Average potato yield per acre in India is 10,000 kg (100 quintal). This post will guide you about potato farming profit per acre in India. Soil, temperature, water, investment, profit 1 acre land, where to sell and more details shared.
Potatoes are soil friendly that grows well on drained soil. Wet soil is not recommended for this underground growing crop. They expands more easily in loose, loamy soil.
Potato yield per acre in India
Potato yield per acre in India is 100 quintal to 125 quintal. BED plantation technique is suggested to increase the yield. Average potato production per acre in India is Rs 1.5 to Rs 2 lakh per acre. Potato farming in India is a popular farming due to good benefits in less time.
Potato price in India varies between Rs10-20 per/kg, 20-25 per/kg some time above Rs 40. Farmers are growing potato in Uttarakhand with a simple and organic method. They dip the potato in a tub which is filled by cow urine, don't need any antifungal spray.
Potato yield per acre - 100 to 125 quintals by ridge plantation method .
Potato farming profit per acre
lets quickly calculate the yield of potato per acre in India.
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Price of 1 kg potato varies between Rs 10-20 per/kg, 20-30 per/kg, when it comes about pahadi aalu it begins with Rs 40 per/kg
Lets calculate -
Generally, potato yield per acre in quintal is 100-125 quintals.
1 quintal = 100 kg
let's take 100 quintal
100 quintal = 10,000 kg
Let's take average price Rs 20 per/kg
20 x 10,000 = 200,000 - Two Lakh Per Acre
Don't forget to reduce your investment including electricity bill.
Note - This is the potato yield per acre in India, profit figure may change as per the cost of cultivation of potatoes accordingly.
Potato farming best practices
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How to start potato cultivation
First Step - Arrange sprout potatoes, you can also make them to produce sprout. Purchase some potatoes from market and tie them in a cloth then store them for a week and see sprout grown out of them.
Secound Step - Make 2-4 slice of the potato according to the sprouts on it. Take care while slicing it because it will work as a seed to grow new potatoes.
Third Step- Dig all the slices in farm, make sure to keep the difference of ten inches among the potato slices.
Cultivation- Potato cultivation is done by the help of animals like couple of ox. Similar to turmeric they grow under the soil. Black turmeric price is more then yellow due to more health benefits.
Soil and temperature
Potatoes like a slightly acidic soil, pH of around 5.0 but can grow in a range from 5.0 to 6.5. 20°C to 24°C is the idle temperature for growing potatoes.
Water required to grow potatoes
Generally Potatoes need between one-two inches of water per week. They need different amount of water at different time.
In Uttarakhand villages there is hardly any water given by the villagers to their crops. They still manage to grow crops like wheat, jhangora, rice and potato as well. I have never seen villagers giving water to their farms here the atmosphere plays a key role. Hence, all the farming is done in the organic way.
Source of irrigation for potato
Drip irrigation is always best for any farming it is also useful to save water. In potato cultivation drip irrigation is quite successful method yet.
When to stop watering potato plants before harvest
One should stop watering potatoes 2 weeks before harvesting. Look the vines if they turned yellow, stop watering.
Different stages of growing potatoes
Sprout development, sowing potato slices, vegetable growth, tuber initiation, tuber bulking and maturation.
Utter Pradesh stands first in production of potatoes, West Bengal is not much far from UP.
In which season potato is grown in India
It is a crop of winters, so it is also known as rabi crop, that are sown from October to November.
Potatoes are good source of carbohydrates and it is the king of vegetables hence used in almost every dish. Tomatoes are another popular vegetables. Do you know about brimato it is a hybrid plant developed by ICAR that grows brinjal and tomato together.
After wheat and lentils it holds 3rd position for most number of crops grown in India. Vegetable farming in Australia is popular among Aussies and done in the backyard.
Rabi Crops Vs Kharif Crops
Potato is a winter crop, it is rabi season crop grown in India. Lets have a look of the various crops grown according to the season:
Common pests and care needed in plantation
Aphids, flee beetles, pig worm and green worm, potato scab-most likely caused by soil with high pH. The potato belongs to the family of "solanaceae" and genus of "solanum".
3 Types of potatoes
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Starchy Potatoes
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Waxy Potatoes
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All Purpose
They are rare species of potatoes in 1920s and are found of the French Atlantic coast in the bay of biscay.
Varieties of potatoes - There are more than 4000 varieties of potatoes in different size and shapes. There are 180 wild potato verities but too bitter to eat.
Correct way to plant potato
- Potatoes are best grown in rows. Dig a trench that is 6 to 8 inches deep.
- While planting make sure cut side down with the eyes pointing up, every 12-15 inches with the row spaced three feet.
- Fill the trench and mound the soil around the plants.
- Cultivate the soil one more time to remove weeds.
- This will loosen the soil and help plants to become established more quickly.
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Potato farming information along with idle temp, soil, water need, fertilizer, growing season, pest and warms and production per acre is explained in this blog post.
Harvesting
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- Small potatoes can be harvested 2-3 weeks after the plants have finished flowering.
- Early harvesting is done in case of high demand in the market.
- Harvest when leaves turn yellow and dry.
- Cut the plants at ground level 8 days prior to the harvesting date.
- Use equipment's like kudali, potato digger or plow.
- Collect the tubers and clean them off by removing soil, roots, stones, stolon etc.
- Discard the damaged and diseased potatoes.
- Remaining potatoes graded according to size and stored in shade to avoid sun injury.
- Separate a bunch of disease free potatoes for seed sowing purpose.
BED Plantation Technique
Farmers generating 100-125 quintals of potatoes by rich plantation method but with BED plantation method one can produce 170 quintals of potato per-acre.
BED Plantation technique not only helps to increase the yield but is very helpful for a crop health as well.
BED technique increases water using efficiency of the crop, helps in absorbing nutrients and smoothens the aeration facility of the crop for good results.
According to the experts furrow irrigation method not wastes water, but a flood of water becomes hindrance for the crop to absorb nutrients. In this technique only fifteen kg urea is enough for one acre of land.
Most expensive potato - La Bonnotte is the most expensive potato that cost 600 us dollar per/kg. They are grown on French island of Noirmoutier.