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Problems and prospects of commercial floriculture in north Haryana

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Title Problems and prospects of commercial floriculture in north Haryana
 
Creator Sandeep Kumar
 
Contributor Sheoran, D.K.
 
Subject Manpower, Biological phenomena, Research methods, Economic systems, Demand, Fruits, Adaptation, Environment, Accounts, Sampling
 
Description The study entitled ‘Problems and Prospects of Commercial Floriculture in North Haryana’,
was undertaken with specified objectives:-to explore the knowledge level of floriculturists; to identify
the training needs of floriculturists; to find out the constraints( problems) encountered by the
floriculturists and to develop a strategy for flower cultivation for sustainable development. The present
study was conducted in Ambala and Karnal districts from north zone of Haryana state with randomly
taken sample of 60 farmers, from each district The study revealed that majority of respondents
belonged to young to middle age group, had medium level of education, socio-economic status, change
proneness, extension contact and scienticism but high level of mass media exposure and risk
orientation. Overall knowledge level of floriculture was medium. Knowledge about concept,
importance, harvesting, packing and marketing in floriculture, majority of the respondents had medium
level of knowledge. In case of flower varieties, agronomic practices and fertilizer application majority
of the respondents had low level of knowledge. It was noted that variable viz. age, education, socio
economics status and extension contacts were highly significant and positively associated with
knowledge level of floriculturists. The land holding, mass media exposure, irrigation facilities, change
proneness, scienticism were found positively and significant related. Further the study highlighted that
age, education and scienticism were found significantly and positively associated with the knowledge
level of flower cultivation. Whereas remaining background characteristics were found significantly.
Procurement of planting materials and purchase of fertilizer, pesticides and micronutrients by farmers
were mostly obtained from the private sector followed by co-operative sector. In flower crops
cultivation, marigold is the dominate crop in north Haryana followed by gladiolus and rose. The flower
growers mostly had to hire vehicle to sale of flowers. The most felt training needs as perceived by
farmers were plant disease management, followed by post harvest handling of flowers, use of biproduct
and application of herbicides. The major constraint in flower cultivation as perceived by farmers were
non-availability of inputs at proper time at village level, non-availability of quality seeds, no support
price for flowers, problems of middle men in marketing, use of seed without treatment, lack of
guidance about insect’s pests and diseases. As far as the prospects of flower cultivation, flower fetches
good market price was ranked 1st, more demand outside the India was ranked 2nd, better for additional
income, high price of flowers, gives assured income, quick production, demand is increasing day by
day, low production cost and easy to produce, were reported as major prospects of floriculture. Reports
and studies reliably indicate that export potential of flowers and consumption, within India, will
increase as trend indicates, as not only the aesthetics uses but medicinal value of flowers had also been
realised, so the prospects of flowers are bright.
 
Date 2016-10-26T15:21:20Z
2016-10-26T15:21:20Z
2012
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/82233
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher CCSHAU