The document discusses hi-tech horticulture, which uses modern, capital-intensive but less environment-dependent techniques to improve productivity and farmers' incomes. It involves precision production, efficient input use, and maximizing land and water resources. Hi-tech horticulture strategies include crop improvement, protected cultivation, mechanization, computerization, post-harvest management, and more. Specific practices covered are integrated pest management, micro-irrigation, plasticulture, greenhouse cultivation, and micropropagation. The goal is to sustain agricultural productivity and stability in the face of climate change.

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PRESENTED BY:
RAKESH KUMAR PATTNAIK
Asst. Prof. Horticulture
MITS INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
Lecture 1. Introduction & Importance of
Hi-tech Horticulture
Dt.10.08.20

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Horticulture is an integral part of food and
nutritional security. It is an essential component
of economic security of the stakeholder.
The term horticulture is derived from two
Latin words, hortus, meaning a garden, and
cultura, meaning cultivation. It may be
described as the practice of growing and
manipulating plants in a relatively intensive
manner.

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Hi-tech horticulture is a technology which is modern, less
environment-dependent and capital intensive but with a capacity
to improve productivity and farmers’ income. In the new era of
changing climate, hi-tech horticulture has become necessity so
as to sustain productivity and economic stability of the Indian
farmers.
Not only for production of fruits, vegetables and
flowers but also for conservation, plant protection,
post-harvest management including value-addition.

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Goal of Hi-tech Horticulture
• Precise production techniques
• Efficient use of inputs at the appropriate time,
• Modern, less environment dependent, capital intensive
• Capacity to improve productivity and quality.
• Enhance Farmers Income
• Reduction in energy consumption
• Sharing limited space.
• Optimum use of land and water resource
• Off-season, generate income around the year
• Exotic crops that can be (e.g. coloured capsicum, broccoli, mushrooms).

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In modern age, Technology has become a pervasive element in modern horticultural cropping systems. In this context it is
define technology as “advanced systems that manage, control, communicate, sense, and report information on crops at
all stages of development and utilization.”
The technology includes many faces like:
(1) Improved plant genotypes, some developed by recombinant DNA technology,
(2) Value-added plant propagation,
(3) Advanced hybrids, coated and primed seed, artificial seeds, micropropagation, advanced plug technology,
(4) Computer-based environmental sensing and control specially of green houses,
(5) High speed data interchange between critical production points,
(6) Environmental sensors and equipment for monitoring plant status,
(7) Advanced production techniques (hydroponics),
(8) Integrated Pest Management,
(9) Use of cultural, biological, chemical, host plant resistance/tolerance, physical-mechanical control and regulatory control
methods, and
(10) Integrated nutrient management (INM).

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Hi-tech Horticultural Strategies or Components for
Doubling of Farmers Income
• Crop improvement
• Plant propagation & Nursery Management
• Soil Less Culture
• Protected Cultivation
• Mechanization
• Computerize & Automation Technology
• Nanotechnology
• Post harvest management
• Technology transfer
• Crop protection

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Hi-tech horticultural practices include
 Integrated Pest Management (IPM),
 Integrated Nutrient management (INM),
 Plasticulture,
 Greenhouse Cultivation or Protected Cultivation,
 Hydroponics,
 Micro irrigation or Drip irrigation, Fertigation,
 Precision Farming; High Density Planting;
 Hi-Tech Mechanization;
 Molecular Diagnostics etc.

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Plasticulture
Plasticulture has become a popular hi-tech
horticulture technology today. Plastics have
various applications in commercial
horticultural production. The practice of
using plastics for commercial horticultural
production is termed as ‘Plasticulture’.
Hi-tech Propagation of Horticultural Crops
 Micropropagation has emerged as an important tool for
quick production of large number of plants.
 It is already being exploited in crops like banana,
capsicum, tomato, chilli and several ornamental plants.
 There is an enormous scope in India for micropropagation of
crops especially ornamental crops, in years to come.
 Their protocols, therefore, need to be further refined for
higher efficiency.
 There is also need to develop protocols for
micropropagation in crops like mango, cashew, litchi,
walnut and date palm which have a great commercial
potential in India.

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Horticulture Food Processing
 Spoilage of fresh fruits and vegetables due to their short shelf life and subsequent wastage of large
quantities of fruits and vegetables is a major issue even today.
 There is only one way to minimize this food wastage, that is horticulture food processing.
 Fruit and vegetable processing holds the key to curtail food wastage down to the possible minimum
level.
 Another major advantage of horticulture food processing is its value-addition.
Horticulture foods like fruits and vegetables are processed
into various value-added products such as pickles, jams,
squashes, concentrates, marmalade, fruit mixes, canned
vegetables, and canned fruits for long-term consumption.

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Fruit and Vegetable Retailing
Fruit and Vegetable Retailing is a major
horticulture business that employs millions
of small time entrepreneurs. Retail market of
fruits and vegetables has tremendous growth
potential in the immediate future. Due to the
increased health awareness of the consumers,
consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables
are also increasing day by day

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Logistics and Policies for Hi-tech Horticulture
Human Resource Development
HACCP Standards for Horticulture
Mechanisation and Automation in Horticultural Crop
Products
Policy Issues

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Hi-tech
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