Performance of vegetable crops (Solanaceous) in homestead agroforestry

Abstract

A survey was conducted in three blocks of Kendrapada district about the homestead agroforestry system to compare productivity of vegetable crops in that system with respect to the productivity of recommended practices. It was found that chilli growing homestead farmers were using 20% less quantity of seeds as compared to the recommendation. It was also found that about 8.33% farmers were using DAP+Shamala+Gromor, 25% farmers were using FYM+Urea, 25% farmers were using FYM+DAP+Urea and 41.66% farmers using only FYM as a source of manure which is not recommended dose of manure. The similar type of non-recommended practices of production were being adopted in brinjal and tomato crop also.