Evaluation of STCR Based Precision Farming on Growth, Yield and Quality of Vegetables in Torripsamments
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Date
2019
Authors
SUNIL KUMAR GORA
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College of Agriculture Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University Bikaner– 334006 (Raj.)
Abstract
India is bestowed with varied agro-climatic conditions, which
allow growing of several types of vegetables in the country. Vegetables
provide food and nutrition security, generate income and employment
and also earn foreign exchange. Vegetables were cultivated in an area
10.1 million hectares and produced 169.1 million metric tonnes in India
(Anonymous, 2016). The Indian arid zone is one of the largest sub-
tropical deserts of the world, of which 20% is arid and rest is semi-arid
with varied habitats. The hot arid region is spread over 31.7 million
hectares area, mainly in the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Andhra
Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana. Rajasthan particularly western region are
under hyper arid zone with very scarce water resource. Thus, more crop
per drop of water is main movement of any agriculture production system
in this region of the state.