Cucumber is quite popular vegetable crop in Tripura as well as all over India. One kilogram of cucumber fetches average Rs. 50-60/- per kg in the local markets. Besides, cucumber is an excellent crop used for salad purpose or other occasion because of its high seasonal value. Value increased upto Rs. 70-80 /kg on seasonal occasion. Furthermore, cucumber cultivation demands less fertilization and irrigation requires 2-3 times. The remarkable success achieved by Shri. Uttam Debnath in cucumber cultivation made him a role model for the fellow farmers to emulate and succeed in west naogao, Jirania. Nearby 20-25 farmers are taking advices from Shri Debnath to cultivate their lands into successful cucumber cultivation for their socio-economical upliftment.
Debashre Bhattacharjee*
ATMA (Old Agartala Block), Agartala, Tripura (799 205), India
Anindita Guha
Bhattacharjee, D., Guha, A., 2020. Cucumber cultivation: A way to doubling farmer’s income. Biotica Research Today 2(4), 80-81.
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