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Agriculture sector is facing a serious trouble and new challenges. Increasing pressure of population explosion, decline of profitability in farming, degradation of land and water resources, ecological and environmental imbalances, health hazards, present production pattern, existing cropping system has threaten the sustainability of agricultural growth. In view of these compelling factors diversification in agriculture has becomes the need of the hour. In the present paper the authors from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana advocated a Nutrition garden model of approx. 1500 m2 area which can help in diversification of agriculture and food security of the people. It was concluded that if all the farming families adopt nutrition garden model in Punjab then 3.97 percent land can be diversified forever. Moreover this much area will be pesticide free, using meager quantity of fertilizers and without any marketing problems.
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Chand R. and Pal S. 2003. Policy and technological options to deal with Indias’ food surpluses and shortages.Current Science. 84: 388-398
Evans C., 2009. Mixed vegetable gardening the farmers' handbook - near the house 2, Grihasthi Communications Himalayan Permaculture Group, Nepal
Marsh, R., 1998. Building on traditional gardening to improve household food security.Food Nutrition and Agriculture, 22: 4-14.
Maunder, E.M.W. and Meaker, J.L., 2007. The current and potential contribution of home-grown vegetables to diets in South Africa.Water SA 33: 401-406
Oebker, N.F. and Call, R.E., 2008. Ten Steps to a Successful Vegetable Garden.Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Pandher, S. 2006. Kitchen gardens for every rural house hold recommended. Online edition of the The Hindu , Feb 02, 2006.
Reynolds, T., 2008.Organic Vegetable Gardening 101, The Robert A. Macoskey Center for Sustainable Systems Education and Research at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock, PA, USA.
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Romana, B. S. and Singh, K., 2007.Ghardian loran pooriankaranlayeegherelubagichi da ikkmodel.Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Sangrur, India
Ruthbeth F. and Ross S., 2003.Using Home Gardens to Decipher Health and Healing in the Andes.Medical Anthropology Quarterly17: 459–482
Savio Y. and Borel V., 2011.Vegetable Gardening Handbook for Beginners, Los Angeles County Master Gardeners University of California Cooperative Extension Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Sharma, J.P., Singh, C.B. and Kumar, H., 2004 Diversification of agriculture for food and social security. Intensive Agriculture 42: 14-18
Singh, K. and Kumar, P., 2008. Nutrition garden – an alternate livelihood for farm women. Abstract published in the Souvenir of Golden Jubilee Celebration and National Seminar on Innovative Extension Strategies for Agricultural Development and Rural Prosperity held at RAU, Pusa, Bihar on 18-20 Dec 2008. pp 97-98
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