FLOWER CULTIVATION IN INDIA


      (Horticulture Farms  in India)

Below are the top ten countries exporting Flower Bouquet in the world in 2020. (Amount is in USD)

1. Netherlands - 4.2 billion
2. Colombia - 1.4 billion
3. Ecuador - 643.6 million
4. Kenya - 635.4 million
5. Ethiopia - 190.2 million
6. China 125.8 million
7. Belarus - 123.9 million
8. Italy 96.7 million
9. Malaysia -  87.4 million
10 Belgium 81.4 million.

Netherlands has dominated the flower industry in the world for quite some time. They had 58% share of the world flower trade. It has come down slightly recently. Colombia has 15%, Ecuador 9%, Kenya 7%, Belgium 3% and Ethiopia 2% share in world flower business.

Top Flower Importers in the world are:
1. USA
2. Germany
3.UK
4 Netherlands
5. Russia
6. France
7. Japan
8. Belgium
9. Italy
10. Switzerland

Now, coming back to India, Tamil Nadu was the leading producer of flowers, aromatics and medicinal plants with above 428 thousand metric tonnes until recently. As per the available account of 2018 top Indian states in flower exports are given below.
1. Tamil Nadu
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Karnataka
Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi etc are also doing significant performance in floriculture in India. Altogether about 65,000 hectares of land is being used for flower cultivation. Prime cultivation is scented rose. Marigold, Jasmine, Crossabdra, Chrysanthemum, Tube rose, Gladiolus, Orchids, Liliums, Anthuriums etc are the prime cultivation in India.

India has long tradition of floriculture ranging over 5000 years. At present as per the web report of India Today, India's flower power continues to bloom with the country emerging as the second largest grower of flowers around the world, surpassed only by China. But we are far behind in trading of flower and allied products in the world.
 
Indian flower market is not a well  organised one. There seem to be enough scope for new entrants. Our youth can think about this new arena. Try to acquire basic knowledge about floriculture.  Then, those who can put enough efforts and spend maximum time in floriculture can enter into this new area. Those who have good organisational skill can straight away look for suitable land. There will be many people to offer enough land for flower cultivation and also there will be many people to invest enough money for this venture.

Best wishes for new floriculture aspirants!

K V George

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