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Journey of niger from undulated lands to the plains.

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Title Journey of niger from undulated lands to the plains.
 
Creator Rajani Bisen
Tiwari, V.N
Sujatha M.
 
Subject Niger
Nutritional security
Oilseed
 
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Niger [Guizotia abyssinica (L.f.) Cass.], popular among tribals, plays an important role inensuring nutritional security. It is known as ramtil (Hindi), karale or khurasani (Marathi), echelle (Kannada), payellu (Tamil), verri nuvvulu (Telugu), alashi (Oriya) in different partsof the country. It is grown mainly in tropical and subtropical countries like India, Ethiopia, East Africa, West Indies and Zimbabwe. It is important in terms of its oil quality (32–40%) proteinin the seed (18–24%). Niger is valued for its polyunsaturated fatty acid rich oil. In India, this crop is mainly grown by tribals on marginal, unproductive, undulated and wastelands without any production management under rainfed conditions mainly in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
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Date 2023-02-14T04:38:04Z
2023-02-14T04:38:04Z
2022-02-01
 
Type Success Story
 
Identifier Rajani Bisen*, V N Tiwari and M Sujatha (2022) Journey of Niger from undulated lands Journey of Niger from undulated land to the plains, Indian Farming 72(2): 10–12
978-81-7164-187-1
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/76196
 
Language English
 
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Publisher ICAR