Himachal initiates apple vermi-compost project

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Shimla: HPMC and HIMFED have initiated the process for preparing vermi-compost from rotten apples at Snail and Pragati Nagar in Shimla district. A team of scientists from Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, recently visited these places and found them suitable for vermi-compost production.

This was disclosed by  Horticulture Minister Narender Bragta  while presiding over a meeting of HPMC and HIMFED officials together with a team of scientists. He said that only culled apples procured under MIS would be used to prepare vermi-compost. He directed HPMC, HIMFED and scientists from Nauni university to organise awareness camps in apple-growing belts of the state so that people could be motivated to set up apple-based vermi-compost units, which would enhance their income and also  help in proper management of the entire apple crop. He also said that demonstration units would be established in Rohru, Jubbal and in other apple-growing areas of the state, which would help in educating people about setting up of apple-based vermi-compost units. He said that fruit-based vermi-compost would also benefit HPMC and HIMFED in terms of  generating additional income.

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2 COMMENTS

  1. This is ridiculous.  You purchase apple with public money, let it rot due to utter mismanagement and then preach that it shall be a good manure.  Culled apple should have been utilized for making juice/jam etc for which it is meant.  Even its selling in open market should be stopped because it reduces the price of good quality apple thereby causing loss to the farmers  Why don't its plants work to capacity, why can't new plants be established to cope up the need? There is adequate demand of such products in the market and private players as well as mnc's are making money.  The govt needs to review its policies and watch the interest of farmers whose bread and butter is solely dependent on this crop.
    Bad governance indeed………

  2. This is ridiculous.  You purchase apple with public money, let it rot due to utter mismanagement and then preach that it shall be a good manure.  Culled apple should have been utilized for making juice/jam etc for which it is meant.  Even its selling in open market should be stopped because it reduces the price of good quality apple thereby causing loss to the farmers  Why don't its plants work to capacity, why can't new plants be established to cope up the need? There is adequate demand of such products in the market and private players as well as mnc's are making money.  The govt needs to review its policies and watch the interest of farmers whose bread and butter is solely dependent on this crop.
    Bad governance indeed………

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