Dear Members,
Welcome to the FarmNest Wiki Articles contest 2013!
The aim of this contest is to gather farming knowledge from the members and build a ready reference on the FarmNest Wiki pages. Participate by writing articles based on your knowledge and experiences on any farm related topic to see them on the FarmNest Wiki pages and help the community too. The contest opens today 24-Sep-13 and will remain open until 24-Dec-13, but start sending your articles right away. As a note of appreciation, we have some token prizes of Rs. 1000, Rs. 750 and Rs. 500 for the best three articles submitted by members, as judged by the site moderators. All approved articles also get you some free premium ads on the FarmNest Ads section.
Here are some quick rules and guidelines for your write ups:
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[li]Please include original content based on your knowledge and experiences. Members will be responsible for ensuring the content they submit is not copied from anywhere.[/li]
[li]It is fine to synthesize a forum topic on FarmNest forum into a structured article, e.g., topics on how to get farmer certificate can be made into an article.[/li]
[li]If you are quoting small sections from somewhere, please reference the source. It is okay to use external links, except from other farming forums known to be averse to anything FarmNest 
.[/li]
[li]Please keep in mind the focus of FarmNest is on the practical aspects. So pure theoretical articles are less useful.[/li]
[li]All write-ups should be non commercial; no advertising write-ups please. We will include author credits in a footnote on the wiki article - either the forum handle or name and business details if you prefer. So please include your own introduction and forum user id with your article submissions.[/li]
[li]Including photos and illustrations is a plus; however all pics and illustrations have to be original. Remember any pics and illustrations you submit may be used by FarmNest.[/li]
[li]FarmNest may accept or reject submissions without specifying any reasons. Approved articles and pictures will be converted to wiki pages, subject to changes now or in the future. Members will not be able to ask for removal of their write-ups once submitted or published.[/li]
[li]There is no limit on the size of the articles; long articles will be broken into subtopics on the FarmNest wiki pages.[/li]
[li]A member may send as many articles as the member can write.[/li]
[li]All articles should be sent by email to support at this site name email id in word or ODF Text format, along with any pictures and illustrations as email attachments. [/li][/ol]
Some examples of possible topics, you could possibly think of any other farming topic - just tell us your topic before you start, either on this topic or by email to support so we can avoid duplication.
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[li]Successful dairy farming[/li]
[li]Poultry diseases management[/li]
[li]My experience with cultivating [/li]
[li]Package of practices for [/li]
[li]My experience with Natural Farming[/li]
[li]How to choose a farm [/li]
[li]How best to use a farm tractor[/li]
[li]Setting up a greenhouse[/li]
[li]My experience with hydroponic fodder cultivation[/li]
[li]Review on <farm exhibition/farm input>[/li]
[li]How I set up my farm[/li]
[li]Pest control in [/li]
[li]High density cultivation[/li]
[li]Land development for managing erosion[/li]
[li]My learnings from [/li]
[li]My experience with saving irrigation water on farms[/li]
[li]Marketing experiences of [/li]
[li]Farm laws in different states[/li]
[li]How to be a farmer in different states[/li]
[li]How to buy land in [/li]
[li]Solar applications for farm[/li]
[li]Farming abroad, what can we learn[/li]
[li]My review on a [/li]
[li]How to buy farmland in [/li]
[li]Biopesticide use[/li]
[li]Farm Fencing (enhancing existing page)[/li][/ul]
We look forward to your active participation - this is your chance to share your knowledge with the FarmNest community!
Regards,
Chandra
[color=brown]P.S.: FarmNest also needs some wiki volunteer editors - if you are tech savvy and can spare some time to edit some wiki pages, please email support. Thanks.[/color]
