Cultivation of Pusa Narangi Variety of Marigold for Crop Diversification and Empowering Farm Women in Malwa Plateau of Madhya Pradesh

Flower cultivation is a profitable venture for the small and marginal farmers, as the traditional crops are becoming less remunerative. Marigold cultivation in rural areas by farm women suits the most as it requires care and nurturing, picking and packing with care in which the female workers have a...

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Main Author: Rekha Tiwari, D S Tomar , A K Dixit and A K Saxena
Format: Journal Article
Published: Journal of Krishi Vigyan 2015
Subjects:
PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISAL
Online Access:http://10.26.1.76/ks/004650.pdf
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245 |a Cultivation of Pusa Narangi Variety of Marigold for Crop Diversification and Empowering Farm Women in Malwa Plateau of Madhya Pradesh  
260 |b Journal of Krishi Vigyan  |c 2015 
500 |a Special Issue on Women Empowerment  
520 |a Flower cultivation is a profitable venture for the small and marginal farmers, as the traditional crops are becoming less remunerative. Marigold cultivation in rural areas by farm women suits the most as it requires care and nurturing, picking and packing with care in which the female workers have an edge over the male counterparts. Cultivation of marigold variety Pusa Narangi in Malwa plateau of Madhya Pradesh has successfully demonstrated that this crop can be grown round the year. The variety was introduced in the year 2007 and was assessed through on farm trials, followed by front line demonstrations for three consecutive years. The present study was undertaken to assess the benefits of cultivating Pusa Narangi variety of marigold for crop diversification and boosting the income of farm women exclusively for which they were imparted practical training on the package of practices and mar keting strategy. The result showed that round the year cultivation yielded 1.25 t/ ha and giving a net profit Rs 1,17,609/- as against Rs 35,975/- with the local cultivar Saathi. Hence, it can be stated that this was a novel diversification model to economically empower the farm women on sustainable basis 
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