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Saturday 31 December 2011

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Thursday 29 December 2011

Floriculture In India - A Booming Industry

floriculture has become one of the important commercial activities in Indian agriculture. Indian floriculture industry comprises the florist trade, nursery plants, bulb and seed production, apart from production of micropropagation material, and extraction of essential oils from flowers. The industry has been growing at a CAGR of 25 percent over the past decade, with production area growing at a CAGR of 6.89 percent since 2000-01.

A number of Export Oriented Units (EOUs) have been set up in the country; most of them are largely dependent on foreign collaborations for technological support. In the recent years, a number of large Corporate Houses such as ESSAR group, TATA group, Birla, Nagarjuna and Pariwala have also invested in the flower sector. Protected cultivation is not a common practice in India, the greenhouse designs and structures for the modern floriculture units are mostly imported from countries like Holland, Israel, France, and the USA. In India, there are three types of greenhouse production technologies, viz., low-tech units, mid-tech units and hi-tech units, with the investment costs varying significantly among the three groups. Marketing of cut flowers in India is much unorganised at present. Packaging and transportation of flowers is also very unscientific. In the metros, however, in the recent years, some modern florist show rooms have come up, where flowers are kept in controlled temperature conditions, with considerable attention to value added services. To facilitate flower trade, two auction centres have also been established one at Bangalore and the other at Mumbai.

Commercial floriculture in India is going through a paradigm shift, where traditional flower cultivation is giving way to modern hi-tech flower cultivation, which is evident from India's rising production and exports. Exports of floricultural products have been growing at a CAGR of 15 percent over the past decade. However, the growth of the industry has been significantly affected by the recent global recession largely due to decline in demand in all major markets. India's exports of floricultural products in the year 2007-08 decreased by 41 percent to US$ 84.5 million (Rs. 340 crores), from US$ 144 million (Rs. 653 crores) in 2006-07, which further decreased by 5.18 percent in the year 2008-09 to US$ 80.19 million. However, in 2008-09, in rupee terms, export of floriculture from India increased marginally. In the recent years, dried flowers and foliage have been forming a large part of floricultural product exports from India. During 2008-09, dried flowers constituted over 60 percent of cut flowers exports, and dried foliage constituted over 95 per cent of total foliage exports from India. Fresh cut flowers are mainly exported from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Maharashtra. Dried flowers are exported mainly from Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, with the later accounting for around 70 per cent of the dried flower exports from the country. Europe continues to be the largest destination for Indian floriculture exports. However, in the recent years Indian exports of floriculture products have also been to the Japanese and Australian markets.

Please follow provided links below for detail.

http://nhb.gov.in/bulletin-flowers.html

http://floriculturetoday.in/indian-floriculture-the-way-forward.html

Monday 26 December 2011

TISSUE CULTURE BANANA CULTIVATION

Banana is important staple food that are critical to the nutritious and economic well being of million people throughout the developing world. They are grown in some 120 countries. Banana is the fourth most important

global food commodity after rice, wheat and milk.

Tissue Culture is the modern plant Bio-Technology that is applied in advanced countries in advanced countries for mass production & superior planting material. Tissue Culture Laboratories are required to maintain high standards and innovative technologies which has been made possible

Please follow provided link below for detail.
http://www.agbiotek.com/products/banana.html

Saturday 24 December 2011

Export-Import Update

Thw world d is steadily moving towards the realm of organic products. Devoid of any chemicals, organic products give us a brilliant alternative to make the world green and clean. India, a primarily agrarian country, has adopted the nuances of organic farming to cater to the needs of the evolving market. Both consumers and farmers are now gradually shifting back to organic farming. India is steadily moving up the ladder for world economic leadership. This climb towards the pinnacle is well supported by the organic sector of India.The advantages of organic farming have also convinced the governments of many federal states, which have invested in the promotion and development of organic agriculture for over the last decade. Demonstration proprammes are organised for the farmers by the extension services. This initiative has been taken by the Government through service providers under the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) Agricultural However research, technology validation and standardisation remain in progress. Some states in India, such as Uttarakhand and Sikkim, are aiming to to transform their mode of agriculture organic by 2015. This transformation is already active government programmes covering training, an investment-friendly policy and the provision of marketing instruments.To accelerate the developmental activities, APEDA took the initiative to introduce a diploma course in organic farming at the college level. This course is imparted since Please follow provided link below for detail.2008 through Distance learning by IGNOU. This initiative of APEDA is creating significant entrepreneurs and job opportunities in this sector specially in maintaining ICS,certification and capacity building.The rationale behind the credible systematic development and performance of the organic sector in India during the last five years is the combined effort of Government interventions, Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and Ministry of Commerce (MoC), NGOs, farmers and market forces, which has made the Indian organic movement reach a stage where it can swiftly move to occupy a prominent lace in Indian agriculture.

Read more at http://www.apeda.gov.in/apedawebsite/miscellaneous/APEX_Apr_June_11_ENG_ONLINE.pdf

Thursday 22 December 2011

Precision Farming Yielded High Profits.

Rajamani, a young farmer of Pullagoundan pudur village, Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu practiced conventional farming in growing vegetable crops like onion, chilli and turmeric in the red sandy loam soil. But the gained benefits were not as good as expected. He participated in a training on precision farming organized by Directorate of Extension Education , Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) and approached Horticulture Department for further advise. Department suggested him to follow the precision farming as a group to get high profit. He planned to cultivate onion, tomato, brinjal, cauliflower, chilies and turmeric. Then, he prepared his land under the supervision of scientists of Horticulture Department, TNAU.

Farm to Fork- Agribusiness Update

To provide up-to-date information, facts and views on the issues prevailing in the Indian Agribusiness, Farm Sector and Food Processing Industry.

Please follow provided link below for detail.

http://www.cii.in/webcms/upload/Newsletter%20June%202011.pdf

Wednesday 21 December 2011

Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme

The proposed scheme has following main features :-
(i) actuarial premiums will be paid for insuring crops and hence claims
liability will be on insurer;
(ii) unit area of insurance for major crops is village/village panchayat;
(iii) indemnity amount will become payable, for prevented sowing/planting
risks and for post harvest losses, due to cyclones;
(iv) on account payment up to 25% of likely claim under MNAIS will be
released as advance, for providing immediate relief to farmers;
(v) uniform seasonality norms will be applicable for both loanee and nonloanee farmers;
(vi) more proficient basis for calculation of threshold yield (average yield of
last seven years excluding upto two years of declared natural calamity)
will be applicable; and
(vii) minimum indemnity level in case of MNAIS of 70% will be, instead of
60% as in NAIS.

Please follow the link for detail.

http://www.aicofindia.com/AICEng/General_Documents/Product_Profiles/mNAIS.pdf