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Potential and Prospective of Underutilized Fruits for Conventional Food, Nutritional Security and Income Generation in Hilly Region of Tripura


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Tripura is one of the important states of the North-Eastern Region. It’s weather is characterized by warm and humid subtropical climate with three distinct seasons, viz. summer, monsoon and winter with four different cropping seasons like Khariff, Rabi, Summer and Jhum cultivation in forest during pre-monsoon and late monsoon periods, which favours the luxuriant growth of various underutilized fruit crops. In addition to the major fruits grown (Mango, Litchi, Pineapple, Orange, Banana and Jackfruit) in this state, there are many underutilized fruits exist naturally in forest as well as in cultivable areas. These fruit plants are playing a vital role in providing nutritional and economic security to the poor masses in rural areas but the commercial importance and market value of these underutilized fruits is unknown to them. This paper lists the edible underutilized fruits and their uses for further exploration
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  • Potential and Prospective of Underutilized Fruits for Conventional Food, Nutritional Security and Income Generation in Hilly Region of Tripura

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Ashima Suklabaidya
ICAR- Research Complex for NEH region Tripura Centre, Lembucherra (Tripura), India

Abstract


Tripura is one of the important states of the North-Eastern Region. It’s weather is characterized by warm and humid subtropical climate with three distinct seasons, viz. summer, monsoon and winter with four different cropping seasons like Khariff, Rabi, Summer and Jhum cultivation in forest during pre-monsoon and late monsoon periods, which favours the luxuriant growth of various underutilized fruit crops. In addition to the major fruits grown (Mango, Litchi, Pineapple, Orange, Banana and Jackfruit) in this state, there are many underutilized fruits exist naturally in forest as well as in cultivable areas. These fruit plants are playing a vital role in providing nutritional and economic security to the poor masses in rural areas but the commercial importance and market value of these underutilized fruits is unknown to them. This paper lists the edible underutilized fruits and their uses for further exploration

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