Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)
Practice Name:
Storage of Grain in Soil
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Category | Seed Conservation |
| Crop | sorghum |
| Crop Family | poaceae |
| Scientific Name | (Sorghum vulgare) |
| Vernacular Name | Juvar |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | Straw of pearl millet ( Pennisetum typhoides) or sorghum (Sorghum vulgare) |
| Details of Innovation | One should be careful before storing the grains in the granary. Due to the store grain pests, the keeping quality of grain deteriorates. The exiguous holes are observed on the grains making them unfit for consumption. Noorbhai states that people have been storing grains in soil about 50 years ago.To store grains in soil, a pit is of about 8 to 10 ft. deep is dug. Then one half ft. straw of sorghum ( Sorghum vulgare) or pearl millet (Pennisetum typhoides) is filled in the lower surface of pit. Then grains are layered upto one ft. and one half ft. straws are layered and again one ft. grains are layered till the process is completed. In this way, seven layers of straw are spread while six layers of grains are spread. Thereafter, the pit is covered with the soil tightly. The grains, which are stored are taken out of pit in the monsoon season to use. Grains can be effectively stored for one year with the help of this method. Previously, the people were using this method for grain storage. |
| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Nurbai Ismailshah Shakir |
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| City / District | Jamnagar |
| KVK District | Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Air force Road, Junagadh Agricultural University, Jamnagar-361006 |
| Address | Jamnagar ,Gujarat |
| Languages Spoken | Gujarati |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 361230 |
| PAS_1 | "Storage of pulses."https://vikaspedia.igriculture/post-harvest-technologies/technologies-for-agri-horti-crops/post-harvest-management-of-pulses/storage |
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| PAS_2 | "Indigenous practices for eco-friendly storage of food grains and seeds."https://medcraveonline.com/APAR/indigenous-practices-for-eco-friendly-storage-of-food-grains-and-seeds.html |
| Agro Ecological Zone | Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Western Plain, Kachchh And Part Of Kathia(2.4), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujrat Plains & Hills Region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Saurashtra Zone, South Saurashtra Zone (GJ-6, GJ-7) |
| Other Community Practices | |
| Practice ID | DTP0010000006244 |
| Reference | Jamnagar/shodhyatra/13 |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/1109 |
| Reference | Jamnagar/shodhyatra/13 |
| Scout | HBN |