Horticulture to promote indigenous varieties
The Hindu
Farmers being encouraged to take up cultivation of various fruit crops
Plans are afoot to promote cultivation of exotic and indigenous fruit crops in little over 14 hectares in the district under the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) in the current fiscal 2021-22. The horticulture department has readied an action plan to encourage farmers to take up cultivation of various other fruit crops including banana, papaya, mango, citrus, acid lime, guava, pomegranate and custard apple in 111.60 hectares under the Centrally sponsored scheme in the present financial year. The action plan envisages cultivation of the exotic fruit crop — dragon fruit in six hectares, and the indigenous species — aonla in three hectares, jamun in 2.60 hectares and jackfruit in 2.50 hectares, sources in the horticulture department said.More Related News

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