Before we get into details that is Polyhouse profitable in India or not let’s get to know what Polyhouse is and how it is different than the conventional methods.
Polyhouse is made from steel structure and covered by polythene and that’s why we call it polyhouse which is quite relatable to polythene. The shapes can be semi-circular, elongated and square. The interior of the polyhouse heats up from the solar radiation of the sun. The heat is trapped inside the polyhouse which warms the plants, soil and other things inside the building faster than heat escape the structure. Temperature, humidity and ventilation can be controlled by the equipment’s fixed in the Polytunnel or by the manual opening and closing of the vents.
Now the question arises that why we need polyhouse:
Polyhouse provide higher temperature or humidity which might not be available in the outer environment. It protects the crops from intense heat, bright sunlight, hailstorm and cold waves which are the major factor which affects the crop growth. This allows fruits and vegetable to grow which is to be considered as off season. Farmers use polyhouses for season extension due to which they sell their crop in off season which gives them higher profits. Beyond season extension, polytunnels are also used to allow cold-hardy crops to overwinter in regions where their hardiness is not quite strong enough for them to survive outdoors. Temperature increases of only 5 to 15 °C above outdoor ambient, coupled with protection from the drying effect of wind, are enough to let selected plant varieties grow slowly but healthily instead of dying. The effect is to create a microclimate that simulates the temperatures of a location several hardiness zones closer to the equator (and protects from wind as well).
Now let’s discuss how polyhouse farming is profitable in India?
The challenges which Indian farmer faces due to lot of factor are not hidden from us. Sometimes the weather is not favourable there is a lack of storage services, the nature of perishable crops, lack of good transport services and the fluctuation of Mandi rates and how we can forget the middle man who earns the profit more than the farmer. These all factor somehow end up resulting loss to the farmer. The challenges faced by the farmers are much higher and we might never know the hardship that they go through every time.
The farmers who owns a land between 2-5 acre sow the crop for say tomato or onion. In the retail market we get it for 30.Rs to 40.Rs per Kg. Do you even know how much the farmer earns per kg it’s merely around 2-5.Rs kg. Yes that’s true 2-5.Rs per kg they get. Now that we know that we get the vegetable at a very high rate which reach to us after 4-5 levels and the earlier factors which I have mentioned like weather, transport, perishable nature or the middle man, these factors affects the rates.
Every factor influencing a crop can be controlled in a polytunnel. Polytunnels are often used in floriculture and plant nurseries, as the revenue value of the plants can justify the expense.
Now let’s get back to the title is polyhouse profitable in India?
Yes polyhouse farming practise is 100% profitable. We at Harvel greens provide you all the installation facility to install the polyhouse. We have a well-educated team which are expert in this field who will guide you and train you for months before you launch as an individual polyhouse farmer.
Now let’s assume a farmer is having a land of 2 acre he has sown onion crop in it, now that we know that the storage facility are not easily available and even it is available nearby they are going to cost a lot to store the crop. Now with the help of polyhouse the farmer can actually influence the temperate and other factors inside the polyhouse which can hold the crop inside the ground for a little bit longer period of time. If our farmer produces for say 100 to 150 kg of crop that they have to sell at the same day due to lack of services and if there is no taker of the crop produce then it can be easily rotten to the ground at a zero price rate. So now that we know the difficulty which a farmer goes though the polyhouse can be a very smart option to choose to save their crop from various factors and they would be able to reap the profit from getting high yield. The farmer can sell its crop off season or when the rate is little high and that is how they get the benefit upto 100%.
Harvel greens can help you understand the commercial value of the polyhouse, how to install it and how to grow the crop and the other equipment operating training. We literally help you out to grow from scratch and turn your business into the profitable one. Now there are subsidies which are provided by the government which reduces the installation cost up to 90%.