Small farmers using protected cultivation technology developed by Ranchi-based Birsa Agriculture University (BAU) can grow vegetables year-round.
"The microclimatic management technologies through temporary shade net developed by BAU has got a trademark from the office of the comptroller general of patents, designs and trademarks of the ministry of commerce and industry, Government of India," said a spokesperson of the university.
"Through this technology, profitable and sustainable production of quality vegetables can be taken up round the year," the spokesperson said. The technology has been developed by the principal investigator at the BAU Centre of All India Coordinated Research Project on Plastic Engineering in Agriculture Structure and Environment Management (PEASEM), Pramod Rai.
"Productivity and quality of cultivated vegetables are affected by genetic material, crop management, and microclimate management. The important microclimate parameters like temperature (soil and air), light (intensity and quality), relative humidity, carbon dioxide, etc, for cultivated crops are managed using protected cultivation technologies," he said.
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