392
N. Lalitha
Table 7 Impacts observed by farmers due to changes in the natural factors
No. of farmers
% of farmers
Reduced yield
165
97
Size of the fruit was small
17
10
Fruits arrived late in the season
15
9
Fruits dropped before maturity appropriately
35
21
Increased expenditure on pesticides and fungicides
87
51
Increased labour charges to apply pesticides
88
52
Quality not good
27
16
All of the above
3
2
Any other
2
1
N
170
Source GIDR-CSD Survey, 2018
Note Due to multiple responses, the N and the percentage would not tally to 170 and 100 respectively
Table 8 Percentage of
farmers by the age of the trees
Age of the tree
% of farmers
Up to 20 years
51 a
More than 30 years
40
More than 40 years
7.6
More than 50 years
0.6
Total N
171
Source GIDR-CSD Survey, 2018
a Includes 1 HDP plantation
varieties of crops, mixed cropping strategies), resource conservation technologies
(sprinklers and drip irrigation), water management and risk management measures
(Singh et al. 2017).
Regarding the shifting of the production areas, as mentioned earlier, Kesar mango
is cultivated in a few districts of Gujarat (Table 5). However, only Gir Somnath and
Junagadh come under the area of ‘Gir Kesar mango’ production mentioned in the GI
application. Kutch and Valsadi Kesar mangoes are also popular. While newer areas
may be brought under mango cultivation, the existing areas would go on because
of the place value associated with them. Now we look at the agronomic practices
followed by farmers.
As evident from Table 8, a relatively larger percentage of farmers have mango
trees that are 20 years of age, which would provide a good yield for another few
years. However, these are all under the traditional type of plantations as seen from
the distance maintained between the trees except for one progressive farmer (Table 9).
This progressive farmer (PF) is practicing HDP for the past 13 years, where 3 m of
distance between the trees is maintained. In his 1.21 ha farm, he has 3000 mango
trees. This PF works in the mango farm around the year. He uses drip irrigation in
N. Lalitha
Table 7 Impacts observed by farmers due to changes in the natural factors
No. of farmers
% of farmers
Reduced yield
165
97
Size of the fruit was small
17
10
Fruits arrived late in the season
15
9
Fruits dropped before maturity appropriately
35
21
Increased expenditure on pesticides and fungicides
87
51
Increased labour charges to apply pesticides
88
52
Quality not good
27
16
All of the above
3
2
Any other
2
1
N
170
Source GIDR-CSD Survey, 2018
Note Due to multiple responses, the N and the percentage would not tally to 170 and 100 respectively
Table 8 Percentage of
farmers by the age of the trees
Age of the tree
% of farmers
Up to 20 years
51 a
More than 30 years
40
More than 40 years
7.6
More than 50 years
0.6
Total N
171
Source GIDR-CSD Survey, 2018
a Includes 1 HDP plantation
varieties of crops, mixed cropping strategies), resource conservation technologies
(sprinklers and drip irrigation), water management and risk management measures
(Singh et al. 2017).
Regarding the shifting of the production areas, as mentioned earlier, Kesar mango
is cultivated in a few districts of Gujarat (Table 5). However, only Gir Somnath and
Junagadh come under the area of ‘Gir Kesar mango’ production mentioned in the GI
application. Kutch and Valsadi Kesar mangoes are also popular. While newer areas
may be brought under mango cultivation, the existing areas would go on because
of the place value associated with them. Now we look at the agronomic practices
followed by farmers.
As evident from Table 8, a relatively larger percentage of farmers have mango
trees that are 20 years of age, which would provide a good yield for another few
years. However, these are all under the traditional type of plantations as seen from
the distance maintained between the trees except for one progressive farmer (Table 9).
This progressive farmer (PF) is practicing HDP for the past 13 years, where 3 m of
distance between the trees is maintained. In his 1.21 ha farm, he has 3000 mango
trees. This PF works in the mango farm around the year. He uses drip irrigation in