2023-04-15 07:50:48
Clean Plant program With the demand for foreign planting materials of fruits like apples, avocados and blueberries rising over the years, the Central government plans to set up
10 ‘Clean Plant Centres’ Objective: To boost domestic production of the selected fruit crops
Services offered: disease diagnostic, therapeutics, multiplying of plants and generation of mother plants
Need for ‘Clean plant program’: Currently, it is difficult to get disease-free and genuine planting materials for horticultural crops in India.
Also, the process of
importing plants is very cumbersome, as the imported plants must be kept in quarantine for two years.
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Implementing agency: National Horticulture Board (NHB)
Funding: 100% be Central government
It will be set up under the
‘Atmanirbhar Clean Plant Program’ (announced in Budget 2023-24)
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