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Pakistan: growing off-season vegetables

Fruit & Vegetable Development Project (FDVP) of the Punjab Agriculture department has installed 45 tunnels in six regions of the province. The programme for educating farmers in using tunnel farming for growing off-season vegetables would start from November 1 this year.

Tunnel farming involves constructing greenhouses-hut-like structures swathed in plastic that serve as cocoons for growing tomatoes, lettuce, peppers, carrots, strawberries and bushels of other fruits and vegetables.

The idea of tunnel farming is to shield the crops from the elements and trap the heat of the sun, extending the growing season and increasing production. “The tunnels provide a microclimate around the crops that essentially fools them into thinking it is a different season than it really is,” agriculture specialist explained.

The regions selected for tunnel farming included Lahore, Rawalpindi, Multan, Sargodha, Toba Tek Singh and Rahim Yar Khan and the framers of 45 villages of these regions will be educated about cultivation of four vegetables, cucumber, tomato, green chili and capsicum, during off-season, sources revealed to The News on Wednesday.

They further said that these tunnels were established in already working Farmers Field Schools of the province. The training session would be for six months starting from November 2007 to April 2008, they added.

“Picking of cucumber cultivated in tunnels starts in the first week of January, capsicum in the first week of February and tomato at the end of February and start of March so the training will continue for six months,” they remarked. “For tomato picking, minimum required temperature is 35 degree Celsius, so it will start late February or at the start of March,” they added.

The tunnels were set up over an area of 12 marla for education purposes only while hybrid seeds would be used for cultivation as production of these seeds was more than normal seeds. On the other hand, the production of tunnel farming was 10 times more than normal farming, they added.

They said the process of educating farmers about cultivation of off-season vegetables in tunnels started last year and as a result a 100 per cent increase was registered in the total cultivated area of tunnel farming in the province. Previously, tunnel framing was continued in only 1500 acre land of the province and now only in Okra and Sahiwal districts around 1500 acre land was being used for this farming only.

Talking about the criteria of selection of farmers, they said that the department conducts the vegetable growing areas of these six regions districts and where the farmers showed interests, the department establishes a school.

They said that in every school 25 farmers educate in once session and new session would start in next month. Talking about the commercial tunnel farming, they said that the Punjab agriculture department had already made the feasibilities for 5 acre to 15 acre tunnel farming. Under these feasibilities the tunnel farming has differentiated in three categories according to the height of the tunnel.

Talking about the services being provided by the Farmers Field schools, they said that were growing off-season vegetables through tunnel technology, growing seasonal open field vegetables, conducting agri-echo system analysis for identification of insect, pests, diseases, nutritional deficiencies, soil problems etc.

Integrated crop management (ICM) techniques, capacity building of farmers for making their own decisions according to situation for better crop management are also included in the services, they concluded.

Source: www.thenews.com.pk

Publication date: 10/19/2007

 


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m. zafar iqbal, TAXILA, pakistan - 6/17/2010 3:02:30 PM

i want to start tunnel farming for my 20 acrs land in bahawalpur
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Sammad Fayyaz, bahawalpur, pakistan (email) - 5/6/2010 10:36:56 AM

Kindly forward me feasibility report for tunnel forming in 20 acres at Sheikhupura.Also, I need to know how much area is suitable to begin with for a viable business. How much will be per acre cost of setting up tunnel. Looking forward to an early reply & thanks in advance

faisal bhangoo, lahore, pakistan (email) - 5/5/2010 1:40:56 PM

Kindly forward me feasibility report for tunnel forming in 20 acres at Sheikhupura.Also, I need to know how much area is suitable to begin with for a viable business. How much will be per acre cost of setting up tunnel. Looking forward to an early reply & thanks in advance

faisal bhangoo, lahore, pakistan (email) - 5/5/2010 1:33:58 PM

I wish to start tunnel farming in areas around Lahore. I need to know how much area is suitable to begin with for a viable business. How much will be per acre cost of setting up tunnel. Does tunnel farming work in winters only or is it suitable for the summer veggies as well.

Awaiting a helpful advice.

