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Neem Crushers / NP Virus
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Neem Crushers
Preparation of neen
spray is infact a cumbursome and complex process as it
involves some labour. Farmers felt a little bit
drudgery in this process. To address this problem neem
crushers were introduced. This initiative not only reduced
the drudgery but also motivated the farmers to take up the
NPM. These neem cruhsers were given to individual
entrepreneur thus providing supplemental
livelihood options.
A
total of 12 Neem pulverizes were purchased for the four
program mandals.
All these
machines are
installed except the one with Kodangal MMS. These pulverizes
though had some initial hiccups, operated successfully later
on. However, the operational systems need to be further
streamlined to convert them into sustainable enterprises.
NPVirus (NPV) Units
Kosgi and Daulatabad MMS were selected for establishing NPV
units in collaboration with ICRISAT. MMS women were trained
at ICRISAT on production of NPVirus liquid. Each woman was given
one complete unit of NPV production.
Meanwhile, a
linkage with the Bio-Control laboratory is also established
for supply of Heliothis worms for NPV production. Some women
in Daulatabad are into this enterprise, which is in a
nascent stage.
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