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New Methods for Storing Grain

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Category	Crop Pest & Disease Management
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Details of Innovation	Farmer has been engaged in farming and maintaining livestock for many years. The irregular and erratic monsoons in Saurashtra make it mandatory for the people to put aside excess harvest for future needs. In times of drought, people rely solely on stored food grains. The farmer has been experimenting with various methods to protect and store food grains. In Saurashtra, many pulses like moong, math, urad, kalthi, and chowli are sown during the monsoons. The crop yield depends on the rainfall. After the pulses are harvested, they are allowed to dry in the khala. The khalas are so designed that the pulses dry during the day in the sunlight, and, during the night, they dry in the breeze. The dried pulses are filled in tins or mud vessels. Farmer has devised an extremely cost-effective method for storing these pulses, which is as follows: Sand/mud is collected from the fences and hedges of the farmlands or roadsides and is mixed thoroughly with chili powder. The proportion is 100 gm. of chili powder for every 10 kg. of mud. A two-inch layer of this mixture is spread at the bottom of the storage container. A two-inch layer of pulses is spread on top of this. A layer of a mixture of mud and chili powder is spread on top of the pulses, which can be of one-inch thickness. This procedure is followed till the container is full. The last layer covering the pulses must again be two inches thick. In this way, the pulses can be stored for six to eight years. Farmer has been employing this method for many years.

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Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Puriben Devsibhai Suva
District	Junagadh
KVK District	Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Ambuja Foundation, Ambuja Cement Plant, Kodinar (Dist. Junagadh-Gujarat)
Address	Junagadh, Gujarat
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	362001

PAS_1	"Farmers indigenously stored pulse grains in earthen mud pots. For safe storage of grains, seeds were filled in earthen pot to its ¾th volume and then remaining top ... [Traditional Storage practices – by C karthikeyan ]" http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/6259/1/IJTK%208(4)%20564-568.pdf
PAS_2	"Leptadeniareticulata (Retz.) Wight &Arn. (Apocynaceae), is a traditional medicinal plant species widely used to treat various ailments such as tuberculosis, hematopoiesis, emaciation, cough, dyspnea, fever, burning sensation, night blindness, cancer, and dysentery. In Ayurveda, it is known for its revitalizing, rejuvenating, and lactogenic properties. This plant is one of the major ingredients in many commercial herbal formulations, including Speman, Envirocare, Calshakti, Antisept, and Chyawanprash. The therapeutic potential of this herb is because of the presence of diverse bioactive compounds such as α-amyrin, β-amyrin, ferulic acid, luteolin, diosmetin, rutin, β-sitosterol, stigmasterol, hentricontanol, a triterpene alcohol simiarenol, apigenin, reticulin, deniculatin, and leptaculatin. However, most biological studies on L. reticulata are restricted to crude extracts, and many biologically active compounds are yet to be identified in order to base the traditional uses of L. reticulata on evidence-based data." [Leptadeniareticulata (Retz.) Wight &Arn.(Jivanti): Botanical, Agronomical, Phytochemical, Pharmacological, and Biotechnological Aspects ]."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279492229_Bio-efficacy_of_insecticides_against_aphid_and_leaf_bug_on_dodi_Leptadenia_reticulata_Retz_Wight_Aruott
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Arid western Plains (5.1), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains & Hills Region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) South Saurashtra Zone (GJ.7)
Other Community Practices	"Traditional Storage practices – by C karthikeyan." http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/6259/1/IJTK%208(4)%20564-568.pdf
Practice ID	KNW0020000000022
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/67
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	362001