Tackling the Constraints of Cumin Cultivation and Management Practices

• DOI: 10.26420/annagriccropsci.2023.1134
• Publication Date: 2023-05-25T09:30:01Z
• Authors: Mohit Kumar; Pramod Kumar Sahoo; ; Dilip Kumar Kushwaha; ; Santosh Gudi; ; Gurjeet Singh; ; Aman Mahore; ; Rohit Nalawade; ; Abhishek Patel; ; Nrusingh Charan P...; ; Mehdi Rahimi

Cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) is an important seed spice crop, having good medicinal properties and grown predominately in arid and semi-arid region of the world. India is the leading country with share of 70% in the world production of cumin. Two states of India (Rajasthan and Gujarat) cover nearly 80% of the total area under cumin cultivation. The current scenario and status of area, production and productivity in India has been reviewed to identify the various factors affecting cumin production and productivity. Apart from these major constraints related to climate, soil, agronomical, crop input, extension, marketing and farm mechanization in cumin production and their management are discussed thoroughly. Due to low productivity of cumin there is need to focus on integrated approaches such as utilizing modern technologies, advance agronomic practises, farm mechanization interventions and advanced breeding tools to enhance the cumin production. The study reveals alternative solutions to overcome these problems and evidenced that there is huge scope of farm mechanization to improve the production of cumin crop and reduce drudgery of farmers.