Economical production of carrot(Daucus carrota L)in straw recycled sacks
2007
Gapido, F.B. | Alano, J.M. | Callo, V.N., Univ. of Rizal System (Philippines). Coll. of Agriculture
Carrot(Daucus carota Linn)is one of the most nutritional vegetables of the family Umbielliferae.It is commonly grown in places where the climate is cool.It is a short season cash crop and can be grown any time of the year. The crop was produced or contained in recycled straw socks filled with mixture of different soil media and harvested after 90 days from sowing. The study showed that to produce a kilogram of carrots planted in recycled/used straw sacks filled 3/4 of the mixture of loam soil.Rice Hull , sand at equal parts and decomposed chicken manure as fertilizer was amounted to twenty seven pesos and eighteen centavos(PhP27.18/US $0.58) with a profit of ten pesos and fifty centavos per kilogram(PhP10.55/US $0.22).The return of investment, ROI, is thirty eight point eight percent(38.8%)The result of the study provides benefits to the following: Everybody, because of its nutritious content like protein, vitamin and minerals and rich in beta-carotene: businessmen, because it gives 38.8% ROI; Family household with a very limited planting space especially in the urban areas; farmers, who can plant near his residence even after his farm work: Housewives, who have minimal budget for food; Professionals, where they can spread their free time planting carrots even in their terraces or available space within their perimeter; Anybody, who has an aesthetic values for its ornament view. It can also be an additional income to anyone who is interested to raise carrots in straw recycled /used sacks. Health conscious individuals can take advantage of its therapeutic nature and it being free from insecticidal/or chemical effect. Environmentalist can recycle the used straw sacks which starts to decay after six months of use.
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