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VOL. 8, ISSUE 1 (2026)
Waste land management with water chestnut a policy development for policy planning and research in Hardoi, U.P., India
Authors
Trilok Nath Rai, Kedar Nath Rai, Sanjeev Kumar Rai, Rajeev Kumar Rai, Mohit Singh
Abstract
Water chestnut is an important high value
aquatic crop grown in India. Of late the importance of this crop has been
increasing due to the presence of appreciable amount of nutritional contents
therein like protein, carbohydrates, fiber and minerals. This paper explores
the recent agronomic management techniques and post-harvest utilization of
water chestnut crop in Saline – Sodic Soils of Hardoi, U.P. Being a short
duration annual crop, it can be introduced in low-input cropping systems as a
viable alternative crop for sustainable horticulture. Water chestnut production
is mainly constrained by lack of knowledge on agronomic practices, deficiency
of technical know-how about its processing and lack of mass awareness about its
high nutritional values. These days, field cultivation of this crop is also
proving to be profitable. Hence, attempts are being undertaken to integrate it
with field crops. Improved genotypes namely Bihar Large Red, Green Spineless
and Balasore Green have been found to perform the best under field cultivation.
Planting distance of 1m x 2m with application of NPK @ 60:40:30 kg/ha in split
applications have witnessed a yield of as much as 12.0 t/ha. Being a high value
cash crop, it can be sold as the fresh produce; better income however can be
secured by selling value added products of water chestnut like dry nut and
flour. Cultivated with right agronomic techniques and processed appropriately
after harvest, water chestnut crop can significantly improve the livelihood of
farmers living in water surplus regions of rural India.
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Pages:117-120
How to cite this article:
Trilok Nath Rai, Kedar Nath Rai, Sanjeev Kumar Rai, Rajeev Kumar Rai, Mohit Singh "Waste land management with water chestnut a policy development for policy planning and research in Hardoi, U.P., India". International Journal of Agriculture and Plant Science, Vol 8, Issue 1, 2026, Pages 117-120
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