• Floriculture Production

. Abstract Floriculture is presently considered as the most lucrative agro-enterprise in terms of profit making. As the flowers are the utmost perishable horticultural farm produce, there remains some hindrance in proper marketing following standard postharvest management practices by the common farmers. Hence, value addition by the agro-industries is another important arena for proper utilisation of fresh ornamentals in either garden-fresh or processed form. Different kinds of value-added products are nowadays formulated and marketed by the companies which include essential oils, flavours, fragrance, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical compounds, insecticidal and nematicidal compounds, pigments and natural dye, vanilla-based products, gulkand, rose water, etc. Besides floristry items, flower arrangements and floral ornaments are important value addition with the fresh flowers and other ornamentals.

Floriculture Production

Weather station software wmr100 software. Another important arena is the production of dry/dehydrated flowers in which India has achieved a considerable success regarding in-house production and worldwide marketing. The different methods for the production of value-added products from flowers and other ornamentals are discussed in this chapter.

Value-added floriculture is a process of increasing the economic value and consumer appeal of any floricultural commodity.Profit potential is increased when an indistinctive raw commodity is converted into a unique product.The value-addition for marketing flowers includes adoption of post-harvest technology and improved logistics. Export of value-added product e.g. Oil (extracted in small units set up in production zones) rather than the raw material e.g. Rose petals, can help generate substantial revenue in international market.Working with flowers is of course a benefit, but a successful operation requires a great deal of highly specialised knowledge and skills, since the industry is highly technical and scientific. Value-added products from floriculture includesessential oils from ornamental plants, extraction of dyes from plants and flowers, extraction of plant pigments, fresh flower products (bouquets, arrangements, etc.) and dried flowers and plant parts, etc.

Download fulltext PDF. Value-added floriculture is a process of increasing the economic value and appeal of any. De LC (2011) Value addition in flowers and. Value-added floriculture is a process of increasing the economic value and appeal of any floricultural commodity through changes in genetics, processing or diversification (Verma et al. By application of such innovative techniques, the grower is able to receive an additional income by converting an indistinctive raw material into a unique and alluring product.