Introduction

India is the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world, and a top producer of crops like banana, mango and lemons.
Horticulture accounts for 30% of India’s agricultural GDP from 8.5% of cropped area.
India witnessed sharper increase in acreage of horticulture crops compared to food grains
Production of horticulture crops (fruits, vegetables and spices) has overtaken the production of food grains for the fifth year in a row since 2012-13
Among the horticulture crops, vegetables constitute more than 50 per cent of total horticulture production
In comparison to food grains, most horticulture crops are grown with assured irrigation and, therefore, are more immune to monsoon deficits.
The resource-poor farmers benefit the most from the growth in horticulture sector as fruits and vegetables are mostly grown by marginal and small farmers (with less than 2 hectare of land).

Concerns

Despite being the second largest producer, India’s share in the global market is just 1.7% f the global trade in vegetables and 0.5% in fruits.
The horticulture farmers need better access to markets, facilities like warehouses and cold storages, and credit to help them better manage price risks and avoid distress sale.

Area based regionally differentiated strategies, which includes research, technology promotion, extension, post harvest management, processing and marketing, in consonance with comparative advantage of each State/region and its diverse agro-climatic features;
Encourage aggregation of farmers into farmer groups like FIGs/FPOs and FPCs to bring economy of scale and scope.
Enhance horticulture production, augment farmers income and strengthen nutritional security;
Improve productivity by way of quality germplasm, planting material and water use efficiency through Micro Irrigation.
Skill development and create employment generation opportunities for rural youth

National Horticulture Mission	All states & UTs except states in NE and Himalayan Region
Horticulture Mission for North East & Himalayan States (HMNEH)	All states in NE and Himalayan Region
National Bamboo Mission NBM	All states & UTs
National Horticulture Board (NHB)	All states & UTs focusing on commercial horticulture
Coconut Development Board (CDB)	All States and UTs where coconut is grown
Central Institute for Horticulture (CIH)	NE states, focusing on HRD and capacity building

NOTE: All sub schemes and sub mission have the main mission objectives. Only area and product varies

Beekeeping has been included as a supplemental activity under National Horticulture Mission (NHM)

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Tomatoes, Onion, Potatoes

Under Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
With a corpus of Rs.500 crores to regulate price volatility of agricultural and horticultural commodities through procurement of farm produce, maintenance of buffer stocks and regulated release into the market.

Launched in 2014 by Ministry of Agriculture under the Mission of Integrated Horticulture Development.
Implemented by New Delhi based Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre (MNCFC).
It uses Geographical Information System tools along with remote sensing data for generating action plans for horticultural development
Also aims to carry out research activities on horticultural crop condition studies, diseases assessment and precision farming.