Marketing of Lemon in Pali District of Rajasthan
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2023
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COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, SWAMI KESHWANAND RAJASTHAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, BIKANER
Abstract
Agriculture plays a dominant role in the Indian economy in terms
of sustainable land management, food security, value addition,
employment and export earnings (Hortex Foundation 2013). India is
the second largest producer of fruits and vegetable countries in the
world after China, which is 141.2 million metric tonnes. Agriculture is
the single largest land resource exploring sector. Lemon is an
important medicinal plant of the family Rutaceae. Lemon is one of the
leading fruit crops of India being an income source and source of
foreign exchange earnings.
It is cultivated mainly for its alkaloids,
which are having anticancer activities and antibacterial potential in
crude extracts of different parts (viz., leaves, stem, root and flower)
(Kawaii et al. 2000).
India, Mexico, China, Argentina, Brazil and Turkey are the
world’s principal lemon-producing countries and were together
responsible for 60 per cent of global production in 2019–2020 (FAO
2020). India is the largest producer of lime citrus is the third most
important fruit crop in India with an estimated total coverage of 1 million
hectares. Acid lime (C. aurantiifolia) is the main cultivar produced in
India, accounting for almost 20 per cent of total citrus production
(Ghosh et al. 2013). In tropical countries where refrigeration in
transport and storage is a constraint, acid lime (C. aurantiifolia) may be
preferred due to its longer non-refrigerated shelf life (Spreen 2000).