Jammu Tawi, Dec 27: In a serious enhance to the agriculture business, the Jammu and Kashmir authorities
will undertake medicinal and fragrant plant (MAP) cultivation on 625 hectares of land with potential
output price Rs 750 crore, officers stated.
This is without doubt one of the 29 tasks costing Rs 5,013 crore primarily based on the ideas of economy, fairness and
ecology, which have the potential to herald a brand new part of farmer prosperity and livelihood safety in
J&Okay, they stated.
“There may be going to be a brand new daybreak in medicinal and fragrant plant cultivation in Jammu and Kashmir. As
many as 5,000 kanals (625 hectares) of land can be introduced underneath the cultivation of MAPs,” Extra
Chief Secretary Agriculture Manufacturing Division Atal Dulloo instructed PTI right here.
The challenge has an output potential of Rs 750 crore. The Himalayas in Jammu and Kashmir have an
immense wealth of about 1,123 plant species of medicinal and fragrant worth, Dulloo stated.
The present world natural commerce stands roughly at USD 120 billion and is predicted to succeed in USD 7
trillion by 2050, he famous.
“The present MAP output from J&Okay is barely Rs 2 lakh as little or no cultivation is being performed within the sector.
Availability is generally gathering primarily based from forest areas with little regard to conservation,” the ACS stated.
There’s a big chunk of cultivable wasteland in J&Okay, which has the potential to be introduced underneath MAP
cultivation.
Dulloo stated the MAP is exclusive to our agro-climate that provides nice potential for employment and
export.
“As many as six MAP germplasm banks and a pair of subject centres can be established underneath the challenge”, he
added.
He stated that harvesting and post-harvest administration can even contain aggregation of produce from
cluster teams of farmers, its main processing and worth addition.
Branding and advertising and marketing with product diversification, certification and establishing market linkages and
digital advertising and marketing can be a part of it.
He additionally stated that the division can even have R&D via the institution of the “centre of
excellence on natural technology”.
Giving particulars about key outputs, he stated that targets have been fastened for sectoral progress at Rs 74.76
crore for the following 5 years and potential progress of 783 crore in 15 years.
He additional stated that 1-2 MAP farmer-producer clusters per district can be arrange with a complete goal of 28
clusters. It should strengthen the agricultural financial system, cut back stress on forest biodiversity and cut back
worth chain losses.
There can be an estimated 3,000 skilled manpower and expert youth within the sector and have high quality
merchandise, patents and designs, Dulloo added.
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