Detail:

The innovator uses the powder of wood apple (Limoniaaci dissima) leaves. He first dries the grains, to be stored, in the sun and then keeps the grain in a cool dry place. Next, he puts the leaves of wood apple to dry, He then powders the dried leaves. He mixes this powder with the grain in the proportion of 500 gm to 100 kg. The grains are then safely stored in the granary. The grains stored in this manner do not get spoilt for 5 to 6 years.

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: DevabhaiBhikhabhaiVankar
Agro-Ecological Zone: North Gujarat plain (Inclusive of Aravalli range and East Rajasthan Uplands) hot, dry, semi – arid eco-subregion
Address: Po. Rampur, Modasa, Sabarkantha, Gujarat
District: Sabarkantha
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 383276

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Ingredients: powdered wood apple leaves

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PAS 1:

"Indigenous grain structures and methods of storage”
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/6811"

PAS 2:

Farmers use traditional storage containers for storing food grains for their own need.”
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0570178319300375

PAS 3:

"Dodi leaves for grain storage”
https://honeybee.org/honeybee_detailed.php?ID=9315&page=6&search_case=grain%20storage

PAS 4:

“ Dried leaves of neem and dried pepper stallk (after extracting pepper) are mixed with rice and other grains to repel storage pests”
https://honeybee.org/honeybee_detailed.php?ID=5755&page=2&search_case=grain%20storage