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Indian rose exporters, hit by a dip in local production, have been bracing for lower margins
www.livemint.com, Bangalore
Indian rose exporters expect to reap the benefits of a depreciating rupee as they look forward to a peak season that runs through Christmas to Valentine’s Day...
Flower export not blooming
Central chronicle, Bopal
Even though many States have ideal weather and climatic conditions for the production of quality floricultural materials, little has been done on the export front.
Come winters, floriculturists are preparing themselves for a pretty harvest. As not long back, bewitchingly beautiful flowers in their diverse hues and scintillating patterns were considered a lucrative foreign exchange earner. But the track record of the floricultural industry would pale into insignificance in comparison...
Statistics by state-owned APEDA (Agricultural Products and Processed Food Export Development Authority), reveal that the export of floricultural products from India during 2007-08 came down by over 40% in comparison to 2006-07...
We are on thorny path: flower sellers
Hinduonnet, Chennai, Tamil nadu
The all-round price rise has hit hard flower vendors and garland makers also in various parts of the Cauvery delta region of the district.
Vendors have increased the price of knitted flowers and garlands by more than cent per cent in the last six months, mainly due to the spurt in the price of flowers, including jasmine, roses and other country flowers like sampangi and mullai. Added to this is the cent per cent increase in the wages for workers...
These flowers bode well for State
The Hindu, Palakkad
A bunch of cultivators in the district are out to explode the myth that Kerala gets its entire supply of flowers and vegetables from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
Some of these farmers reaped a rich harvest during Onam when prices of flowers broke all records following high demand for Pookalam contests and laying flower carpets (Athapoovu). For instance, marigold went for Rs.800 a kg at that time.
The demand for flowers throughout the year and the high-pitch sales during Onam, Mahanavami and Sabarimala seasons have prompted the enterprising farmers of the Vadakarapathy and Eruthiampathy panchayat areas in Chittur taluk to take up large-scale cultivation...
Dry flowers add a dash of colour to their lives
The Hindu, Kerala, India
The dry flowers are stunning. And they add colour and fragrance to the lives of a small group of women in the hilly village of Nellimalam, near Thrikkaippatta, in Wayanad.
Dry leaves, flowers and seeds, usually discarded as waste, help these women make ends meet.
Flowers may not be blooming at Talegaon
iexpressindia.com, Pune, India
It should not matter to about 60 entities who had been allotted land at the Talegaon Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) Floriculture Park that their business is not going great guns. Because, these plots of land allotted at Rs 2.45 lakh an acre are reportedly quoting at Rs 25 lakh an acre now, a 10-fold appreciation....
Horticulture tourism
The Hinus, Bangalore, India
Horticulture Department properties in Kemmangundi, Nandi Hills, Ooty and Biligiri Ranga (B.R.) Hills will be developed during this year with introduction of ornamental flowers and landscaping plants to attract tourists.
Madurai Malli being patented
Business Line, Madurai, India
A Committee from the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University is working on securing a patent for Madurai Malli (the Tamil word for jasmine flower cultivated in the region) and register the same under Geographical Indicators Act to preserve its distinctiveness as a symbol of Tamil culture...
Flower centres to bloom in 6 more towns
Times of India, Bangalore, India
The city's flower auction centre - the only one of its kind in Asia - is in expansion mode. The International Flower Auction Bangalore (IFAB) Limited, which auctions lakhs of flowers every day, is all set to expand its activities with the opening of six more centres ....for procuring, grading and auctioning flowers....
Farmers for Flower research center
The Hindu, Chennai, India
Farmers here have urged the Government to set up a flower research centre at Thovalai.
The total area under flower cultivation was 201 hectares. Thovalai in Kanyakumari district was noted for its traditional flower cultivation. Though the agro-climatic conditions prevailing in the hill range and plains of the district were suitable to cultivate cut flowers, commercial cultivation of these crops were not under taken in this district due to the lack of support from the Government.
Conventional flowers like jasmine, kanagambaram and others were cultivated in various parts of Thovalai. Besides local demand, these flowers have a high demand in Kerala also.
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