Practice Name:

Making manure from castor shells


Details
Category Agriculture,Land Management,Soil fertility management,Organic/manure
Crop Castor
Crop Family Euphorbiaceae
Scientific Name (Ricinus communis)
Vernacular Name Castor
Scout HBN
Ingredients Castor shell
Control Mode

Innovator / Knowledge Provider Jethabhai Kamariya
District Junagadh
KVK District Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Ambuja Foundation, Ambuja Cement Plant, Kodinar (Dist. Junagadh-Gujarat)
Address Junagadh, Gujarat
Languages Spoken
Vocation Farming
State Gujarat
PIN Code 362001

PAS_1 "Adding organic material to the soil, crop rotation, physical barriers, encouraging predators, plant parts and plant extracts can be used effectively for control of this insect." https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268153608_Farmer_Friendly_Ways_to_Control_Termites#fullTextFileContent")
PAS_2 "Using organic pest control methods can free the crops from the harmful effects of the chemical pesticides." http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/crop_protection/crop_prot_crop_insectpest%20_sugarcane_9.html
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 "Pest Management Strategies in Traditional Agriculture: An African Perspective" https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev.ento.45.1.631#_i11
Practice ID KNW0020000000021
Reference HBN database
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/914
State Gujarat
PIN Code 362001