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    Sweet Orange Status in Ramechhap, Nepal

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    1. Sweet orange farming occurs between 800-1600 meters above sea level in 17 villages in Ramechhap district. 2. Oranges varieties are not well identified and have round shapes with rough to fine skins at maturity. Mother plant orchards lack proper hygiene practices. 3. Most saplings are grafted using trifoliate, sour orange, or seti jyamir rootstocks when plants are 6 inches tall. Orchards have approximately 15 plants per 500 square meters, irregular spacing, and no terracing.

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    1. Sweet orange farming occurs between 800-1600 meters above sea level in 17 villages in Ramechhap district. 2. Oranges varieties are not well identified and have round shapes with rough to fine skins at maturity. Mother plant orchards lack proper hygiene practices. 3. Most saplings are grafted using trifoliate, sour orange, or seti jyamir rootstocks when plants are 6 inches tall. Orchards have approximately 15 plants per 500 square meters, irregular spacing, and no terracing.

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    Rootstock, sapling production and fruit production status of sweet orange in Ramechhap, nepal

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    1. Sweet orange farming occurs between 800-1600 meters above sea level in 17 villages in Ramechhap district. 2. Oranges varieties are not well identified and have round shapes with rough to fine skins at maturity. Mother plant orchards lack proper hygiene practices. 3. Most saplings are grafted using trifoliate, sour orange, or seti jyamir rootstocks when plants are 6 inches tall. Orchards have approximately 15 plants per 500 square meters, irregular spacing, and no terracing.

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    Sweet Orange Status in Ramechhap, Nepal

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    Harihar Adhikari, M. Sc.Ag. Plant Pathology
    1. Sweet orange farming occurs between 800-1600 meters above sea level in 17 villages in Ramechhap district. 2. Oranges varieties are not well identified and have round shapes with rough to fine skins at maturity. Mother plant orchards lack proper hygiene practices. 3. Most saplings are grafted using trifoliate, sour orange, or seti jyamir rootstocks when plants are 6 inches tall. Orchards have approximately 15 plants per 500 square meters, irregular spacing, and no terracing.

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    Status of Sweet Orange Farming in Ramechhap

    (Briefing to MOAC, AEC, Chinese and Japanese Delegates)


    (November 15, 2009)

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    2. Orange varieties: not identified, round, rough to fine skin at maturity


    3. Scion mother plant orchard hygiene: not specified
    4. Rootstock mother plant orchard hygiene: not specified
    5. Trifoliate seed source : 3 farmers produce 3 kgs, remaining 10-20 kgs from Kirtipur
    6. Sapling plant height at graft: 6”
    7. Rootstock used: trifoliate 20%, sour orange (kali jyamir) 60 %, seti jyamir 20 %
    8. Age of grafted sapling at planting time: 6 months to 18 months
    9. Planting: July
    10. Orchard layout: 15 plants/500 sq m (1-3 ft deep), no terracing
    11. Orchard size: 15-300 plants/orchard hh, 100-300 plants on large orchards
    12. Pruning and training: opening to air and light, dead or died branches, yellowed
    13. Mulching below crown: moisture conservation during April, May, June; save from
    splash rain in monsoon, foot rot control
    14. Flowering time: February
    15. Maturity time: December-January
    16. Picking method: twisting and use of cutting knife, use bamboo ladder, bamboo bucket
    17. Fruit: 5-6 / kg, 150-200 g/fruit; brix at maturity 10-12.5, many viable and dead seeds
    18. Fresh consumption: skin tight to open by fingers, needs knife, eat 7 days later
    19. Squash making: small fruits, for unattractive skin colored ones
    20. Local markets: Ramechhap, Manthali, Banepa, Kalimati, Janakpur, Birgunj, Biratnagar
    21. Average age of orchard: 20-30 years, new orchards every year
    22. Number of sapling nurseries: 13
    23. Total sapling produced per year: 40,000 plants
    24. Total bearing plants: 28619 Junar, 5288 mandarin, 2266 lime (2005 data) :
    25. Total nonbearing plants: 35254 Junar, 11169 Mandarin, 8444 lime
    26. Farmers involved in orchards: 2130 Junar farmers, 431 Suntala & 714 Kagati farmers
    27. Total area cultivated: productive 120 ha, rejuvenable 150 ha
    28. Yearly production: 9000-12000 mt estimated
    29. Management problem: lack of family and social manpower, affected by red scale, foot rot,
    powdery mildew, handling and transport, no feed back from consumers in KTM, sell immature
    and green fruits,
    30. No investment and business plan
    31. Future: Contract farming with strict standards of fruit quality and hygiene, handling, transport

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