A presentation regarding role of floriculture in doubling farmers income. Suggestions are welcome.

1. FLORICULTURE: A BOON FOR DOUBLING
FARMERS INCOME
SPEAKER: SHEEBA BELWAL
ID NO.: 44440
MASTER’S SEMINAR
(APH-600)
M.Sc. Agriculture, Horticulture
(Ornamental Horticulture and Landscaping
Architecture)
G.B Pant University Of Agriculture And
Technology, Pantnagar

2. Most of the Indian
farmers are small and
marginal farmers.
Very small land
holding per capita.
Why Double Farmers' Income?

3. ENHANCING INCOME
Improving Productivity and Production Efficiency
Policy Support and Linking Farmers to Market
Agricultural Diversification

4. DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE
Mixed
farming
Animal
husbandry
Mushrooms
Floriculture
Sericulture
Forestry
Low Yielding
Food Grain Crops

5. FLORICULTURE SECTOR IS EXTREMELY DIVERSE
Flower bulb & seed Potted Plants
Foliage plants Dry flowers
Cut flowers &
cut foliage

6. HORTICULTURE CROPS VIS-A-VIS FLORICULTURAL CROPS
(2016-17)
93%
94%
95%
96%
97%
98%
99%
100%
24608.01
302820.7
4890.4
12872.3
307.87 2510.15 22.01 546.72
Floriculture
Horticultural
crops (except
floriculture)
1.24% 0.82% 0.45% 41.44%

7. NET RETURNS COMPARISION FOR KHARIF
PADDY (Rs./Ha) MARIGOLD(Rs./
Ha)
CHRYSANTHEMUM(Rs./
Ha)
COST OF
PRODUCTION
52,232.50 84594 55000
GROSS
RETURN
1,00,627.50 185152 1,90,540
NET RETURN 48,395 100557.99 2,45,000

8. WHEAT(Rs/ha) ROSE(Rs/ha)
COST OF PRODUCTION 42600.00 149859.00
GROSS RETURN 1,10,945.00 368655.00
NET RETURN 68,345.32 218796.00
NET RETURNS COMPARISION FOR RABI

9. NET RETURNS (PER HA)
ANNUAL INCOME FROM TRADITIONAL CROPS : Rs. 5,000 - 20,000
INCOME FROM FLORICULTURE AFTER DIVERSIFICATION:
 Rose : Rs. 54,83,840
 Carnations : Rs. 13,75,000
 Gladiolus : Rs. 32,500
 Chrysanthemum : Rs. 1,16,500
 Gerbera : Rs. 15,03,520
 Marigold : Rs. 20,869
*Average of initial 3 years’ production

10. LEADING FLOWERS PRODUCING STATES (2016)
Others, 14%
Assam, 4%
Chattisgarsh, 5%
Maharashtra, 5%
Uttar pradesh, 5%
Andhra pradesh,
6%
Gujarat, 8%Madhya pradesh,
10%
West bengal, 12%
Karnataka, 13%
Tamil nadu, 19%

11. PRODUCTION SHARE OF MAJOR LOOSE
FLOWER PRODUCING STATES IN INDIA, 2016
(source:www.nhb.gov.in)

12. PRODUCTION SHARE OF MAJOR CUT FLOWER
PRODUCING STATES IN INDIA, 2016

13. 18.11
12.51
11.42
10.526.31
41.13
The United States
The United Kingdom
Germany
The Neatherlands
United Arab Emirates
Others
PER CENT SHARE OF FLORICULTURE PRODUCE
EXPORT FROM INDIA, 2016

14. Market Opportunities
Domestic seasonal opportunity
Demand Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
High
Moderate
International seasonal opportunity
Export
potential Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
High
Moderate
Low

15. MODULES FOR DOUBLING INCOME
 Nursery Raising
 Loose Flower Production
 Cut Flower Production
 Protected Cultivation
 Open Field Cultivation
 Flower Seed Production
 Fertigation
 Bonsai Production
 Dry Flower Industry
 Value Addition.
 Horti Tourism

16. NURSERY RAISING
 A good nursery is very essential for supplying the right
type of seedlings to farmers who plant.
 It is remunerative and can be conducted in a small area.
 Production of seedlings, pot plants and poly bag plants.

