CSIR Floriculture Mission

  • On 4th march, 2021, the government approved the CSIR Floriculture Mission for implementation in 21 States and Union Territories of India.

Need

  • Farmers have little knowledge about floriculture which can give 5 times more return than the traditional crops.
  • Floriculture has the potential to provide employment to a large number of people through nursery raising, floriculture farming, entrepreneurship development for nursery trade, value addition and export.
  • Despite the fact that India has diverse agro-climatic and edaphic conditions, and rich plant diversity, it shares only 0.6 % of global floriculture market.

Objective

  • It aims to focus on commercial floral crops, ....
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