Farmers reap big bucks from guava cultivation in Chhattisgarh

Farmers in Chhattisgarh are reaping big bucks from guava fruit cultivation as its cultivation and production has increased 67% in last five years and land area has expanded up to 47%.

This rapid expansion has been triggered due to encouraging schemes provided by horticulture department for farmers. Land area of guava fruit cultivation was 13,353 hectare in 2010-11. It increased to 19,611 hectare in 2014-15. Harvest rate of the fruit grew up to 1,71,881 metric ton in 2014-15 from 1,02,820 metric ton in 2010-11 Stock Market Trading Tips

Horticulture department officials said guava cultivation is being carried out by farmers of districts, including Raipur, Durg, Dhamtari, Kawardha, Bemetara, Rajnandgoan and Bilaspur. Popular variety of guava fruit, include 'Lucknow 49', 'Allahabadi Safeda' and 'lalit'.

Agriculture minister Brijmohan Agrawal said, "Guava is cultivated in 27 districts of state, in which hybrid varieties are quite popular among the growers. This year, total harvest of guava fruit from Raipur district holds impressive figures of 7,403 metric ton (MT) followed by 6,204 metric ton in Baloda Bazaar, 11,244 metric ton in Mahasamund, 5,684 metric ton in Damtari district, 5,715 metric ton in Durg district, besides other districts also holds distinctive data to sum up Himanshu Tiwari Astrologer Blog