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HYDERABAD
The National Turmeric Board connected Tuesday conducted a husbandman consciousness and prime betterment grooming programme astatine Kowtla (B) successful Nirmal territory to beforehand the adoption of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) successful turmeric cultivation.
Over 100 farmers and respective Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) from turmeric-growing areas successful the territory attended the event. The Board selected Nirmal territory for the inaugural to guarantee that pesticide residue levels successful turmeric are reduced and wide prime is improved. It aims to trim residue levels and beforehand residue-compliant turmeric suitable for premium export markets done the focused consciousness programmes and training.
Speaking to farmers, Secretary of the Board N. Bhavani Sri explained the value of adopting IPM practices to amended turmeric prime and fortify India’s export potential. She stated that export markets specified arsenic the European Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan and Korea travel strict regulations for pesticide residues, aflatoxins and different contaminants.
Suggesting the farmers to follow technological cultivation practices astatine the workplace level to guarantee that turmeric meets planetary prime standards, she highlighted however biological, mechanical and botanical approaches could assistance farmers negociate pests portion reducing dependence connected synthetic pesticides.
Use of biologic agents specified arsenic ‘trichoderma viride and pseudomonas fluorescence’ on with pheromone traps and neem-based formulations could assistance negociate diseases specified arsenic rhizome rot and support harvest health. The Board Secretary said astir turmeric export prime parameters were determined astatine the workplace level. The adoption of bully cultivation practices would play a important relation successful ensuring compliance with planetary standards.
Issues specified arsenic aflatoxin contamination, microbial contamination including salmonella and pesticide residue levels were often linked to cultivation practices, post-harvest handling, moisture absorption and drying techniques.
Stating that integrated accumulation was important for bully exports, she said the conversion process would necessitate ungraded replenishment and a modulation play of astir 3 years to conscionable certification requirements. Once IPM practices were established, transitioning to integrated cultivation would go easier successful the adjacent stage, she noted.
The Board implemented a aviator task to beforehand exports successful the Morthad portion successful the past and it is moving intimately with progressive farmers to make integrated and residue-free cultivation techniques. The Board Secretary stated that the state exported astir 1.76 lakh tonnes of turmeric valued astatine astir US$ 341.54 cardinal successful 2024–25.
