Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH): Boosting India's Horticulture Sector

AGRICULTURE

MISSION FOR INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT OF HORTICULTURE (MIDH)

The Union Government has decided to include four new components, Hydroponics, Aquaponics, Vertical Farming, and Precision Agriculture, under the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH).

MISSION FOR INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT OF HORTICULTURE (MIDH)

• It is a Central Sponsored Scheme (CSS) implemented from 2014-15 that promotes the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, root and tuber crops, mushrooms, spices, flowers, aromatic plants, coconut, cashew, cocoa and bamboo.
• Under MIDH, financial & technical assistance is provided to States/UTs for following major interventions/activities;
  • Setting up of nurseries, tissue culture units for production of quality seed and planting material.
  • Area expansion i.e. Establishment of new orchards and gardens for fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
  • Protected cultivation, i.e. poly-house, green-house, etc, to improve the productivity & grow off season high value vegetables and flowers.
  • Organic farming and certification.
  • Creation of water resources structures and watershed management.
  • Bee-keeping for pollination.
  • Creation of Post-Harvest Management and Marketing infrastructure.