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Ecoentrepreneur by selling navakavya |
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Smt Indhira Gandhi (48) is a farmer in Singampatti village of Thirunelveli district. She, along with her husband, owns five acre of land where they grow flowers, vegetables and paddy. She has excelled in preparing organic liquid fertiliser with nine ingredients. She calls it ‘navagavya’ and sells about 1,200-1,400 litres of it every year. Smt Gandhi mixes a litre of milk and curd with 300 ml ghee, five litres of cow urine, a kilogram of cow dung, five bananas, and one litre of sugarcane juice, tender coconut water and neera. In the absence of neera, palm jaggery can also be added. To this mixture, she adds 25 g yeast to promote formation of worms in the liquid fertiliser. All the ingredients are mixed together and kept for 25 days. The resulting liquid is around eight litres in quantity. This can be used for spraying over the crops, 200 ml in 10 litres water. This can be sprayed two to three times in an interval of 15 days. This will boost growth in crops. |
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27205 Preparation of herbal pesticideAbout 2 kg neem cake, 500 g ash powder, 10 L cow urine and 500 g turmeric powder are mixed and kept for two days. During this span, the quantity will reduce to eight litres. This can be sprayed for control of aphids and sucking pests by diluting 200 ml in 10 L of water. Dhama, K., Rathore, R., Chauhan, R. S., & Tomar, S. (2008). Panchgavya (Cowpathy): An overview. The Indian Cow: The Scientific and Economic Journal, 5(17), 45-68.Increasing the paddy yield: Smt Gandhi has obtained the highest paddy yield for CORH3 paddy variety, by harvesting 4,895 kg from an acre. The Tamil Nadu Agriculture University has recorded 4,500 kg over an acre too. She was awarded by the government of Gujarat and received a cash reward of ¹ 51,000 from Shri Narendra Modi, then chief minister. She has also promoted 30 women self-help groups (SHGs) under NABARD-initiated programmes. |
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| Volume No. |
Honey Bee 27(2) 12, 2016 |
