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International Journal of Horticulture, 2017, Vol.7, No.30, 275-287
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the Moringa plantations are capable of yielding up to 30 years of its life, the yield calculation was made only up
to 10 years of establishment due to errors in recollection of data and limited to 10 years.
6.3 Yield and income potentials from Moringa plantations
The drier environment is preferable to Moringa plantations. Fearing to the drought, the Moringa plants will tend
to promote their flowering profusely and capable of producing more number of fresh pods to deliver their
offspring to the environment. In this respect, if one could maintain optimum needs of water for their survival
coupled with fertigation arrangements, it could yield higher and hence these details are analyzed and the results
are presented in Table 7. in respect of sample farms.
Table 7 Yield and Income Realized from Moringa Plantations
Year
Yield of Moringa Pod in Tonnes per Ha
Gross Income Realized per Ha
Thoothukkudi District
Tiruppur District
Thoothukkudi District
Tiruppur District
01
07.20
08.10
75600.00
102465.00
02
12.60
14.40
132300.00
182160.00
03
26.55
27.90
278775.00
352935.00
04
28.35
29.25
297675.00
370012.50
05
30.15
31.05
316575.00
392782.50
06
31.05
32.85
326025.00
415552.50
07
33.75
35.10
354375.00
444015.00
08
36.00
36.45
378000.00
461092.50
09
36.45
37.80
382725.00
478170.00
10
37.80
39.60
396900.00
500940.00
Total
27.99
29.25
2938950.00
3700125.00
Note: Primary Survey
Table 7 revealed the details of yield and income realization over years from the Moringa plantations. The average
yield of fresh Moringa pod is arrived at 28 tonnes in respect of Thoothukkudi District. Whereas, Tiruppur District
was capable of realizing 29 tonnes per ha. On examining the yield difference between the Thoothukkudi District
and the Tiruppur District, the much difference is invisible, but only marginal when comparing the mean yield.
The yield potential of Moringa in Tamil Nadu is good. On an average, Tamil Nadu could be able to produce
around 2.81 lakh tonnes of Moringa pods per annum with the average productivity of 21 tonnes per ha. Whereas,
the national productivity of Moringa is found to be 51 tonnes and Tamil Nadu has to take much initiative to
achieve that level. In this circumstance, whether the Moringa plantations are economically viable or not has to be
analyzed and hence the details are analyzed and the results are presented elsewhere.
6.3.1 Cost of production of Annual Moringa
So far, the discussions were made in favor of perennial Moringa. Very few households particularly in Tiruppur
and Thoothukkudi Districts had raised Annual Moringa (PKM-1 and PKM-2). Before analyzing the cost of
production of annual Moringa, the discussion on how many farm households are in practice with establishing
annual Moringa is analyzed and the details are presented in Table 8.
Table 8 Number of Households Practicing Annual Moringa
Sl. No
Particulars of Annual Moringa
Number of Households in
Thoothukkudi District
Tiruppur District
01
Perennial Moringa
47 (94.00)
42 (84.00)
02
Annual Moringa – PKM - 1
02 (04.00)
05 (10.00)
03
Annual Moringa – PKM - 2
01 (02.00)
03 (06.00)
Total
50 (100.00)
50 (100.00)
Note: Primary Survey; Figures in Parentheses indicate Percentage to Total
1...,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13 15,16,17,18,19,20
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