Saturday, December 15, 2012

Bihar farmer cultiveted Capsicum farming,supported by the Bagwani Mission in adopting innovative methods of farming.



Other Name
Shimla mirch, Pepper

Description
Capsicum should be a uniform, glossy colour, firm. The peppers can be round, long or square. Depending on the variety, it may be mild, sweet, hot or fiery. Capsicums are also called green, red or yellow peppers. The two varieties are sweet pepper or chili pepper.
Sweet peppers are green, orange, red or black capsicums with a mild flavour.Chili peppers are significantly smaller than sweet peppers. They are also green, orange, and red but are extremely hot. Turn every meal into a flavorful, healthy and spicy food adventure with different forms:




PATNA: Capsicum, also known as bell pepper and papakrika, which was once native only to South America and had been grown there for the last 6,000 years, has lately come to be cultivated even in Bihar. They are now not only the essence of spicy Mexican chilli salsa, Hungarian goulash and exquisite Chinese preparations, but of many Indian curries, including Bihari dishes.
Since capsicums are best grown in cool, wet weather conditions, till a few years back Bihar was dependent on Jharkhand for its supply. But it is now being cultivated even in Patna district and Manish Kumar is the one who started growing capsicums in Patna in 2011 January. Today he is even guiding and helping other farmers of the district to grow capsicums. "However, even today very few farmers grow capsicums as they are yet to be aware of its benefits," said a famer, Sunil Kumar Singh, who is associated with Manish and is growing capsicums.


 The young and enthusiastic Manish is successfully harvesting capsicums through protected cultivation under naturally-ventilated green house, with micro irrigation, at Kachuara village near Sampatchak in Patna district and also marketing it. Manish has grown the 'Indra' variety of capsicum obtained from the local nursery. He is supported by the Bihar Bagwani Mission in adopting innovative methods of farming. Not only did he pioneered its cultivation in Patna, he even brought it to the local market.

"I normally adopt the method of drip irrigation and also use malching paper in high temperature on the roots of plants to ensure that moisture content stays for a longer duration. Fertilizers are mixed with water used for drip irrigation and as a result, the plants are strong and healthy," said Manish.

"Capsicums raised under protected cultivation records a 60% higher yield compared to that grown under open condition. Also, the crop raised under such condition starts flowering 20 days earlier compared to that grown under open condition," 

His naturally-ventilated green house was constructed in 2011 at a cost of Rs 4.68 lakh. Along with capsicum he had also grown cherry tomatoes. A joint inspection team from the National Horticulture Mission (NHM) visited Manish's plot sometime back and lauded his pioneering effort.

After his success at Kachuara, Manish formed his own organization, named Yasachi (meaning the best) Greens Pvt Ltd, and started taking up assignments through NHM, helping out the farmers of the district. He has made his own marketing tie-up and is fetching a price ranging between Rs 20 and 26 per kg for his capsicums, depending on the season.
He is now engaged in cultivating Asha-1 variety of capsicums on two acres at Nadma in Barh district. These are red, yellow and green variety of capsicums are being grown in polyhouses under protected cultivation. Two farmers of the area have joined Manish.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...

Love 4 Bihar on Facebook