The budget has several schemes and infrastructure plans for the horticulture sector.
To promote drip irrigation practice, it was announced that 90% subsidy will be provided to SC/ST farmers and 75% subsidy to other farmers.
With an extension of 34,700 hectares, Karnataka now stands first in the country under horticulture farming, having a total area of 26.32 lakh hectares.
An amount of Rs 35 crore has been earmarked to establish a modern cold storage facility at Toravi in Vijayapura district, a key producer of grapes.
The facility will come upon a public-private partnership basis (PPP). It will manage the storage, conservation and transportation of grapes in cold storage vehicles.
The budget gives a focused boost to increase palm cultivation, to aid palm oil production.
Under the central government’s ‘National Mission on Edible Oil – Oil Palm,' the state will provide Rs 35 crore to increase the cultivation area by 25,000 hectares in the next five years.
The budget has allotted Rs 5 crore to popularise and increase the production of Kodagu and Jamboti honey.
The CM has announced the establishment of a mango processing centre at Hangal in Haveri district. For the promotion of quality chillies and other spices, a research centre will be established at Byadgi in the district.
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