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Horticulture is the art and science of growing ornamental plants, fruits, vegetables, flowers, trees and shrubs. Horticulture is commonly associated with the more professional and technical aspects of plant cultivation on a smaller and more controlled scale than agronomy.
Tamil Nadu Horticultural Producers Co-operative Enterprises Limited (TANHOPE):Promotion of horticulture crops, marketing of Fruits and vegetables and processed produces. [6] Tamil Nadu Watershed Development Agency (TAWDEVA):Responsible for improvement of income of rural community in the watersheds by boosting crop productivity. [7]
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. [1] Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to live in the cities.
Kuruvai, also known as "short-term" in Tamil, are the crops grown in cauvery Delta of Tamil Nadu state in India. The crops that are grown in this delta are mostly paddy and the health of these crops and the eventual livelihood of these farmers are extremely dependent on abundant flow of water on the Cauvery river. The river has been the center ...
The process by which certain agricultural or horticultural crops cultivated for their leaves or roots produce flowers or the stems supporting flowers prematurely, before the crop is intended to be harvested, in an attempt to reproduce sexually and generate seeds. This necessarily diverts resources away from its edible or usable non-reproductive ...
In the cultivation of edible fruit and vegetables, nutritional value, shelf life, and crop yield are also among the potential considerations. Some of the lists use the word variety instead of cultivar. In most of these lists, variety refers to a cultivar that is recognised by the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants ...
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) is the state agricultural university of Tamil Nadu [1] Headquartered in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. It is the 1st State Agriculture University (SAU ) of India to be accredited by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
Tamil Nadu Horticulture Development Agency (TANHODA) was formed on 18 June 2004 vide G.O.Ms.No.91 (Agri) dated 27.03.2000 to channelise the central assistance in a larger scale to promote Horticulture. It has been registered as a Society under Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act 1975 [2]