Chart - Wholesale Value of Floriculture Crops, 2010

Source: http://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Floriculture_Crops/florsales.asp

Source: http://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Floriculture_Crops/florexval.asp

Floriculture export can earn huge revenues

Photo: Sean Kenney

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan has a lot of potential to develop floriculture, but lack of attention by the concerned authorities has prevented growth in this sector, a leading researcher and exporter said on Monday.

"The market demand of floriculture products is growing fast. The worldwide trade with more than 10 countries dominating the business. There is a constant increase in its acreage under various flower crops" said by Chief Executive Officer Harvest Tradings Ahmad Jawad in a statement issued here Monday.

Ahmad Jawad said that Pakistan is a country of small farming households, where floriculture is the best option to enhance the income for the poor.

"We have favorable climate and cheap labour for growing these crops. They need much less land and water for production than other crops," he said.

Net profit against the investment is much higher for these crops compared with other conventional crops, he said. The products are in high demand all over the world, he added.

Read full article here: The Nation

Horticulture Dept Organizes Growers Tour Program

Srinagar, India Nov 19: Seeking to promote private floriculture business in the Valley, the Floriculture Department Kashmir organized a two-day µtour program of growers.

Sheikh Shabir Ahmad, District Floriculture Officer, Srinagar told Greater Kashmir that the program facilitated interaction between growers from Srinagar with their professional counterparts in other districts of J&K.

“The objective of the programme was to boost private floriculture business,” Ahmad added. He said the registered growers from Srinagar district during the program shared their experiences with and learned from their professional counterparts from other districts. He said the visit was conducted under centrally Sponsored Scheme RKVY on Nov 18 and 19. He said the department acted as a facilitator.

Source: www.greaterkashmir.com

India's shift in focus boosts flower exports

The Financial Express reports that India is gradually regaining its position as a key exporter of cut flowers, mainly carnation and gladiolus, notwithstanding an appreciating rupee and growing domestic demand.

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Unusual duel of blooms & bees - Horticulture and honey mission cross swords over pesticide use

Kohima/New Delhi: It is a strange duel in India’s Northeast — between organic honeybees and inorganic flowers — that threatens the “organic label” and exposes the growing rural-urban divide.

On the one hand, is a small village on the Myanmar border that is a model for exploiting a multi-crore rupee honey market abroad.
Away in the big towns of Nagaland, the rich and famous want capital-intensive floriculture to be the mainstay for the state.

The result is a clash between a pioneering Nagaland Honey and Bee Mission and the government’s obsession of some years, floriculture. Read more of the article by NISHIT DHOLABHAI at the Telegraph site>

North Central Missouri Fair - Floral Competition

The Grand River Garden Club will host the floriculture department portion of the North Central Missouri Fair on Thursday, Aug. 6, beginning at 8:30 a.m.

Entries may be brought to the Rock Barn from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Judging divisions include container-grown plants, branches, herbs, shrubs, bulbs and tubers. Vases are available to display cut specimens in both the annual and perennial varieties. Roses of all types are also sought for the show and there is a separate category for arrangements in design.

For information, persons can contact contact garden club members, Dorothy Taul at 359-7088 or Vickie Pash at the Extension office, 359-5643, for entry information. Listings are also included on the NCM Fair website, www.ncmfair.com

So, who says life can't be a bed of roses?

Bangalore: Floriculture or flower farming, as it is popularly known, is a discipline of Horticulture, and is the study of growing and marketing flowers and foliage plants. Floriculture includes cultivation of flowering and ornamental plants for sales or for use as raw materials in cosmetic and perfume industry and the pharmaceutical sector. The persons associated with this field are called floriculturists.

Karnataka is the leader in floriculture, accounting for 75% of India's total flower production. The employment opportunities in this field are as varied as the nature of work itself. One can join the field of floriculture as farm/estate managers, plantation experts and supervisors, project coordinators etc. Research and teaching are some other avenues of employment in the field. Marketing of Floriculture products for different ventures is emerging as a potential segment of this field. Read more from DNAInida.com>

Flower power

By Alia Wong

Orchid floriculture is a hobby in itself, and one that is fairly prevalent and established here in the Islands. In fact, there are 19 local societies devoted to the very cause. These orchid societies meet monthly at various locations throughout Hawaii, all with one simple idea in mind: Orchids are more than just pretty–they’re amazing. Read more>

First export-oriented floriculture project to start next year

By Razi Syed

KARACHI: The first of its kind technology based pilot project in floriculture will start commissioning in mid 2010, Pakistan Horticulture Development Export Board (PHDEB) said on Tuesday.

