data/traditional_knowledge.json

[
  {"id": "beejamrit", "title": "Beejamrit (seed treatment)",
   "activities": ["seed_treatment", "sowing"], "region": "All India",
   "practice": "Treat seeds before sowing with Beejamrit — a fermented mix of cow dung, cow urine, lime and a handful of field soil — to protect young seedlings from soil- and seed-borne disease.",
   "source": "Traditional / Natural farming"},
  {"id": "jeevamrit", "title": "Jeevamrit (soil microbial tonic)",
   "activities": ["fertilizing", "general"], "region": "All India",
   "practice": "Apply Jeevamrit (fermented cow dung, cow urine, jaggery, pulse flour and soil) to enrich soil microbial life and feed the crop naturally; repeat through the season.",
   "source": "Traditional / ZBNF"},
  {"id": "green-manure", "title": "Green manure",
   "activities": ["fertilizing", "ploughing"], "region": "All India",
   "practice": "Grow a quick legume (dhaincha or sunhemp) and plough it in before the main crop to build organic matter and nitrogen.",
   "source": "Traditional agronomy"},
  {"id": "fym-compost", "title": "Farmyard manure & compost",
   "activities": ["fertilizing"], "region": "All India",
   "practice": "Apply well-rotted farmyard manure / compost to improve soil structure, water-holding and slow nutrient release.",
   "source": "Traditional agronomy"},
  {"id": "lunar-sowing", "title": "Lunar (Panchang) sowing rhythm",
   "activities": ["sowing", "general"], "region": "All India",
   "practice": "By tradition, sow leafy and above-ground crops in the waxing moon (Shukla paksha) and root/tuber crops in the waning moon (Krishna paksha).",
   "source": "Krishi Parashara / folk almanac"},
  {"id": "nakshatra-sowing", "title": "Nakshatra-based sowing",
   "activities": ["sowing"], "region": "All India",
   "practice": "Monsoon sowing is traditionally timed to auspicious nakshatras such as Rohini and Mrigashira; Hasta, Chitra, Swati, Anuradha and the Uttara nakshatras are also considered favourable for sowing.",
   "source": "Folk agricultural almanac"},
  {"id": "neem-pest", "title": "Neem biopesticide",
   "activities": ["pest_control"], "region": "All India",
   "practice": "Use neem-seed-kernel extract (NSKE 5%) or neem oil as a traditional, broad-spectrum biopesticide and repellent; safe for natural enemies.",
   "source": "Traditional IPM"},
  {"id": "panchagavya", "title": "Panchagavya foliar spray",
   "activities": ["pest_control", "fertilizing"], "region": "All India",
   "practice": "Spray diluted Panchagavya (five cow products) as a growth promoter that also improves plant vigour and tolerance to pests.",
   "source": "Traditional / Vrikshayurveda"},
  {"id": "marigold-trap", "title": "Marigold trap / border crop",
   "activities": ["pest_control", "mixed_cropping"], "region": "All India",
   "practice": "Plant marigold as a border/trap crop to suppress nematodes and lure pests like Helicoverpa away from the main crop.",
   "source": "Traditional IPM"},
  {"id": "mixed-cropping", "title": "Mixed & intercropping",
   "activities": ["mixed_cropping", "sowing", "general"], "region": "All India",
   "practice": "Grow a cereal with a pulse/oilseed (mixed cropping) to spread risk, fix nitrogen and use space and water better — a long-standing rainfed strategy.",
   "source": "Traditional rainfed farming"},
  {"id": "water-harvest", "title": "Traditional water harvesting",
   "activities": ["irrigation"], "region": "All India",
   "practice": "Use farm bunding, field ponds and contour trenches to harvest rain and recharge groundwater; irrigate at critical crop stages.",
   "source": "Traditional water management"},
  {"id": "harvest-dry", "title": "Dry-weather harvest & neem storage",
   "activities": ["harvesting"], "region": "All India",
   "practice": "Harvest in dry weather, sun-dry grain to safe moisture, and store with dried neem leaves to deter storage pests.",
   "source": "Traditional post-harvest"},
  {"id": "summer-plough", "title": "Summer deep ploughing",
   "activities": ["ploughing", "pest_control"], "region": "All India",
   "practice": "Plough deep in summer to expose soil-borne pests, larvae and weed seeds to the sun — a traditional preventive measure.",
   "source": "Traditional agronomy"},
  {"id": "akkadi-karnataka", "title": "Akkadi mixed cropping (millets)",
   "activities": ["mixed_cropping", "sowing"], "region": "Karnataka",
   "practice": "In dryland Karnataka, the 'Akkadi' system intercrops ragi/millets with pulses, oilseeds and minor crops in the same field for resilience and nutrition.",
   "source": "Karnataka traditional dryland practice"}
]