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/806
State Tamil Nadu
PIN Code 608002