Practice Name:

Better Sapota Yield

Details
Category	Crop pest and disease management
Crop	Cheekoo
Crop Family	sapotaceae
Scientific Name	(Achras zapota)
Vernacular Name	Chiku
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Cow Placenta, Buffalo Placenta
Details of Innovation	Bhikalal Vajabhai Gajere discovered that the placenta of the cow or buffalo is useful as a fertilizer, particularly for the sapota crop. He may have discovered it by accident but then there it is. There is apparently no end to man's ingenuity. Bhikalal buries the placenta of the cow and buffalo after parturition in the root-zone of the sapota tree. However, the placenta is not easy to come by. According to the innovator-farmer, when he does get the placenta once in two to three years per cow or buffalo, he earnestly buries it in soil around the sapota root zone. The result is a healthy chikoo crop which is bigger and better.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Bhikhalal Vajabhai Gajera
District	Junagadh
KVK District	Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Ambuja Foundation, Ambuja Cement Plant, Kodinar (Dist. Junagadh-Gujarat)
Address	At Makheiyala via majevadi. Junagadli. Junagadh Gujarat
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	362001

PAS_1	"Sapota Cultivation (CHIKU)."http://www.techno-preneur.net/technology/project-profiles/food/Sapota.htm
PAS_2	"The Sapota (Chickoo)."https://www.indiaagronet.com/horticulture/CONTENTS/sapota.htm
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Arid western Plains (5.1), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains & Hills Region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) South Saurashtra Zone (GJ.7)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000001263
Reference	Bhavnagar-94/27
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/541
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	362001