Practice Name:

Milk hedge and honey

Details
Category	Farm Implements
Crop
Crop Family
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Vernacular Name
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Milk hedge (Euphorbia neriifolia)
Details of Innovation	There is a local saying in Surendranagar that drought teaches a lot. During 1986-88 also, when there was drought in this region, it was a time for learning. It was during the drought that the farmers learnt how to save their cattle. At that time, the people were able to save therir cattle with milk hedge (Euphorbia neriifolia) plant found in desert areas. They used the method of "dandalis" to get cattlefeed out of the plant. The method the people used to prepare cattlefeed is as follows: 1 First cut milk hedge and bring it home. 2 Cut the milk hedge stem into small pieces and split it vertically and press it in the middle. 3 Thereafter add molasses and salt and press and tie the pieces into bundles. Then feed these to cattle. 4 The cattle feed and relish the milk hedge pieces that are nutritious also. Milk hedge is a herb that cannot be eaten raw. Hence, the elaborate preparation has to be made. The simple reason for the effort is milk hedge is easliy available. Besides, it grows well in times of drought, budding and blossoming.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Farmer from Surendranagar District
City / District	Surendranagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra,Nanakanthasar, Ta.-Chotila,Distt. Surendranagar-363520
Address	Surendranagar ,Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	363001

PAS_1	"A fodder hedge provides feed for cattle in dry season."http://scripts.farmradio.fm/radio-resource-packs/package-51-raising-livestock-and-poultry/a-fodder-hedge-provides-feed-for-cattle-in-the-dry-season/
PAS_2	"The impact of fodder trees on milk production and income among smallholder dairy farmers in East Africa and the role of research."https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/132632634.pdf
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Western Plain, Kachchh And Part Of Kathia ( 2.4, 2.3), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains & Hills Region (XIII) , Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North West Zone (GJ-5) North Saurashtra (GJ-6)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000001430
Reference	Surendranagar
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1002
Reference	Surendranagar
Scout	HBN