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Rejuvenating Connections: Revisiting farmer innovator |
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Gujarat is a west Indian state with a coastline of 1,600 km. It is the fifth-largest Indian state by area and the ninth-largest state by population of 6.27 crore. It is famous for entrepreneurial culture and farmers cooperative move- ment, in particular for Amul, milk coop. |
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"Recently, the Honey Bee Network has started reconnecting with
the farmers who had shared their knowledge and innovative
practices with HBN decades ago. Recently colleagues from SRISTI have been talking to farmers and ascertaining recent experiments pursued by them for making agriculture more sustainable and also remunerative. It is apparent that the spirit of experimentation has not slowed down or subsided even the slightest bit during last three decades. HBN started to systematically document farmers’ creative practices and innovations in 1987-88 and the first issue
of newsletter was brought out in 1990. How HBN led to setting up of SRISTI, GIAN and National Innovation Foundation
needs recall separately. The core value of making this knowledge accessible to wider community in local languages with due credit to farmer experimenter stays intact. Hope that the readers
will join this effort to not only scout, disseminate, validate and value add, but also fund these voluntarily. No effort is too small and we look forward to hear from you.
321201 Herbal growth promoter
Dilpesh Bhai Ravjibhai Patel
Madhav kampa, Distt Arawali-383330
Dilpesh Bhai soaks two kg fruits each of Mahua (Madhuca Indica), Lasoda (Cordia myxa) after removing seeds, and Neem (Azadirachta indica) in water for twenty days. It is stirred daily. The extract of the mixture is diluted in 100 l water and applied to an acre of field. It is applied three times at fortnightly intervals. Not only does soil fertility seem to get improved but the crop yield also increases. He also claims that mixing two liters of buttermilk with two liters of cow’s urine helps in controlling pests like Heliothis (See Honey Bee 3(3&4): 13,1992; 8(3): 7,1997; 7(4):
7,1996; 10(3): 14,1999 for practices on enhancing soil fertility).
321202 Changing crop geometry to increase productivity
Pankaj Bhai Devshi Bhai Patel Madhavkampa, Distt Aravali
Pankaj Bhai has changed crop geometry in soybean to increase productivity. Instead of using eighteen inches distance between rows, he has increased this distance to thirty inches and increased plant to plant distance also. This is reported to increase productivity. In the pigeon pea crop, a similar effect on yield was found by increasing row to row distance to around 30 inches. (See Honey Bee: 10(3) 14, 1999)
321203 A ge ne r o us Wo me n knowledge expert in livestock healing
Devuben Baluji Lukhasniya Wagdadi, Distt; Banaskantha, Gujarat
Devuben is a small farmer who has a cow and two bullocks. She is a reputed animal healer. If somebody needs a specific medicinal plant, she would search and fetch it for them. She provides selfless service to the community for animal care. Some of her insightful practices are given here with her consent:
(a) When young bullocks are used to plow land, they develop yoke gall due to the pressure of the yoke. A paste of Pongamia leaves is applied on bullock’s shoulders for four to five days. In Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, farmers use Pongamia oil with the ash of the bark of Chloroxylon swietenia DC., (see Ch, S. K., and D. K. Banisetti. International Journal of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry, Apr. 2021, pp. 42-49, doi:10.46796/
ijpc. vi.149).
(b) For treating bloat in animals, she makes 200 ml cold water extract of custard apple (Annona squamosa L.) leaves and drenches the animal every hour a few times (See Honey Bee, 4(1):15, 1993).
(c) During winter, the udder skin gets cracked and pains the animal while milking. Fresh milk is applied to the udder to provide relief and heal the udder. In addition, she also applies, the paste of timru leaves (Zanthoxylum armatum) for three days to relieve the pain of the animal.
(d) When cattle become weak due to sickness or some other reason, feeding the affected cattle with 500g of foxtail millet flour daily for ten days reportedly helps.
(e) Intestinal worm is a common problem among cattle, particularly in the rainy season. Drenching the animal with 15 ml of mustard oil with 8-10 leaves of Kalamadhu (Phyllanthus reticulatus) boiled and cooled or crushed in mustard oil.
(f ) For healing any cut or wound, juice of leaves of cluster bean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba) is applied to the affected part for 3-4 days.
321204 Control of Aphids in Cumin
NatubhaiGelubhaJadeja
At. Kabrau, Ta. Bhachau, Dist. Bhuj
Aphid infestation and the incidence of other diseases especially in cumin tend to increase in cloudy weather. Natubhai uses Tuhada (Citrullus colysanthes) and ARANI (Clerodendrum phlomides) leaves to arrest this problem.
Aphid infestation in cumin makes the plant sticky and the growth of the plant is stunted.
He grinds cut leaves of 10 kg each of arani and custard apple with 20 L of cow urine and 10 L of stale buttermilk in a tank.This solution after filtering is sprayed by diluting one to one and half liters. Two sprays at six-day intervals help in controlling aphid.
