Practice Name:

Propagating Date Palm

Details
Category	Crop Production
Crop	Date Palm
Crop Family	Arecaceae
Scientific Name	(Phoenix dactylifera )
Vernacular Name	Khajur
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Organic manure and polythene bags.
Details of Innovation	Mix soil with organic manure in polyethylene bags and tie them around the suckers sprouting from the higher points of the date palm stem. Secure the bags in such a way that soil and a portion of the stem remains in contact. After few days, these suckers also strike roots. Separate the suckers which develop roots from the parent tree and transplant along with the bags in the field.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Ishaqbhai Yakubbhai Turq
District	Kutch
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Vivekanand Research and Training Institute, Mundra, Kachchh
Address	Dhrab , taluka - Mundra , district - Kutch , Gujarat.
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	370421

PAS_1	"Propagating palms in vitro with special emphasis on the date palm." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0304423885901232
PAS_2	"Organic Dates Farming and Cultivation Practices."https://www.agrifarming.in/organic-dates-farming-and-cultivation-practices
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Western Plain, Kachchh And Part Of Kathia (2.2, 2.4) ,Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and Hills Region (XIII) , Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North West Zone (GJ-5)
Other Community Practices	"A framework for considering ecological interactions for common non-timber forest product species: a case study of mountain date palm (Phoenix loureiroi Kunth) leaf harvest in South India."https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/2192-1709-2-21
Practice ID	KNW0010000000899
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/6
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	370421