Practice Name:

Scientific Tamarind Farming

Details
Category	Agriculture,Crop Management,Others,Land Management
Crop	Tamarind
Crop Family
Scientific Name	Tamarindus indica
Vernacular Name	Ambali
Scout	HBN
Ingredients
Details of Innovation	A.I Nadakattin took up tamarind farming in 1985 and has since then planted and raised over 1800 tamarind trees on an area of 16 acres. He has grown the trees on scientific lines using local resources, expertise and practices. Most of the trees have begun to yield fruits. This work of his has become a model for other farmers in the area. A group of American farmers visited his farm and expressed deep satisfaction. They were amazed to see a barren land turn into a rich, natural habitat. Local leaders, researchers, development functionaries, government officers and farmers pay visits to the farm regularly and appreciate the efforts he has put in. The gains of this activity are quite apparent: surface water level has risen, underground water table has improved, the atmosphere has cooled, soil fertility has improved and a wealth of birds now arrive. To top it all, it has contributed immensely to the economic well-being of the people employed on the farm.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	A. I. Nadakattin
City / District	Dharwad
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dharwad -580 005
Address	Dharwad, Karnataka
Languages Spoken	Kannada
Vocation	Farming
State	Karnataka
PIN Code	580001

PAS_1	"Neem leaf extract as a natural plant pesticide in the control of fire ants." [G Viswanathan, C Paul, N Warier, S Sampath, S Jha, and S Jha, Neem leaf extract as a natural plant pesticide in the control of fire ants: Journal of Ecobiology [J. Ecobiol.]. Vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 131-135. Jun 2002.] https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/50578c8ae4b01ad7e02823c3
PAS_2	"The use of botanical pesticides offers eco-friendly pest control strategy to aid the agricultural practices. Among the various herbs, neem plant based insecticides has been the most accepted bio-pesticides, due to the presence of multiple limonoids in neem plant extracts and oil that not only provides a sustainable pest control mechanism but also prevents plant disease resistance, from various synthetic insecticides. Additionally, the efficacy of these pesticidal ingredients of neem can be augmented by encapsulating them in nanocarriers that facilitates in providing sustained and control release of phytochemicals along with site targeted delivery thus, increasing the productivity and yield of crops." [Chaudhary S, Kanwar RK, Sehgal A, et al. Progress on Azadirachtaindica Based Biopesticides in Replacing Synthetic Toxic Pesticides. Front Plant Sci. 2017;8:610. Published 2017 May 8. doi:10.3389/fpls.2017.00610]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5420583/
Agro Ecological Zone	North Sahyadris and Western Karnataka Plateau , hot dry sub humid ecosubregion (6.4),Southern Plateau and Hills Region ( X ),Northern Transitional Zone ( KA-8) ,Dharwad , Belgaum, Haveri and Gadag
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	KNW0020000000120
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/920
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN