Major practice at leonie's Agri Corporation (LAC) Farm with emphasis on Arugula (Eruca sativa Mill.) production [manuscript]
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Date
2017
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Rosee Ann U. Lapurga
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This major practice at Leonie's Agri Corporation farm with emphasis on arugula (Eruca sativa Mill.) production was conducted from June 27,2016 to August 05, 2016 in Brgy. Liwaway, Sta. Rosa, Nueva Ecija.
the general objective of the major practice was to gain more knowledge and hand on experience to develop skills in organic farming at Leonie's Agri Corporation (LAC) Farm. The specific objectives were: to enhance both experiential and technical knowledge in organic crop production of arugula; to become familiar with the growth and development of the arugula plant; and to determine the cost and return analysis of arugula production.
Arugula contains glucosides such as allyl sulphonocyanate while the seed oil contains erucic acid (Nuez and Hernandez, 1994). In various Mediterranean countries, it iscultivated as a salad green or cooked vegetable and is also known in Asia as an oilseed crop. Arugula is also known as rocket, roquette, rucola or rughetta. It is mainly used to garnish and flavour salad and a large variety of meals. Because of its glucosinolates content, arugula is a new potential health promoting vegetable (D' Abtuono et al., 2009). The interest in arugula has been increasing in recent years because of the spicy taste of its leaves.
During the major practice, student was exposed to all actual activities which involved in the production of arugulasuch as land preparation, seed sowing, pricking, replanting, organic fertilization, irrigation, weeding, controlling of pests and disease, harvesting, sorting, washing and packaging.
The major practice student was aslo introduced to some aspect of organic agriculture technology like vermicomposting and IMO. The gross sale from 287 m2 of arugula production was about Php 24,000.00. After deducting the total cost of production which amounted to Php 12,650.00 from the total gross sales, a net income obtained from the production was Php 11,350.00 with a return on investment (ROI) of 89.72%.