Horticulture sector will flourish: CM

By: Jan 20th, 2018 12:08 am

Shimla – New Zealand High Commissioner Ms Joanna Kempkers along-with other delegates met Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and discussed various issues pertaining to provide and impart technical knowhow in horticulture and related industry. Welcoming Joanna Kempkers and others, Chief Minister apprised the New Zealand delegates about the horticulture practices in the existing orchards besides expanding it in other districts like Mandi, Chamba and Sirmaur. He said he was grateful to Government of India and World Bank for having agreed to fund Rs 1134 crore Himachal Pradesh Horticulture Development Project for the state to support the introduction of new technologies in horticulture sector. Chief Minister said that the road map of “High-Tech” horticulture would not only revolutionize the horticulture sector in the state but also ameliorate the fate of Himachali fruit growers for a better and prosperous tomorrow. He expressed happiness over the progress made by New Zealand in producing high quality apple per hectare, which remarkably averages around 65 MT per hectares and New Zealand was providing technical knowhow to as many as 60 to 70 countries.


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