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An economic study, intended to know the impact of NHM on temporal changes in area, production of horticultural crops, performances of different components under NHM and constraints faced by sample beneficiaries, study was conducted in Karnataka state using primary and secondary data during the year 2013-14. Major findings of the study reveals that, significant increase in area, production and yield of horticultural crops achieved after implementation of the NHM, components such as area coverage and IPM have incurred highest expenditure over the years, but full potential could not be tapped due to severe constraints in infrastructural bottlenecks, marketing facilities and post-harvest management etc. So efforts are needed to improve the conditions of infrastructural facilities by spending higher expenditure on those items.
Keywords: National horticulture mission (NHM), National horticulture board (NHB)
Horticultural development had not been a priority in India until recent years. In the period of 1948-80, the main focus of the country was on cereals, much planned efforts had not been made for horticultural development, except for some technical support and development efforts for specific commodities like spices, coconut and potato, during 1980-92, there was consolidation of institutional support and a planned process for the de vel opment of hort icu lture. It was in the post liberalization period that a focused attention was given to horticulture development through an enhancement of plan allocation and knowledge based technology. At such a crucial juncture, the Government of India has initiated several programmes and missions to check the downward trend in agricultural production and to find sustainable solutions. It is here that the scheme of National Horticulture Mission plays a crucial role in promoting growth in horticulture, and thereby helps augment growth in Indian agriculture.
The National Horticulture Mission (NHM) is a centrally sponsored scheme implemented at the end of eleventh five year plan with 100 % assistance. The scheme has been implemented in all the States and Union Territories of India except the North Eastern States, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttaranchal, with effect from 2005-06, to promote holistic growth of the horticulture sector through area based regionally differentiated cluster approach for development of horticulture crops...