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Mission For Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) : Launch & Features
Mission For Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) :Launch and Objectives
It was launched under the 10th five-year plan in the year 2005-2006.
This is an important scheme for growth and development of the horticulture sector in India.
This centrally sponsored scheme covers vegetables,roots,aromatic plants,flowers,fruits,coconut,cashew and cocoa.
It also provides technical support and advice to state horticultural missions,Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana(RKVY),Saffron Mission amd the
National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture(NMSA).
The scheme is covered under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers'Welfare,GOI.
The strategies to improve the horticulture segment employed by the scheme include technology promotion,research,processing,
post-harvest management and extension.
Objectives of Mission For Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)
The major goal of the scheme is to promote the horticulture sector in India.
*The MIDH scheme envisages the aggregation of farmers into farmer's groups like FIGs/FPOs and FPCs to:
*To achieve economies of scale.
*To enhance farmer's income.
*To boost nutritional security.
*To support skill development.
*Generating employment for rural youth,post-harvest management and also in the cold chain sector.
*Improving technology through existing institutions such as Krishi Vigyan Kendras,state agriculture universities,and
Institutions with the Department of Horticulture in the states.
*Improving productivity by germ-plasm and water use efficiency through micro-irrigation.
