| Category | Agriculture |
| Scout | HBN |
| Details Of Innovation | Composting Methods and Microbial Mixtures for Improving Soil Fertility Several composting methods are used on the farms: (i) vermiculture (ii) decomposition of wood by worms and other insects. (iii) treating urban sawmill wastes with microbial mixtures. (iv) composting weeds and other spontaneous herbs. (v) composting weeds and herbs that have been chopped and treated then placed in layers with forest litter. (vi) composting household organic waste. (vii) from indoor compost (viii) piling poultry manure or indoor compost in the hen house to compost further and also encouraging earthworms as an additional source of protein for the poultry. |
| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Mario Mejia |
| District | South Andaman |
| KVK District | NRM Division, CIARI, Port Blair |
| Address | South Andaman, Andaman & Nicobar Island |
| Languages Spoken | Bengali/Hindi |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
| PIN Code | 744101 |
| PAS 1 | "Neem leaf extract as a natural plant pesticide in the control of fire ants." [G Viswanathan, C Paul, N Warier, S Sampath, S Jha, and S Jha, Neem leaf extract as a natural plant pesticide in the control of fire ants: Journal of Ecobiology [J. Ecobiol.]. Vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 131-135. Jun 2002.] https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/50578c8ae4b01ad7e02823c3 |
| PAS 2 | "The use of botanical pesticides offers eco-friendly pest control strategy to aid the agricultural practices. Among the various herbs, neem plant based insecticides has been the most accepted bio-pesticides, due to the presence of multiple limonoids in neem plant extracts and oil that not only provides a sustainable pest control mechanism but also prevents plant disease resistance, from various synthetic insecticides. Additionally, the efficacy of these pesticidal ingredients of neem can be augmented by encapsulating them in nanocarriers that facilitates in providing sustained and control release of phytochemicals along with site targeted delivery thus, increasing the productivity and yield of crops." [Chaudhary S, Kanwar RK, Sehgal A, et al. Progress on Azadirachtaindica Based Biopesticides in Replacing Synthetic Toxic Pesticides. Front Plant Sci. 2017;8:610. Published 2017 May 8. doi:10.3389/fpls.2017.00610]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5420583/ |
| PAS 3 | "Organic Farming Approach For Sustainable Coconut Cultivation "https://library.apccsec.org/paneladmin/doc/20180323052007Dr.%20H.%20p.%20Singh.146.pdf |
| Agro Ecological Zone | The Islands Region-XV,Port Blair |
| Practice ID | KNW0020000000234 |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/941 |
| Reference | HBN database |
| Technology Transfer Terms | DIY |
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