About 60-70 marginal farmers of Kariapatti in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu during the past two seasons have successfully raised commercial jasmines.
- There is demand for jasmine round the year. However, farmers find it difficult to grow them during the lean months of December and January.
- The local agri clinic (under the Ministry of Agriculture scheme to facilitate technology transfer for farmers) has helped them.
- A carefully evolved plant-tending practice is set in motion well ahead of winter. This includes application of the right volume of soluble fertilisers combined with flowering stimulation (required dosage of phosphorous) that convert every bud formed into a flower.
- 5-6 kg of flowers were harvested daily on average from a 20-cent area.
- The agri clinic also guides farmers raising brinjal, lady's finger and onion as well as paddy growers.
- For example, the clinic focuses on technology intervention to enhance brinjal productivity by preventing potential fruit-bearing flowers from withering.
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Well written article.
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