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Science and Technology Project (DST, Gov-
ernment of India) did not get the actual price
as transportation, icing and storage facility
was lacking. Dr. Su
Health, Education and Environment (PORSHEE)
has taken up a pilot project to manufacture bio-
fertilizer from this salt marsh grass species and
make
a Zaman, the Principal
Investigator of the project (Sanction no. SSD/
SS/028/2010 dated 9 Sept 2011
aware
the
farmers
and agriculturists
regarding the bene
ts of using marine-based
biofertilizer. Insecticides (preferably mosquito
larvicide) have been reported to be prepared from
sand binders (
2013)
therefore had to sale the harvested prawns to
the middleman at a price of Rs. 300/kg when
the actual market price was Rs. 500/kg. All
these instances clearly indicate the need for
establishing a proper marketing link to sustain
the alternative livelihood generation schemes.
A very important prospect of linking liveli-
hood with the economic pro
-
Ipomoea pes-caprae
) (Fig.
8.12
).
oral species are
still untapped from the commercial angle and
alternative livelihood generation although docu-
mented in the taxonomic list of Sundarban bio-
diversity by several researchers.
All these mangrove associate
fl
le of Sundarban
region can open up if the endemic salt marsh
grass (
8.3
Case Studies
) can be used as
ingredients of biofertilizer. Study conducted by
us reveals that the salt marsh grass species that
appear in bulk (Figs.
8.10
and
8.11
) in the
intertidal mud
Porteresia coarctata
8.3.1 Case Study of Gujarat
ats of Sundarbans is a very rich
source of macro- and micronutrients needed for
the growth of plants.
Considering the biochemical composition,
widespread abundances, tolerance to a wide
range of salinity and socio-economic pro
fl
Gujarat is located on the west coast of India
between 20
E
and has the Tropic of Cancer passing through the
districts of Kachchh and Surendranagar. The
state has a long coastline of 1,650 km, consti-
tuting over 21 % of the Indian coastline and the
longest among all states. There are two major
indentations in Gujarat
°
2
′
-
24
°
41
′
N and 68
°
8
′
-
74
°
23
′
le of
the local population (who are mostly below the
poverty line), a Kolkata-based NGO known as
Progressive Organisation of Rural Service for
'
—
the Gulf of
Kachchh and the Gulf of Khambat. Of the total
s coast
Fig. 8.10
P. coarctata
: an endemic and untapped
fl
oral resource of Indian Sundarbans
