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

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
Model assumes use of drip irrigation
• Given the shortage of water per se, the model assumes use of drip irrigation so
as to ensure maximum water-use efficiency.
• Drip system ensures increased productivity in all horticultural crops, minimum
by 30 percent in view of maintaining optimum soil moisture with least stress.
• Ensuring more crops per drop through micro irrigation and moisture retention
through mulching is one of the key features of this model.
Ensuring soil biodiversity and reducing soil erosion
• Soil bio-diversity is improved due to multiple rhizosphere of different fruit
crops, and the presence of a variety of microorganism associated with the
rhizosphere.
• Soil erosion is totally avoided by the non tillage, multi tier, multi-crop, and
mulching model that has been proposed, resulting in better recharge of ground
water, concomitantwith pollutant free,quality of runoff water.
• No tillage with good ground cover ensures increased soil beneficial bioflora ,
culminating in sustainable soil fertility.
Use of native livestock for additional income, and for preparing bio-inputs
• The proposed model involves usage of native livestock for input required
towards cultivation which serves as additional source of income to farmer
families.
• In this model, the bio inputs prepared like Jeevamirtham, Ganajeevamirtham,
herbal pest repellents, herbal growth promoters etc., are to be prepared by the
farmer using the livestock and from the plants in the border area.
Promote insect diversity
• Insect diversity is promoted to ensure that a natural and balanced population
of insects is present.
• Unlike in monoculture, with poly-culture as proposed in this model, rapid
multiplication of pest population, or dissemination of disease causing
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