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The key application areas of shade nets are:
• Agricultural applications - grape cultivation, orchid plantations, tea plantations, nurseries
• Non-agricultural applications – swimming pool coverage, parking lots, etc
The demand for shade nets largely depends upon the usage in floriculture and horticulture. The
increasing awareness of the benefits of using shade nets and assistance from schemes of National
Horticulture Mission (NHM) are making a significant impact on the demand.
The demand for shade nets for grapes cultivation is slowing down as farmers are increasingly using
paper instead of shade nets. The papers help to protect the plants from cold climate apart from
providing the functionality of shading. How ever, the inspection of plants for any disease becomes
difficult in case of paper usage.
The tea garden nurseries hold a lot of potential for shade-nets. The shade nets usage in the tea gardens
nurseries is derived from the number of tea gardens going for replantation. Since the re-plantation of
tea gardens is fairly minimal in India, shade nets usage is not significant in tea gardens.
The demand for shade nets is also increasing in non-agricultural applications like parking lots, garden
fences, etc.
Market dynamics and key growth drivers: Horticulture Industry in India
Production base of horticultural crops has been expanding since independence. From eighth plan
onwards, this sector has witnessed tremendous growth in area, production and productivity. The area
has increased from 13.43 million hectare in 1991-92 to 21.74 million hectare in 2004-05 (which is
about 13% of the total cultivated area) while production increased from 97.83 million MT (1991-92)
to 171.86 million MT during 2004-05.
The states/ UTs namely Chattishgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland,
Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Dadar & Nagar Haveli have less than 10 per cent coverage of area under
horticultural crops and thus require priority attention to horticulture development in the XI Plan. The
states namely Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu
and Uttarankhand cover about 10-25 per cent area under horticultural crops. There is still tremendous
scope for exploitation of horticulture production in these states. Other states cover more than 25 %
area in horticultural crops.
In 2005-06, there were about 6,300 nurseries under public and private sectors. In addition, over 1,300
nurseries were developed during 2006-07 under Central Govt. Sponsored Schemes like NHM and
TMNE. At present, there are over 7,500 registered small and medium scale nurseries. Large nurseries