Tropical and subtropical vegetables (2+1)

Vegetable growing for processing

• The main objective of this type of gardening is to produce the vegetables for supply to processing factories. These gardens are situated around the factories and grow the kind of varieties required by the factories. This type of gardens in India are very limited due to lack of processing factories. But, the prospects of future development are quite bright as the processing industries are growing up fast.

The main features of this type of garden are as given below.
a) Cultivation is less intensive with low cost of production
b) Market is assured.
c) Vegetables are grown on contract basis.
d) Specific kinds of varieties of vegetables are cultivated.

Suitable crops for various methods of preservation
i) Canning: Tomatoes, Peas, Beans, Okra, Pointed gourd, Sweet corn, Asparagus
ii) Freezing: Peas, Sweet corn, Lima beans, Asparagus, Cauliflower, Spinach.
iii) Dehydration: Onion, Potato, Cauliflower, Peas, Cauliflower, etc.,
iv) Pickling and fermentation: Turnip, Cucumbers, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Carrot, Chilli, and Radish.