Question

How can the horticulture industry in India be overhauled to provide supplementary gainful employment to rural people and help them realize higher levels of income?

• A. Investment in infrastructures like cold storage systems.
• B. Developing small-scale processing units.
• C. Create and establish marketing linkages.
• D. All of the above.

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

All of the above.

Horticulture has emerged as a successful sustainable livelihood option and needs to be encouraged significantly. Enhancing its role requires investment in infrastructures like electricity, coldstorage systems, marketing linkages,small-scale processing units and technology improvement and dissemination.