We need to train our human resources to cater to the requirements of this developing industry. This vital link of providing trained manpower to the emerging industry requirements in horticulture sector has prompted us to launch an Institute of Horticulture Technology. It is characterized by State-of-the-Art facilities coupled with experienced, and professional faculty to ensure a steady supply of well-trained manpower that are fine tuned to the requirements of the horticulture industry.
The institute envisions capacity building in technology driven horticulture to meet the increasing demands of the fast-developing horticulture industry of the country. Present and prospective entrepreneurs interested in Hi Tech Horticulture like Hydroponics, Aeroponics are increasing day by day. Various MNC’s and other big companies are venturing in Agriculture thus opening a wide space for people to get trained in Hi Tech Horticulture.
Various technologies like high density planting, use of high yielding varieties and hybrids, improved propagation and micro propagation techniques, drip irrigation and fertigation technology, application of good agricultural practices, protected horticulture, integrated pest and weed management and post-harvest management are being used to boost up horticultural production.
Government of Uttar Pradesh has empaneled IHT for Hi Tech Horticultural trainings. The Institute has been conducting trainings under Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for the holistic growth of the horticulture sector.
Various states those deputed farmers, extension officials and students including Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim, Nagaland, Mizoram, Odisha. Trainees from abroad were mainly from Tunisia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Sudan, Tajikistan, Palestine, Vietnam, Tanzania, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Bahrain, amongst others in the last 12 years.
I hope the prospective entrepreneurs, agricultural graduates, horticultural officers and progressive growers desirous of having hands on experience in modern technology of horticulture including precision/protective cultivation will continue to take advantage of various trainings and courses and participate in the scientific growth of horticulture industry in India.