Floriculture

Abstract

The North Eastern region is flush with beautiful natural flora throughout the year due to its peculiar physiography, distinctive weather and agro climatic condition. The country is well recognized for growing traditional flowers such as jasmine, marigold, chrysanthemum, tuberose, crossandra and aster. It presents huge opportunity for commercial production and offers lucrative investment opportunity for farmer and agro entrepreneurs. Commercial cultivation of cut flowers such as rose, orchids, gladiolus, carnation, anthurium, gerbera and lilies have also been adopted by farmers on large scale. There is high demand for these products in the domestic and international market. India has significant prowess in floriculture and it has been identified as focus area for exports.