Kits for Roof top or kitchen gardens
Posted on: 02/Apr/2019 10:00:25 AM
Vegetables are important constituents of global/Indian food and a source of nutritional security due to their short duration, high yield, nutritional richness and economic viability. They are the vital sources of proteins, vitamins, minerals, dietary fibres, micronutrients, antioxidants, phytochemicals and anti-carcinogenic principles in our daily diet.
Various attributes, such as the city urbanization, an increase in per capita consumption, health consciousness, growing working women, shifting of farmers to high-value vegetables due to higher income and continuous demand for vegetables are the significant factors leading to fuelling vegetable growth in the country. Traditionally, Indian lifestyle has a predilection for fresh vegetables or those processed at home.
With the ever-increasing urban agglomeration in metropolitan cities like Chennai, that accommodates 8.65 million residents making it the fourth populous metropolitan city in India (2011 census) demands fresh green foods every day at their doorway. Likewise, Coimbatore, Madurai, Trichy and all other districts of Tamil Nadu are on urban agglomeration. The cities more or less have broad industrial base in the automobile, Information & Technology, hardware manufacturing, health care sectors, and business process outsourcing (BPO) which makes it even more populous day-by-day. As a result, the passion for gardening and nurturing plants is getting stringent due to the paucity of space in the urban setting.
Now the demand is for revelation, to make the city “Green” utilising the space on the terrace and common open space. The focus of the programme is to grow their own vegetables on the rooftop or common open space available through technological intervention.
Objectives of the Scheme
- Motivating the urban dwellers to grow their own vegetables on the rooftop or common open space at every household in all district’s.
- Self-sustained vegetable production throughout the year.
- Provide nutritional security through fresh green vegetables and provide tangible security to vegetable production.
- Mitigate the environmental impacts in cities by conserving energy and water, improving air and water quality.
- Dissemination of technology to peoples.
- Eco-friendly technology to combat pollution through automobiles & dust.
- Women empowerment by making them economically self-sufficient
Benefits of the Scheme
- The passion for gardening and nurturing plants has gained momentum in Tamil Nadu harnessing the interest of the people.
- Escalation in per capita consumption of vegetables
- Self-sustained vegetable production for every household
- Invigorating the environment.
- Market Intervention
- Nutritional security through the production of fresh green vegetables on their own.
- Training the public to farm-at-home is financially rewarding to the soaring vegetable prices today.
The highlights of the Scheme
- Lightweight growing medium.
- Lightweight containers.
- Hybrid seedlings.
- Water soluble fertilizer.
- Biopesticides and fungicides.
Total Cost of the kit: Rs. 522.10/kit
Subsidy Cost of the kit: Rs. 200/kit
| Sl.No | Kit items | Rates (Rs) |
| 1 | Seeds | 69.40 |
| 2 | Azospirillum (200g) | 3.65 |
| 3 | Phosphobacteria (200g) | 3.65 |
| 4 | Trichoderma viridi (100g) | 6.00 |
| 5 | Pseudomonas fluorescents (100g) | 6.00 |
| 6 | Azadiractin (100ml) | 22.00 |
| 7 | Polythene cover with compressed coco pith 2Kg bricks - 6 bags per kit | 329.40 |
| 8 | 18:18:18 (urea, superphosphate with SOP) 1Kg | 74.00 |
| 9 | Technical Know-How folder 1No | 8.00 |
| Total Cost | 522.10 |
For further details, please contact the following:
- Horticulture Officer (Madhavaram): 9003265922
- Horticulture Officer (Annanagar): 9841155808
- Horticulture Officer (Thiruvanmiyur): 044 - 24510597
- Horticulture Officer (Perambur): 8056217841
