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JKUAT-1 treated garlic cloves is the new solution of garlic farming.
Characteristics of the JKUAT-1 seeds

Treated seeds

The seeds do not dump off after planting
The seeds have high resistance to pests after germination
The seeds have no waste like the traditional seeds.

The seeds germinate evenly with 100% germination rate

Unlike the traditional seeds whereby the seeds germination was uneven and took a long period before attaining 100% germination rate, the hybrid seed germinates evenly and germinates after a few days after planting. Shorter time to germinate translates to bigger bulb size and bigger cloves.

Drought Resistant

With the hybrid seed species, the plant was found to be drought resistant because with early germination, stronger stem and broader leaves, the plant is able to store more nutrients hence it is able to sustain itself even when there is minimal crop feeding.

Increased Yields

With the traditional garlic, the production range was between 4-7 Tonnes but based on the research conducted and improvements done, the JKUAT-1 variety produces up to 10Tonnes hence more economic value to the farmers.

Bigger Bulb size

The average weight if the traditional garlic is between 40-80g while as the average weight of the JKUAT-1 variety is between 120g-150g and this translates to more kgs at large.

Faster Maturity time

The maturity period of the traditional garlic is usually between 5-6 months but with the hybrid JKUAT-1 variety the Maturity time has been reduced to up to 4 months(120 days) from the date if planting.

Can grow in all climatic conditions

Most of the traditional garlic vary in terms of production depending on the climatic conditions where they are produced and this is usually a big challenge for farmers but with the JKUAT-1, it does well under all climatic conditions i.e Lowlands and Highlands.

Strong Flavor

The JKUAT-1 variety still retains the strong flavour of the traditional garlic so it remains the best in terms of giving flavour and because it has big cloves it peels off easily than the traditional garlic which has small size cloves.

OBJECTIVES

To Increase the production of crops so as to attain maximum production level
To create a sense of awareness for the people towards sustainable agriculture production.
To re-organize and strengthen the existing garlic farmers in their respective farms.
To reduce post harvest handling losses by 85% through promotion and use of good farming techniques and storage of garlic produce.
To add value to garlic produce through processing, packaging and branding as alternative market to attract extra finances
To create sustainable market linkages

JKUAT-1

To improve market opportunities for garlic farmers as an enterprise, value chain, and optimize appropriate post harvest technologies to enhance the income generating capacity of the farmers in the country ,thus promoting production to improve on the yields and household incomes