Coimbatore farmer gets high yield of tomatoes, using green house technology.Byline: ANI Coimbatore, Nov 20(ANI): Green house technology is getting popular among the farmers in Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (tăm`əl nä`d  ), formerly Madras (mədrăs`, mədräs`), state (2001 provisional pop. , where a farmer has reaped rich
dividends by growing tomatoes with this technology.
Vivekanandan, tomato farmer from Coimbatore, had a yield that was four times more in comparison with open field cultivation, and now wants to extend this technology to other areas of his farmland. "We are engaged in agriculture for the past 30 years and we do tomato cultivation in open field. We do get a yield of 25-30 tonnes per acre of land, but recently we came to know about the green house technology and we tried this system in a minimum level," Vivekanandan said. "With this technology, we have got a yield of 25 tonnes in just in quarter acre In Australian and New Zealand English, a Quarter Acre is a term for a suburban plot of land. Traditionally, Australians and New Zealanders aspire to own a 3- or 4-bedroom house or bungalow on a section of around a quarter of an acre (about 1,000 square meters), also known locally of land. Moreover, now I am also planning to extend this system to my other areas of land," he added. Now, farmers are growing various crops like capsicum capsicum /cap·si·cum/ (kap´si-kum) a plant of the genus Capsicum, the hot peppers, or the dried fruit derived from certain of its species (cayenne or red pepper), containing the active principle capsaicin; used as a , chilli, tomatoes, onion, and other vegetables by using this technique. "In green house technology we are engrossing favourable climatic conditions that is temperature, pressure, humidity and balancing. These things we are trying to manage and control. The top metabolic activity is full-fledged. Growth increases manifold and yield is also likewise," said Prabhu Shankar, a Green House technology consultant. Green house technology is a process of creating a protected environment for cultivation. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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