POLYHOUSE FARMING IN INDIA: INVESTMENT AND RETURNS
Indian population is about 1,366,417,754 in 2019 at mid-year of 2019 according to UN data. Which makes India world's second most populous country next to china. The population increasing rate of India is about 1.13%, which leads India to 103rd position among 119 countries on the Global Hunger Index. In order to ensure the food security for the world’s 5th population, we need to adopt the polyhouse farming which increase the productivity of an area up to 4-5 time. OPEN FIELD CULTIVATION VS POLYHOUSE CULTIVATION Crops Open Field Cultivation Polyhouse Cultivation Tomato 2-3 kg/Plant 8-10 kg/Plant Capsicum 1-1.5 kg/Plant (Green) 5 kg/Plant (colour) 6 kg/Plant (Green) Cucumber 1 kg/Plant (Desi variety) Seedless not applicable 3-5 kg/Plant (Seedless variety) What is Polyhouse? A polyhouse is an enclosed structure covered with polyfilm. Structure can be made of Bamboo, Teak Wood or Galva