value chain/ market analysis of the ginger sub-sector ... - Nepal Trade

29 Ghanashyam Bhusal Wholesaler Butwal 985702812930 Dr. B. B Mathema NEAT Project Kathmandu 985110845231 Nabin Hada USAID/Nepal Kathmandu 980100880332 Dr. Bhishma Subedi ANSAB Kathmandu 985104403133 Edwin de Korte NEAT Project Kathmandu 984965363534 Puspa Lal Ghimire ANSAB Kathmandu 985105122535Rewati RamanPoudelDADO, Palpa Palpa 075-52029436 Kiran C Adhikay ANSAB Kathmandu 985111567237Dr. Rohit RajChhetriBCCI Butwal 985702573838Khadga JungGurungIDE Nepal Butwal 071-43738039 Anantajibi Ghimire NEAT Project Kathmandu 9741195574Annex 10: Tips for Successful Ginger Cultivation1. Due attention should be given to seed selection. Select healthy and vigorous rhizome forseed purpose2. Grow high yielding ginger variety Kapurkot Aduwa 13. Seed treatment with Indofil M 45 (Mancozeb) @ 0.25 percent + Bavistin (Carbendazim)0.1 percent solution prior to storage and planting is necessary. One hour dipping ofginger seed rhizome in solution followed by shade drying in the treatment process.4. At least 3 years crop rotation is necessary. Growing finger millet or pole bean prior toginger is beneficial to minimize rhizome rot disease and to increase yield.5. Non-water logging condition is required. Make raised bed for water drainage and toreduce the disease severity.6. Use of Timur dust in furrow @ 3 kg/Ropani at planting time helps to minimize therhizome rot disease.7. Plant the ginger crop as early as possible starting from March on wards in mid-hills.8. Fertilize with well rotten FYM @ 30 MT/ha and NPK @ 75:50:50 kg/ha.9. Compulsory mulching immediately after planting with available plant materials like drypine, dry grasses, rice husk etc.10. Weeding manually as per requirement is suggested.11. Dont forget Rhizome rot disease caused by Pythium spp and Fusarium spp is verydestructive for ginger. It may cause upto 75 percent yield loss. This disease is both soiland seed born in nature. To control this, the first 5 points should be followed strictly.Source: GRP, 2009Value Chain/Market Analysis-Ginger 48