Practice Name:

Soil Reclamation - By Scrapping Of The Upper Layer Of Soil

Details
Category	Soil Management
Crop
Crop Family
Scientific Name
Vernacular Name
Scout	HBN
Ingredients
Details of Innovation	Farmers scrape away the top layer of soil to the field's boundaries with the help of the tractor-drawn scrapper. However, the depth of the scrapped layer is not fixed. It depends on the slope and topography of the soil. Collected soil is used to prepare the strong bunds around the field, which help harness the rainwater. People believe that most of the salt is removed from the upper layer of the soil. Farmers follow this practice just before the onset of the monsoon.

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Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Mavaji Bhikaji Harijan
District	Kutch
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Vivekanand Research and Training Institute, Mundra, Kachchh
Address	Vill: Moda Tal: Rapar
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	370155

PAS_1	“Scraping may be a useful method for the remediation of salt-damaged paddy soils when irrigation or culvert systems are affected severely by tsunamis and earthquakes.” Kang, Dong-Jin, Akira Endo, and Young-Jin Seo. "Effects of soil scraping on the reclamation of tsunami-damaged paddy soil." Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology 16, no. 3 (2013): 219-223." https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dong-Jin_Kang/publication/263372257_Effects_of_soil_scraping_on_the_reclamation_of_tsunami-damaged_paddy_soil/links/0c96053ca2a8e56cda000000.pdf
PAS_2	"Soil Reclamation by growing salt resistant/absorbent plants." http://honeybee.org/honeybee_detailed.php?ID=60&page=3&search_case=soil%20reclammation
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	“Rice as a crop for salt-affected soil in process of reclamation. Pearson, George A., and Alvin Dearing Ayers. Rice as a crop for salt-affected soil in process of reclamation. No. 43. Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, 1957." https://books.google.co.in/books?hl=en&lr=&id=6UgKI66zUDcC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=Removing+salt+from+soil&ots=kNXezwnqCz&sig=-DTva7rqQpnAzOTvqxAj6Tswkig&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Removing%20salt%20from%20soil&f=false
Practice ID	KNW0020000000323
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/82
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	370155