“Sustainable Crop plantation technique in flood affected areas”
Name of the participants
Twahira Begum
Hridoyjit Phukon
Uma Devi Newar
Sudin Kumar Pandey
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Meeting the unmet needs: inclusive development through innovations for and from grassroots
Introduction
Meeting the unmet needs: inclusive development through innovations for and from grassroots
Meeting the unmet needs: inclusive development through innovations for and from grassroots
Identified Unmet need
Flood is a major constraint for farmers of Assam. During the period of flood the plantation of paddy is challenging for the farmers when such lands are submerged in the floods for as long as two weeks thus destroying the crops. To overcome such problems the creation of temporary sustainable nursery beds can be a viable solution to continue the normal agricultural practice of paddy cultivation.
The study suggests that when agricultural lands are affected due to the floods, then with the help of available natural resources i.e.- banana stems found in the affected area will help to prepare temporary sustainable nursery beds. These kinds of beds can also serve as plantation ground for other short-rooted crops.
Major objectives
- Crop plantation in a flood proof way.
- Sustainability and cost effective solution.
Meeting the unmet needs: inclusive development through innovations for and from grassroots
Proposed Solution
Assam with its vast network of rivers is prone to natural disasters like floods and erosion which hurts the overall development of the state. The Brahmaputra and Barak River with more than 50 numbers of tributaries feeding them, causes flood devastation in the monsoon period each year. So we have selected the flood prone areas of the state as the aspirational areas to address the unmet need of cultivation during flood urgency.
The proposed solution aims at utilizing banana stems as the base for the preparation of nursery beds during urgency. Since India is the highest producer of bananas, banana stems are easily available in abundance. The stems would help to address the cultivation crisis during the flood.
Further, a study reported that the foliage of banana stems contained 38.03% carbon, 0.42% nitrogen, and 5.46% hydrogen which would further enrich the planted crops. Banana trunk nursery technique would be an easy and cost-effective process for promoting cultivation which could be both sustainable and floodproof.
Materials required:-
Banana trunk
Pre-germinated Paddy seed
Soil [early /instant collected
Biofertilizer etc.
Preparation of instant nursery bed for paddy cultivation
Cutting the banana trunks into 1 meter length and altogether taking the other same sized trunks to make a 1x1 sqm nursery bed.
Now the top portion of the banana trunk bed is sliced to form a uniform level for further steps.
The boundary of the uniform base is covered by pieces of wood/bamboo with solid anchoring support.
After that the base is filled with soil mixture over the leveled banana stems (when nursery bed is submerged, then muddy soil can be used). We can add biofertilizer here.
Then pre-germinated paddy seeds (atleast 24h before) are sprinkled on top of the nursery bed. The banana leaf can be use for covering the bed during the germination process. They are irrigated 2-3times/day.
As per the flood situation this kind of nursery bed can be placed in a suitable area till the seedlings are ready for transplantation.
When seedling have germinated, the bed can be transplanted to actual paddy fields.
Methodology
Meeting the unmet needs: inclusive development through innovations for and from grassroots
Meeting the unmet needs: inclusive development through innovations for and from grassroots
Advantages of the proposed solution
Meeting the unmet needs: inclusive development through innovations for and from grassroots
Reference
Meeting the unmet needs: inclusive development through innovations for and from grassroots