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Bahraich's Lalpari: Making Ghanjeevamrit from 100 kg Cow Dung, Store for 6 Months
- •Lalpari, a woman farmer from Bahraich, is moving towards freedom from chemical fertilizers and adopting natural farming.
- •Lalpari prepares Ghanjeevamrit herself, uses it in her fields, and inspires hundreds of farmers to adopt poison-free farming.
- •Ghanjeevamrit is a dry organic fertilizer made from cow dung and other natural elements, used in crops.
- •To make Ghanjeevamrit, 100 kg cow dung, 10 liters cow urine, 2 kg jaggery, 2 kg gram flour, and a little living soil are needed.
- •The prepared Ghanjeevamrit can be stored safely in sacks for about 6 months and used by sprinkling it in the fields when needed.
Key Questions Answered
To prepare Ghanjeevamrit, you need 100 kg of cow dung, 10 liters of cow urine, 2 kg of jaggery, 2 kg of gram flour, and a small amount of living soil containing microorganisms. Mix all ingredients thoroughly, shape them into small balls or sun-dry the mixture, and then crush it with a stick into a fine powder.
The prepared Ghanjeevamrit can be safely stored in sacks for up to 6 months and can be used when needed by sprinkling it in the fields. Additionally, 1 quintal of this organic fertilizer is sufficient for about 5 bighas of land.
Lalpari is a woman farmer and agriculture friend from the Mirzapur Gram Panchayat in the Tejwapur block of Bahraich district. She prepares Ghanjeevamrit herself to use in her fields as an alternative to chemical urea and trains hundreds of other farmers to adopt poison-free and natural farming practices.
