Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)
Practice Name:
To Increase the Shelf Life of Betel Palm Leaves
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| Category | Crop Pest & Disease Management |
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| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | Betel palm (Areca catechu) Leaves, Milk, Water, Bamboo Box. |
| Details of Innovation | Farmer immerses bunches of betel palm (Areca catechu) leaves covered with a cloth in diluted milk. He then stores the leaves in a bamboo packing box to increase their shelf life. The life of the leaves is believed to increase by 25 per cent. |
| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Jayant Dattatreya Nandapure |
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| City / District | Ghaziabad |
| KVK District | Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Univ of Agriculture & Technology, Modipuram, Meerut-250110, Uttar Pradesh |
| Address | Loni, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh |
| Languages Spoken | Hindi |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| PIN Code | 201102 |
| PAS_1 | https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10524/48578/Betel-Nut%20Palm%20Care.pdf |
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| Agro Ecological Zone | Northern Plain (And Central Highlands) Including Aravallis, Hot Semi-Arid Eco-Region (4.1),Upper Gangetic Plain Region (V),Western Plain Zone (UP-3) |
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| Practice ID | KNW0010000001279 |
| Reference | HBN database |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/857 |
| Reference | HBN database |
| Scout | HBN |