Agriculture Reference
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4.9.2 CLIMATOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS
• Natural calamities like cyclone and flood.
4.9.3 BIOLOGICAL CONSTRAINT
• Low efficiency of fertilizers.
• Powdery mildew and fruit fly in mango, bunchy top in banana wilt
of solanaceous crops, fruit and shoot borer in brinjal, thripe in chilly.
• Germplasm erosion due to cyclone.
4.9.4 DEVELOPMENTAL CONSTRAINTS
• Low level of input use.
• Economic backwardness of farmers.
4.9.5 TECHNOLOGICAL INADEQUACY
• Unavailability of standardized varieties of fruit crops like mango,
banana, etc. for local consumption as well as for export.
• Coconut based land use.
• Salt tolerant varieties of different horticultural crops.
• Utilization of water logged areas by introduction of water chestnut.
4.10 TECHNOLOGICAL OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR CLIMATE
RESILIENT HORTICULTURE PRODUCTION SYSTEM IN EASTERN
INDIA
4.10.1 SELECTION OF APPROPRIATE CROP BASED ON
CLIMATIC AND SOIL SUITABILITY
Selection of appropriate horticultural crops based on land, soil and cli-
matic suitability for maximization of overall increase in production of hor-
ticultural crops in the country. To meet the annual growth rate in domes-
tic demands for fruits and vegetables, a partial shift in agricultural policy
