The action plan of the Horticulture Department for the year 2022-23 will be prepared on the suggestions of horticulture farmers. Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Horticulture and Food Processing Bharat Singh Kushwaha said in the departmental review meeting held in Mantralayatoday.
Additional Chief Secretary Horticulture and Food Processing JN Kansotia, Horticulture Commissioner E Ramesh Kumar and MD MP Agro Rajiv Kumar Jain were present.
Minister of State Kushwaha said that he himself would take suggestions from the horticulture farmers by holding a division-wise meeting. In the divisional meetings, 20 to 40 farmers will be invited from each district. After discussing with the farmers, suggestions will be taken on priority programmes in the Horticulture Department. On the basis of the suggestions received, the departmental action plan for the coming year will be prepared.
Kushwaha said that gardener training centres would be set up at the district level. One nursery in each district will be identified as Gardener Training Centre. He said that as per the demand, interested youths and persons would be given training in gardening work, which would be for a period of three months.
Kushwaha said that information about encroachment in nursery area of some districts has come to his notice.
He asked the officers to keep the nurseries of the department encroachment free. Ensure that the nursery area which is encroached upon should be removed within a week. Minister of State Shri Kushwaha asked to take concrete initiatives in the direction of promoting the export of other horticultural products like orange, onion, garlic etc. Other schemes of the department were also reviewed in the meeting.