Question

importance of of hoticulture​

Answer 1

scope and details

1. Increasing Investigation Facilities:

The agricultural sectors getting priority in the new five year plan outlay. There is definitely positive factor in keeping hope for bringing area under irrigation, Many irrigation projects, major and minor are in progress and many would be undertaken in near future. Number of percolation tanks is being constructed and new schemes.

2. Area Under Rain Fed:

Horticultural crops are not required the perennial irrigation.

3. Transport and Marketing Facilities:

It is obvious that horticultural produce is perishable and mostly consumed as fresh and need quick disposal after harvest.

4. Cold Storage Facilities and Preservation:

During peak period of a particular crop there is glut in market and prices realized are very low. This can be overcome by storing the fruits in cold storage. Many preserved products have export potential e.g. Jam, Jelly, Juices syrups etc.

5. New Techniques for Maximization of Production:

This helps in increasing the yield. 
i) Use of Growth regulator and gurdling increasing yield by 50% in grapes.

ii) Use of growth regulators.

6. Availability of Cheap Labour:

 In India because of large population man power is easily available and as compared to other countries the labour is cheap which definitely help in keeping down the production cost.
 
7. Loan Facilities:

Many Commercial Banks and Government provide loans at low interest for the promotion of Horticultural Industry.
 
8. Sloppy, undulated land can be brought under cultivation by growing rain fed horticultural crops.

9. The average production of the Horticultural crops is more than the agronomic crops and therefore, the net returns are also more.



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Answer 2

• Plants also have an important role in the beautification of urban and rural landscapes and recreation areas.
• Horticulture is socially important because it improves how we use plants, for food and other human purposes, as well as repairing the environment and personal aesthetics.