Regards,

Salman Tayyeb
Lahore, Pakistan

salman tayyeb, lahore, Pakistan (email) - 5/5/2010 10:42:42 AM

R Sir,
i want to errect my own tonnel for vegetale farming what can you help me in this regard
Shahzada Saqib Saeed Saadi, Kot addu District Muzaffar garh, Pakistan (email) - 4/28/2010 1:10:24 PM

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Shahzada Saqib Saeed Saadi, Kot addu District Muzaffar garh, Pakistan (email) - 4/28/2010 1:09:06 PM

Dear sir/mame,
To which extent our field visits and experienced that we have analysis that next year tunnel farming will go to less profit than the running season. there is a need to emphasis on the maket of tunnel farming produce for the better future of agriculture in tunnel farming.
But the one hopefull thing is this that all industrialists ( many of them are our respected company clients to whome our group is providing the consultancy servicesc successfully) have started the tunnel farming as an Agro Business, and for this business they will develop market for their produce either they will export with a regular supply chain or at local level.
Moreover keeping in view all this discussion, its also necessary to select the respective vegetable that will result more market prices and ultimately the net profit in next season, for this Punjab Agro Services has a complete check on the fluctuations of prices and we will facilitate the farmers in next season to grow that vegetable accroding to our market plan.
For tunnel farming trainings and workshops, tunnel materials, installation, plastic sheets, mulching sheet, consultancy services, liquid fertilizers, micro nutirents and etc,

we have a great business but some things goes wrong, but we can fix these. for this

please contact,



Punjab Agro services,
we cultivate the future
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Phone no. 042-36110505, 0313 4488115, 0313 4357000
mohsin chaudhary, lahore, Pakistan (email) - 4/28/2010 11:17:53 AM

dear ,i m interested in tunnel farming in hasilpur.Do any one has a feasibility for vegetables
javed, Lahore, Pakistan - 4/23/2010 3:53:05 AM

Asalamualikum,
Sir i want to utilize my land area 8 acres for best and suitable fruit or vegitable crops. i hope you will guide me at this matter as early as possible i want to start my work in next month
Muhammad israr malik, village buchal kalaan,kalar kahar, Chakwal, Pakistan - 4/11/2010 10:28:05 AM

i have 5 acers land in Karachi (Malir) and i want to start tunnel farming in my land. Can anybody help me regarding this matter.
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Wahid Noor, Karachi, Pakistan (email) - 4/9/2010 12:26:25 PM

Actually i was looking for some help on tunnel farming and i found this link.
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iftikhar ahmed, gujranwala , pakistan (email) - 3/21/2010 4:12:04 PM

Hi,
Actually i was looking for some help on tunnel farming and i found this link.
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would be really thankful to you.
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Ali Jaffer, Lahore, Pakistan - 6/29/2009 2:44:12 PM

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mohsin, chiniot, pakistan - 6/25/2009 10:01:54 PM

we provide consultancy regarding tunnel farming and floriculture.
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abdul razzaq, mamoonkanjan faisalabad, pakistan - 6/15/2009 1:44:47 PM

We are here in Gujranwala providing every kind of facility regarding tunnel farming and drip irrigation. We go from soil testing to provision of goods for the tunnel farming. So the persons from Gujranwala may call us for further queries. 055-6332900, 0321-7419303, 0323-7416589
Sajjad Sardar Warraich, Ali Pur Chattha, Gujranwala., Pakistan (email) - 5/25/2009 5:24:25 PM

Dear mame/sir,
I have prepared the feasibilities of all the vegetables per acre that can be sown in tunnel farming. So, you are requested to contact me at mine cell or visit my office for the further informations and feasibilities.




With regards,

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CEO
Punjab Agro Services, Lahore
Cell no. 0313 44 88 115

mohsin hussain, lahore, pakistan - 5/22/2009 12:27:38 AM

please send mail me recent stats about tomato in pkistan. production, diseases, land under tomato crop,
wajahat azeem, rawalpindi, pakistan - 4/29/2009 7:00:11 PM

Please send me info about tunnel farming. i'm interested in growing off-season vegetables. I want the feasibility reports as well as other info related to the projects
Kamran Hussain, Fateh Jang, Pakistan (email) - 4/26/2009 5:50:22 PM

pls send estimate of one kanal tunnel with croping patren.
ghulam farid, depalpur, pakissstan (email) - 4/24/2009 11:53:44 AM

Kindly forward me feasibility report of tunnel forming in 10 acres at Shekhupura. Looking forward to an early reply & thanks in advance
Ali Tariq, Lahore, Pakistan - 4/20/2009 4:08:33 PM

I want to establish the tunnel.
Kindly send me a feasibity report for 12 acres and which vegetables i can grow in Attock region & how much quantity and recommended seed.
looking for reply
Regards
Hussain.
Malik Hussain, Attock, Pakistan (email) - 4/19/2009 12:04:59 PM

Kindly send me a feasibity report for 9 acres and which vegetables to grow in how much quantity and recommended seed.
How to prepare healthy soil.
Hamayun Haroon, Sheikhupura, Pakistan (email) - 4/18/2009 2:31:04 PM

well already ia have got very much knowledge about tunnel forming but i am lookig for the the cost for this project of tunnel forming, how muc money i need to spend on tunnels if suppose i will grow vegetables at 6 acers land
looking for reply
Regards
shoaib shahzad , islamabad, Pakistan - 4/17/2009 5:56:00 AM

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