Constraints Faced by Farmer’s Towards Value Addition in Horticulture and Vegetable Crops

Constraints faced by the farmers in commercial cultivation of vegetables

The study was conducted to determine the constraints faced by the farmers in commercial cultivation of vegetables and to explore relationship between the selected characteristics of the farmers and constraints faced by them. Data were collected through personal interview from 142 randomly selected respondents out of 1422 vegetable growers of the three villages viz. Panchpara, Bagan and Rampur, ...

Hydroponic Vegetable Production | Aggie Horticulture

In the U.S., tomatoes are only exceeded by potatoes in economic importance. Among fresh vegetable products, annual per capita consumption of fresh tomatoes is only exceeded by lettuce and potatoes. Consumption of fresh tomatoes has remained fairly constant at around 12.8 pounds for the past 10 years as compared to the consumption of processed tomatoes in the form of ketchup and sauces which has...

Transplant Age in Vegetable Crops

s. Therefore, more information is necessary concerning cauliflower transplant age. CHINESE CABBAGE [Brassica rapa L. SSP. PEKINENSIS (LOUR.)]. Kratky et al. (1982) in Hawaii found no significant differences in time to maturity, individual head weight, and total yield from Chinese cabbage transplants of 3, 4, 5, and 6 weeks of age. RAPE (Brassica napus ssp. OLEIFERA VAR. NAPUS). In a 3-year stud...

Translational genomics of Vegetable Crops

Standards and Market Preferences: Opportunities and Constraints East & Southern African Video Conference on High Value Horticulture

Kenya horticulture industry has been consistent and committed to observing high horticultural standards. This consistency and commitment has enabled the industry to maintain and expand its share in high end consumer markets such as UK that takes up to 80% of Kenyan vegetable exports. The compliance to standards is further demonstrated by a 78.8% decline in interceptions between 2007 and 2009. T...