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Farmers will benefit from horticulture cluster development programme: Tomar.
Dec 01, 2022

Farmers will benefit from the Horticulture Cluster Development Programme (CDP), said Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar.
 
Addressing a meeting for the proper implementation of the Horticulture Cluster Development Programme, the minister said that the main objective of the government is to promote the agriculture sector in the country. 'We want to increase the income of the farmers by giving them a reasonable price for their produce. The interest of the farmers should be paramount in the center of any programme/scheme.'
 
Tomar added that the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal, Manipur, Mizoram, Jharkhand, and Uttarakhand should also be included in the list of 55 clusters, identified with their focus/main crops. 'The land available with Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) affiliated institutions within the identified clusters should be utilized for the implementation of this programme.'
 
The meeting was informed that the Cluster Development Programme has a great potential to transform the entire horticulture ecosystem by creating last-mile connectivity with the use of multimodal transport for efficient and timely evacuation and transportation of horticulture produce.
 
'The CDP will also create cluster-specific brands, while helping the economy, to integrate them into national and global value chains, thereby providing higher remuneration to farmers. It will benefit around 10 lakh farmers and related stakeholders along the value chain,' said the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
 
The CDP aims to improve exports of targeted crops by about 20% and create cluster-specific brands to enhance the competitiveness of cluster crops. A lot of investment will also come in the horticulture sector through CDP.
 
    
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