Traditional Practices in Agriculture FULL - ANGOC Site
Traditional Practices in Agriculture FULL - ANGOC Site
Traditional Practices in Agriculture FULL - ANGOC Site
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6. LIQUID MANNURES & PESTICIDES<br />
Panchagavya is a comb<strong>in</strong>ation of 5 products obta<strong>in</strong>ed from the cow<br />
which is used <strong>in</strong> traditional medic<strong>in</strong>e extensively. These are cow<br />
dung, cow’s ur<strong>in</strong>e, cow’s milk, curd and ghee. This is also<br />
mentioned <strong>in</strong> Vrkshayurveda texts and it has been experimented by<br />
various organic farmers. It has a significant role <strong>in</strong> provid<strong>in</strong>g<br />
resistance to pests and disease and <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g the overall yield.<br />
a. Panchagavya as a Liquid Mannure:<br />
Ingredients:<br />
• Cow dung - 5 kilo<br />
• Water - 5 litres<br />
• Cow milk - 2 litres<br />
• Curd - 2 litres<br />
• Clarified butter/ Ghee - 1 litre<br />
• Sugarcane juice - 2 litres<br />
(In place of sugarcane juice use 500gms of honey or 1 kg of<br />
jaggery or Palm sugar)<br />
Mix these <strong>in</strong>gredients <strong>in</strong> a mud pot and stir them well. Allow this<br />
mixture under shade for fermentation for about 3 weeks. Then take<br />
out 2 litres of Panchagavya and dilute it with 100 litres of water<br />
and spray the crops by us<strong>in</strong>g a power sprayer <strong>in</strong> 1 acre plot. The<br />
above mixture is sufficient for spray<strong>in</strong>g 4 acres at the rate of 2<br />
rounds per crop. The diluted mixture has to be stirred thoroughly