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Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)

The Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) is a centrally sponsored umbrella scheme of the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare for holistic development of the horticulture sector. It was launched in 2014-15 by subsuming earlier programmes — the National Horticulture Mission (NHM), the Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayan States (HMNEH), the National Horticulture Board (NHB), the Coconut Development Board (CDB) and the Central Institute for Horticulture, Nagaland.

Overview

MIDH covers a broad commodity basket — fruits, vegetables, root and tuber crops, mushrooms, spices, flowers, aromatic plants, coconut, cashew, cocoa and bamboo — and finances both production and post-harvest links of the value chain. Major sub-components include area expansion, protected cultivation, rejuvenation of old orchards, post-harvest infrastructure, market support and human resource development.

Eligibility

Individual farmers, FPOs, cooperatives, SHGs, partnership firms, registered companies and public institutions can avail of MIDH support, with eligibility criteria varying by sub-component. NHB's commercial horticulture component, for instance, targets organised entrepreneurs and farmer groups; the NHM component supports area expansion by individual cultivators.

Benefit and structure

  • Funding pattern: 60:40 (Centre:State) in general states and 90:10 in North Eastern and Himalayan states
  • NHB commercial horticulture sub-component provides credit-linked back-ended subsidy up to 50% of project cost, capped at Rs 56 lakh per project
  • Support is structured as area- and item-specific norms aligned with state action plans

Implementation

State Horticulture Missions are the main implementing agencies in general states; in the North East the HMNEH directorate plays that role. NHB, CDB and the Central Institute for Horticulture lead specialised sub-components. MIDH is often combined with PMKSY (see Pmksy Micro Irrigation Subsidy) for the irrigation backbone of orchard projects and with Cold Storage And Pack House for post-harvest links.

See also Coconut Kuridi Trade, Cold Storage And Pack House, Pmksy Micro Irrigation Subsidy, Fisheries Pond Subsidy Pmmsy and Silk Samagra Sericulture Subsidy.

References

  1. MIDH Operational Guidelines. Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.
  2. Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture. midh.gov.in.