Practice Name:

Cow Urine to Protect Great Millet

Details

Category	Crop pest and disease management
Crop	Finger millet
Crop Family	Poaceae
Scientific Name	(Eleusine coracana)
Vernacular Name	Ragi, Finger millet
Scout	HBN
Details Of Innovation	Dahyabhai Sindhav is farmer from Nagwada village of Patdi Taluka of the Surendranagar district in Gujarat. He suggests a remedy to protect great millet from angario (smut) disease. He coats the seeds with cow urine before sowing them. Now the Great Millet is safe from angario (smut) disease.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Dahyabhai Chehabhai Sindhav
District	Surendranagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra,Nanakanthasar, Ta.-Chotila,Distt. Surendranagar-363520
Address	Nagwada Patdi Surendranagar Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	382765

PAS 1	"Screening Techniques for Pearl Millet Diseases."https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/211013625.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	"Cultural Practices: An Eco-friendly Innovative Approach in Plant Disease Management."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299488524_Cultural_Practices_An_Eco-friendly_Innovative_Approach_in_Plant_Disease_Management
Practice ID	DTP0010000000002
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/445
Reference	Ahmedabad/92/2
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY

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