News » 30.05.2025 - India: Creating opportunities for smart entrepreneurship in floriculture

The 33rd Annual Group Meeting of the All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Floriculture commenced today at Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (UHF), Nauni, with a strong call to harness the vast opportunities emerging in India's floriculture sector through innovation, collaboration and entrepreneurship.

The three-day event is being jointly organized by the ICAR-Directorate of Floricultural Research (DFR), Pune in collaboration with the AICRP on Floriculture, UHF Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture. The meeting has brought together around 90 floriculture experts, including scientists from 22 AICRP centres, university faculty and professionals.

Inaugurating the session, Chief Guest Prof. Rajeshwar Singh Chandel, UHF Vice Chancellor, emphasized the cultural and economic significance of floriculture. He described it as a 'smart livelihood' opportunity, particularly for India's youth and stressed the need for research institutions to translate their work from 'lab to land and land to scalable businesses'.

He urged the development of short-term, hands-on courses to equip students and enthusiasts with practical floriculture skills and also ramp up demand and growth in the sector. Prof. Chandel also highlighted climate change as a critical challenge facing the sector and advocated for localized, easily implementable solutions to mitigate its impact.

 

Source: www.floraldaily.com

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