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Vegetables for Livelihood Security: A Study in Disadvantageous Area of Vindhyan Region

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Title Vegetables for Livelihood Security: A Study in Disadvantageous Area of Vindhyan Region
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Creator Neeraj Singh
B Singh
A B Rai
Shubhadeep Roy
Sujoy Saha
A Singh
 
Subject Improved vegetable varieties, vegetables productivity, kitchen garden
 
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The vegetable crops have been well advocated as protective food. They are rich source of minerals, vitamins,
vegetable fibre and contain fair amount of carbohydrate and protein. In addition to meet the local demand,
vegetables have the potential for distant and export market. Vindhyan region in Eastern Uttar Pradesh is considered
as potential area for vegetable cultivation but due to the lack of technical guidance and unawareness of improved
technologies, farmers in this region were practicing traditional cultivars and other agronomic practices. Therefore,
efforts has been made to educate the growers of two clusters in Mirzapur and one cluster in Sonbhadra districts of
Vindhyan region regarding the improved cultivation of vegetables along with giving massive frontline
demonstrations, farmers-scientists interaction and organizing field days for quicker dissemination and adoption of
technologies. The productivity of demonstrated crops increased from 6.25–40.34 % mainly because of introduction
of high yielding new varieties. Further, Kashi Pragati in okra and Kashi Kanchan in cowpea fetched maximum
yield differences between demonstrated and farmers’ practiced varieties. Considering the importance of nutritional
security, during 2008-09 a total of 1100 households were given kitchen garden demonstration kit where as in
2009-10 and 2010-11 it increases upto 3767 and 5621 households respectively.
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Date 2021-01-02T05:37:25Z
2021-01-02T05:37:25Z
2012-01-01
 
Type Research Paper
 
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0976-1071
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/44454
 
Language English
 
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