“The aim is to promote export oriented flowers industry for earning millions of dollars per annum by increasing export to UAE, Saudi Arabia and European Union beside others” chief executive officer PHDEB, Shamoon Sadiq said while talking to Daily Times.

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Horticultural haven

By RAJESH AHUJA in Chandigarh

The future of agriculture in Haryana is surely bright, Hooda quipped. The government has been encouraging farmers to diversify and adopt horticulture in a big way. It has already become lucrative as horticultural crops give more returns per unit area and require less water for irrigation than wheat, paddy and other cereal crops. Fruit plantations, floriculture, hybrid vegetables, mushroom cultivation, bee-keeping (apiculture) and fish farming are steadily attracting farmers, entrepreneurs, investors and businessmen in the State.

Haryana is fast emerging as a horticultural State: it stands fifth in cauliflower production, sixth in pea production, seventh in cabbage, onion, tomato and okra production, ninth in brinjal production and 10th in potato production. Read more>

A career in Flowers: Floriculture

by Lavanya_J_Manour

Does a bouquet of bright, red roses make you happy? Do you like to decorate your home with flowers? Or just plain love flowers? The how about making a career with flowers and plants? Be a floriculturist.

Floriculture first took birth in England about two centuries before where flowers were grown in large estates for commercial reasons. Soon it was taken up seriously by many other countries as well. The floral industry today has grown by leaps and bounds and includes various other aspects other than growing flowers. In India, Floriculture industry comprises flower trade, production of nursery plants and potted plants, seed and bulb production, and extraction of essential oils. The industry is growing at the rate of 25% a year. Still the field is under explored. Read more>

Horticulture on commercial cultivation of floriculture

The commercial cultivation of floriculture which started during 2004-05, was further extended during 2008-09, covering an area of 5.0 ha. under green house cultivation. Besides roses, lilium and anthurium and heliconia, some new varieties of flowers were introduced during the current year which are alstroemeria and zantedeschia benefiting about 200 groups of entrepreneurs, according to the annual administrative report of the horticulture department. Currently, the report said, there are about 50.0 ha. under commercial floriculture of which about 30.0 ha. are of Hi-Tech and 20.0 ha under open field. Cultivation of flowers have created alternative and lucrative employment to a good number of people in the state, the report said adding that during the current year, the gross sales of flowers have crossed Rs. 2.00 crores. Appreciating the good quality of flowers in the state, a number of both national and international awards have been bagged by the department. A feather in the cap for the state was the request made by the Teen Murti House, New Delhi, to cerebrate the birthday of Pandit Jawarhar Lal Nehru, by using flowers from Nagaland during November 14, 2008, the report added.

The Super Floral Show Changes Name to International Floriculture Expo

Portland, Maine (July 20, 2009) – Diversified Business Communications announced that it has changed the name of The Super Floral Show to reflect the expansion and broadened focus of the exposition. The new show, International Floriculture Expo (http://www.floriexpo.com), will be the only industry-wide event that brings buyers and sellers together and serves all segments of the floriculture process, from Seed to Shelf. Now with a permanent event location in Miami Beach, the International Floriculture Expo addresses each stage of the floral and foliage production cycle by showcasing live products as well as the equipment, technology and education necessary for cultivating and retailing. The 2010 International Floriculture Expo will take place June 23-25, 2010 at the Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida. Read more:

Video: Floriculture Thrives in India

And growing vegetables kept these Indian villagers very poor. So they started growing flowers and began to prosper. Let's see how they go about it.

STORY:
There's an increasing demand for flowers around the world and these villagers are set to cash in. They have adapted the latest techniques in floriculture that have been made available to them by the government of Himachal Pradesh.

Video: Indian Floriculture Industry Introduction

Flower consumption in in India is increasing @ 35% per annum. With National Horticulture Mission (NHM) giving thrust to flower production, the flower business is in full boom and blooom. Watch this intro.

Flower power: scent of success for industry in bloom

Flowers from a rosarium in Russia's Penza region which are proving a huge hit in markets across the country could now be set to conquer Europe. It is all thanks to a Dutchman who has brought the know-how and technology from his homeland and adapted it to Russia's unforgiving climate.

Walta Information Center - Russia said potential market for Ethiopian floriculture, horticulture produces

Addis Ababa, July 9 (WIC) - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MoARD) indicated that Russia could be a potential market for Ethiopian floricultural and horticulture produces. A Russian plant produces quality control team has come to Ethiopia. Read more:
Walta Information Center - Russia said potential market for Ethiopian floriculture, horticulture produces Source: waltainfo.com

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