17. CUT FLOWER
PRODUCTION
• MARIGOLD
• CROSSANDRA
• CHRYSANTHEMUM
• TUBEROSE
• ROSE
• ANTHURIUM
• ROSE
• GLADIOLUS
• CHRYSANTHEMUM
• GERBERA
• LILIUM
• TULIP
• DAFFODIL
• ANTHURIUM
LOOSE FLOWER
PRODUCTION

18. ROSE

19. VARIETIES
VARITIES FOR GREEN HOUSES: grand gala, first red, golden gates, konfetti, raval,
starlite
VARITIES FOR OPEN FIELDS:
Floribunda:florence, frisko, jaguar
Hybrid tea: melody, only love, vivaldi
Spray:nikita, joy
Other: sofia, baby love, gladiator, YCD2 YCD3.
I.A.R.I RELEASED: Pusa Shatabdi, Pusa Komal, Pusa Ajay, Pusa Arun, Pusa Mohit.
HARDY : bonica, golden wings
FOR FENCING: blaze, don juan
PEST RESISTANT: scarlet, amber, pink supreme
SCENTED VARITIES: la france, sugandha, Taj Mahal

20. GLADIOLUS

21. USES OF GLADIOLUS
 Bouquets
 Indoor decoration.
 Cut flower
 Floral Arrangements

22. CHRYSANTHEMUM

23. USES:
 Garland making and hair decoration.
 Exhibition value, garland, veni, bouquet, vase .
 Essential oil
 Sources of pyrethrum and an important insecticide

24. TUBEROSE

25. USES:
 Floral ornaments, bouquets and buttonholes
 Cut flowers for table decoration.
 The tuberose oil.

26. MARIGOLD

27. Year Round Production of Marigold

28. USES:
 Garland, veni and other decorations.
 Vase arrangements.
 Essential oil extraction.
 The Pigments (Xanthophylls) are used as a natural colour to intensify
yellow colour of egg yolk and broiler skin, flesh and also for fish.
 Fly repellant.
 Trap crop

29. ORCHIDS

30. USES:
 Orchids for dry flowers
 Orchid Flower Arrangements
 Cilindra

31. ECONOMICS OF CYMBIDIUM ORCHID CULTIVATION PLANT POPULATION: 1500 PLANTS / 500 M2
De, L.C. and R.P. Medhi NRC for Orchids, Pakyong, Sikkim. 2015

32. ECONOMICS OF DENDROBIUM CULTIVATION (3000 PLANTS/500M2)
De, L.C. and R.P. Medhi NRC for Orchids, Pakyong, Sikkim. 2015

33. PROTECTED CULTIVATION OF FLOWERS

34. Important flower crops commercially grown
in greenhouses

35. OPEN CULTIVATION

36. FERTIGATION
BENEFITS:
 Saves water and Fertilizers
 Non interference with cultural practises.
 Labour cost is saved.
 Optimum Application of water and fertilizers.

37. SEED PRODUCTION
 Marigold
 Pansy
 Antirrhinum
 Petunia
 Gladiolus
 Zinnia
 China Aster
 Candytuft
 Portulaca

38. BONSAI GROWING
Bonsai is an art of growing and training of a plant to a miniature form having a natural
look of old age.
Suitable plants: Abies, Amaltas, Araucaria, Babul, Bamboo, Banyan, Ber, Bottle brush,
Bougainvillea, Casuarina, Cherry, Cryptomeria, Deodar, Duranta, Excoecaria, Gulmohar,
Hibiscus, Ixora, Jacaranda, Java fig tree , Murraya , Malpighia, Oleander , Peach, Pines,
Pilkhan, Pipal, Plum, Podocarpus, Silver oak. Spruce, etc.

39. STYLES OF BONSAI
FORMAL
STYLE(Khokkan)
INFORMAL
STYLE(Moyogi)
BROOM
STYLE(Hokodachi)
SLANTING STYLE WIND SWEPT
STYLE(fukinagashi)
Clasped to stone(Seki
http://agritech.tnau.ac.in

40. Junipers
Amaltas Gulmohar
Orange Banyan Oak
BONSAI PRODUCTION

41. INCOME GENERATION
 Prize depends on size, shape,age, species and also on
market and buyer.
 Has tremendous scope for commercialization.
 The most expensive Bonsai tree is this centuries old Pine,
sold for 1.3 million dollar at the International Bonsai
Convention in Takamatsu, Japan.

