Olericulture or Vegetable Farming

Olericulture or Vegetable Farming

Definition: Olericulture is the science of growing vegetables.

Classifications of Vegetable Farming:

1. Kitchen or Nutrition Gardening:
   1. Growing vegetables on a small scale at households.
   2. Examples: Beans, Cabbage, Lady's Finger, Tomato, Brinjal, Carrot, Spinach, etc.
2. Commercial Gardening:
   1. Production of vegetables on a large scale to be sold in markets.
3. Vegetable Forcing:
   1. Growing vegetables in buildings, greenhouses, cold farms, or under other artificial growing conditions.
   2. Most intensive type of vegetable growing.
   3. Examples: Cabbage, Tomato, Brinjal, etc.

More to Know:

1. India is the second largest producer of vegetables, next to China.
2. India ranks first in the world for the production of potatoes and lady's fingers.
3. India is the second largest producer of brinjal, cabbage, peas, onion, cauliflower, and tomato.