Revitalization of Rivers in India Draft Policy - Isha Guru Jaggi Vasudev

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
different height, roots foraging at different zones in the soil , bio diversity
aspects, and economic aspects so as to achieve an early return on investment.
• Poly-culture fruit species have been chosen not only for complementary, but
also to buffer the farmer on account of unexpected losses in any one species.
This is an important aspect of providing income stability to the farmers.
• Another important aspect of multi-tier fruit crop is that it reduces/minimizes
labour requirement during peak harvest time thereby reducing farmer’s stress.
• Horticulture multi-tier fruit crops have been assumed to be taken in a way that
is specific to the concerned agro-climatic region so as to maximize the solar
insolation, thus increasing the yield capacity of the proposed model.
Multipurpose tree plantation on the east-west border for fruit, fodder, timber
needs(Refer fig below)
• The multipurpose tree plantation on the east-west border acts as a wind
break providing stability to the micro-climate in the fruit crop area and also
enhancing the overall plant diversity. It also provides along term income
insurance for the farmer through sale of timber.
• The fodder crop plantation on the boundary will fulfill the fodder requirement
for the livestock .
• Herbal and green leaf manure tree species on north-south border, will be
used for bio-input preparation and also provides additional green leaves / bio
mulch.
Intercropping of banana, papaya, vegetable, chillies is for generating income in
initial years
• These intercrops generate income during the initial few years when the
horticulture crops are in gestation thereby offsetting the loss of income for
farmers in the initial few years.
• The specific crops used should be selected based on water availability.
• These crops also add lot of biomass to the soil.
Annexures
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