A large number of farmers in Bhawanimandi, Pedawa, Sunel, Jhalrapatan, Bakani and Dag area of the district have been reaping rich and their income has doubled due to this profitable crop.
Jhalawar has earned the sobriquet ‘the Nagpur of Rajasthan’ as the region in the last few years has seen bumper orange crop.
A large number of farmers in Bhawanimandi, Pedawa, Sunel, Jhalrapatan, Bakani and Dag area of the district have been reaping rich and their income has doubled due to this profitable crop.
Oranges are currently being cultivated over about 39,000 hectares of land in Jhalawar district. The plant bears fruits twice in a year first from October 15 to November 15 called Ambewar orange crop and second from February 15 to March 15 called Mragwar orange crop. An average plant yields about 80kg orange in a season. Coriander, produced over 70,000 to 80,000 hectares of land and garlic over about 26000 hectares are other main crops. Howver, Ashvgandha, a medicinal plant is also cultivated over about 500 hectare of land.
Despite being the home turf and constituency of former CM Raje and sitting MP and her son Dushyant Singh, the orange and garlic cultivators have to go far away Nimuch for procurement.
However, there are four Farmer Producer Organisations (FPO), a kind of cooperative companies through which the orange cultivators sell their produce.
Dwarkalal Patidar, an orange grower of Saroniya village, said that there are about 15000 to 20,000 orange plants in about seven to eight big gardens of the village and claimed that his village Saroniya has become a model village for orange production and its gardens. Orange cultivation requires hard work and regular supervision like that of a running business or shop in the market, he said, claiming those who fail to work hard and supervise regularly also fail to get good dividends. Orange’s price is determined by quality so the farmers must first need to care the orange plant for a quality fruit.
For the regular good production, government has also helped Patidar and given him compensation of Rs. 1.50 lakhs for tractor and also some good amount for constructing pack house.
Processing units and export centers are essential requirements to promote orange cultivation in Jhalawar however orange excellence centre, set up by government has proved to be a great help to growers.
The orange growers are hit hard by ‘back moil’, a kind of disease that inflicts orange plant and government has come up with awareness generation activities among farmers to prevent disease, district agriculture officer Atish Kumar Sharma said.
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