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

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
3 Guava Restricted to
80 % of active
roots are restricted
between 2-4
maximum of 5 feet radius
only
feet from the
trunk and capable
of sending effective
roots upto
one foot deep
only.
4 Banana Does only filtered shade . 80 % of active
roots arerestricted
between 1.5-
2.0 feet from the
pseudo stem and
depth upto 1.5
feet only.
Formative Training in
the initial 1-2 years and
regular pruning twice
in a year after harvest
is required to restrict
the spread of the canopy
besides maintaining
the height in manageable
size to facilitate easy
harvest.
Adds lot of biomass to
the soil which are richer
sources of N and K nutrients.
5. INTERCROPPING IN ABOVE FRUIT MODEL
As the gestation period for fruit crops is more than 4 years, 2 years and one year
respectively for Mango, Guava and Pomegranate, it is advised to go for inter-crops
like banana, papaya and vegetables .
Annexures
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