COMMERCIAL HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT Scheme

National horticulture board is an autonomous society established by government of India with headquarters in Haryana, Gurgaon in 1984.

Commercial horticulture development scheme is the sub-scheme of Mission for integrated development of horticulture (MIDH).

AIM AND OBJECTIVES :

  • Development of commercial hi-tech horticulture hubs.
  • Development of infrastructure for various cluster projects
  • Establishment of commercial production units with credit assistance in
  1. Open field conditions on project mode
  2. Protected conditions on project mode
  3. Projects on integrated post-harvest management and primary processing of products

ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE

  • A natural person
  • Group of individuals
  • A legal person
  • Self help groups
  • Marketing federations
  • Agriculture produce marketing committees

DOUMENTS TO BE ENCLOSED

  • Application form in the prescribed format
  • Certified land records
  • In case of land lease, lease deed need to be submitted
  • Detailed project report (DPR)
  • Acknowledgement from lending bank , if applicable

                    MODE

                COMPONENTS

          PATTERN OF ASSISTANCE

                                          CROPS

OPEN FIELD CONDITIONS

Planting material

Credit linked back-ended subsidy

Almond, Aonla, Apple, Apricot

 

Area covered : 5acres or 2ha.

Plantation

40% (30lakhs per project) &

50% (37.5lakh per project) of total project cost

Banana, Ber, Cherry, orange

Lemon, sweet orange,fig

Grapes, guava, kiwi,mango

Papaya, peach, pear, pine apple

 

Activities promoted :

Irrigation

In general areas and North east hilly and scheduled areas respectively

Sapota, plum, strawberry,

Walnut, jack fruit, coconut

Date palm, cardamom,olive

Mushroom and tissue culture units

Fertigation

 

mint, tamarind, celery

Integrated processing units

Mechanization

 

 

 

Precision farming

 

 

 

Processing unit

 

 

PROTECTED COVER

 

 

 

Area covered : 2500 sq meter.

Planting material

Credit linked back-ended subsidy

Anthurium, orchid

 

Activities promoted :

Plantation

50% (56lakhs per project)

Rose,lilium, chrysanthemum

Construction of green houses

Irrigation

 

Carnation and gerbera

Shade net house

Fertigation

 

Hi-value vegetables under poly

House

Plastic mulching and plastic tunnel

Mechanization

 

Hi-value vegetable under shade

net

Anti-bird / hail nets

 

 

 

  

 

 

INTEGRATED POST HARVEST MANAGEMENT

Pack house

Credit linked back-ended subsidy

Land development, vermi

Compost unit

 

Ripening chamber

35% (50.75lakh per project)

50% (72.50 lakhs per project)

Plastic mulching,

 bed preparation

 

Refer van

In general areas and north east hilly and scheduled areas respectively.

 
 

Pre cooling units

 

 

 

Retail outlets

 

 

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