Vegetable: CUCUMBER
Protected Cultivation – Profitability & Yield
Why Protected Cultivation for Cucumber?
Highly successful under polyhouse and nethouse due to extreme heat and low humidity.
Maintains optimum temperature and moisture, ensuring stable year-round production.
Effective pest control reduces dependency on heavy pesticides.
Year-round and off-season production enables significantly better market prices.
Yield, Harvest & Market Demand:
Cucumber is a short-cycle crop, making it one of the fastest ways to generate agricultural income.
Short crop cycle: First harvest ready in just 30–40 days.
High Yield: Average production of 10–14 kg per sq m under protected structures.
Strategic Locations: Ideal for districts like Pali, Jodhpur, Jaipur, Ajmer, Sikar and Udaipur.
Strong demand from local mandis, hotels, supermarkets and institutional buyers.
Profitability & Government Support:
Profit Potential: ₹5–9 lakh per acre per crop in Rajasthan (varies by season).
Government & NHB subsidies available for polyhouse, nethouse and drip systems.
Ideal crop for commercial farmers and agri-entrepreneurs in arid regions.
With proper management, protected cucumber farming offers a high return on investment (ROI) for greenhouse investors.