Promoting Horticulture Sector in India : Challenges and Strategies
Contents: Preface. 1. Dynamics of horticulture growth in India--a primer/Narayan Chandra Pradhan and Ramesh Golait. 2. The role of national horticulture mission (NHM) in the development of horticultural sector/S.N. Tripathy. 3. Impact of investment on horticultural research and development/V.A. Thorat, J.S. Dhekale and S.N. Tilekar. 4. Investment in horticultural sector in Konkan region of Maharashtra/V.A. Thorat, J.S. Dhekala and S.N. Tilekar. 5. Present status of horticultural crops in West Bengal/B.K. Bera. 6. Vegetable seed industry in India--a study on current status and future prospects/P. Masilamani, M. Bhaskaran, P.T. Umashankar and R. Senthilkumar. 7. Economic analysis of drip irrigation for vegetable crops in Chhattisgarh/Vijay K. Choudhary, Md. Shahid Ansari and Prafula Katre. 8. Growth of fruits and vegetables processing industry in India: progress, problems and prospects/Brahm Prakash and D.K. Sharma. 9. Problems and prospects of fruit and vegetable processing in India/B.C. Roy. 10. Contract farming of potatoes in Gujarat/Anita Arya and S.R. Asokan. 11. Export performance of Indian spices/U. Arulanandu and T. Alagumani. 12. Performance and prospects of Indian horticultural export/S.S. Kalamkar and Smita Shindgikar. 13. Export competitiveness of mango in India: an empirical analysis/M.S. Deshmuch. 14. Development of cashew: opportunities and challenges/J.M. Talathi and V.G. Naik. 15. An economic evaluation of grape cultivation in Maharashtra/Deepak Shah. 16. Marketing of Guava in Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh/J. Rai and Rahul Kumar Rai. 17. Economic benefits of development of Kokum (Garcinia Indica choicy) orchard/P.J. Kshirsagar, J.M.Talathi and P.C. Mali. 18. Economic analysis of cultivation of aonla in Sandawa Chandrika block of Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh/S.K. Singh and Mohhammed Sayeed. 19. Jackfruit processing: a subsidiary business activity (M.S.)/J.M. Talathi and V.G. Naik. 20. Economics of jackfruit production and marketing/V.G. Naik and J.M. Talathi.
"The present volume deals with the challenges and strategies related to promoting of horticulture sector in India. In order to promoted this sector the ministry of food processing has been set up at central and state government levels. The national horticulture mission is working since 2005-06 for the holistic development of the horticulture sector in India. There is no death of effort on the part of the government to promote this sector. The sign of progress is already visible in the sector in terms of improvement in production, productivity, processing and exports of the products of this sector. However, still more efforts and initiatives are needed to give a fillip to this sector so that it can take its rightful place in providing income security to the farmers and sufficient nutrition supplement to the consumers. The papers included in this volume have dealt with the nitty-gritty of the challenges of and strategies for promoting the horticulture sector in India on various aspects, such as cultivation, production, productivity, processing and export of horticultural crops. The measures suggested by the scholars on various issues might go a long way in furthering the progress of this sector." (jacket)
