Practice Name:

Manure for Grapes and Banana

Details
Category	Crop Production
Crop	Grape and Banana Crop
Crop Family	Grapes : Grapes Banana : Bananas
Scientific Name	Grapes: Vitis Vinifera Banana: Musa
Vernacular Name	Grapes: Draksh, Angur Banana: Kela
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Fresh Cow Dung, Cows Urine, Cement Tank, Water
Details of Innovation	About 200 kg of fresh cow dung and 20 to 30 L of cows urine are stored in a cement tank filled with 1000 L water. Then one kilogram of phosphate culture, one kilogram of rhizobium culture and three kilogram of ash are added . This mixture is then stirred with centrifuge pump in tank for 24 hrs. Thereafter, 500 ml of this mixture is applied to each plant of grapes (Vitis vinifera) and banana (Musa paradisiacal) by drip irrigation system. Plant needs nutrients at different stages of growth. This mixture fulfills this requirement, resulting in good growth and development of roots, flowers and fruits.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Bharat Sripad Ranrui
District	Solapur
KVK District	Krishi Vignyan Kendra, At/Post: Khed, Tal. : North Solapur, Dist. : Solapur Pin:413 002
Address	Solapur Maharashtra
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Maharashtra
PIN Code	413001

PAS_1	"COW DUNG FOR ECOFRIENDLY AND SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTIVE FARMING - Cows dung is a most important source of bio-fertilizer and used in many developing countries for generating energy. It is very effective alternative to chemical fertilizers and enhances productivity in long term while maintaining the soil health and the microbial population. Cowdung manure and vermicompost increase soil organic matter content, and this leads to improved water infiltration and water holding capacity as well as an increased cation exchange capacity. It is one of the renewable and sustainable energy resources through dung cakes or biogas which replace the dependence upon charcoal, fuel wood, firewood and fossil fuel . Besides, application of cowdung in proper and sustainable way can enhance not only productivity of yield but also minimizes the chances bacterial and fungal pathogenic disease." https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279951238_COW_DUNG_FOR_ECOFRIENDLY_AND_SUSTAINABLE_PRODUCTIVE_FARMING
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Deccan Plateau, hot semi-arid eco sub region (6.1), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Western Plateau and Hills Region (6), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Western Maharashtra Scarcity zone. (MH-6)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000002851
Reference	Lok(5)6, Dec.-2000, Pg.No.-6
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/404
State	Maharashtra
PIN Code	413001