Practice Name:

Soil Improvement

Details
Category	Crop Production
Crop
Crop Family
Scientific Name
Vernacular Name
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	leaves of bustard teak (Butea monosperma)
Details of Innovation	Leaves of bustard teak (Butea monosperma) are exploited in the soil enrichment program. Here, leaves of bustard teak are collected from forest and allowed to dry. After harvesting wheat ( Triticum aestivum) or mustard (Brassica juncea) crop, the dried leaves are spread in the whole field. The leaves are then set to fire from one end of the farm. This helps in burning the residues of wheat or mustard crop. The ash produced by burning all these materials along with the leaves of bustard teak gets mixed with the soil helping in better yield. Any herbal waste is spread on the farm and if, it is set to fire, keeping against the wind direction, the heat of fire destroys the pathogenic fungus, bacteria, worms etc. But along with that, there is a threat of damage to soil, as very useful organisms lilke, azatobacter, rhizobium, earth worms will also be destroyed. Many nomadic farmers in Danta region of Banaskantha district of Gujarat are adopting this practice. As suggested by Dr. K D Solanki, use of bustard teak is prevalent for soil improvement. Dr. T.N. Barevdi, adds to the information that the ash replenishes potassium in the soil. But fire destroys organic nutrients of soil.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Kalabhai Keshabhai
District	Banaskantha
KVK District	t Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Deesa
Address	Mu. Miravas, Po. Hadad Danta Banaskantha Gujarat
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	385110

PAS_1	"Decreasing Pest Activities of Rice Field Crab in the Paddy Field Ecosystem" https://abstracts.societyforscience.org/Home/PrintPdf/18971
PAS_2	"The flowers of Butea monosperma yielded an red or orange dye which is used as an insecticide and as coloring agent. The tree is a good host for the lac insect and therefore, it is useful in production of natural lac "https://www.pharmatutor.org/articles/butea-monosperma-traditional-medicinal-plant-overview
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Western Plain, Kachchh And Part Of Kathia (2.3), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and Hills Region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Gujarat zone and North -West (GJ-4, GJ-5)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000002925
Reference	lok(5) 2, March-April- 2000, Pg No. 4
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/384
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	385110