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Kulagar- A potential system to conserve the crop diversity

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Title Kulagar- A potential system to conserve the crop diversity
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Creator Maneesha S. R., S. Priya Devi and N. P. Singh.
 
Subject Kulagar, Goa, Konkan, crop diversity, conservation
 
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Goa and the konkan region of Maharashtra are blessed with the diversity of tropical flora and fauna due to the nearness to the Western Ghats. The hot humid climate and the presence of heavy monsoon have made this region a biodiversity hotspot with beautiful landscape. Rural Goa and Konkan region farmers have a conventional homestead system of gardening transmitted from their ancestors called ‘Kulagar’ to cultivate and conserve the local of crop plants near their household. It is an integrated system which includes cash crops, plantation crops, spices, fruits, local vegetables, medicinal and aromatic plants and flower crops. Some of the ‘Kulagars’ includes animal components to make the system economic and complete.
The cash crop component in a ‘Kulagar’ can be arecanut, coconut, cashew nut, betel vine etc. In Goa, mostly areca nut based (rarely coconut based) ‘Kulagars’ are common. The important local coconut landraces’ Benaulim’ and ‘Calangute’ and areca nut palms are trailed with black pepper and the interspaces are effectively utilized for the cultivation of pineapple, banana, shade tolerant vegetables and tuber crops like elephant foot yam. ‘Mankurad’ and ‘Hilario’ are two local Goan mango varieties with sweet relishing flavor and enormous diversity in size, shape and quality. In Goa, seven important varieties of banana viz., Saldatti (AAB), Savarboni (ABB), Amti (AAB), Raspali (AAB), Velchi (AB), Myndoli (AAB), Sugandi (AAB) are cultivated in the interspaces of palms. Spice crops like nutmeg, cinnamon and underutilized fruit crops like Kokum, Jack fruit, Acid lime, Bread fruit, Karonda, Sapota, flower crops like Hibiscus, Jasmine(four different species), Marigold, Crossandra (Ratan aboli-unique with dark red petals) and medicinal plants like Tulsi are always a part of this system. Crop diversification, recycling of the resources, value addition and processing and byproduct utilization are important features of a ‘Kulagar’. Advanced crop production technologies are being incorporated in ‘Kulagar’ by the new generation farmers to make it sustainable and economically viable.
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Date 2018-11-09T09:37:09Z
2018-11-09T09:37:09Z
2016-11-06
 
Type Proceedings
 
Identifier Maneesha S. R., S. Priya Devi and N. P. Singh. 2016. Kulagar- A potential system to conserve the crop diversity. In 1st International Agro biodiversity Congress during 6-9 November, 2016 at New Delhi, India.
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/10031
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Indian Society of Plant Genetic Resources