Resource Book on Horticulture Nursery Management

nurseries under the Public as well as Private sector. These nurseries also provide planting
material for the rejuvenation program for old/senile plantations.
Assistance for Infrastructure in nurseries includes the following:
� Proper fencing.
� Mother stocks block maintenance under poly cover to protect from adverse weather
conditions.
� Raising root stock seedlings under shadenet house conditions.
� Propagation house, tropical polyhouse with ventilation having insect proof netting on
sides and fogging and sprinkler irrigation systems.
� Hardening/maintenance in insect proof net house with light screening properties and
sprinkler irrigation system.
� Pump house to provide sufficient irrigation to the plants and water storage tank to
meet at least 2 days requirement.
� Soil sterilization steam sterilization system with boilers.
Under the revised guidelines of National Horticulture Mission it has been estimated
that a nursery having an area of one ha with the above mentioned facilities would cost
Rs.6.25 lakhs. Assistance is provided for setting up a nursery having a minimum area of 1
ha and maximum area of 4 ha with a total cost of Rs. 25 lakhs. The nurseries under Public
sector are given 100% assistance and for those under the Private sector 50% assistance is
provided as credit linked back end subsidy. Nursery of size of 1 ha will be classified as
small nursery and beyond that will be classified as large nursery. Cost norms of nurseries
will be @ of Rs. 6.25 lakhs per ha. Each nursery has to produce a minimum 50,000 plants
per ha per year of the mandated perennial fruit plant / tree spices/plantation crop through
vegetative propagation.
The nurseries are required to ensure supply of quality planting material. In order to
ensure supply of quality planting material the planting material must be purchased from
the nurseries which are accredited from National Horticulture Board, State Agricultural
Universities, and ICAR Institutes. Nurseries are also regulated under legislation in force
relating to seeds and planting material. Efforts should be made to establish nurseries at
production cluster itself.
10.2.4 Nursery Expenditure, Income and Profit Analysis
The nursery enterprise is an important source of employment and income
generation. It is important for the entrepreneur to make an estimate of expenditure and
probable income during the operation of the nursery. Similarly, it is also beneficial for the
entrepreneur to make a nursery production plan of work, manpower and raw material
requirement for successful operation of the nursery. The anticipation of income is also an
area which requires planning for proper financial appraisal in the nursery business.
Proper financial planning of the income, expenditure statements is an essential factor in
the success of the nursery business.
Entrepreneurs can use business analysis as a guide for important decisions such as
business expansions, financing, marketing strategies, operations planning, and product
selection. When applied properly, this information can increase nursery business
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