Business Opportunities in Agriculture: 150 Field Interviews (Book)

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    SUGARCANE – PIT METHOD OF PLANTING – AMAZING YIELD OF 110 MT PER ACRE PER YEAR

    Sugarcane setts planted in rounded pits espaced at 4 feet on either side with 16 to 18 two budded setts produced 110 MT of yield in one acre per year . At 4 feet spacings total number of pits per acre is around 2777 pits . At rate o 16 number of 2 budded setts , it arrives at total of 88864...
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    KING OF FRUITS – MANGO – AN INSIGHT INTO HI-TECH CULTIVATION –MEADOW ORCHARD .......................

    Dear Mr.Tukur We are talking about Mango in general and there exist range of varieties developed out of 69 species that are all restricted to Asian continent . Your specific question is which variety will be grown better in 3M by 1 M spacing .. Any mango varieties can be planted at this...
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    CAPSICUM – HYBRID CULTIVATION FOR HIGHER FARM INCOME

    The organic mulch is something like paddy straw, banana trash , or groundnut husk or sugarcane trash ..It keeps standing in the field for about 6 months or one year depending on the duration of the crop for which the organic mulch is first applied . Then during land preparation for subsequent...
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    KING OF FRUITS – MANGO – AN INSIGHT INTO HI-TECH CULTIVATION –MEADOW ORCHARD .......................

    Dear Mr.P.Ram Strictly speaking , organic cultivation does not invite outside inputs or any kind of synthetic inputs application . Here we are talking mainly about hi tech farming that means more synthetic inputs ...Here the logic is that we produce more outputs in unit area with negligible /...
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    MAIZE- SWEET CORN AND BABY CORN – LUCRATIVE CROP IN SHORTEST TIME

    Sweet corn is grown in large scale in countries like canada , USA as an important vegetable. Now this sweet corn is being increasingly cultivated in India and other Asian countries Sweet corn is planted at a spacing of 0.75 M- 1.0 M row to row distance and 0.15 M -0.30 M plant to plant distance...
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    GROW CUCUMBER FOR QUICK MONEY

    Regarding cost of cultivation , it is nothing big except seeds cost and infrastructure cost like greenhouse or polyhouse or low cost structure like shadenet house .. The cost of cultivation is not standard for all the locations and it varies from location to location that vary in terms of soil...
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    CAPSICUM – HYBRID CULTIVATION FOR HIGHER FARM INCOME

    Depending on the size of the holding the drip irrigation cost per unit area vary . More area and square field , cost is less. Less area and angled shape ,cost is bit more .. Mulching cost for plastic mulching sheet is around Rs. 5000 per acre ..Or else you can even use organic mulch @ 2 mt per...
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    Want to increase Sugarcane production need help...!

    sure..drip irrigation definitely increase the yield . The drip irrigation has tremendous effect on yield, maturity and quality of cane in terms of brix also
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    KING OF FRUITS – MANGO – AN INSIGHT INTO HI-TECH CULTIVATION –MEADOW ORCHARD .......................

    Sure you can grow mango completely in organic methods..More over organic cultivation makes your market prospect bright in local as well as overseas countries. The reason being pure organic produce without any chemical residue , taste, keeping quality, glossy and shining appearance of mango...
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    APPLE BER – FARMERS’ FRIENDLY FRUIT TREE

    will enquire with our govt horticultural nurseries ..If available I will let you know
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    Want to increase Sugarcane production need help...!

    In sugarcane 100 MT per acre can be obtained without difficulties ..ways to get big yield is 1. Using seed cane of right age ,,6-7 months old 2.Apply 10 MT of Farm yard manure per acre 3.Apply entire recommended dose of phosphorus as basal application before planting 4.use drip irrigation if...
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    CAPSICUM – HYBRID CULTIVATION FOR HIGHER FARM INCOME

    Capsicum has become a highly demanded farm produce in the consumer market and its consumption demand keeps increasing every year in domestic as well as International market An acre of capsicum in open field cultivation could produce about 40 MT and in shadenet house 80-100 MT and in polyhouse /...
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