Practice Name:

Marriage of ‘Avarai’ and Moringa

Details
Category	Crop Production
Crop	Moringa
Crop Family	Moringaceae
Scientific Name	Moringa oleifera
Vernacular Name	Drumstick tree,
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	moringa tree
Control Mode	During the rainy season ‘avarai’ (Dolichos lablab -a pulse crop) seeds are dibbled underneath Moringa trees. The growing vine is made to pass through a hole made about one foot above the ground level in the moringa tree as shown in the figure. Thereafter the hole is plugged with cow dung and kerosene mixture. Due to this the ‘avarai’ yields well. It is a traditional practice followed in this village and other surrounding regions.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Documented by Shri Karippiah
District	Cuddalore
KVK District	TNAU- KVK, Vriddhachalam, Cuddalore – 606 001
Address	Kamaraj,tamilnadu
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Tamil Nadu
PIN Code	608002

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Agro Ecological Zone	Eastern Ghat (T.N. Uplands), (120-150) semi-arid ecosystem (8.3) East Coastal (TN) Plain, hot moist semiarid ecosystem with Coastal and deltaic alluvium-derived soils with GP 120- 150 days. (18.2)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	KNW0020000000455
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/805
State	Tamil Nadu
PIN Code	608002