Practice Name:

Organic Farming

Details
Category	Agriculture,Farm Practice,Innovation,Individual
Crop	ANY CROP
Crop Family
Scientific Name
Vernacular Name
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Cow dung, sheep manure and cow urine are used as a source to prepare this manure.
Details of Innovation	Sri. Govindasamy owned 7 acres Gardenland and cultivated paddy, coconut, Guava, Tapioca and Turmeric in his field. He used to apply Vermi compost, prepared by himself and also practised herbal pesticides -Panchagavya. Selling of vermicompost carried out by him with pockets. First, he sold them at the rate of Rs. 20 / per kg and now at Rs 10/kg. One can use this manure instead of basic manures of nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium. Preparation of earthworm compost will take nearly 6 months. Cow dung, sheep manure and cow urine are used as a source to propare this manure. He is continuing the above practices with the help of Dr. Natarajan. He is eagerly expecting some kind of government assistance.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Govindasamy P.M.
City / District	Erode
KVK District	MYRADA (Mysore Resettlement and Development Agency) KVK, Gobichettipalayam
Address	Erode ,Tamil Nadu
Languages Spoken	Tamil
Vocation	Farming
State	Tamil Nadu
PIN Code	638001

PAS_1	"Steps to a Successful Organic Transition."https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/org_farm/orgfarm_successful%20organic%20transition.html
PAS_2	"Organic Farming."https://vikaspedia.igriculture/crop-production/organic-farming
Agro Ecological Zone	Eastern Ghats And Tamil Nadu Uplands D, (8.2, 8.3),Southern plateau and hilly region (X),North-Western Zone (TN-2), Western Zone (TN-3)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	TAM0010000000082
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1170
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN