The Department of Horticulture has taken up many initiatives to boost the area under Horticulture to ensure maximum returns to the producer and nutritional security to the consumers of 3.96 crores population of the state. The Department has been implementing Urban Farming scheme by promoting terrace garden since 2010 apart from the other schemes which provides nutrition security to the Telangana population. With the advent of modernization and urbanization 10% – 15% of the population are shifting yearly from rural to urban areas, thereby, urban population is increasing day by day resulting in congested cities and towns which has increased temperature, pollution, etc.
The Urban landscaping/terrace garden growing is increasing and gaining popularity nowadays as people are becoming more conscious about health and clean and green environment along with nutritional values and pesticide residue free fruits and vegetablesthat they consumed. There is no scope of horizontal expansion in present available space in cities and only vertical spaceis available which can be converted into vertical gardens.
Benefits of vegetable productionthrough Terrace Gardening.
• The joy of consuming the vegetables grown with our own hands givens immense satisfaction and satiety.
• The producer gets fresh, pesticides residual free vegetables for consumption.
• Tasty, highly nutritious, superior quality vegetables.
• No loss of time from harvest to kitchen.
• Eco-friendly, pollution free environment.
• Physical exercise to the city dwellers/children.
• By growing greens, ambient temperatures will be maintained in surroundings by absorption of Carbon di oxide and production of oxygen.
• Home gardening increases the availability of oxygen.
• Homestead gardening modifies micro climate thus reduces global warming apart from relieving from stress and strain.
Very Recently, a Vertical Gardening demo was established at CoE, Jeedimetla to convert Urban farming (Vegetables) cultivation into a business mode and to meet the demand of leafy vegetables from the city consumers.
To address these issues, Dept. of Horticulture is organizing a state level workshop on Urban Farming and Vertical Gardening at CoE, Jeedimetla on 24th October 2018 from 10.00 AM to 5.00 PM. The workshop will be graced by C.Parthasarathi, IAS, APC &Prl.Secretary to Telangana and other dignitaries.
Participants:
Around 400 beneficiaries (urban farmers) practicing terrace gardening in metro/ municipal areas of Telangana will participate and also share their best experiences which they are adopting on their terraces.
Dr.Sushila, Professor from Kerala Agriculture University, Tiruchur will share her expertise in Vertical gardening i.e., demonstration of different designs and installation and maintenance techniques of vertical gardening.
The interested people have to register over phone by 22.10.2018, 3.00 PM.
Contact details –
1. G.Madhusudhan, ADH – 7997724936
2. Jyothi, Junior Assistant – 7997724983
3. Siva Prasad – 7997724985
