The region has remarkable advantages of fertile and
organically rich soils, ample rainfall and water
resources, river valleys, swamps and streams and
great climatic diversity supporting diverse cropping
possibilities. Cultivation is based on organic
manure and is acompanied to a significant extent
with use of improved seeds. It is interesting to
note that wastes via manure and the waste generation
process through animal feed and vegetal wastes
are used.
North East region is so into Organic
farming that one would not come across a single fertilizer
shop there. Thus the Pineapple coming from this region
is free of any chemical residue and is thus termed
as an ORGANIC Fruit Product.
In organic farming, no chemical fertilizers or pesticides are used. Normally
farmers use urea to increase the weight of the pineapple, which is not used
in organic farming. Because the crops cannot be treated (dipping) with insecticides/
fungicides on organic pineapple plantations, the farmer is forced to pay particular
attention to the quality and origin of the shoots (diseases that can be transmitted
from crop to crop). This is especially the case for shoots that have been bought.
In principle, it is recommended to use shoots from the plantation itself and
to work very carefully.
In the majority of organic plantations, local varieties are planted together
with other crops either in agro forestry or mixed crop systems. Examples exist
where Pineapples are planted as a rotation-fruit with green fallow land and
other crops. The farming plan will depend upon which cultivation form is adopted
(agro forestry system, mixed crops as a bottom culture, crop-rotation etc.).
A pineapple monoculture is not permitted in organic farming systems. To prepare
the land used for pineapple production green manuring plants like e.g. Vigna
unguiculata, Crotolaria juncea or Mucuna capitata can be sowed prior to the
pineapples.
Organic Pineapple is rich in the following mentioned Parameters:
Nutrient |
Value per 100 g
|
Proximates
|
Energy |
187
|
KJ
|
Moisture |
86.5
|
G
|
Nitrogen |
0.05
|
G
|
Protein |
0.3
|
G
|
Fat |
0.0
|
G
|
Ash |
0.4
|
G
|
Fructose |
3.2
|
G
|
Glucose |
2.9
|
G
|
Sucrose |
4.5
|
G
|
Maltose |
0.0
|
G
|
Lactose |
0.0
|
G
|
Sugars, total |
10.6
|
G
|
Starch |
0.0
|
G
|
Available Carbohydrate |
10.6
|
G
|
Sorbitol |
0.0
|
G
|
Total Dietary Fibre |
0.0
|
G
|
Minerals
|
Calcium |
6
|
MG
|
Iron |
0.3
|
MG
|
Magnesium |
12
|
MG
|
Potassium |
160
|
MG
|
Sodium |
1
|
MG
|
Zinc |
0.3
|
MG
|
Vitamins
|
Thiamin |
0.02
|
MG
|
Riboflavin |
0.01
|
MG
|
Niacin |
0.1
|
MG
|
Niacin derived from Tryptophan or Protein |
0.1
|
MG
|
Niacin Equivalents |
0.2
|
MG
|
Vitamin C |
9
|
MG
|
Retinol |
0
|
MG
|
Retinol Equivalents |
0
|
MG
|
Lipids
|
Total Saturated Fatty Acids
|
0.0
|
G
|
Total Monounsaturated Fatty Acids
|
0.0
|
G
|
Total Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
|
0.0
|
G
|
Cholesterol
|
0
|
MG
|
Organic Acids
|
Citric Acid |
0.9
|
G
|
Lactic Acid |
0.0
|
G
|
Malic Acid |
0.4
|
G
|
Oxalic Acid |
0.0
|
G
|
Quinic Acid |
0.0
|
G
|
|