Package of Organic Practices for Arecanut, Ginger, Large Cardamom, Passion fruit and Pineapple (Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya and Nagaland, India)

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overview:
sector:Agriculture
stimulus:Precipitation change
impacts:Agricultural production loss, Food loss, Land-cover conversion, Soil moisture reduction, Water stock reduction
Horticultural crops like pineapple, passion fruit, large cardamom, arecanut and ginger have been promoted in North Eastern states of India to stabilize cultivation in shifting cultivation areas. These are traditionally organic practices and the study documents the organic practices – crop growing methods, input supplies and harvesting procedure, and can help with certification, thus helping mainta [...]
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project classification:
project type: assessment report
project status: implemented
running time: not specified
spatial scale: regional
effect emergence: not specified
effect persistence: more than 10 years
 
project costs:
total costs: not specified
initial investment: not specified
maintenance costs: not specified
problem solving capacity and reversibility:
problem solving coverage: high
reversibility: medium
responsibilities:
initiating agent: NERCORMP (North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project)
executing agent: NERCORMP
funding source: FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations), New Delhi
additional information:
The report researched four regions: Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya and Nagaland
evaluative information:
success factors: availability of bio-fertilizers, market demand, traditional practices

limiting factors: None

synergies to mitigation: low energy intensive farming practices

no regret / win-win option: it improves social, economic and environmental benefits

project evaluation: not specified
contact information:
North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project
"Symli Building", First Floor, Malki-Dhankheti, Shillong-793001, Meghalaya
tel.: 91(364) 2500495
email: pcdsnercormp@gmail.com
information source:
(1) http://dacnet.nic.in/ncof/POP_Assam.pdf, (2) www.wamis.org/agm/meetings/sycram08/S3-Sivakumar.pdf