4 districts in Rajasthan set to become hubs of fennel production
The HinduFour desert districts in Rajasthan, where farmers depend on saline water for irrigation, are set to emerge as hubs of fennel production following a three-year-long study that examined the yield of different varieties of the crop through drip irrigation with brackish water. ‘Remunerative option’ Drip irrigation with saline water could expand the area under fennel production and increase productivity to make agriculture remunerative for farmers cultivating the spice, Bhupendra Singh, project in-charge of the All India Coordinated Research Project told The Hindu. Dr. Singh said the fennel variety, RF-290, was found to be viable for irrigation with saline water. Rameshwar Lal Meena, principal scientist, Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, who coordinated the project’s activities, said the saline water selected for fennel production would not have an adverse impact on the productivity of farmland.
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