National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Underutilized vegetable crops are those which are neither grown commercially on large scale nor traded widely. Some underutilized vegetable crops are Lettuce, Asparagus, Celery, Amarnathus, Globe artichoke, Leek, Chekurmanis, and Chinese cabbage etc. These crops are considered as valuable component to attain nutritional security because of their high content of vitamins, micronutrients and proteins. Most of underutilized vegetable crops are tolerant to harsh agro-climatic conditions. The possible reason for slow development and poor status of underutilized vegetable crops are lack of availability of planting material, lack of awareness on nutritional and medicinal importance and lack of information on production techniques. The government of India has been taking some steps to do research on underutilized crops like MIDH (Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture), MEIS (Merchandize Export from India Scheme) and a national coordinated project has been also launched by Ministry of Agriculture. Basically, these underutilized vegetable crops have great potential for food security, income generation and environmental services and ultimately it makes Indian economy sounder.
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