Practice Name:

To Increase the Size and Shine of Banana

Details
Category	Crop Production
Crop	Banana
Crop Family	Musaceae
Scientific Name	(Musa paradisica)
Vernacular Name	Kela
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Castor.
Details of Innovation	The farmer, Mannjibhai Thakhershibhai informs that in 1 acre of banana crop, 13 to 15 lkiles of castor after it flowers.This improves the size & shine of bananas without damaging the crop. He has developed this method himself and has been using it for the past 6 to 7 years.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Manjibhai Thakarshibhai Patel
City / District	Bhavnagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Address	Bhavnagar ,Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	364150

PAS_1	"Banana Bunch Care and some proven procedures to maximize the Bunch size:."http://tcbanana.blogspot.com/2014/12/banana-bunch-care-bunch-development.html
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain (5.1), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and hills region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Saurashtra, South Saurashtra (GJ-6,GJ-7)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000000806
Reference	Bhavnagar-97/2
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/989
Reference	Bhavnagar-97/2
Scout	HBN