{"id":41918,"date":"2024-08-12T05:16:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T23:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=41918"},"modified":"2025-05-01T02:04:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T20:34:40","slug":"how-centres-clean-plant-programme-plans-to-boost-production-of-fruits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/how-centres-clean-plant-programme-plans-to-boost-production-of-fruits\/","title":{"rendered":"How Centre\u2019s Clean Plant Programme Plans to Boost Production of Fruits"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>What\u2019s in today\u2019s article?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Why in the News?<\/li>\n<li>About Clean Plant Programme<\/li>\n<li>Implementation of CPP<\/li>\n<li>What is the Need for CPP?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Why in the News?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Union Cabinet on Friday approved the <strong>Clean Plant Programme<\/strong> (CPP), aimed at increasing the yield and productivity of horticulture crops in India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>About Clean Plant Programme<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Clean Plant Programme (CPP) is an initiative by the Indian Government aimed at <strong>boosting the availability of disease-free and high-quality planting material for horticultural crops, such as fruits, vegetables, and flowers<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It was first announced in Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman\u2019s interim Budget speech in February 2023.<\/li>\n<li>The program&#8217;s primary focus is to <strong>enhance the productivity and quality of horticultural produce<\/strong> by ensuring that farmers have access to certified, disease-free planting material, which can significantly reduce crop losses and improve yields.<\/li>\n<li>The Ministry of Agriculture has sought an <strong>allocation of Rs 1,765 crore for the programme<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>One half of this will be sourced from the budget of the <strong>Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture<\/strong> (MIDH), while the other half will be in the form of a loan from the <strong>Asian Development Bank<\/strong> (ADB).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Implementation of CPP<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The programme consists of three key components designed to help farmers access virus-free, high-quality planting material for vegetative propagation, aimed at boosting crop yields and enhancing income opportunities:<\/li>\n<li><strong>Establishment of Nine Clean Plant Centers (CPCs):<\/strong> These centres will offer disease diagnostics and treatments, develop mother plants for nurseries, and quarantine all domestic and imported planting materials intended for commercial propagation and distribution.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Infrastructure Development:<\/strong> This includes setting up large-scale nurseries to efficiently multiply clean planting material. The mother plants produced by the CPCs will be propagated in these nurseries and then distributed to farmers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Regulatory and Certification Framework:<\/strong> A robust regulatory and certification process will be created to ensure complete accountability and traceability in the production and distribution of planting material.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>What is the Need for CPP?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>India, the world&#8217;s second-largest producer of fruits and vegetables after China, has seen significant growth in horticulture over the past decade.<\/li>\n<li>From 2013-14 to 2023-24, the <strong>area under horticulture crops expanded from 24 million hectares to 28.63 million hectares<\/strong>, with production rising from 277.4 million metric tonnes to 352 million metric tonnes.<\/li>\n<li>India is also a significant player in the global fruit market, both as an importer and exporter.<\/li>\n<li>In the financial year 2023-24, India exported fresh fruits worth $1.15 billion and imported fruits valued at $2.73 billion.<\/li>\n<li>With increasing domestic consumption, there has been a growing demand for planting materials of foreign apples and exotic fruits like avocados and blueberries.<\/li>\n<li>Between 2018-20, the import of planting materials saw a substantial rise, with apple plant imports increasing from 21.44 lakh in 2018 to 49.57 lakh in 2020.<\/li>\n<li>Avocado plant imports surged from 1,000 to 26,500, and blueberry plant imports grew from 1.55 lakh to 4.35 lakh during the same period.<\/li>\n<li>Currently, the import process for plants is lengthy, requiring a two-year quarantine period.<\/li>\n<li>The introduction of Clean Plant Centers (CPCs) aims to reduce this quarantine period to six months, making it easier for farmers to access disease-free and authentic planting material.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>CPCs are modelled after successful projects in countries like the US, Israel, and the Netherlands<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1. What do you mean by Horticulture?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Horticulture is defined as that branch of agriculture concerned with growing plants that are used by people for food, for medicinal purposes, and for aesthetic gratification.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Q2. What is the difference between Horticulture and Olericulture?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Horticulture is the process of maintaining and developing a garden whereas Olericulture is the process of production, processing and storage of vegetables and fruits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/how-centres-clean-plant-programme-plans-to-boost-production-of-fruits-9508509\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">How Centre\u2019s Clean Plant Programme plans to boost production of fruits<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CPP is aimed to boost availability of high-quality material for horticultural crops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":41919,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-41918","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-mains-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}