The government has decided to fully fund the cost of import of best quality planting material in horticultural crops to all state governments and public sector undertakings under National Horticultural Mission and sub schemes like Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH).
Meanwhile this decision was taken under the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) which is a centrally sponsored scheme for the holistic growth of the horticulture sector covering fruits, vegetables, root & tuber crops, mushrooms, spices, flowers, aromatic plants, coconut, cashew, cocoa and bamboo.
Under this mission, Government of India (GOI) will contribute 85% of the total outlay for developmental programmes in all states except North East and Himalayas where the contribution will be 100%.
According to officials, technology will play an important role in different interventions such as Information Communication Technology (ICT), Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System will be widely used for planning and monitoring purposes including identification of sites for creating infrastructure facilities for post harvest management, markets and production forecasts.
Under production and distribution of planting materials, this mission will help in setting up nurseries, tissue culture units, vegetable seed production, import of planting material, establishment of new gardens, seed infrastructure, mushroom production, rejuvenation of less productive orchards and plantations, Creation of Water Sources, Protected Cultivation like green house, net house and plastic tunnels.
Several new initiatives have been adopted under this mission like bee keeping, Precision Farming Development Centres (PFDC), horticulture mechanisation, post harvest management and cold storage infrastructure. Precision Farming Development Centres (PFDC) which will be involved in developing regionally differentiated technologies for development of localized horticulture crops. The scheme will also promote organic farming, only for those crops which command premium by way of adoption of organic farming techniques.
Horticulture mechanization is aimed to improve farm efficiency and reduce drudgery of farm work force. Assistance for horticulture mechanization will be available to grower associations, farmer groups, Self Help Groups, women farmer groups having at least 10 members, who are engaged in cultivation of horticultural crops, provided balance 60% of the cost of machines and tools is borne by such groups.
Under post-harvest management, including that for Medicinal plants,activities like handling, grading, pre-conditioning, packaging, transient storage, transportation, distribution, curing and ripening and where possible long term storage can be taken up.These projects will be entrepreneur driven and provided credit linked back-ended subsidy.
Meanwhile this decision was taken under the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) which is a centrally sponsored scheme for the holistic growth of the horticulture sector covering fruits, vegetables, root & tuber crops, mushrooms, spices, flowers, aromatic plants, coconut, cashew, cocoa and bamboo.
Under this mission, Government of India (GOI) will contribute 85% of the total outlay for developmental programmes in all states except North East and Himalayas where the contribution will be 100%.
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MIDH is central scheme to run through 12th Plan period ( 2012-2017) subsuming all other existing schemes in horticulture development like Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayan States ( HMNEH), National Horticulture Board ( NHB), National Bamboo Mission, Central Institute for Horticulture and Coconut Development Board (CDH).
According to officials, technology will play an important role in different interventions such as Information Communication Technology (ICT), Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System will be widely used for planning and monitoring purposes including identification of sites for creating infrastructure facilities for post harvest management, markets and production forecasts.
Under production and distribution of planting materials, this mission will help in setting up nurseries, tissue culture units, vegetable seed production, import of planting material, establishment of new gardens, seed infrastructure, mushroom production, rejuvenation of less productive orchards and plantations, Creation of Water Sources, Protected Cultivation like green house, net house and plastic tunnels.
Several new initiatives have been adopted under this mission like bee keeping, Precision Farming Development Centres (PFDC), horticulture mechanisation, post harvest management and cold storage infrastructure. Precision Farming Development Centres (PFDC) which will be involved in developing regionally differentiated technologies for development of localized horticulture crops. The scheme will also promote organic farming, only for those crops which command premium by way of adoption of organic farming techniques.
Horticulture mechanization is aimed to improve farm efficiency and reduce drudgery of farm work force. Assistance for horticulture mechanization will be available to grower associations, farmer groups, Self Help Groups, women farmer groups having at least 10 members, who are engaged in cultivation of horticultural crops, provided balance 60% of the cost of machines and tools is borne by such groups.
Under post-harvest management, including that for Medicinal plants,activities like handling, grading, pre-conditioning, packaging, transient storage, transportation, distribution, curing and ripening and where possible long term storage can be taken up.These projects will be entrepreneur driven and provided credit linked back-ended subsidy.