IMPORTANCE OF FLORICULTURE IN INDIA
Floriculture can be defined as specialized branch of horticulture which deals not only
with cultivation of flowers, foliage plants, climbers, trees, shrubs, succulents etc. but
also their marketing and production of value added products. from them.
INTRODUCTION
India has a long tradition of floriculture. As it is an ancient creative skill with
imagination and advance science, that played a very important role in the course
of human civilization and its social development.
In most part of the country, flower growing is carried out on small holdings and
commercialization of floriculture has assumed importance only in the recent past.
Traditionally flowers have been grown in India in the open fields where they have
been exposed to both biotic and abiotic stresses. Hence the quality is not up to
the standard.
However, in the era of globalization, the produce has to be of international
quality and globally and competitive as there is a lot of demand for different
floricultural products in the export market. The modern floriculture will meet the
above demand of the present day's consumer.
IMPORTANCE OF FLORICULTURE IN INDIA
Besides food and nutritional security. The aesthetic value is also equally
important for our daily livelihood as well as for environmental purity.
Floriculture is important from the following point of view. (a) Economic point of
view
(b) Social point of view.
(c) Aesthetic point of view
ECONOMIC POINT OF VIEW
• Floriculture is a fast emerging venture in the world, especially as a potential
money spinner for many countries in the world.
• Many flowers and ornamental plants are being grown for domestic as well as for
export market will provide more return per unit area than any other agricultural
or horticultural crops.
• Modern day floriculture refers to the production of high value cut flowers such
as rose, gladiolus, carnation, orchids, lilium, tuberose, anthurium, gerbera etc.
Floriculture industry includes following components ;
