India: National Horticulture Board launches cluster plan to double farmers’ income

Published Jun 1, 2021

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The Indian Ministry of Agriculture has launched the Horticulture Cluster Development Programme (CDP), selecting 12 out of 53 clusters for a pilot phase to boost horticultural exports and increase farmers' income. The programme will be implemented through Cluster Development Agencies and is expected to benefit approximately 10 lakh farmers and stakeholders, with a goal of increasing exports of targeted crops by approximately 20% and creating cluster-specific brands to improve competitiveness.

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Centre on Monday launched the Horticulture Cluster Development Programme (CDP) with the intention to promote the export of horticultural produces, recognizing 12 out of a complete set of 53 clusters for implementation in a pilot phase. In an attempt to raise farmers’ income through horticulture, the Horticulture Board launched the pilot- phase of the Cluster Development Programme (CDP) covering 11 States and UTs, including Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. The 12 clusters include Shopian (J&K) and Kinnaur (HP) for apple, Lucknow (UP), Kutch (Gujarat) and Mahbubnagar (Telangana) for mango, Anantpur (AP), and Theni (TN) for banana, Nasik (Maharashtra) for grapes, Siphahijala (Tripura) for pineapple, Solapur (Maharashtra) and Chitradurga (Karnataka) for pomegranate and West Jaintia Hills (Meghalaya) for turmeric. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday virtually launched the Horticulture Cluster Development Programme (CDP) in the presence of ministers of state ...

Source: Krishi Jagran