Integrated horticulture development stressed

Kathmandu, June 9 (RSS):

The two-day Third National Horticultural Research Workshop Seminar organized by the Horticultural Research Division, Nepal Agricultural Research Council Concluded in Khumaltar, Lalitpur recently.

At the seminar interaction and discussions were held on 16 various working papers on horticulture.

It was disclosed at the end of the seminar that the horticulture research division was soon releasing the "n.p.i.t. 0012" variety of potato suitable for cultivation in the hills region, the "Pericoli" variety for suitable for Terai and a new ginger variety "z.i.9721".

Similarly, it was disclosed on the occasion that three other potato varieties each for the hills and Terai Region were to be recommended in some years and the Department of Agriculture would have to certify three seed potato varieties found suitable for cultivation in field conditions.

Likewise, it was disclosed that the "Satrasaya" local variety of garlic which ripened early, the p.s-1 "Mallaz" and "Ghandruk" local variety of Brinjal, the "Gulmi" local variety of long beans and "Madhuri" cauliflower variety would be certified in some years.

Besides the different varieties of vegetables, the seminar has also recommended the specific farming techniques, crop protection measures and allied agricultural practices required for these crops.

In his concluding remarks, council's crop and horticultural research director Dularchan Sahu Pathik spoke of the importance of implementing integrated horticulture development programmes, cultivation of cash crops, coordination between the various agricultural development offices and cultivation of crops according to the market demands.

Eighty persons from the related offices took part in the seminar.

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