BATHINDA: Aiming progress within the horticulture sector a challenge ‘Punjab Horticulture Development and Sustainable Entrepreneurship’ (PHASE) is being launched in Punjab. The overarching goal of challenge PHASE is to deal with present gaps and challenges throughout horticulture worth chains and produce potential horticulture commodities on the worldwide horticulture map. Initially 8 horticulture crops Chilli, Kinnow, Peas, Potato, Litchi, Guava, Flower and Silk have been recognized for particular crop worth chain growth actions by challenge PHASE. The challenge will likely be launched on the district degree occasion at Ferozepur on March 17.
The function of division of Horticulture is to offer help in leveraging central and state authorities schemes and program for the cluster. The function of personal gamers is to help the cluster in bettering the standard of output and entry excessive worth markets. Speaker Punjab Vidhan Sabha Kultar Singh Sandhwan, Horticulture Minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra and Mohinder Singh Sidhu, Chairman PUNSEED, will launch the challenge with preliminary allocation of Rs 40 crore for horticulture crop-specific built-in growth of worth chains.
Main challenges related to horticulture crops embrace lack of value assurance, excessive preliminary funding, excessive perishability of the crop, low costs throughout peak season, absence of worth chain and lack of entry to home and international markets.
Presently space below Horticultural in Punjab is sort of 4.60 lakh hectares out of which over 96k hectares is below fruits, 3.21 lakh hectares below greens, 2,195 hectares below flowers and 39,710 hectare below spices and fragrant crops. With solely 5.37% share of gross cropped space, Horticulture contributes practically 14.83% worth to Punjab’s agriculture GDP.
The function of division of Horticulture is to offer help in leveraging central and state authorities schemes and program for the cluster. The function of personal gamers is to help the cluster in bettering the standard of output and entry excessive worth markets. Speaker Punjab Vidhan Sabha Kultar Singh Sandhwan, Horticulture Minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra and Mohinder Singh Sidhu, Chairman PUNSEED, will launch the challenge with preliminary allocation of Rs 40 crore for horticulture crop-specific built-in growth of worth chains.
Main challenges related to horticulture crops embrace lack of value assurance, excessive preliminary funding, excessive perishability of the crop, low costs throughout peak season, absence of worth chain and lack of entry to home and international markets.
Presently space below Horticultural in Punjab is sort of 4.60 lakh hectares out of which over 96k hectares is below fruits, 3.21 lakh hectares below greens, 2,195 hectares below flowers and 39,710 hectare below spices and fragrant crops. With solely 5.37% share of gross cropped space, Horticulture contributes practically 14.83% worth to Punjab’s agriculture GDP.