Tag: Horticulture Farming

Rajnandgaon farmer Amarnath Sahu has transformed his 10-acre farm through the National Horticulture Mission. Using mulching technology, he now cultivates vegetables, flowers and bananas across 10 acres.

Chhattisgarh’s Floriculture Hub Incentive Scheme provides ₹37,500 per hectare for commercial flower cultivation. In Rajnandgaon, farmer Ghanshyam Sahu grows marigolds alongside cucumber, chilli, ivy gourd and bottle gourd across 4.83 hectares.

Mahasamund farmer Narayan Prasad Verma earned a net profit of ₹1.07 lakh per acre from advanced bitter gourd farming using drip irrigation, plastic mulching and modern techniques.

A farmer from Raigarh district has achieved remarkable economic success by adopting flower cultivation under the National Horticulture Mission, earning several times more profit compared to traditional paddy farming.