High Density Planting and Meadow Orcharding in Guava for Higher Return

Due to the extensive tree canopy, the traditional method of cultivation has had difficulty achieving the intended levels of productivity. As a result, it became necessary to enhance the current manufacturing system in addition to impressing with its productivity. There is a current tendency for fruit trees to be planted more densely or in meadow orchards to control tree size, keep desired architecture, and make operations like pruning, pest control, and harvesting easier. The meadow orchard system is a novel idea for guava planting, providing densities of 5000 trees per hectare at a spacing of 1 m by 2 m. In contrast to conventional well-branched trees, this system is controlled to create a simpler and smaller structured framework starting in the first year. Guava trees are topped and hedged to encourage the development of fruit buds in the first year. Regular topping and pruning helped to reduce the size of the tree canopy. In the first year after sowing, trees produced flowers and fruit.

Biomedical waste management in Ayurveda hospitals – current practices and future prospectives

Biomedical waste management is an integral part of traditional and contemporary system of health care.The paper focuses on the identification and classification of biomedical wastes in Ayurvedic hospitals,current practices of its management in Ayurveda hospitals and its future prospective. Databases likePubMed (1975e2017 Feb), Scopus (1960e2017), AYUSH Portal, DOAJ, DHARA and Google scholar weresearched. We used the medical subject headings ‘biomedical waste’ and ‘health care waste’ for identification and classification. The terms ‘biomedical waste management’, ‘health care waste management’alone and combined with ‘Ayurveda’ or ‘Ayurvedic’ for current practices and recent advances in thetreatment of these wastes were used. We made a humble attempt to categorize the biomedical wastesfrom Ayurvedic hospitals as the available data about its grouping is very scarce. Proper biomedical wastemanagement is the mainstay of hospital cleanliness, hospital hygiene and maintenance activities. Currentdisposal techniques adopted for Ayurveda biomedical wastes are e sewage/drains, incineration and landfill. But these methods are having some merits as well as demerits. Our review has identified a number ofinteresting areas for future research such as the logical application of bioremediation techniques inbiomedical waste management and the usage of effective micro-organisms and solar energy in wastedisposal.© 2017 Transdisciplinary University, Bangalore and World Ayurveda Foundation. Publishing Services byElsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

Ayush: Modi's innovation in Indian health systems

@#<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:</strong> This study was conducted as the first attempt of reviewing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's almost four year-old ministry as an innovative health policy. Modi's administration has employed innovative strategies such as the embracement of indigenous transformation of health system side by side with the strengthening of modern medical technology and practices. This facilitated the birth of the Ministry of AYUSH. This paper analyzed the processes involving the development and implementation of Modi's innovations in India's health sector.<br /><br /><strong>METHODOLOGY:</strong> Through contextual analysis, data were generated from various online sources including reports and modules available in the Ministry of Ayush and other government offices' websites.<br /><br /><strong>RESULTS:</strong> It showed that the set of trends identified by Cavalcante and Camoes was present in the ministry as a public management innovation in health care in India. These are the improvement of transparency mechanisms, open government and accountability; promotion of e-government; ease access and citizen participation in public administration; new public policies that encourage more active role of citizens in the creation of political capital; networks and partnerships of state actors, social and private enterprises; and expansion of information technology to increase the quality and efficiency in the delivery of public services.<br /><br /><strong>CONCLUSION:</strong> The establishment of the Ministry of Ayush and the policy on Indian System of Medicine and Homoeopathy is another example of indigenous transformation in public management in Asia which brings synergy between the traditional wisdom of AYUSH and modern diagnostic tools and technology.</p>