Monday, August 13, 2018

                                                  Conservation of  FRV 2018 at ATC Fulia

ATC Fulia has been conserving Folk Rice Varieties for the last 17 years by collecting seed across the state and India. This year more than 400 FRVs have been transplanted by July and this has set record as we have been able to transplant it by July 2018.
All the seedlings of 15 days ( approx) were transplanted singly at a spacing on 12 x 10 inch keeping 3 feet gap around  each plot. It was maintained by following the principles of  flowering asynchrony as followed Dr Debal Deb, renowned folk rice conserver and Ecologist.  Further, to prevent cross pollination we fill the plots with short duration varieties like Shatia, JP 90, Pari etc and there by  more than 500 nos of plots have been established.
We do not use any outside organic matter cattle manure etc except floating azolla , released  22 days after  first intercultural operation. It grows  and multiplies in the fields having 1 inch of water . It gives N and other nutrients besides organic matter and suppressing of weed.
Analysis of soil microbial status shows that it has nearly 10 times higher microbial population than its counterpart that is chemical farms and soil organic carbon in nearly 0. 75%. This takes care of rice growth. After rice we grow a legume - lathyrus.
This year we had to apply external input like rice flour and molasses @ 15 kg each / ha. to boost up growth in some plots.   


  • First Phase 
                                                Seedlings in earthen trays
                                   
                                                       Single Plant  Transplanting


                                                           King Fisher in search of food



                                               Transplanting of 15 days old seedling
                                                          

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