The State Horticulture Mission is a registered society set up under the Travancore Cochin Literary, Scientific & Charitable Societies Registration Act, 1955 to implement the National Horticulture Mission program, a centrally sponsored scheme, introduced during the financial year 2005-2006. This scheme envisages an end to end development of the horticulture sector covering production, post harvest management, processing and marketing....

The main objectives of the Mission are:

1) To provide holistic growth of the horticulture sector through an area based regionally differentiated strategies which include research, technology promotion, extension, post harvest management,processing and marketing.

2) To enhance horticulture production, improve nutritional security and income support to farm households.

3) To establish convergence and synergy among multiple on-going and planned programmes for horticulture development.

4) To promote, develop and disseminate technologies, through a seamless blend of traditional wisdom and modern scientific knowledge.

5) To create opportunities for employment generation for skilled and unskilled persons, especially unemployed youth.

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