Importance of Horticulture
- Horticulture has emerged as the main growth engine of Indian agriculture, with a contribution of one third to agricultural gdp.
- It offers income diversification and crop diversification to farmers
- Horticulture waste can be utilised as the manure for cropping
- It provide employment during the non-cropping season
- Food processing industry is benefited
- National Horticulture Mission (NHM)
- Horticulture Mission for North East & Himalayan States (HMNEH)
- National Horticulture Board (NHB)
- Coconut Development Board (CDB)
- Central Institute for Horticulture (CIH),
- Promote holistic growth of horticulture sector, including coconut through area based
- regionally differentiated strategies.
- Research, technology promotion, extension, post harvest management, processing and marketing in consonance with comparative advantage of each State.
- Encourage aggregation of farmers into farmers groups like FPOs.
- Create employment opportunities for rural youth in horticulture.
- Improve productivity by way of quality planting material, and water use efficiency through Micro Irrigation.