Browsing by Author "Mandal, R.C."

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    Cashew - based farming system
    (2007-02-08) Mandal, R.C.; Yadukumar, N.; Mohan, E.
    With a view to find out suitable intercrops in the early stages of cashew plantation (for first 5 years), an attempt has been made at National Research Centre for cashew, puttur to grow cashew as main crop and pigeonpea, tapioca (annuals); pineapple, papaya (biennials) and tree species like Casuarina, Acacia, Subabul (Perennials) as inter and mixed-crops and these are being compared with a cover crop {Mucwia sp.) and a control (without any inter crop). Preliminary studies indicated that both the food crops as intercrop can be successfully grown in the laterite undulating land. Growth of fruit crops and tree species were found to be very satisfactory under rainfed condition. It is thus possible to utilize the wider interspace (spacing 8m x 8m) profitably during the pay-back period of cashew and thereby to get additional income which has been illustrated in this paper.
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    Cashew apple liquor industry in Goa
    (2007-02-08) Mandal, R.C.; Dhandar, D.G.; Dhume, C.V.
    About 20 lakh tons of cashew apples are produced in India annually which are at present being just wasted, except in Goa where it is utilized for the preparation of feni. Sporadic attempts to promote its economic utilization has proved infruitious in other states. The utilization of cashew apples for the manufacture of liquor as a cottage industry in Goa has been described in detail. Further, the possibility of manufacturing industrial alcohol is dealt in brief.
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    Moisture Conservation and Efficient Water - Use in Drought - Prone Areas
    (2007-02) Mandal, R.C.
    Either soil moisture deficiency or atmospheric drought occurs due to irregularities in the rainfall distribution, low humidity accompanied by hot dry winds which revelry affect crop stands and yield of vegetation. Various agro-techniques have been developed for dry zones and drought-prone areas for the field crops; but little attention is given to tackle drought situation in plantation crops, even though these crops pass through unfavourable dry weather spells for over 5 months from December to May in the tropics.
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    Performance of Coconut Cultivar Benaulim in Goa—A Case Study
    (2007-02) Mandal, R.C.; Metha, G.M.
    Benaulim, a local tall coconut cultivar of Goa is potentially a high yielder, but the productivity of coconut in Goa, in gene/al, is low, because of lack of irrigation, non-application of fertilizers and very close spacing. In a well-managed formers field, the variability in yield of individual palms was recorded, based on the previous thirteen years production performance. The response to fertilizers and beneficial use of irrigation for increasing yield has been observed, and the economics of coconut cultivation worked out.
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    Role of Tuber Crops in Farming Systems
    (2007) Mandal, R.C.