Pea Farming

Farmers can achieve excellent production of about 100 to 125 quintals in 50 days by growing improved varieties of cowpeas in the field. There are different types of cowpea varieties available in the market, but to get the best production, farmers should choose Pant Lobia, Lobia 263, Arka Garima, Pusa Barsati, and Pusa Rituraj varieties.

Cowpea is a type of pulse crop that is cultivated mostly by small and marginal farmers in India. This crop gives good production even on less land, which is why it is popular among farmers. Cowpea can be cultivated in both the Kharif and Zaid seasons. However, by planting improved varieties of cowpea, farmers can earn good yields in every season. Today, we bring you information about five improved varieties of cowpea, which can help you get a yield of 100 to 125 quintals per acre. These varieties generally become completely ready after ripening in 50 days. If you want to get huge profits from the cowpea crop, it is important to plant excellent and good varieties in your field.

Five amazing improved varieties of cowpea
Pant Lobia variety

The plants of this species of cowpea are about one and a half feet tall. It takes 60 to 65 days for Pant Lobia to become ripe after sowing in the field. This variety of cowpea provides a yield of 15 to 20 quintals per hectare.

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Cowpea 263 Variety

This variety of cowpea is an early crop, which ripens in the field in a time interval of 40 to 45 days. Farmers can get production up to about 125 quintals per hectare from the Cowpea 263 variety.

Arka Garima variety

Arka Garima variety of cowpeas gives excellent production during rainy and spring seasons. Arka Garima variety ripens in a time interval of 40-45 days. Let us tell you that it gives a yield of about 80 quintals per hectare.

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Pusa rainy season

It is known from the name of this variety of cowpea that if farmers plant it in their fields during the rainy season, they will get excellent yields. The beans of the Pusa Barsati variety of cowpea are light green. This variety is approximately 26 to 28 cm long. Also, it ripens in the field within 45-50 days. This variety gives production up to 85-100 quintals per hectare.

Pusa Rituraj variety.

This variety of cowpea is considered very good to eat. The beans of this variety are green in color. Also, it gives a yield of about 75 to 80 quintals per hectare.

Farmers, the rabi season is coming. This time in the rabi season, you can get a very good yield from the improved variety of peas. Agricultural scientists of India keep preparing new varieties for the best varieties. In this series, some of the best varieties of peas have been developed by Kashi Nandini Indian Vegetable Research Institute of Varanasi. There are many types of crops in India, which give good production to the farmers at a low cost and in a short time. By adopting all these crops in their fields, farmers can earn big profits in just a few months.

Farmers can also earn a lot of profit from the cultivation of vegetables

For your information, let us know that vegetable crops are also included in such crops, which can benefit the farmer by thousands and lakhs. If seen, farmers can earn a very fat yield in 50 to 60 days by sowing peas alone in the middle of Kharif and Rabi seasons in their fields. As we all know, there is always a demand for peas in the market of the country and abroad. In view of such a high demand for peas, agricultural scientists of the Indian Vegetable Research Institute of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) have developed many spectacular varieties of peas. Which will give the farmer a very good production as well as the best profit in the market.

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Kashi Agate

The average weight of peas of this variety is 9-10 g. Let me tell you that its seeds are very sweet in consumption. Farmers can harvest its beans after 55-60 days of sowing. Then farmers easily get an average yield of 45-40 per acre from it.

Kashi Mukti

This magnificent and improved variety of peas is disease resistant to powdered acidity. This peas are very sweet. This variety gives a very good yield to the farmers by late ripening compared to all other varieties. If seen, each pod of Kashi Mukti variety contains 8-9 grains. With this, the farmer brothers get the best yield up to 50 quintals.

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Arkell Peas

It is an exotic species, whose farmers get 40-50 quintals per acre from each pod. The number of seeds in each pod is found to be 6-8.

Kashi Nandani

This variety of peas has been developed by the Kashi Nandini Indian Vegetable Research Institute in Varanasi. You will see this pea plant up to 45-50 cm tall. Also, the yield of the first beans will start to come about 60-65 days after sowing. The average yield of green beans of its variety is 30-32 quintals per acre. Also, 5-6 quintals per acre is earned from seed production. This variety of peas is very good for the farmers of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.

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Kashi Uday

The plants of this variety are green in the whole way. Also, it has small lumps and 8-10 pods per plant, with each pod having 8 to 9 seed numbers. Farmers can earn 35-40 quintals of green beans per acre from this variety. Farmers can easily pluck not one but two to three times with this variety.