Compiled by: Mahesh Parmar
321205 Whitegrub and Termite: Mustard and Custard apple (Sitafal)
AshokbhaiJessingbhaiDodia
In. Sultanpura, Ta. Mangrol, Dist. Junagadh
Ashokbhai Dodiauses mustard seeds and custard apple leaves for effective control of white grub, termite, fungi etc., in groundnut.
About one kg each of custard apple (Annona squmosa) leaves and mustard seeds are ground and mixed with 200 l of water. This solution can either be sprayed or distributed as drip while irrigating the field.
321206 Machine for peeling ginger and turmeric as well as polishing turmeric
DeveshbhaiRameshbhai Patel
At. Po. Boriyavi, the. Subhash Chowk,Ta. Dist. Anand, (KR)
Deveshbhai, 37, is a computer science graduate and a successful farmer by choice and passion. His grandfather pursued organic farming since 1992. Experimenting with new ideas as well as adding value is the way of farming with him since the year 2000. He cultivates tuber and rhizome crops like Ginger, Turmeric, Yam, Suran (Elephant yam), Potato, Alvi (Colocasia antiquorum), Sweet Potato, etc., on 20 acres of land. He sells his farm products offline and online throughout the country with the brand name‘Sattva’. He has a cold storage that gets him a good market price.
Skinning the ginger and turmeric is required before making powder out of their rhizomes. Manual peeling of these crops is hard, time consuming and labor-intensive and a costly affair too.While peeling fresh rhizomes crops is easier, it is hard and time- consuming to do the same process with the not-so-fresh ginger/turmeric because these develop thicker skins as they age. The labour cost for this activity is also very high.
Deveshbhai, therefore, designed a machine costing about rs 40,000 in 2011 powered by two single-phase motors to peel and polish turmeric and ginger.
The machine can skin ten kgs of ginger in four minutes. With six machines in operation simultaneously, he gets 240 kg of skinned ginger in nine minutes in a bamboo basket. What the manual system did in three months can now be achieved in one month including the processing of ginger and turmeric. The innovator is now able to get 20 kg of dried ginger powder (Soonth) faster from 100 kg of ginger with much ease. The idea of fabricating this machine occurred to him after seeing the working of the rail engine. The process is cost-effective, faster and the quality of output is also far better
Compiled by: Chetan Patel & Mahesh Parmar
321207 Crop protection in papaya!
RajeshbhaiIshwarbhai Patel
At. Sultanpur, Po. Harsol, Dist. Sabarkantha
Rajeshbhai Ishwarbhai Patel has earned around Rs.5 lakhs this year through the cultivation of Taiwanese papaya in his three acres of land attracting traders from Haryana and Punjab. Rajeshbhai, 45, 11th Std., has 11 acres of land. He has been cultivating the Taiwanese papya for the last 12 years. Here is how he protects his crop from caterpillars, thrips, aphid, leafcurl and sucking pests.
The two kg leaves each of Bhoy Ringani (Solanum xanthocarpum, twig-fruit-leaf), karanj (Pongamia glabra), Kerda (Capparis decidua) twigs, neem leaves, bitter neem’s creeper giloy (Tinospora cordifolia) and two kgs of aloe vera are cut into small pieces. These are ground and mixed with four litres of cow urine, five kgs of desi [organic] jaggery in
100 litres of water. This solution is poured into a barrel and stirred up for four to five days. This barrel is to be kept under a shade with its lid closed for three months to get the right kind of extract. It can be used for one year. The filtered solution is sprayed on the papaya plant. A 200 ml mixed with 15 l water will do for a small papaya plant and the quantity can be increased to 350 ml for the bigger sized plant.This solution helps in controlling caterpillars, thrips, suckers, pests, etc., in most crop
Rajeshbhai constantly pursues experiments to find out better methods of crop protection. He grows Shan (Crotalaria juncea) in monsoon to make green manure and then cultivates potatoes in winter.
Documented by: Mahesh Parmar
321208 C ontrolling Stinging caterpillar in brinjal (Solanum melongena);
Mansukhbhai Suvagia, At. Shapar (Veraval), FlotechEng Pvt. Ltd., Opposite Kaneria Oil Mill, Shapar Main Road, Rajkot - 360024
The pest attacks the crops like desi okra (Bhindi), dolly brinjal, gota brinjal, and vines including bitter gourd, giloda (Ivy gourd – Coccinia grandis), luffa, bottle gourd and ridge gourd, particularly during rainy season. General perception is that it can be controlled using chemical inputs only. But, Mansukhhai has an effective organic solution to control the pest.
Here is how the solution is prepared: He boils 10 g of asafoetida, 10 g of turmeric and 30 g of ajwain (Trachyspermum ammi) together in one litre of water till it is reduced to 300 ml. The resultant solution is mixed with 500 ml of cow urine and enough water for spraying over the affected crops once in 15 days. Cow urine is well known for its growth stimulating properties and asafoetida, ajwain and turmeric are used for their anti-microbial properties.
The above solution is expected to kill most pests and also promote the yield. This solution can be prepared for the whole year and kept in a plastic container for use as and when needed.
Compilation: Based on video by Mansukhbhai Suvagiya
Loksarvani 24(5-6)September-December 2019
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