Author(s):

Naresh Kumar and Dhirendra Kumar

Abstract: The present paper reviews the research and development status of spices in India in the last seven decades. Spices are one of the important groups of spice crops being cultivated in the arid and semi-arid region of the country. These crops are attaining importance day by day due to its aromatic and medicinal values; the present era is reflecting high International demand of Indian spices. The research achievements till date have been very concise for developing, numerous high yielding disease resistant or tolerant varieties. The area of research have been focused mainly on designing packages to harvest more, production of better quality and consumer safe produce is yet to come. The problems and challenges in the cultivation of spices are enormous and each has to be answered with the changing climatic scenario in the time to come. New problems are also coming up in many of the spice crops. Economic analysis for input management for improving spices productivity with the objective to work out the cost and return and marketing pattern of the major spices onion, chilli, and coriander in the study area. The study was conducted in Mungeli district of Chhattisgarh state.

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