Indian scenario for investment in exotic vegetables cultivation. Organic, Hydroponic!

1. Indian Exotic Vegetables
2020 to 2022
Gouri Jadhav

2. Indian growing scenario till 2019
— Many people know these vegetables as
Chinese or English vegetables. Even if the
crop types and its usage ideas has come to
India from western world the crops are very
much grown in India.
— Its grown by Indian farmers in Indian soil
and Indian weather conditions. You name it
as we grow it successfully since 10 years.
Brocolli, sweet bell peppers, babycorn,
cherry tomatoes.There are very few areas in
India which grow these vegetables such as
Pune, Nasik, Mahabaleshwar, Banglore,
Uttarkhand, Ooty, Himachal and Jammu
Kashmir.

3. Easy for all!
The farmers who grow vegetables can
easily learn to grow exotic vegetables.
— It’s a myth that you need very special
conditions to grow these vegetable
most of these can be grown in open
environment.
— There are 3 main categories in exotic
— Salads
— Vegetables
— Herbs / spices

4. Categories of Exotic vegetables
Salads Vegetables Herbs / spices
Quick crops
1. Green Romaine
2. Lolo rosso
3. Seoul ruby
4. Samson leafy
5. Rocket
6. Arugula
7. Butterhead
lettuce
8. Oak Leaf Lettuce
Long term crops
9. Kale
10.Iceberg
Quick crops
11.Zucchini
12.Broccoli
13.Pok Choy
14.Red Cabbage
Long term crops
15.Red Yellow
Capsicum
16.Asparagus
17.White Cucumber
18.Cherry Tomatoes (
red and golden)
19.Sweet corn
20.Baby corn
21.Brussels sprouts
22.Artichokes
23.Basil
24.Parsley
25.Celery
26.Oregano
27.Thyme
28.Rosemary
29.Garlic Chives
30.Galangal
31.Leek
32.Fennel
33.Thai chilli
34.Jalapeno

5. Farming methods for Exotic
vegetables
— The mix cropping, alternate crop
cycles give better yield and helps soil
nurishment.
— The crops such as Red cabbage, green
zucchini, yellow zucchini, cherry
tomato, basil, celery, parsley can be
grown round the year in open
farming.
— Some of the crops need direct sowing
and some needs sampling
preparation. E.g. zucchini is direct
sowing and cherry tomato you need
to get the saplings done.

6. Farming Methods
Soil Based
Open
Shade net
Poly house
Kitchen
Garden
Hydroponics
Open
Shade net
Poly house
Home Units
Container
• It can be grown by many different methods. These can be grown Organically
using soil based farming!
• There has been success to grow these using ZBNF method too.
• The soil less farming (Hydroponics) is also been great success for growing
exotic vegetables.

7. Scenario for 2020 to 2022
— There is great opportunity in terms
of growing exotic vegetables in
Maharashtra in coming 2020.
— The monsoons were very destructive
hence demand is high and supply is low.
— The consumer need for the exotic is
increasing day by day. Its mainly due to
the fact that theseVegetable are super
healthy food category.
— Due to many lifestyle health issues the
need for salads and smoothies in
increased. Exotic vegetables ( Rajasi
Bhajya) contribute 80 % to these
products.

8. The Market opportunity
B2B : Business to business
HoReCa
Resellers
Malls
Market yard
Institution
Exporter
B2B2C
Retail sales through own
brand using generic
platforms such as malls and
E commerce portals
B2C Business to customer
Own shop
E commerce with home
delivery:Whats app, Mobile
app, website, sms, calls etc.
Stalls inWeekly bazar,
corporate, societies and
counter sales

9. The yield per crop
Crop Per plant yield Lifecycle yield
Salads, Iceberg 100 to 250 gram each
salad
4 to 5 toms per acre
Zucchini 4 kg per plant 6 tons per acres
Broccoli 200 to 350 grams per
plant
5 – 6 tons per acres
Polyhouse 8 to 11 tons
Red Yellow Capsicum 150 to 350 grams per
fruit
in10 gunthe 40 ton
Red Cabbage 200 to 350 grams per
plant
5 – 6 tons per acres
Cherry Tomatoes 10 to 15 grams per fruit In10 gunthe 15 tom
Asparagus 10 to 25 grams per stick 1 to 5 ton per acres
Herbs
Basil
Parsley
Celery
Oregano etc.
500 grams
2 -3 bunches
200- 300 grams
30 to 100 grams
Sweet corn and
Baby corn
200 - 300 grams
10 to 15 grams
Used as border crop or
fodder

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