Protected Vegetable Crop Production for Long-term Sustainable Food Security
Suchibrata Chamuah *
College of Horticulture and Forestry, CAU(I), Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, India.
Kiran
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, CSK HPKV Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Divyashree N
University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India.
Md Al Amin
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, United States of America.
Nazmin Sultana
Department of Horticulture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, India.
Narendra Nath Hansda
Department of Vegetable Science, Faculty of Horticulture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal-741252, India.
Harish B M
Department of Vegetable Science and Floriculture, Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh-17006, India.
Kohima Noopur
Sher-e-Kashmir University Of agricultural Sciences and Technology- Jammu, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A protected culture strategy that offers a fully regulated environment decreases a number of biotic and abiotic stressors. Thinking about protected farming is necessary given the rising food need. The most effective way for meeting the goals of protected horticulture is the greenhouse. The cultivation of many greenhouses has become an important Indian agricultural policy. As a result of the greater productivity levels, these technologies are not only opening doors for producers with larger landholdings, but also for those with smaller holdings. Protected agriculture has provided a new way to produce more in a small space as a result of land holding restrictions, fast urbanisation, falling crop yield, declining biodiversity, and an ever-increasing population. Demand for food, particularly vegetables, has increased significantly as a result of these factors.
Keywords: Protected vegetable, protected horticulture, crop production, food security