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NUTRITIOUS LEAFY VEGETABLES FOR ALL
INNOVATIVE SYSTEM
There is a general agreement that green leaf vegetables have the
best nutritional
value. But unfortunately lack of adequate supply and high cost
forbid their wider
consumption especially in urban areas.
With a view to have leaf green leaf vegetables available to all
and also to generate
livelihood for rural women,an innovative,simple,cost
effective,mobile vertical
farm system has been designed by Dr.A.Jagadeesh.
By spending just Rs 2000,a rural women can earn about Rs 100
every day
minimum by selling the green leaf vegetables. Urban people can
get
vegetables(leaf) at the doorstep.
Advantages
1 Easy to make at local level
2 The height between the plates can be varied for
conveneience
3 The metal can be quoted with double coating of redoxide so
that it is rust
proof
4 Because of slant,water logging is avoided
5. In South India, several green leafy vegetables like:
Allmanianodiflora,Alternantherasessilis, Amaranthuscaudatus,
Amaranthuscruentus, Amaranthus tricolor,
Amaranthusviridis,Basellarubra,Boerhaviadiffusa, Brassica juncea,
Cassia italic, Celosia argentea,
Chenopodium album, Cleome gynandra, Coriandrum sativum,Cucurbita
maxima
Duchesne, Digeramuricata, Hibiscus
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cannabinus,Hibiscussabdariffa, Hygrophilaauriculata,
Hygrophilaauriculata,
Menthaspicata, Mirabilisjalapa, Moringaoleifera,
Murrayakoenigii,Portulacapilosa,
Portulacaquadrifida, Rumexvesicarius,
Sesbaniagrandiflora,Spinaciaoleracea,
Tamarindusindica, Trigonellafoenum-graecumare used.
- The chemical constituents present in green leafy vegetables
are of great
pharmacological or medicinal importance. Phytonutrients present
in green leafy
vegetables produce many common health benefits like protection
from eye
problems, oxidative stress, iron deficiency etc., Consumption of
green leafy foods
benefits human health by improving nutritional status and
reducing risks of
specific diseases like diabetes, cancer and hepatotoxicity.
6. The chemical constituents present in green leafy vegetables
are of great
pharmacological or medicinal importance. Phytonutrients present
in green leafy
vegetables produce many common health benefits like protection
from eye
problems, oxidative stress, iron deficiency etc., Consumption of
green leafy
foods benefits human health by improving nutritional status and
reducing risks
of specific diseases like diabetes, cancer and
hepatotoxicity.
7. By spending just Rs 2000,a rural women can earn about Rs 100
every day
minimum by selling the green leaf vegetables. Urban people can
get green leaf
vegetables at the doorstep.
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simple soil solarisation
The pots where plants like rose,jasmine and vegetables like
Tomato, Bhendi etc.
are grown there will be weeds around the plant which take water
as well as
manure. To avoid this black polyethylene is wrapped on the pots
with a hole in
the middle from where the plants will come up.
The advantages are:
It will Help plants to:
1. Good light insulation, sunlight warming the ground fast;Block
the
sunlight and weed control;
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2. Restrain the moisture in the soil; Protect plants from water,
dust and frost;
Promote crop precocious, yield and quality.
3. This costs little and can be replaced every 3 months
4. It can be extended to vegetable plans on the ground by
stretching
Black polyethylene sheet with holes around the plants to be
sown.
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From:
Dr.A.Jagadeesh
2/210 First Floor
Nawabpet
NELLORE- 524 002
Andhra Pradesh
INDIA
E-mail:[email protected]
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