SHM Annual Action Plan 06-07
 
OBJECTIVES
 
 
 

National Horticulture Mission is implemented in Andhra Pradesh to assist / help bridge the gap in investment and technology for the sectors growth with the following objectives:

  • To provide holistic growth in horticulture through research, technology promotion, extension, processing and marketing.
  • To enhance the horticulture production to the level of 300 million tones by 2011-12 and optimize agro climatic diversity during the XI plan.
  • To establish convergence and synergy among various on-going and planned programmes in the field of horticulture development
  • To promote the development and dissemination of technologies by blending traditional wisdom and frontier knowledge.
  • On project based approach it plans to go in for Hi- tech Horticulture and precision farming.
  • Converting waste lands for producing fruits and vegetables.
  • Plans to plug wastage of horticulture produce including fruits, vegetables, flowers, spices, coconut, cashew and medicinal plants.
  • To create facilities to process the horticulture production.