Carrot 

 

Scientific name : Daucus carota

Hindi                : Gajar

English              : Carrot

Mizo                : Buleng.

 

Sik leh sa        :

  • Khawvawt a chin chi a ni 
  • Khawlum tuar thei deuhte pawh a awm
  • Khawlum lam 20OC -25OC a mamawh a. 
  • Khawvawtah a bul a sei
  • Khawlumah a bul a tawi 
  • Ni eng tam tak a mamawh 
  • A bul niin a hem tur a nilo  

 

Leilung mamawh zawng: 

  • Lei thawl leh dur thaah a tak duh ber 
  • Tlak leiah a bul a thang theilo, a mam tha lo bawk
  • Lei thurah a tha theilo;pH 6.5  5 a mamawh 
  • Lei thur a ngai thei lo 
  •  

Leitha (fertilizer) mamawh zat :  Leitha mamawh zat hi lei that leh that loh dan a zirin a danglam hret thei a, chumi mil chuan her rem tur a ni. 

            Bawngek leitha           :           10 -15t/ha

  • N : P : K : : 60 : 60 : 90 

Urea – 80 Kg/ha 

DAP – 130 Kg/Ha

MOP – 150 Kg/Ha 

  • Urea hi kar 2-3 danah vawi 2-3 pekah hman tur. 

 

A chin dan : 

  • Lei uluk taka cheh dip tur a ni a, lei tlang awmnaah a bul a nalh theilo
  • Thuk tak thlenga cheh dip a tha 
  • A chi theh hmain darkar 12 – 24 chhung tuia chiahin a tiak hma
  • 30 -45cm kar danah line siam a tah chuan leidip nen chawhpawlh a theh tur a ni
  • A chi hi a tiak har deuh a, ni 10-20 velah a tiak tlangpui
  • A chi tiah hmain tui a hnawng tawk a awm reng tur a ni. 
  • Tui huh lutuk a ngeih lova, ro lutuk a thalo bawk 
  • A hnah a vuai hma deuhin tui pek thin tur 
  • A tiak a bit lutuk chian 4-5cm danah suat thawl tur 
  •  

 

A chi mamawh zat :  7Kg/ha

 

A chin  hun    -           August – September

 

A kar hlat zawng : 

            A thar hma chi            :-          60cm x 30cm 

            A thar tlai chi              :-          60cm x 40cm

 

Enkawl zui dan : 

  • A tir lamah a than muan deuh avangin hnim thlawh fai reng tur 
  • A bul rih vur tur a ni a, a bul a lan chuan a hring duh a, tin rihvur hian a bul a insiam tha bik bawk. 
  • A seng hma ni 2 velah tui pek tur, a pawh phawi a awlsam bik 
  • A par chhuahna tur lo chawr chhuah hma deuhin seng a hun 
  • Seng har deuh chuan a bul a thawp duh a, a ei tlak loh thin 

 

Thar zat :  15-30t/ha

 

 

Post harvest Management:

            Carrot tharlam chu ni 3-4 bak a dah that theih lova.  Amaherawhchu cold storage-ah chuan a quality hlauh vak lovin rei tak a dahthat theih thung a ni. Khawlum lam  00C -4.50C leh 93-98% relative humidity-ah chuan  carrot hi thla 6 chhung a dahthat theih ani.

 

Natna leh rannung laka ven dan(plant protection) 

Rannung:

Leaf hopper (Empoasca punjabensis):

            A puitling tawh leh a note-in a tuihnang a zuk a, thlai a thang chak thei thin lo. 

A ven dan:

Monocrotophos or Phosphamidon or Diamethoate or Oxymethyl demeton (0.05%) a kah tur 

 

Cut worm (Agrotis ipsilon):

            Zanah a tiak thar tirte seh chhum thin            

A vendan:

Chlorpyriphos(0.1%) a hneh taka lei leih huh tur 

North East India-ah chuan bawkbawn natna lian tham sawi tur a awmlo  

Table: Cost of cultivation of carrot 

Sl. No.

Agronomic Practices 

Amount/Number 

Rate/Unit (Rs.) 

Total Cost (Rs.)

  1.  

Land Preparation 

2 ploughings 

1500/ha 

3000.00

  1.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FYM

Amount of FYM

Scattering of FYM &

initial dose of 

fertilizer

Mixing of FYM with

Cultivator

15 tonnes

15 mandays

Once

 

600/t

130/manday

1500/ha

 

9000.00

1950.00

1500.00

  1.  

 

 

Cost of seed

 5kg

 

80/kg

400.00

 

  1.  

Seed sowing

40 mandays 

130/manday 

5200.00

  1.  

 

Irrigation

 

-

-

 5000.00

  1.  

 

 

 

Intercultural operation 

 

30 mandays 

130/ mandays 

3900.00

  1.  

 

 

 

 

Cost of Fertilizers

Urea

DAP

MOP

 

 

123kg

130kg

100kg

 

 

Rs4.83/kg

Rs 9.35/kg

Rs4.26/kg

 

 

 

594.00

1216.00

426.00

  1.  

 

 

Plant Protection

Measures

 

-

-

 4000.00

  1.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of Harvesting &

Marketing

Harvesting 

Cleaning, grading &

packing

Packing material

 

 

 

30 mandays

6 mandays

Baskets, crates,

gunny bags etc.

200q

 

 

130/ mandays

130/ mandays

-

 

25/q.

 

 

3900.00

780.00

 

 

5000.00

 

  1.  

 

 

Transportation charges

 

 

5000.00

  1.  

Miscellaneous

 

 

5000.00

  1.  

 

Total

 

 

 

55866.00

  1.  

 

Interest on working

capital @ 12% p.a. for

6 months

 

 

 

3352.00

 

Total cost of Cultivation

 

 

 

59218.00

 

Gross Returns

(Rs./ha.)

200q

1000/q

 

 

200000.00

 

 

Net Returns (Rs./ha.)

 

 

140782.00

 

Benefit-Cost Ratio

 

 

 

2.38