Horticulture

Why it matters

• Enhances nutritional security by providing essential vitamins, minerals, and proteins beyond staple cereal crops.
• Promotes economic diversification for farmers, offering higher value-per-acre returns and potential for export-oriented growth.
• Supports climate resilience through varied cropping patterns and efficient resource management techniques like micro-irrigation.
• Generates significant employment opportunities across the value chain, including processing, cold chain logistics, and marketing.

How it is asked

Focus on the shift from food security to nutritional security, the role of post-harvest infrastructure in reducing wastage, and government initiatives aimed at increasing farmer income through crop diversification.