Floriculture business a boon for the local florist in Sikkim.Byline: ANI Gangtok, Oct 6(ANI): The climatic advantage coupled with highly educated workforce gives Sikkim a definite advantage in floriculture floriculture Branch of ornamental horticulture concerned with growing and marketing flowers and ornamental plants, as well as with flower arrangement. Because flowers and potted plants are largely produced in plant-growing structures in temperate climates, floriculture is , and realizing the potential the State Government is assisting farmers through various training programs and facilities. Sikkim is famous for its lush green plantations, and it is reaping good profits in the floriculture business. Home to over 26 per cent of the country's biodiversity biodiversity: see biological diversity. biodiversity Quantity of plant and animal species found in a given environment. Sometimes habitat diversity (the variety of places where organisms live) and genetic diversity (the variety of traits expressed with exquisite species in flora and fauna, the State has been successful in promoting floriculture. "We provide training to the farmers. After the training we provide them with planting materials such as seeds and we also provide them with the infrastructure required to farm flowers in a large scales basis by providing them green house facilities and the required demonstration is also given to them," said K. K Singh, Special Director of Department of Horticulture. Realizing the potential and investment opportunities in this sector, the department has also given subsidies for marketing and transport facilities to local farmers. "The Government has given us encouragement, as the weather here is suitable. The Government initially gave us 500 saplings for trial basis. It was first given to 10 families, now we have 62 families in this plot. They have even helped us technically," said Laxmi Rai, a farmer. To promote Sikkim at the international level, an international show is also held in the state. At present, Sikkim is producing cut flowers flowers cut from the stalk, as for making a bouquet. See also: Flower , which includes roses, Lilium and Anthurium anthurium Any plant of the genus Anthurium, comprising about 600 tropical herbaceous species in the arum family, many of which are popular foliage plants. A few species are widely grown for the florist trade for their showy, long-lasting blossoms; these include the flamingo on a commercial scale. Sikkim is the only state in the country which produces high value cymbidium orchids. It has also been designated as the agriculture export zone with particular emphasis on production and export of large cardamom cardamom (kär`dəməm): see ginger. cardamom Spice consisting of whole or ground dried fruit, or seeds, of Elettaria cardamomum, a perennial herb of the ginger family. , ginger and cherry pepper Noun 1. cherry pepper - plant bearing small rounded usually pungent fruits Capsicum annuum cerasiforme genus Capsicum, Capsicum - chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers . by Tashi Pradhan(ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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