Importance Of Vegetables

Rich Source Of Basic And Protective

elements
• Rich in carbohydrate, proteins, minerals and vitamins and are useful
for neutralizing the acidic effect produced during digestion of meat,
cheese and other fatty acids.
• Promotes digestion, prevents constipation and proper growth and
development of overall human health.

The minerals, source and deficiency are given in the next slide.
 Nutrient, Source and Deficiency Symtoms Of Vegetables
SI no Type of minerals/ vitamins and their role Name of Vegetables Deficiency symtoms

1 Carbohydrate: Provides energy Tuber vegetables such as potato, sweet potatoes, Retarded growth
tapioca and yams

2 Proteins: made up of amino acids, growth and repair of the Immature seeds of lima bean, broad beans, pea, Retarded growth, retarded mental
body. garlic and onion development, discoloration of skin,
swelling of legs and feet, fatty liver

3. Calcium: important for bones, teeth, blood clotting, Amaranthus, cauliflower, drumstick leaves, lettuce, Irritability, retarded growth and bone
resistance against infection. carrot, turnip, green peas, tomato, spinach, cabbage weakness

4. Iron: Essential part of red blood corpuscles Moringa, amaranthus, methi, mint, drumstick and Anemia, pale tongue and pale lips
spinach

5 Phosphorus: Cell multiplication , proper maintenance of Potato, carrot, tomato, cucumber, spinach, lettuce Retarded growth.
liquid in tissues, oxidation of carbohydrates. and onion

6 Vitamin A: Provides general health Carrot, spinach, palak, leafy vegetables, sweet potato Night blindness, respiratory infections,
and pumpkin formation of kidney stones and rough
skin.
7 Vitamin B complex: Peas, broad beans, lima beans, garlic, asparagus, corns, tomato a) Beriberi: loss of appetite
a) Thiamin b) Red colored mouth and cracks in
b) Riboflavin the mouths
c) Niacin c) Sore tongue, pellagra
d) Pyridoxin d) Ulcer.

8 Vitamin C: Essential for growth and Turnip, green chilli, brussels sprout, mustard, green leafy vegetables, bitter Scurvy, bleeding gums and mucous
resistance against diseases. gourd and raddish membrane, cold, loss of energy , delay in
wound healing

9 Vitamin D: Essential for bone and teeth Green leafy vegetables Bone and teeth weakness

10 Vitamin E: Anitsterility and essential for Cabbage, lettuce, spinach and vegetable oils Fertility is affected.
reproduction

11 Roughage: Add digestion and prevent Leafy vegetables and most root crops.
constipation
More Yield Per Unit Area
• Not only are vegetables good in taste but also gives higher yield per
unit area compared to cereals and other crops.

More Net Per Unit Area Per Day

• Most vegetables are quick growing and ready to harvest within a
short period of time enabling the grower to practice succession
cropping and inter cropping and thus providing the grower with some
profit compared to cereals and other crops.
 Role In Agro Forestry
• During early stages, crops like potato, bhendi, tomato, brinjal, onion
and peas can be grown successfully while during later stages(5-10
years) crops like chilli, palak and ginger can be grown efficiently.

Employment of great number of man

power per unit area
• Usually grown with intensive cultivation practices, it requires more
labourers for one or the other operations continuously throughout
the year starting from soil preparation to marketing
 Suitability for succession and intercropping
resulting in greater intensity of cropping
• Vegetables can be grown throughout the year. Some crops can be
grown as intercrop and few vegetables can be grown twice or even
thrice in a year.

Flexibility in Production Programme

• The production programme can be adjusted and changed for better
profits according to fruit crops.
 Problems and prospects of vegetable
Production in India
1) Vegetables are highly perishable
- Due to respiration, loss of water occurs through transpiration and
undergo chemical change.
2) Ignorance on nutritive values
- inspite of availability of facilities for cultivation, due to lack of
knowledge on nutritive values of different vegetable crops,
vegetable gardening is not given much attention.
3) Lack of transport facility
4) Problems of Insect, pest and diseases.
 5) Lack of enough refrigeration and storage facility
- Only proper vegetable storage facility is available in big cities in India
thus small grower cannot afford those facilities.

6) Malpractice in the market

- The main aim of marketing is that the producers should get a suitable
price for their products. At present due to middlemen and the price meant
for the produce is not received by the producer.