Cempaka Belanda: Flourishing flower industry in Kashmir

"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)

"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.
They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."

"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Friday, April 15, 2011

Flourishing flower industry in Kashmir

RNW, 14 April 2011, by Johan van Slooten

(Photo by Raja Waseem)

It’s that time of year when thousands of tourists flock to the Netherlands to admire the fields of flowers in full bloom. The Keukenhof park is world famous for its floral displays, mostly composed of the Dutch national flower, the tulip. In Indian Kashmir, the Siraj Bagh tulip garden is trying to rival its Dutch counterpart.

The garden - Asia’s largest - has grown substantially over the last few years. In 2007 the park was created on the banks of the Dal lake with 350,000 tulip bulbs in an area of 12,3 acres (50,000 square metres). This year, the gardens expanded to almost 1,5 million tulips spread across 20 acres (81,000 square metres).

Tourist attraction

It is becoming one of Kashmir’s main tourist attractions, with 80,000 Indian and international tourists visiting the site. Only ten percent of the visitors come from Kashmir itself. According to the Jammu & Kashmir government, the Siraj Bagh gardens not only act as a tourist draw, but also as a marketing tool for the region’s flourishing floricultural industry.

"Huge potential"

“This naturally scenic state holds a huge potential for the floriculture industry to prosper,” Kashmir’s minister for Health and Horticulture, Javed Ahmed Dar, said recently at a workshop on the development of commercial floriculture. “The climate conditions are very good here, much better than in other Indian states.”

India’s flower business is booming, with Delhi as the home to Asia’s biggest flower market and exports generating approximately 15,5 million euros annually.

Watch a video of the flower garden here: (or click here). Story continues below.

Weather

Growing flowers often requires specific weather conditions. Tulip bulbs, for instance, flourish best when planted in cold soil and left to overwinter before being allowed to bloom under moderate weather conditions. This is why the tulip has done so well in the Dutch climate for so long; but, as the Health and Horticulture ministry’s website points out, India’s climate is a different matter.

“Although conditions here are better than in other parts of the country, we still face a few natural obstacles. Temperature variation is very important in cultivation and we don’t have the infrastructure yet to fully control that. It requires a large investment. But we are confident that we can develop a substantial flower growing business in Kashmir.”

Dutch bulbs

Despite Kashmir’s ambitions for expanding its own floriculture industry, most tulip bulbs planted in the Siraj Bagh gardens have been imported from the Netherlands, by far the world’s leading exporter of flowers and flower bulbs. According to figures from the Dutch Horticulture Board, 22 million Dutch flower bulbs were exported to India in 2009, worth a little over 2 million Euros.

That said, India and other countries in the region are still not major export destinations – the Dutch flower business relies on much larger international markets such as the US, China, Germany , the UK and Japan. In total, Dutch bulb exports are worth 580 million Euros.

Mood

Meanwhile, Kashmir authorities hope the current tulip season – which ends in June – will attract thousands of tourists to the Siraj Bagh gardens. “We are expecting tourists from all over the world, “ Mr Ahmed Dar said at the official opening of the gardens. “The mood of people has changed from the Netherlands to Kashmir,” he added - with a hint of optimism.

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