Rajkot: Horticulture department group surveying losses of cyclone Tauktae-battered mango plantation owners were amazed if Natha Bhatu advised them to not take the frustrations of coming into his orchard.
Of those 3,000 cherry trees that he possesses, not one was flattened regardless of the grave that packed storms speeding around 150kmph.
Following Tauktae struck, additional orchards at Junagadh, Amreli and Gir-Somnath introduced a gloomy picture of heaps of luscious kesar dropped on the floor.
Bhatu’s orchard, 12 kilometers from Junagadh town, has been salvaged as a result of the achievement of ventral plantation (HDP), a scientific farming technologies initiated by Junagadh Agricultural University (JAU) which has yielded results later decades of attempts.
He began fostering the orchard with HDP under JAU specialists’ advice in 2005 and continues to be tasting victory for the last couple of decades.
The technique hasn’t only assisted him offset the vagaries of climate however also seen that the fruit yield raise multi-fold when compared with traditional farming system.
Since HDP entails growing plants near each other and restricting their elevation when compared with traditional farming, powerful winds do not inflict much harm as well as the return clearly increases as the amount of trees per hectare are longer.
“Many mango farmers are currently coming me to utilize the HDP system within their orchards,” Bhatu told TOI.
JAU scientists that this system of farm additionally addresses the nagging dilemma of climate change that has led to drastic decrease in the recurrence over the decades because of day-night fluctuation in temperatures which leads to flowering to slough off.
In trees increased using HDP procedure, fruits and flowering develop a fortnight ancient in comparison with traditional blossom farming.