Description : | CSIR Floriculture Mission is a nation-wide mission being implemented in 22 states with an aim to enhance the income of farmers and develop entrepreneurship through high value floriculture utilizing CSIR technologies. This ambitious mission is a step towards accelerating Indian floriculture market in global scenario through implementation of improved cultivation technologies, development of new floral varieties and value added products, capacity building including human resource development. A comprehensive research has been taken up in the mission to develop new floral varieties by using conventional and biotechnological tools. Several new varieties of floricultural crops mainly chrysanthemum, marigold, gladiolus, canna, lotus, tuberose are under development and some of the promising varieties are under field trials.
Efforts were also made to domesticate wild ornamentals of the country which can play an important role in floriculture trade in future. Harnessing ornamental values of these wild native plants, and their domestication and popularization would lead to enrich global floricultural crop diversity. Some of the wild ornamentals namely Hoya, Reinwardtia, Begonia, Iris etc have been successfully introduced and domesticated in participating institutes.
Under this mission, 1229.14 hectares of land have been brought under cultivation of different floriculture crops through floriculture centric-farmer clusters. Integration of apiculture and floriculture activities has been successfully implemented in 12 states covering an area of approximately 4880 ha. So far, a total of 5917 farmers across 21 states and UT have benefitted. More than 400 training programs have been conducted for capacity building and skill development of farmers under different verticals. For popularization of floriculture among students, 306 school gardens have been developed in different parts of the country. In the second phase, an area of 2,314.7 ha will be brought under the cultivation of floriculture crops and an area of 7,320 ha through integration of floriculture and apiculture. More than 8500 farmers will be benefitted.
Floral based value added technologies as well as products have also been developed to support Atma Nirbhar Bharat and to achieve Waste to Wealth by using floral waste for development of products such as herbal gulal, herbal sindur, dehydrated floral crafts, agarbatti and dhoop. Development of technology for stability of natural colours from Rhododendron arboreum, rose, marigold, Hibiscus for further utilization in textile industries, hand sanitizers, and lotions from flowers. Extraction of essential oils from tuberose has also been successful and will take huge role in cosmetic industries. Post harvest technology named “Freshness Keeper Paper” has been developed for enhancement of shelf life in cut flowers. Fragrance mapping of few floral species were carried out in Phase I. This activity will be conitnued in Phase II to map fragrance of flowers of the country. GIS and Remote Sesnsing tools will be utilised along with field surveys to locate the fragrant flowers.
In order to strengthen the market linkage, MoUs have been signed with different agencies and entrepreneurs. Partnerships between flower mandis and nurseries in the vicinity of farmer clusters have been established to maximise benefit sharing among different stake holders. Some of the activities of this mission are being carried out in association with various organisations i.e. APEDA, KVIC, TRIFED, FFDC, state horticulture departments, MSMEs, ICAR to achieve effective goals in all the verticals. Regular meetings with different stakeholders in floriculture industry like KF Bioplants, Florance Flora were organized from time to time for their feedbacks and suggestions
CSIR Floriculture Mission is going to be a stepping stone in achieving a successful international market and India leading the floriculture business and industries. Farmer’s income is expected to increase manifold. New and improved varieties with desirable trades having high commercial interest developed in the mission will contribute in the globally competitive market. Novel technologies developed under this mission will enhance the economy of the floriculture, cosmetic, textiles, perfumery industries. Advanced training and skill development programmes given to the farmers will empower them to undertake good cultivation practices and production of large quantities of high quality floricultural crops.
CSIR Floriculture Mission is a nation-wide mission being implemented in 22 states with an aim to enhance the income of farmers and develop entrepreneurship through high value floriculture utilizing CSIR technologies. This ambitious mission is a step towards accelerating Indian floriculture market in global scenario through implementation of improved cultivation technologies, development of new floral varieties and value added products, capacity building including human resource development. A comprehensive research has been taken up in the mission to develop new floral varieties by using conventional and biotechnological tools. Several new varieties of floricultural crops mainly chrysanthemum, marigold, gladiolus, canna, lotus, tuberose are under development and some of the promising varieties are under field trials.
Efforts were also made to domesticate wild ornamentals of the country which can play an important role in floriculture trade in future. Harnessing ornamental values of these wild native plants, and their domestication and popularization would lead to enrich global floricultural crop diversity. Some of the wild ornamentals namely Hoya, Reinwardtia, Begonia, Iris etc have been successfully introduced and domesticated in participating institutes.
Under this mission, 1229.14 hectares of land have been brought under cultivation of different floriculture crops through floriculture centric-farmer clusters. Integration of apiculture and floriculture activities has been successfully implemented in 12 states covering an area of approximately 4880 ha. So far, a total of 5917 farmers across 21 states and UT have benefitted. More than 400 training programs have been conducted for capacity building and skill development of farmers under different verticals. For popularization of floriculture among students, 306 school gardens have been developed in different parts of the country. In the second phase, an area of 2,314.7 ha will be brought under the cultivation of floriculture crops and an area of 7,320 ha through integration of floriculture and apiculture. More than 8500 farmers will be benefitted.
Floral based value added technologies as well as products have also been developed to support Atma Nirbhar Bharat and to achieve Waste to Wealth by using floral waste for development of products such as herbal gulal, herbal sindur, dehydrated floral crafts, agarbatti and dhoop. Development of technology for stability of natural colours from Rhododendron arboreum, rose, marigold, Hibiscus for further utilization in textile industries, hand sanitizers, and lotions from flowers. Extraction of essential oils from tuberose has also been successful and will take huge role in cosmetic industries. Post harvest technology named “Freshness Keeper Paper” has been developed for enhancement of shelf life in cut flowers. Fragrance mapping of few floral species were carried out in Phase I. This activity will be conitnued in Phase II to map fragrance of flowers of the country. GIS and Remote Sesnsing tools will be utilised along with field surveys to locate the fragrant flowers.
In order to strengthen the market linkage, MoUs have been signed with different agencies and entrepreneurs. Partnerships between flower mandis and nurseries in the vicinity of farmer clusters have been established to maximise benefit sharing among different stake holders. Some of the activities of this mission are being carried out in association with various organisations i.e. APEDA, KVIC, TRIFED, FFDC, state horticulture departments, MSMEs, ICAR to achieve effective goals in all the verticals. Regular meetings with different stakeholders in floriculture industry like KF Bioplants, Florance Flora were organized from time to time for their feedbacks and suggestions
CSIR Floriculture Mission is going to be a stepping stone in achieving a successful international market and India leading the floriculture business and industries. Farmer’s income is expected to increase manifold. New and improved varieties with desirable trades having high commercial interest developed in the mission will contribute in the globally competitive market. Novel technologies developed under this mission will enhance the economy of the floriculture, cosmetic, textiles, perfumery industries. Advanced training and skill development programmes given to the farmers will empower them to undertake good cultivation practices and production of large quantities of high quality floricultural crops. |