Practice Name:

Cure for Cotton Pests

Details
Category	Crop,Cotton
Crop	Cotton
Crop Family	Malvaceae
Scientific Name	(Gossypium spp.)
Vernacular Name	Kapas
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	neem (Azadirachta indica) leaf, seed
Details of Innovation	Farmer Lakhabhai Dahyabhai of Gujarat has been incensed that insect pests attacking cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) crop stunt the growth of plants and ruin the crop. In neem, he has found a cheaper, effective pesticide. But Lakhabhai is not one to wait for the pest attack to do firefighting in order to save the crop. He believes that preventive action is the best form of protection for the crop. He spreads the manure of neem (Azadirachta indica) leaves and oil-cake of neem seeds in furrows while ploughing the field. He then sows the cotton seeds. This method does not allow the pests to invade the crop and ensures increase in cotton yield.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Lakhabhai Vaghmasi
City / District	South Andaman
KVK District	NRM Division, CIARI, Port Blair
Address	South Andaman, Andaman & Nicobar Island
Languages Spoken	Bengali/Hindi
Vocation	Farming
State	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
PIN Code	744101

PAS_1	https://patents.google.com/patent/US3067561A/en
PAS_2	"Land reclamation and restoration of natural ecosystem: A case study from opencast mines of North Eastern Coalfields of India" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233090146_Land_reclamation_and_restoration_of_natural_ecosystem_A_case_study_from_opencast_mines_of_North_Eastern_Coalfields_of_India
Agro Ecological Zone	The Islands Region-XV,Port Blair
Other Community Practices	Effects Of Organic Manures On The Reclamation Of Saline Soils And Growth Of Indian Spinach (Basella Alba) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288115262_EFFECTS_OF_ORGANIC_MANURES_ON_THE_RECLAMATION_OF_SALINE_SOILS_AND_GROWTH_OF_INDIAN_SPINACH_Basella_alba/link/5ce8d28592851c4eabbc522c/download
Practice ID	DTP0010000000901
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/898
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN