Green hot spot: eastern Uttar Pradesh – A core site for intensive vegetable cultivation and production

With ever-increasing population pressure and fast depletion of natural resources in many areas especially where traditional crops are being replaced by HYVs, it has become extremely important to diversify the present day agriculture in order to meet various human needs. Some important vegetables are fully acclimatized and dominated in a particular area where its maximum production potential (fresh marketable fruit yield and vegetable seed production) is expressed and commercial intensive sustainable vegetable cultivation is becoming common among growers. The ‘Green Hot Spot’ areas are specific pockets for specific crop with intensive cultivation and high harvest potential. Specific local landraces must be conserved in that area. An application of appropriate approaches (inputs like seed, fertilizers, plant protection measures, infrastructure and market network) in core site of vegetable can increase production of vegetables to a large extent which can meet the domestic need and cater the export as well.