Principles and Practices for Sustainable Fruit Production

Principles and Practices for
Sustainable Fruit Production
Presented By
Manohar Lal Meghwal
Ph.D I year
DEPT. OF POMOLOGY & FLORICULTURE
KERALAAGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

 Introduction
 Objectives of Sustainable Agriculture
 Components of Sustainable Development
 Aim of Sustainable Fruit Production
 Benefits of Sustainable Farming
 Sustainability Issues in Fruit Production
 Principles and Recommended Practices
 Important Practices for Sustainable Fruit Production
 Conclusion
Contents of seminar

What is Sustainability?
Sustainability means living
within the resources of the
planet without damaging the
environment now or in the
future.

Objectives of Sustainable Agriculture
• Make best use of the resources available
• Protect the health and safety of farm workers local
and society
• Protect and enhance the environment and natural
resources
• Protect the economic viability of farming operations
• Produce sufficient high-quality and safe food
•

Three Components of Sustainable
Development

Aim of Sustainable Fruit Production
1. To ensure the safety and quality of products to satisfy the
highest expectations of the food industry and consumers.
2. On-farm practices should ensure that arable and vegetable
crops are produced under sustainable economic, social and
environmental conditions.

Sustainable Fruit Production is Based on
The principle of Health
The principle of Ecology
The principle of Fairness
The principle of Care

 To reduce the soil erosion and also helpful in keeping
the environment pollution free.
 It is cost saving technology and save the expense at
the large extent.
It is also helpful in keeping the land fertile and ready
for the future farming.
Benefits of Sustainable Farming

Sustainability Issues in Fruit Production
1. Protect and enhance existing native vegetation for greater
biodiversity and security of the rural environment at large.
2. Manage the use of scarce water resources to ensure greatest
efficiency, productivity and protection of surrounding
catchments and waterways from salt, soil, fertilizers and
chemicals carried in run-off water.
3. Manage for healthy soils through protection from degradation
and loss by erosion, organic matter depletion and unbalanced
and inappropriate fertilizer usage.
4. Manage the impact of pest and diseases while minimizing the
usage of chemicals and maximizing profitability over the short
and long term.

Principles and
Recommended Practices

A) Sustainable Farming System
Principles Recommended Practices
2.Production sites should be
checked for any contaminant
or pollution risk.
3. risk assessment shall be
undertaken for new
agricultural sites,
1. Site selection 1. Planning and managing the
farm activities. be aware of
the site history

1.Varieties or rootstock adapted
to local conditions.
-resistant or tolerant to
commercially important pests
and diseases.
2. Plant spacing-
Optimize fruit quality and
homogeneity.
3. Fruit that originates from
genetically modified plants,
rootstock, or grafting material
must be identified, traced and
segregated.
2. Planting material

1. Cultivation practices
-Use specific cultivation techniques to
maintain or improve the physical and
biological characteristics of the soil
2. Nutrient management
-Balance fertilization in order to
provide the appropriate nutrients to the
crops.
3. Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
systems
-Protect crops against pest, diseases
and weed.
3. Integrated Crop
Management

B) Economic Sustainability
1. Safety, quality and
transparency Ensure the safety, quality and
transparency of the products
throughout the production
methods and storage facilities.

3. Market 2. Seek to get organized and to select
efficient trading channels in order
to optimize benefits.
B) Economic Sustainability
2. Financial stability 1. Seek to achieve long-term
stability of the farm income for
proper investments and workforce
payment.

C) Social Sustainability
• Support the training of farm
employees and workers on all aspects of
sustainable agricultural practices.
1. Working Conditions • Provide a cordial and pleasant
working environment, free of
disciplinary practices.
2. Training

D) Environmental Sustainability
1. Soil
1. Maintain good soil fertility and
prevent damage to the
environment, soil erosion and
pollution.
2. Soil erosion shall be prevented
by biological as well as
mechanical control methods.

2. Water 1. Irrigation shall be adjusted to
take into account predicted
rainfall and evaporation.
2. The most efficient and
commercially practical water
delivery system shall be used
e.g. Drip irrigation

3. Bio-diversity 1. Maintain or enhance biological
diversity on the farm.
2. The objective is to create
biodiversity habitats which can
host a variety of flora and fauna
playing a significant role in the
prevention and defense against
pests and diseases.

4. Waste
1. Use crop by-products as much as
possible on the farm.
2. The farm shall continuously
reduce, reuse and recycle the
quantity of waste and by-
products of the harvest and
processing that it generates.

Important Practices for Sustainable Fruit
Production
• CANOPY MANAGEMENT
• MULCHING
• BAGGING
•HARVESTING

Training refers to giving shape/
architecture of plant.
Pruning refers to removal of parts of a
tree, especially shoots, roots, limbs, buds of
the terminal parts.
Pruning is done to make a tree
more productive and bear quality fruits.
Pruning make it into more manageable
shape and to get maximum returns from
the orchard.
CANOPY MANAGEMENT

 Composted mulch can be used to
increase productivity and
sustainability of viticulture
production.
 Composted mulch can reduce
evaporation from the soil surface,
maintain soil moisture levels,
reduce crop stress and stimulate
vine growth.
 It reduces irrigation water
requirements, weeds and reduces
erosion.
USE OF MULCH
WEED MANAGEMENT AND MULCHING

USE OF MULCH
Without composted mulch With composted mulch

Bagging and Wrapping of fruits:
 Fruits can be easily protected
against fruit flies by bagging them
in newspaper bags.
The bag provides a physical
protection to the fruit by
preventing adult female flies laying
eggs.
Bagging is inexpensive and easy
to apply and guarantees nearly
complete protection from fruit
flies.

HARVESTING PRACTICES FOR PEST CONTROL
Remove fruits with dimples and oozing
clear sap. This method is more effective
although laborious than picking rotten
fruits from the ground as the maggots may
have left the fruits to pupate.
Harvest crops early when mature green.
This is the stage of maturity when crops
are not susceptible to fruit fly attack.
Pick overripe fruits. These are good
breeding sites for fruit flies.

• Sustainable fruit production system is a need of an era
for environmental safety and quality fruit production.
• It protects biological flora, reduce soil erosion and
include ecofriendly management system.
• It comprise integrated pest and disease management
system.
• Sustainable fruit production system is helpful to
achieve holistic approach of farming system through
appropriate planning and applying best management
practices.
Conclusion

Principles and Practices for Sustainable Fruit Production

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