{"id":1037,"date":"2021-07-31T12:42:20","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T12:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicagroindia.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=1037"},"modified":"2024-06-24T10:03:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T10:03:44","slug":"okra","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/organicagroindia.com\/?product=okra","title":{"rendered":"Okra"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Okra<\/strong>, or Ladies finger, which is also known as Bhindi, is one of the important vegetables of India. It is grown throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions and also in the warmer parts of the temperate regions. The nutritional value of 100g of edible <strong>okra<\/strong> is characterized 1.9 g protein, 0.2 g fat, 6.4 g carbohydrate, 0.7 g minerals and 1.2 g fibers. <strong>Okra<\/strong> has a good potential as a foreign exchanger crop and accounts for 60% of the export of fresh vegetables. It is cultivated in 0.349 M ha area with the production of 3.344 M mt and productivity of 9.6 mt\/ha. The major <strong>okra<\/strong> producing states are Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. In West Bengal, 0.662 M mt of <strong>Okra<\/strong> is produced from 58,400 ha with an average productivity of 11.4 mt\/ha. The crop is also used in paper industry as well as for the extraction of fiber.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Crop varieties<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Okra<\/strong> ( Abelmoschus esculentum (L.) Moench.) plant belongs to the family Malvaceae. The crop varieties are Kamini, Pusa Mukhamali, Parbhani Kranti, etc. are commonly cultivated varieties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conventional practices<\/strong><br \/>\nGenerally farmers grow locally available varieties with check basin or furrow method of irrigation. Standard practices of nutrient and plant protection measures are rarely adopted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1038,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_cat":[48,49],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1037","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-export","product_cat-green-vegetables","first","instock","shipping-taxable","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/organicagroindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/1037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/organicagroindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/organicagroindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organicagroindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/organicagroindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organicagroindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=1037"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organicagroindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=1037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}