HORTICULTURE:
Horticulture crops play a vital role to ensure nutritional security and are
evidently a growth engine for economic prosperity of the country, and are
emerging as a viable option of diversification in the Agricultural sector.
Madhya Pradesh has potential to become a horticultural state in days to come
through commercial exploitation of horticultural wealth. The faculty of
horticulture is an industry which involves cultivation, processing, value
addition and marketing of various fruits and vegetables.
Introduction and development of new varieties and innovative production
technologies are of prime importance to maximize the production and
productivity, with zero residual toxicity and the potential available is
enormous for horticulture development.
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Emphasis on improved varieties of vegetable and
fruits.
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Nursery Management.
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Package and practices of medicinal plants.
Ø Nursery management of Fruits & Vegetable crops.
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Floriculture Development.
Ø Commercially viable fruits plants.
Training Programme under Horticulture:
1) Farmers & Farm Women trainings:
Nursery raising |
Training and Pruning |
Layout and Management of Orchards |
Rejuvenation of old orchards |
Production and Management technology of Spices |
Protective cultivation (Green Houses, Shade Net etc.) |
Cultivation of Fruit |
Export potential of ornamental plants |
Production and Management technology of Ornamental Plants |
2) Rural Youth trainings:
Planting material production |
Commercial fruit production |
3) Extension Personnel:
Rejuvenation of old orchards |