Activities, learning & challenges

ICBL plantation at Vill: Paharkharua Dist: Sarguja

Activities- at a glance

• Nursery – plantation – maintenance

• Spread over 4169 ha in CG

• Variant soil & climatic condition

• CSR in villages

Nursery

• Quality seeds• Best practices followed• Proper hardening• Regulated despatch

Plantation

Practices

• Intensive cropping of Jatropha with all recommended agri-inputs

• In limited area, plantation with minimum or nil inputs

• Trials initiated with feedstock from different origin under different climatic condition

Monitoring• Trained team• FAs placed at sites• Defined SoW• Quality checks• Rainfall tracking

Pest & Diseases

Collar rotRoot rotLeaf minorLeaf WebberMealy bugWilt

Learnings

• Pruning resulted into multiplication of branches

• Dense vegetative growth in 3-4 year old plantation

• No uniformity in flowering & fruiting

Challenges

• Tackle variation in flowering & yield• Ensure fruiting in grown up trees• Pest & disease control• Lack of skilled vendor• Source of planting material• Grain security

Thank you