1) The document discusses introducing leafy brassica crops to India from Southeast Asia to address nutritional gaps and improve farmer incomes. 2) Leafy brassicas are rich in nutrition and could be introduced into suitable environmental niches in India, as oil palm was successfully introduced to Malaysia and Indonesia. 3) Vertical farming of leafy brassicas could help utilize space and water efficiently for nutrition and farmer prosperity in wet and humid regions of India.

1. Leafy Brassica crops in India: Thinking novel
Doubling Farmers Income (DFI-2022)
Rajeev Taggar
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Declaration
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This composition contains many pictures which are genuine observations of the
author but do not represent a scientifically valid survey. However, the figures
mentioned herein have been duly referred to.

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Conclusions
• There is a big gap in the quantity and diversity of leafy vegetable crops
consumed in India and in the South East Asian countries.
• Leafy brassicas, being rich in nutrition, could be a target of introduction into
relevant environmental niche in India.
• In the context of crop introduction, the introduction of oil palm in Malaysia
& Indonesia and the successful development of tropicalized sweet-corn
hybrids in Malaysia could be examples for India to follow.
• Vertical farming of leafy brassicas, that economizes on space and water use,
especially in the wet tropical and humid sub-tropical agro-climatic zones in
India, could be a way of bringing about nutritional balance in the Indian
diet and prosperity to the farming community.
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Contents
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1. Vegetable/leafy crops consumed in India
2. Vegetable/leafy crops consumed in South East Asia
3. Germplasm of leafy brassicas
4. Crop introduction: with adaptive breeding, sweet-corn in Malaysia
5. Crop introduction: without adaptive breeding, oil palm in Malaysia
6. The power of crop introduction
7. Conclusions
8. References

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Vegetable market Chandigarh, India
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Vegetable market Chandigarh, India
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Vegetable market Chandigarh, India
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Vegetable market Chandigarh, India
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Vegetable market Jalna, Maharashtra, India
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Vegetable market Jalna, Maharashtra, India
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Vegetable market Jalna, Maharashtra, India
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Vegetable market Jalna, Maharashtra, India
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Vegetable market Kajang, Malaysia
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Vegetable market Kajang, Malaysia
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Vegetable market Kajang, Malaysia
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Vegetable market Kajang, Malaysia
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Vegetables store Semeneyih, Malaysia
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Vegetables store Hong Kong
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Germplasm – Leafy Brassicas
There are at least 200+ distinct Brassica morphotypes, each one of which
could be considered a separate crop
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Crop introduction: with adaptive breeding
Tropicalization of Maize (sweet-corn), Malaysia
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A senior official of the Malaysian Agricultural Research & Development
Institute (MARDI) appreciating an indigenously developed sweet-corn hybrid
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A young oil palm tree with fruits in Malaysia
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Oil palm harvest, Malaysia
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Video of road-side view of well-adapted oil palms on a short stretch
of land between Rawang and Kepong, Malaysia
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Oil palm introduced within tropical belt from West Africa to Indonesia and Malaysia
Crop modelling, proven to work
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$ 2.22 billion
The size of total seed market in India in 2015 for all crops put together
$ 17.13 billion
The size of revenue from just oil palm and oil palm products in Malaysia in 2015
The power of crop introduction
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India Climatic zone map, likely regions for the introduction
of leafy brassicas: Tropical wet and humid sub-tropical
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Vertical farming: A likely solution for land use economy and water use efficiency
for growing leafy brassicas
Crop introduction: without adaptive breeding
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Conclusions
• There is a big gap in the quantity and diversity of leafy vegetable crops
consumed in India and in the South East Asian countries.
• Leafy brassicas, being rich in nutrition, could be a target of introduction into
relevant environmental niche in India.
• In the context of crop introduction, the introduction of oil palm in Malaysia
& Indonesia and the successful development of tropicalized sweet-corn
hybrids in Malaysia could be examples for India to follow.
• Vertical farming of leafy brassicas, that economizes on space and water use,
especially in the wet tropical and humid sub-tropical agro-climatic zones in
India, could be a way of bringing about nutritional balance in the Indian
diet and prosperity to the farming community.
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References
1. Slide 1: https://www.cookincanuck.com/spicy-stir-fry-bok-choy-with-ginger-soy/
2. Slide 16: http://hongkongdreaming.pl/?p=769
3. Slide 20: http://palmoil-cpo.blogspot.com/2015/06/oil-palm-plantation-and-production-
in.html
4. Slide 21: http://gofbonline.com/category/market-briefs/
5. Slide 23: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EDUCATION/Resources/278200-
1121703274255/1439264-1242337549970/Malaysian_Palm_Oil_Industry.pdf
6. Slide 24: http://icfa.org.in/assets/doc/reports/Seeds.pdf
7. Slide 24: http://www.mpoc.org.my/upload/AR%202016%20without%20FS.pdf
8. Slide 25: MR Senapati, B Behera, and SR Mishra, “Impact of Climate Change on Indian
Agriculture & Its Mitigating Priorities.” American Journal of Environmental
Protection 1, no. 4 (2013): 109-111.
9. Slide 26: https://permaculturenews.org/2014/07/25/vertical-farming-singapores-solution-
feed-local-urban-population/
10. Slide 29: http://spring.oliveoilworld.us/spring-greens-recipe-indian/
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