introduction state government and central government have different schemes to help farmers for...
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Introduction
State government and Central Government have different schemes
to help farmers for promoting horticulture nurseries.
1. Creation and development of infrastructure facilities in nursery
for the quality production and supply of plants.
2. Creation and development of infrastructure facilities for
promoting exportable production of plants in Nurseries.
State Government Schemes
Horticulture development support schemes of State Government are
implemented through State Department of Agriculture.
• Horticulture Plantation Scheme: In this scheme is in operation
from 1990, in which farmers are assisted by providing authentic
planting material and improved varieties of fruit crops at affordable
cost, produced on government and state farm nurseries.
• Establishment of Private Nursery : Government extend financial
supports for private owners, entrepreneurs and registered cooperative
societies up to Rs.20,000 with target of 8000 grafted plants.
• Area Extension Scheme: under this scheme, clonal planting
material is supplied for extension of plantation for crops like
cashew, Mango etc.
• Integrated Spices Development scheme: Under this scheme
financial support is provided for cultivation of spices like black
pepper, clove, ginger and turmeric crops.
• Mini Kit Vegetable scheme: Under this scheme, inputs like
seed and fertilizers for cultivation of improved and hybrid
vegetable vegetables are provided to farmers.
State Department Scheme
State government provides financial and technical assistance to
horticultural nurseries for using new and sustainable technologies
like:
•Mulching of mother plants to improve quantity and quality of planting
materials.
•Multiplication and sale of planting materials for plantation of
medicinal and aromatic plants.
•Assistance for rejuvenation of old, poorly managed and low yielding
orchards .
•Installation of micro-irrigation system, poly houses and shade net
houses in horticulture nurseries.
Assistance from State Department
Support under National Horticulture Mission
• Government of India established National Horticulture Mission
to promote production and distribution of good quality seeds
and planting material in horticulture development.
• Most of the States have a network of central or state assisted
nurseries for producing planting material for new lands
coming under horticulture in public and private sector
nurseries
Infrastructure Development Assistance
Under National Horticulture Mission financial and technical
assistance is provided for basic infrastructure in horticulture
nurseries.
•Fencing, pump house, storage tank and soil sterilization system.
•Poly house and shade net houses to protect Mother plants and
nursery plants in adverse weather and establishing insect proof
netting, fogging and sprinkler systems.
•Hardening nurseries in insect proof net house with light screening
properties and sprinkler irrigation system.