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CSIR develops high-yielding turmeric
India produces 80 per cent of the total global turmeric production and this percentage is about to shoot up several notches as scientists from CSIR- Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow released the variety on Monday.
Hyderabad: India produces 80 per cent of the total global turmeric production and this percentage is about to shoot up several notches as scientists from CSIR- Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow released the variety on Monday.
The new variety with about 12.5 per cent curcuminoids, 60-65 tonnes rhizomes/ha yield which matures in a relatively short span of 180-190 days was developed from land tracts in the villages of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve forest (Uttar Pradesh) inhibited by Tharu tribes.
The new variety is to be released in the farms of both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states. Incidentally, AP accounts for 70 per cent of the turmeric production of the country.
J Kotesh Kumar, scientist, CIMAP Research Centre, Hyderabad says, “The new variety will be grown in the 30-acre farm at Boduppal and would take a year before it being distributed to the registered farmers.”Sixty farmers from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have registered with CIMAP, he said.
Dr Anil, scientist from CIMAP says, “Indians consume about 100 mg turmeric extract every day amounting to 4,80,000 tonnes. The demand is only going to increase and the new variety would meet the demand in times to come.”
Currently, turmeric is cultivated in over 5,000 hectares in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Karnataka, West Bengal, Gujarat, Kerala, Bihar, Assam and the varieties cultivated in these areas are inferior.
CIMAP looks to replace this inferior variety with 12,000 hectares turmeric growing area with new variety in the next five years. About 60,000 farmers would be benefitted across the country and a farmer could benefit by a minimum of Rs one lakh per hectare.
