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UNDERUTILIZED FRUIT AND VEGETBALE CROPS
Editor: Dr.Sudhir Das, Dr. Anil Kumar Singh, Dr. Sanjay Kumar Rai, Dr. Pawan Kumar, Dr. Birendra Prasad, Dr. Aastik Jha, Dr. Suraj Prakash, Dr. Rashmi Komal, Miss Amrita Kumari
Edition: 2021
ISBN: 978-81-927825-3-7
Publisher: PPD
Length: 140 pages.
Language Note: ENGLISH
Summary:
Horticulture is considered high value agriculture, and many farmers view
horticultural farming as crop diversification. Diversification of cropping
systems into high value commodities is important to make the transition from
subsistence to market-oriented agriculture, with the concomitant
improvement in income. But several examples of multiple fruits and
vegetable crops being historically neglected for various reasons. They
remain underutilized because under estimation of their potential use,non
availability of their complete botanical information,inadequate research on
their commercial exploitation,lack of knowledge on their food and nutrition
value/potential,promotion and popularization of very few fruit crops,fast
disappearance of ecosystem and habitat destruction,stigma attached as
“Food of the Poor”.Why they are important now?,they are found
harbouring nutritionally rich compounds,due to increased food and nutritional
insecurity,their climate resilient nature,resistance to biotic and abiotic stress
condition,rich in nutraceuticals and medicinal properties,donors of important
genes for crop improvement. neglected fruits and vegetables appear to hold
promise to overcome the situation. They continue to play an important role in
the subsistence and economy of poor people throughout the developing
world, particularly in the agro-biodiversity-rich tropics.Number Of Quantity: