About Lesson
Basics principles of high-density planting, multi- storied cropping and multiple cropping with horticultural crops
- On the other hand, most fruit species require big land for plantations but the landholding capacity and landholding size are decreasing year after year because of family splits, urbanization, infrastructure developments, soil degradation etc
- Increased demand for fruits can be met either by bringing more area under fruit cultivation, increasing in fruit productivity or by importing fruits from other countries
- The available land resources is static rather decreasing year after year, therefore in the country promotion of fruit based enterprise could have an alternative approach through crop intensification
- Thus, the concept of high-density planting might play an important role in the fruit industries.