Practice Name:

Proper Use of Stalk for Animals

Details
Category	Crop Protection and Disease Management
Crop
Crop Family
Scientific Name
Vernacular Name
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Sodium chloride (NaCl), water.
Details of Innovation	Here, the animal does not feed on the hard stalks of sorghum (Sorghum vulgare) and other stalks of crop after consuming the tender and soft leaves of the plant. So, there is wastage of stalks. According to the innovator, to reuse stalks, one kilogram Sodium chloride or NaCl is added to seven liters of water and agitated properly. This solution is sprayed uniformly on the stalks of crop manually or with the spraying pump. This solution increases the palatability of stalks for feeding. The animal consumes these stalks with interest and hence, wastage is reduced. At the time of famine, most people use this practice.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Manjibhai Malabhai Baraiya
District	Bhavnagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Address	Mu sosiya, Gujarat
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	364081

PAS_1	"Possibilities of the Use of Corn Stalk and Straw in Animal Feeding."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335220009_Possibilities_of_Use_of_Corn_Stalk_and_Straw_in_Animal_Feeding
PAS_2	"The Use of Sunflower Stalks as Animal Feed."http://www.ijarset.com/upload/2019/december/8-Shakhloobloklova-08.pdf
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain (5.1) , Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and hills region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Saurashtra, South Saurashtra (GJ-6,GJ-7)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000001007
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/181
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	364081