the ancient plant science codified by Rishi Surapala — holds practical answers for today’s struggling farmer.

A professor from Pantnagar University walks through hands-on techniques: mulching with grass bundles to draw atmospheric moisture into dry soil; making herbal Kun Jal from weeds and animal residues as a potent natural fertilizer; and adding rice starch (maan) to replicate the function of commercially sold hydrogel — at zero cost. She explains that plants cows refuse to eat are the most powerful insecticidal inputs, and that Vrikshayurveda contains over a hundred smoke-fumigation formulas to protect seeds and orchards — technology she calls more advanced than modern nanotechnology.

The session underscores a larger civilizational argument: India was the “golden bird” because Vrikshayurveda, Pashu Ayurveda, and cottage industry worked as an integrated system. With India now drafting global guidelines for natural product exports, the speaker urges every farmer to reclaim this knowledge before foreign nations patent it first.

About the Speaker:

Prof. Sunita T Pandey is a Coordinator Natural Farming Research & Executive Secretary AAHF, GBPUA&T Pantnagar, Uttarakhand.

Mr. Rajpal Singh highlights the problems of farmers and suggests possible solutions.