institute of agricultural management(INITIATIVE OF DR. G.P. SHETTY AGRI RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST)

Package of practise RAGI

PROGRAMME : PGDAMGROUP NO : 08PRODUCER’S : BHARAT PATEL SHUBHAM PATEL PAWAN PATEL

Scientific name ;Eleusine corocana.

Family ;poaceaeORIGIN : Uganda and neighboring regions.

Introduced to India approximately 3,000 years ago.

Ragi or finger millet (Eleusine coracana.) Has known by many names in English as birds foot, coracana, and African millet, finger millet, crow-footed millet.

Among the millets of the world, ragi ranks fourth after the pearl millet.

Major cultivating area is Africa and southern Asia.

India alone produces between 40 and 45% of the total world production, and most of the rest of ragi millet is produced in central Africa.

In India, the states of Karnataka, Tamil nadu, and Andhra Pradesh produce most of the ragi crop.

The southeastern area of Karnataka adjoining regions of Tamil nadu and Andhra Pradesh produce the bulk of the Indian crop.

Karnataka and Tamil nadu produce about 61% of the total crop.

Variety : ML-365Seed rate :5kg/acreSeason :August - DecemberSeed treatment :Trichoderma viridi (nisarga) 2 gm/kg.

FERTILIZER RECOMDATION : N+P+K+znso4 :150+75+40+10 kg /Ha

Preparation of the field: 1-Deep ploughing. 2-light ploughing followed by harrow. Apply Annapurna manure at last ploughing to the soil.

Preparation of the nursey: An area about 5 Gunta’s. We prepared two nursery's. DIMENSIONS OF NURSERY: 15*4*1 (l*b*h) Irrigation of nursey daily interval two rose cans for each bed.

Transplanting of ragi• Date of transplanting: 31/08/2016• Spacing 30*15cm

Advantages of transplanting : Good germination percentage Healthy plants can be selected while transplanting Controlling of weeds, pest& disease becomes easy Saving in irrigation water  Good stand establishment  Increase in intensity of cropping 

NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT

BEFORE TRANSPLANTING

ANNAPURNA 25 Kg

DAP 5 Kg Applying of NAVAJIVAN to avoid transplanting

shock. Top dressing of UREA+DAP+19+19+19 on

12/09/2016.

MIXED INTO SOIL

INTERCULTURAL OPERATION Irrigation : Irrigation of land in 4 days interval time.

Weeding:15 days after transplanting. 30 days after transplanting.

Earthing up:20 days after transplanting. 40 days after transplanting.

PLANT PROTECTION MEASURESSTEM BORER: Symptom of attack: a hole on the stem bored by

caterpillar.Dead heart symptom.

Hairy caterpillar: they feed voraciously on the leaves leaving the

petiole and midribs and main stem of the plants.

Aphids: They suck the sap o the leaf ,yellowing of the

leaf.

DiseaseRagi brown leaf spot: Brown spots on the leaf.

Ragi leaf and neck blast Spots in the neck and leaf.

HARVESTING OF THE CROP Harvesting of the after 120 days of transplanting. Harvesting the by using sickle. Harvested the ear head and collected in the bags.

CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS :

Date of activity Activity

02/08/2016 Plot measurement.

04/08/2016 Weeding in plot.

10/08/2016 Nursery bed preparation.

11/08/2016 Irrigation by rose can

22/08/2016 Top dressing with urea in nursery.

31/08/2016 Transplanting into main field.

07/09/2016 Irrigation through rose can

12/09/2016 Irrigation and fertilizer application.

26/09/2016 Earthing in plot.

12/12/2016 Harvesting of the crop.

Threshing of the crop

Packing

11/09/2016 weeding