Tropical and subtropical vegetables (2+1)

Market gardening

• The main objective of market gardening is to produce vegetables for the local market. At present due to development of transport facilities, growers are sending their produce even to distant markets where prices are more attractive and profitable. Now vegetables are brought to the mandies from distant villages by trucks. Timely and proper irrigation facilities, good seed, enough nutrition, abundant labour supply and easy transportation facilities are essential for market gardening.
• The places where market garden is practiced, the land value is very high. So it becomes necessary to secure large returns per acre to realize some profit on the investment. For market gardening, crops like peas, cauliflower, cucumber, tomato, chillies, onion etc., are grown.