Practice Name:

Cumin Grows Well After ‘Bajra’

Details
Category	Crop Pest & Disease Management
Crop	Cumin
Crop Family	Umbellifers
Scientific Name	(Cuminum cyminum)
Vernacular Name	Jeera, Jeeru, Jeere
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Bajra crop
Details of Innovation	North Gujarat is famous for cumin cultivation. Chaturbhai Bhikhabhai Parmar who owns 5 ha land observed that cumin, locally called ‘jiru’ grows well in the field where bajra has been grown as previous crop. He divided one of his fields of 1.2 ha into two parts last year and grew bajra in one part and sorghum in another during monsoons. After harvesting, he grew cumin in both of them in winter. He gave identical treatment to both the crops and recorded yield of both the fields systematically. He found only 165 kg yield from the plot where sorghum was the previous crop while in the plot where bajra was grown, the yield was 301 kg. He suggests that the results of his experiment confirm a popular local saying about cultivation of cumin: “Jiru Jane Bajari, Mai Jani Vadali”, i.e. Cumin follows bajra crop and farmer follow the clouds.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Chaturbhai Bhikhabhai Parmar
District	Mehsana
KVK District	Ganpat University,Kherva Dist: Mehsana
Address	Mehsana , Gujarat
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	384001

PAS_1	"Production technology of cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.)." https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334416162_Production_technology_of_cumin_Cuminum_cyminum_L
PAS_2	"Effect of cropping sequence and nutrient management on cumin yield and fertility of soil."http://www.isss.ind.in/userfiles/file/Paper%2012_12.pdf
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Northern Plain (and Central Highlands) In (4.2), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and Hills Region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Gujarat zone (GJ-4)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	KNW0020000000411
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/159
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	384001