Availability of Stem Cuttings of Super Napier Grass from Anand, Gujarat For Bio-CNG - Dr P.C.Patel

Super Hybrid Napier Grass:
What is Special?
1.Fast Growth: It has fastest growth of 10 feet in 59 days
2.High Yield: 12.5 tons per acre and 8 harvests per year. In other words 200 tons per acre, which can feed to 20 dairy cows for 12 months.
3. High Biomethane content: 5 % Pure BIO-CNG produced.
4.Best Nutrition: Presence of 16-18 % of protein that is very important for animal’s particularly for dairy cows to produce more milk.
5.All Weather Friendly Growth: It is drought resistant and can grow any kind of location irrespective of wet or dry season. The only need is the soil rich in organic matter that make it perfectly suitable for Indian subcontinent.
6.Easy Storage: This has water-soluble carbonate 18, which means no need to add additives to store this plant(silage). In Thailand, it is known as “ King of Napier”.
Planting:
Planting is done with the onset of monsoon or any time, if irrigation facility is available. Being a sterile hybrid, the grass is planted by rooted slips or by stem cuttings. Cuttings with 2 nodes from the middle portion of moderately matured stems (3- 4 months old) are preferred. The cuttings are planted at a slanting position at one side of the ridges with one node buried in the soil. While planting, two nodes are buried inside the soil and one node is exposed to outside.
Biopellet:
Approximately #61.54 m³ #biopellets can be prepared from #40 tons of dry feedstocks of Napier grass with a density of 0.650 g/cm³ from 1 acre. The weight of 61.54 m³ of biopellet (0.650 g/cm³) is approximately 39,991 kg. The Price of 1 ton of Biopellet is Rs. 4500/-. The farmers can earn of Rs. 1.8 Lakh from #40 tons biopellet from 1 acre/year & Rs. 9.0 lakhs in 5 years period. Looking to the output of biopellet and high price in hamarket, cultivation of Super Hybrid Napier grass can be a profitable venture, especially considering its high yield potential, good marketand and versatility in various regions of India.