GINGER |ADUWA : अदुवा|

Scientific Name: Zingiber officinale

Family: Zingiberaceae

Common name: Ginger (English), Aduwa(Nepali)

Parts used: Rhizome

Season: May

Altitude: It can be grown at an altitude up to 1500m with well distributed rainfall.

Description:

Ginger is a perennial herbaceous plant with annual pseudo stems. The plant has many fibrous roots with aerial shoot (pseudo steams). After the plantation, many fibrous roots with indefinite growth property grow out of the sprouts. It produces cluster of white and pink flower buds that later on grow into yellow flowers. It is also used as landscaping around subtropical homes. Ginger is pseudo stem modified for vegetative propagation and storage of food materials.

Uses:

• Ginger has been consistently used as a spice and a folk medicine all over the world.
• It has strong anti inflammatory and antioxidant properties.(1*)
• Useful in treating Nausea, vomiting, morning sickness(2*)
• Lowers the Blood sugar level and decreases the risk of heart diseases(3*)
• Ginger can help to treat chronic indigestion (4*)
• Its powder can significantly reduce menstrual pain (5*)
• Lowers cholesterol level (6*)

Ginger Production:

Ranking on the basis of Ginger Production (7*,8*)

The global production of Ginger in 2018 AD was 2.8 million tonnes led by India with 32% of the total production followed by China, Nigeria and Nepal in the fourth place.

Ginger Cultivation:

As we come to know multiple benefits of ginger Nepal is the fourth largest ginger producer of the world, why not we learn about the scope of increasing the production? Below is an illustration on Nepali Ginger Profile from 2016.

Districts with ginger cultivators with globally accepted biochemical standard(9*)

Ginger is among the earliest recorded species to be cultivated and it is one of the profitable item to be grown in your firm. There are several methods of growing ginger commercially and non commercially. But, it not easy to cultivate. Many factors like climate, soil, temperature, sunlight etc. are to be taken care of.

Ginger cultivation

Climate and Soil:

Ginger grows in hot and humid climate from sea level to the altitude of 1500 m above the sea level. The place should have the access of direct sunlight for 4-5 hours a day. The temperature required is 28-35 degree Celsius. For a successful cultivation moderate rainfall is necessary.

Plantation:

Ginger grows by vegetative propagation of the rhizomes. The rhizomes are cut into pieces with 1/2 buds and are dug into the soil for the plantation.

Manure:

A well decomposed cattle manure or compost manure is used at the time of plantation. After the 40 days and 90 days of plantation, Nitrogen fertilizers are used.

Mulching:

For Ginger, mulching is necessary and is done with the green leaves to conserve the soil moisture, and improve the physical properties. It is done at the time of plantation, 40 days after plantation and 3 months after the plantation.

Ginger Product

Harvesting and Curing:

Harvesting is done after 6 months of plantation. First the rhizomes are soaked in water and then cleaned the other day. 

Source:Wikipedia, IndiaAgroNet