Detail:

Manilal Vastabhai Patel of the Baroliya village in the Dharampura taluka of Valsad district in Gujarat broadcasts the seedlings of nagli or finger millet (Eleusine coracana) crop on well puddled kyari (a small portion of land). Broadcasted seedlings establish in the soil easily.

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Manilal Vastabhai Patel
Agro-Ecological Zone: South Gujarat Heavy Rainfall area (GJ-1)
Address: Baroliya, Dharampura, Valsad
District: Valsad
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 396050

Crop: Finger millet
Crop Family: Grasses
Crop Scientific Name: (Eleusine coracana)
Crop Vernacular Name: Ragi, Mandua, Nagli and kapai
Formulation: Broadcast the seedlings of nagli or finger millet (Eleusine coracana) crop on well puddled kyari or a small portion of land.

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PAS 1:

"effect of planting methods on the growth and establishment of finger millet - Study was carried out to evaluate the germination and establishment of finger millet lines under different planting methods at the department of Crop Production and Protection, Federal University, Wukari, Taraba state, Nigeria. The treatments consist of six lines of finger millet which
were:L1(four fingers),L2(seven fingers),L3(thirteen fingers),L4(five finger),L5(black variety) and L6(six fingers) and three planting methods which are broadcasting, drilling and spot planting. These were arranged in a randomized complete block design with three replications. Data collected and analyzed using ANOVA at 5% level of probability. Result shows that planting methods affects the germination and establishment of finger millet lines.L6 produced significantly better germination through broadcasting method.L1, L5 and L6 had the best germination when using drilling method while for spot planting, L4 and L6 germinate better than other lines. Broadcasting produced better germination which is not significantly different from drilling method but better than spot planting."
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276290313_effect_of_planting_methods_on_the_growth_and_establishment_of_finger_millet

PAS 2:

"Effect of Different Varieties and Establishment Methods on Growth and Yield of Finger Millet [ (L.) Gaertn.] under Condition Eleusine coracana Konkan - A field experiment was conducted on coastal lateritic soil of Konkan region to study the effect of different establishment methods and varieties on yield, quality and nutrient uptake of Kharif finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) gaertn.) during kharif 2014 at Agronomy Farm, College of Agriculture, Dapoli. The experiment was laid out in strip plot design with three replications. Result revealed that transplanting method recorded significantly higher grain (23.58 q ha-1)and straw (33.25q ha-1) yield and higher protein and nutrient uptake followed by treatments in which awatni, line sowing and broadcasting. Dapoli safed variety recorded significantly higher grain (23.28q ha-1) and straw (32.13 q ha-1) yield and also protein and nutrient uptake followed by treatments in which Phulenachani, Dapoli 1 and PR-202. Thus, the study revealed that during kharif weather season variety Dapoli safed is sown under transplanting method under Konkan conditions for obtaining higher yield, protein and nutrient uptake from finger millet."

PAS 3:

"EFFECTS OF PLANTING METHODS, SOWING DATES AND SPACING ON WEED AND THE PRODUCTIVITY OF FINGER MILLET (Eleusine corocana L. Gaertn) IN THE NORTHERN GUINEA SAVANOF NIGERIA - Two field experiments were conducted during the 2009 and 2010 cropping seasons at the experimental farm of the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (110 111 N, 070 38’ E; 636m above sea level) in the Northern Guinea Savanna ecology of Nigeria, to study the effect of planting method, sowing date and spacing on the growth and productivity of finger millet. From the study, planting finger millet by dibbling and planting the crop on the 25 June and 9 July at a spacing of 10 and 15cm gave heavier unthreshed panicles with consequent higher grain yield."