Detail:

Chaturbhai Parajiya from the Kharva village in Surendranagar district in Gujarat makes use of bengal gram (Cicer arietinum) pods to keep away storage pests from pulses and cereals. Parajiya mixes the empty shells of the pods of bengal gram with the seeds of any cereal and pulse crop at the time of storage. The empty shells being salty in taste are supposed to keep away all the storage pests.

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Chaturbhai Parajiya
Agro-Ecological Zone: North West Zone (GJ-5), North Saurashtra (GJ-6)
Address: Kharva, Surendranagar
District: Surendranagar
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 363030

Crop: Pulses and Cereals
Crop Family: Fabaceae and Gramineae
Crop Scientific Name: (Dolichos spp.)
Crop Vernacular Name: Pulses - Mung, Urad, Masur daal, Cereals - chana, Genhu, Chaval,
Formulation: Mix the empty shells of the pods of Bengal gram (Cicer arietinum) with the seeds of any cereal and pulse when storing.
Ingredients: Empty shells of the pods of Bengal gram (Cicer arietinum).

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