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HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT IN HIMACHAL PRADESH AT A GLANCE
STATUS OF HORTICULTURE:
- The total area under Horticulture (2018-19): 232139 Hectare.
-Apple: 113154 Hectare.
-Other Temperate Fruits: 28414 Hectare.
-Nuts & Dry Fruits: 10194 Hectare.
-Citrus Fruits: 24869 Hectare.
-Other Sub-Tropical Fruits: 55508 Hectare. - Total Fruit Production (2018-19) : 495362 M.T.
-Apple: 368603 M.T.
-Other Temperate Fruits: 37146 M.T. - Nuts & Dry Fruits : 3649 M.T.
-Citrus: 29344 M.T.
-Mango: 43540 M.T.
-Other Sub-Tropical Fruits: 13080 M.T. - Numbers of farmers engaged in Horticulture
(1989-90) : 4,64,254
Out of which :General Category : 3,17,778Scheduled Castes : 1,17,919Scheduled Tribes: 22,657 Others: 5,900 - The gross value of the Fruit Produce ( Rs.)-2018-19: 3313.68 Crore
- Per capita income from fruits ( Rs.) – 2018-19: 4833 (Based on 2011 Census) Recruitment of Farm Manager & Facilitator
- Employment Generation in the Fruit Production
activities: 900 Lakh Mondays - Total Average Number of Apple Boxes
exported from the state every year: 1.50 Crores to 3.00 Crores - Total number of trucks required for the haulage
of Fruit : 40,000 to 50,000 - Area under floriculture ( 2018-19 ) : 705.77 Hectare
10.Total Production of Mushroom ( 2018-19 ) : 14206.70 M.T.
11.Total Production of Honey ( 2018-19 ) : 1591.3 M.T
HORTICULTURE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE STATE :
- Total number of employees in the state
Department of Horticulture ( Sanctioned) : 2427 (08/06/2019) - Numbers of District office : 22 (12+10)
- Numbers of Development Block : 77
- Horticulture Units
(1) Progeny-cum-Demonstration orchards &
Nurseries : 92
(2) Private Registered Nurseries (as on 31-03-
2019) : 585 Recruitment of Farm Manager & Facilitator
(3) Floriculture Nurseries : 7
(4) Walnut Development Stations : 1
(5) Olive Development Stations : 2
(6) Fruit Plant Nutrition Laboratories : 6
(7) Pesticides Sales Centres : 354
(8) Bee Keeping Stations : 32
(9) Fruit Canning Units (Departmental) : 8
(10) Mushroom Compost Production Units : 3
(11) Honey Grading Laboratories : 2
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: - Horticulture University : 1
- Regional /Sub Stations of the Horticulture University : 10
- National Institute of Mushroom Research & Training : 1
- ICAR Institutes in Horticulture : 2