Chandigarh: In Haryana, State-level Crop Cluster Development programme will be inaugurated on February 21 at Village Uchhamajra in district Gurugram.
Haryana Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare Minister OP Dhankar will launch the scheme in 140 clusters of 340 villages.
In Gururgram district, eight clusters have been formed of 32 horticulture villages. Horticulture is an important initiative for the strengthening of clusters. There is provision to spend Rs 510.36 crore in three years under the Crop Cluster Development Programme and it’s an ambitious scheme for horticulture farmers. Under the scheme, there is a provision of consolidated pack house under which crop arrival facility, grading, packing machinery and cold house are included. Similarly, primary processing units, sales centres and sales vehicles or refer vans, crop residue management and solar energy facilities are also the main components of this scheme.