Himachal Pradesh has received the Best State Award for excellent work in Horticulture sector. Secretary Horticulture, C Paulrasu received the honor from Union Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda at the 14th 'Agriculture Leadership Conclave' held in Delhi on Thursday.
Himachal has achieved the first position in the country followed by the state of Uttarakhand and Kashmir.
It was due the initiatives and measures to promote and adopt natural farming, high density plantation and procurement of apples on per Kilogram basis, that the State bagged the first prize in Horticulture, stated Horticulture Minister Jagat Singh Negi.
He said that the state has long been regarded as a horticultural state due to magnificent achievements in the production of fruits, mainly apple, various temperate fruits such as peach, pear, plum, apricot and the subtropical fruit crops such as mango, citrus, litchi, etc.
The state government is mulling to implement Cluster Development Programme (CDP) which has a great potential to transform the entire horticulture ecosystem said the Minister.
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