Maize cultivation in Carnicobar
(written by : Sanjay Kumar Pandey, subject matter specialist - agronomy, ICAR - KVK, Nicobar)
Shri.Patrick from Tapoiming village, Car Nicobar of
Nicobar district is a marginal farmer having 1.0 ha of land in which he grew
Maize for the first time. Earlier he was cultivating a single crop by traditional method in his land with gross return of about Rs. 30,000/-. But
after the intervention by Krishi Vigyan Kendra of Nicobar district for choosing
his land for commercial vegetable and
Maize cultivation in scientific way as well as using his past experience
of farming, he has learned about the advantages of improved technologies and
took keen interest in converting his land area in to multiple production
system. As
we know that Car Nicobar totally comprises of tribal population and has
different food habit and they are not fond of cereals. This is the reason why
they do not practice cereal crop cultivation in their traditional agricultural
system and totally depend on Govt. supplies system. Since
Nicobarese are not aware of Maize farming, keeping this factor in mind KVK,
Nicobar made initiative to promote maize at this Island and choosing one farmer
from Tapoiming village of Car Nicobar. In this regards KVK-Nicobar
surveyed their traditional agricultural practice system as well as food habits
and conducted On Farm Trial (OFT) on Effects of Different Organic Manure on
Growth and Yield of Maize cv.
Hybryd-6010 to popularize the maize
among the tribal people of Car Nicobar in different locations of the Island. The
performance of maize was very surprising at Car Nicobar.
The
farmers have become very enthusiastic
about the maize as a food supplement in their lifestyle and also added as
fodder for their livestock. Now farmers have started maize cultivation
practices in their kitchen garden as Bhutta and fodder. Tribal council of Car
Nicobar and DC, Nicobar have appreciated the effort of KVK-Nicobar and also
suggested for put more work in this regard.
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