Abstract
Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Coconut Research Station, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Aliyarnagar – 642 101.
Highlights
Coconut is an important horticultural crop that exerts a profound influence on the rural economy of the state of Tamil Nadu
From the survey conducted across six prominent cocoa growing districts of Tamil Nadu, it was found that about 78.75 % of the soils were alkaline in reaction and the electrical conductivity was nonsaline across the sampling locations
About 20 % of the cocoagrowing locations surveyed were calcareous in nature with free CaCO3 content > 5 %
Summary
Coconut is an important horticultural crop that exerts a profound influence on the rural economy of the state of Tamil Nadu. Cocoa was introduced in India during the early 20th century (Jaganathan et al, 2015), large-scale cultivation started in the late 1980s in Tamil Nadu. The acreage under this crop extends over 29,205 ha in the state (DCCD, 2018), which has been dwindling in the recent past because of an array of cultural and socio-economic factors widening the gap between demand and supply of cocoa.
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