Sri lankan coffee

According to Antony, about 1,500 to 1.800 coffee saplings can be planted in an acre of rubber plantation. Roy Antony, a farmer from Wayanad in Kerala, is delighted that an arabica coffee plant variety he developed is being sought by the ruler of Abu Dhabi for planting in his farmhouse. Named Roys Selection, his coffee plant has become a big draw in the last few years as news of its utility as an inter-crop in rubber plantations spread among planters. “For the farmhouse in Abu Dhabi, they want 3,700 seven-year old arabica plants that have started bearing fruit for making their favourite coffee. There are no rubber plantations there but they are planning to create a cool atmosphere for the ideal growth of the plant," Antony told Moneycontrol. The farmhouse is sourcing coffee as well as other plants from different parts of the world. Antony is happy that the kingdom has gone for the farmer's variety of coffee from India and plans to provide it at a minimum payment. "This … [Read more...] about Kerala farmer’s intra-crop coffee variety vows more income to struggling rubber growers

Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (Photo by Zahid Izzani Mohd Said/The Edge) - A + A MIRI (Aug 7): The federal government has approved the construction of Phase 2 of the Sarawak-Sabah Link Road (SSLR) project and the Trans Borneo Highway (LTB) project, which will commence early next year, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. He said the technical study of the SSLR Phase 2 and LTB projects that connect Miri to Limbang and Lawas, which are expected to take three to five years to complete, is now at the final stage. The prime minister said the projects will not only enable residents in northern Sarawak to go to Sabah via two road network options, but also provide benefit to those living around Mulu, Long Seridan, Nanga Medamit, Long Lopeng, Ba'kelalan, and Merarap, who still depend on logging roads. "Those travelling from Miri to Limbang and Lawas via Brunei can use the LTB 96-kilometre stretch that will be ugpraded into a two-lane dual carriageway. … [Read more...] about Ismail Sabri: Construction of SSLR Phase 2, LTB to begin next year

Tan Sri Annuar Musa (Photo by Zahid Izzani Mohd Said/The Edge) - A + A SERDANG (Aug 7): Those directly involved in the ecosystem for production and sale of palm-based cooking oil should avoid hoarding or rationing the commodity following the setting of its maximum price at RM34.70 per five-kilogramme bottle effective from Monday (Aug 8), said Tan Sri Annuar Musa. The Chairman of the Special Task Force on Jihad Against Inflation said if traders and retailers resort to such practices, they will ultimately lose out, apart from creating problems for consumers. "Just because the price of oil will drop, for example, people should not start hoarding. It won't solve the problem," he told reporters after visiting the Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism Exhibition 2022 (MAHA 2022) at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang on Sunday. He said this when asked about the possibility of irresponsible parties hoarding cooking oil when its price is low, a practice … [Read more...] about Annuar: Do not hoard cooking oil

There’s a room in our home that I’ve called my “home office” since we first moved in. I had no good reason for the name–other than an “office” is what people conventionally call a room where work is supposed to get done. advertisement advertisement But in my mind, an “office” is where good ideas go to die. An office conjures up images of cubicles, mind-numbing water-cooler conversations, personal attacks, half-empty cups of awful coffee, and headache-inducing fluorescent lights. Creativity, in other words, hates offices. So instead of calling my room an office, I started calling it an idea lab. An idea lab is where innovative ideas are born. An idea lab involves experimentation. An idea lab is for daydreaming. I love my idea lab (and I hated my office). advertisement advertisement You might be wondering: What’s in a name? Who cares what a room is called? Names matter–much more than you might assume. This is called priming. … [Read more...] about We have to stop calling it a “home office.” Here’s a better term

If you're an entrepreneur who wants to maximize your energy and avoid an early death by eating healthy, there is a lot of confusing advice out there to contend with. Besides a host of trendy but conflicting diets, guidelines from actual scientists change regularly. One year fat will kill you, the next sugar is public enemy number one. Is fish great for you or mercury-laced poison ? And while everyone agrees heavy drinking is unhealthy, does a glass or two of wine a day do good or bad things for your health ? Given the ever-changing answers to questions like these, it's tempting to throw up your hands and ignore everything but the most basic nutritional advice. If no one knows anything beyond fast food is bad, then you may as well let your instincts (and taste buds) guide you. But according to a research review published recently in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology , science does actually know something definitive about what you should eat. … [Read more...] about This Is the Healthiest Possible Diet, According to Research

If you want to get confused, try following the latest health and diet advice. Low fat or low carb? Will coffee kill you or help you live longer ? What's the best kind of exercise to keep your body and mind young ? Expert advice seems to change at a blistering pace , but if you want to know which findings are definitive enough to follow in your own life, you could do a lot worse than asking David Sinclair . He's been studying how to slow aging at Harvard since 1999 and is a top expert in the field of longevity research. He's also founded several biotechnology companies. If you want to know how to put off dying (and who doesn't?), he's your man. And if you really want to know which interventions are road tested enough to move from the lab to real-world practice, there's no better way to find out than to see what changes he's made to his own routine. Which is just what Medium's Alexandra Sifferlin did recently. In a brief but illuminating interview, Sinclair … [Read more...] about This Harvard Researcher Studied How to Slow Aging for 20 Years. He’s Made These 3 Changes to His Own Routine

When Jack Dorsey announced on Twitter a while back that he sometimes doesn't eat for days , healthy eating advocates responded with a howl of outrage. But even though Dorsey's routine may be extreme, he's certainly not alone in his fascination with "intermittent fasting." "Eating is so last season" According to its many Silicon Valley backers, fasting isn't just a new trendy take on the good, old diet (or anorexia in disguise). It's a science-backed way to promote increased health and productivity. "Eating is so last season; these days all the cool kids fast," joked Arwa Mahdawi in a UK Guardian article chronicling the newfound obsession with not eating in Silicon Valley "where a number of high-profile tech execs extol the transformative power of extreme fasting." The Atlantic has also covered the tech industry's obsession with the idea. The claims of fasting fans aren't entirely baseless. Years of research have shown that calorie restriction increases … [Read more...] about You Don’t Have to Starve Yourself for Days Like Jack Dorsey to Get the Benefits of Fasting

As a busy entrepreneur you're probably going non-stop all day, but that doesn't mean your energy levels keep pace with your to-do list. Despite a consistently packed calendar from when the alarm rings in the morning to when we shut out the light at night, many busy professionals veer wildly from a post-coffee 11am energy buzz to a near catatonic post-lunch lull in the afternoon. This can't be good for your productivity, but what's to be done about it? Afternoon napping has been suggested by many and seems to align well with humans' natural circadian rhythms, but if your customers or your kids make that option untenable, are their other possibilities for dealing with your daily energy rollercoaster? On blog Dumb Little Man recently, nurse and nutritional health counselor Penny Klatell suggested busy professionals consider eating themselves to more consistent energy levels . "Food is both the culprit and the treatment for a big part of our lack of energy, muddled thinking, … [Read more...] about How to Eat for All-Day Energy