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Observation of World Day to Combat Desertification-2017 Report Date of Activity: 17 th June 2017 Type of Activity: Plantation of neem also called as Persian lilac, margosa (*Azadirachta indica*) Village: YERASUPALLI Place: Along the banks of river Papagni (Penna) Event organiser: M/S Venkatadri Maha tanai Raitu Mitra Sangam, KONDUR, YSR Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh, India. The Day was started by taking a pledge on protecting the environment from the hands of pollution agents. The farmers’Group Leader, Ms. V.Radhika explained about the significance of the WDCDay 17/6/2017 and its concepts to the fellow members. Later on the group members have planted the neem saplings. Our first step to launch the fight against the degradation of land

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Observation of World Day to Combat Desertification-2017

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Date of Activity: 17 th June 2017

Type of Activity: Plantation of neem also called as Persian lilac, margosa (*Azadirachta indica*)

Village: YERASUPALLI

Place: Along the banks of river Papagni (Penna)

Event organiser: M/S Venkatadri Maha tanai Raitu Mitra Sangam, KONDUR, YSR Kadapa district,

Andhra Pradesh, India.

The Day was started by taking a pledge on protecting the environment from the hands of pollution

agents.

The farmers’Group Leader, Ms. V.Radhika explained about the significance of the WDCDay 17/6/2017

and its concepts to the fellow members. Later on the group members have planted the neem saplings .

Our first step to launch the fight against the degradation of land

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Explaining about the importance of the neem plant in our day to day life by the President of Sai Seva Samithi, Mr P.Sai kumar

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Farmers are standing by displaying the Day banner along with our Group Leader, Ms. Radhika and her son-Our Future.

Scientific name: *Azadirachta indica

Family: Meliaceae

Local (Telugu) name: Yapamanu

Distribution and habitat:

Deciduous tree, native of Burma. Found all over India, except in the coastal regions.

Silvicultural characteristics

Drought-resistant, Flowers during March to June, and fruits up to August

Can grow well on saline and alkaline soils also.

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Watering the neem sampling

Propagation:

-Seeds that germinate within a week’s time

-Fresh seeds are viable more than 30-45 days

-Old seeds loss their viability.

Uses:

Agricultural:

-De-oiled cakes of neem seeds make good organic manure

-Kernels are used as insect anti-feedents

-Seed meal can be used as feed for chicks and cattle, in certain concentration, mixed with other feed

-Wood is used for making agricultural implements

-Leaves and seeds contain Azadiractin, an insect repellent and

-Twigs/shoots (tender) can be used as Tooth brush cum Paste since primitive age. Effectively prevents

tooth ache, decay etc.,

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Others:

-Leaves, bark and gum are used for medicinal purposes and religious rites

-Ripe fruits are edible

-Seed oil can be used as an antiseptic for burns and lubrication for machineries

-Bark is used to extract tannin

-Leaf extracts are used in toothpaste and soaps

-Leaves are placed in wardrobes and grain bins to repel insects.

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The programme was covered by the print media and the news was published in the state wide circulated

news papers viz.,Eenadu and Sakshi on 18/6/2017.

Links of the news papers mentioned below

1. http://epaper.eenadu.net/index.php?rt=index/index#

2. http://epaper.sakshi.com/m5/1248821/YSR-constituencies/18-06-2017#page/5/1

Place: Kadapa

Date: 17/06/2017 Sd/--- --

Signature of the Chief Functionary

(P.Sai Kumar Raju)

http://epaper.eenadu.net/index.php?rt=index/index

http://epaper.sakshi.com/m5/1248821/YSR-constituencies/18-06-2017#page/5/1

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