What is Horticulture?

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Asked: October 17, 20212021-10-17T18:41:03+05:30 2021-10-17T18:41:03+05:30In: Economics

Horticulture and Kisan Melas to bring more area under fruit cultivation.

[Deleted User] · Answer 1 · 2021-10-17T18:48:29+05:30

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‘Kisan Melas’ has being organized by Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), Ludhiana.

Horticulture, the branch of plant agriculture dealing with garden crops, generally fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants.
As a general term, it covers all forms of garden management, but in ordinary use, it refers to intensive commercial production.
In terms of scale, horticulture falls between domestic gardening and field agriculture, though all forms of cultivation naturally have close links.
The horticulture sector has become one of the major drivers of growth as it is more remunerative than the agricultural sector.

MIDH 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, and cocoa.
In MIDH, there are 5 (five) schemes on Horticulture viz. (i) National Horticulture Mission (NHM), (ii) Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayan States (HMNEH), (iii) National Horticulture Board (NHB), (iv) Coconut Development Board (CDB), (v) Central Institute of Horticulture (CIH), Nagaland.

Supply of quality planting material through the establishment of nurseries and tissue culture units,
Production and productivity improvement programmes through area expansion and rejuvenation,
Technology promotion, technology dissemination, human resource development,
Creation of infrastructure for post-harvest management and marketing in consonance with the comparative advantages of each State/region and their diverse agro-climatic conditions.

The National Horticulture Board (NHB) was established in the year 1984 by the Government of India as an autonomous organization and registered as a society
The broad aims and objectives of the Board are the creation of production hubs for commercial horticulture development, post-harvest infrastructure and cold chain facilities, promotion of new crops, and promotion of growers’ associations.