Nitrogen for the crop

Question

What is the feasibility for small scale farmers to grow peas and depend on its biologically fixed nitrogen for the subsequent crop production ? Thanks

Vishakha Rajput · Answer

Micronutrients are extremely important for the growing crops. Recycling organic matter such as grass clippings and tree leaves is an excellent way of providing micronutrients to growing plants. For a detail information read this article, http://bit.ly/P4TV24 If you have any questions about cotton cultivations, I suggest you to join Sustainable Agriculture group. Your questions will be answered by experts of the agriculture field. Thanks.

Aamir A · Answer

Thanks Vishakha. So it means that we should cultivate the pea crop. Right now we are in planning phase for the next crop season and we will cultivate cotton. In continuation can you explain the importance of micronutrients for the crop? Do you have any experience of cotton cultivation?

Vishakha Rajput · Answer

Plants that contribute to nitrogen fixation include the legume family . They contain symbiotic bacteria called Rhizobia within nodules in their root systems, producing nitrogen compounds that help the plant to grow and compete with other plants. When the plant dies, the fixed nitrogen is released, making it available to other plants and this helps to fertilize the soil. Peas are well known to help fix nitrogen into the soil. Also for small scale farmers peas make a good rotation crop for that reason. Farmers can dig the pea plants back into the soil which helps with the overall log-term soil nutrition. The nitrogen from the plants will not mineralise in a year, the peas do provide more nitrogen than the other crop use. so for the small scale farmers also its a goog idea to grow pea or other legume in a inter cropping pattern or in a rotational cropping system.Which crop you are producing Aamir?