Practice Name:

Improving the Quality of Land


Details
Category Agriculture
Crop Pearl millet
Crop Family Grasses
Scientific Name Pennisetum glaucum
Vernacular Name bajari
Scout HBN
Ingredients Husk of finger millet (Eleusine coracana)
Control Mode

Innovator / Knowledge Provider V. R. Aicchappan
District Virudunagar
KVK District TNAU-KVK, Regional Research Station Campus, Kovilangulam, Aruppukottai- 626101
Address Reddiapatti,Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu
Languages Spoken
Vocation Farming
State Tamil Nadu
PIN Code 626118

PAS_1 "Castormeal is a good organic fertilizer, due to its high N and P contents, but blending with castor husks is not necessary. Blends of castor meal and castor husks for optimized use as organic fertilizer." https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/82583546.pdf
PAS_2 Many oil cakes such as castor, neem, madhuca, karanja, linseed, rape seed and cotton seed which are non-edible oil cakes may serve as useful organic manure as these contain high amounts of plant nutrients. (Organic Manureshttps://ncof.dacnet.nic.in/Training_manuals/Training_manuals_in_English/Organicmanures.pdf )
Agro Ecological Zone Agro Ecological Region / Sub Region (ICAR) Tamil Nadu uplands and leeward flanks of south Sahyadris, hot, dry semi-arid eco-subregion (8.1), Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) East Coast Plains and Hill Region (XI), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Southern zone (TN-5)
Other Community Practices "Green-Manuring For Rice." http://203.200.22.249:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/12109/1/Green_Manuring-for_Rice_1146.pdf
Practice ID DTP0010000002654
Reference Lok(4)1, feb.-1999, pg.no.8
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/423
State Tamil Nadu
PIN Code 626118