42. DRY FLOWERS
 Labour intensive
 Export to countries like USA, Japan and Europe. The
industry exports 500 varieties of flowers to 20 countries.
 India stands first in dry flower.
 Job opportunities for thousands of workers and self-
employment.

43. WIDELY USED TO MAKE HANDMADE PAPER, LAMPSHADES, CANDLE
HOLDERS, JUTE BAGS, PHOTO FRAMES, BOXES, BOOKS, WALL QUILTS,
POT POURRI CARDS AND SEVERAL GIFTS.
Flowers and parts of plants: Cock’s comb, jasmine,
Amaranthus
Potpourri: Bachelor’s button, Cock’s comb, jasmine, rose
petals, Bougainvillea flowers,jasmine.
Dry flower pots and bouquets: everlasting flower,
helichrysum, fern leaves.
Dry flower handicrafts
Dry flower candles

44. VALUE ADDITION
Wastage avoided during glut period.
Farmers can earn better remuneration.
Stabilizes farm by adding profits.
Empowering rural women by involving their
creativity.
Cut out middleman involvement.
Price flexibility.

45. VALUE ADDITION BY CUT FLOWER ARRANGEMENT

46. LOOSE FLOWER PRODUCTS LIKE GARLAND, FLORAL
STRINGS, POMANDERS, WREATHS, FLORAL JEWELRY

47. INTERIOR DECORATION
Flowering Houseplants Foliage Indoors Plants
African Violets
Poinsettias
Orchids
Peace Lilies (Spathiphyllum)
Begonia
Bromeliads
Desert Cacti
Kalanchoe
Amaryllis (Hippeastrum)
Hibiscus
Amazon Elephant's Ear
Anthurium
Bird of Paradise
Bromeliads
Cordyline
Dumb cane (Dieffenbachia)
Ficus
Palms
Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum)
Philodendron

48. PLANT PIGMENTS FOR NUTRACEUTICAL
AND PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES
 There has been a increase in demands of nutarceutical pigments like anthocyanins,
carotenoids, betalins, curcumins.
 Various nutraceutical industries thus create a huge demand there by profiting the
farmers .
 Awareness about toxic effects of synthetic dyes has resulted in creation of huge
demands for natural dyes. Flowers Pigments
Rose Pelargonidin,Cyanidin
Orchids Anthocyanin, anthoxanthin
Chrysanthemum Carotenoids, anthocyanin,
falvinoids
Hibiscus Anthocyanin, anthoxanthin
Lilium Anthocyanin, carotenoids
Gerbera Pelargonidin,Cyanidin
Anthurium Cyanidin, pelargonidin
Marigold Lutein, Zeaxanthin

49. EDIBLE FLOWERS
 Edible flowers provide additional opportunities for value
added products.
 Markets have not been properly exploited in India and
there is lot of scope .
Flower Plant Part
Lawn Daisy leaves
Lemon Verbena leaves
Calendula Petals
Chrysanthemum coronarium leaves
Sunflower Raw Buds
Lavender flowers
Sage Flowers

50. HORTITOURISM
In India, most of the farmers are small or marginal farmers.
They keep huge hopes on returns and invest on fertilizers,
pesticides and hybrid seeds. But failure of crops at the time of
harvest due to natural calamities is very common. Hortitourism
concept may help farmers and give additional returns before
harvest apart from farm produce.

51. HORTI- TOURISM
 Nature based activity
 Gardening
 Picking flowers
 Hiking in the flower
meadows
• Botanical gardens
• Eco-villages /Garden
villages/Spice villages
Positive impacts
 better services and facilities
 Improved socio-economic conditions of farmers
 infrastructural improvement
 Boosting Tourism
 improving cultural heritage
 cultural exchange and identity

52. CONCLUSION
Floriculture has a huge potential to provide our farmers their
rightful fruits of labour and dedication. Present necessity of
agricultural diversification through exploring such aspects of it
can enhance and even double our farmers income thereby
uplifting their standards of living and giving them a secure future.

53. Thank
you