About

HI TECH FLORICULTURE PROJECT.

  1. About-

    Hi tech floriculture project, College of Agriculture, Pune is one of the important project of protected cultivation. Area under protected cultivation is 5.5 Acre. Post diploma training, Commercial production, Technology demonstration and farmers training are important activities of this project.

    Project demonstrates production technology of Gerbera, Dutch Rose, Capsicum, Cucumber, Gypsophilia etc. under polyhouse conditions.

    One-year full time residential training programme on ‘Polyhouse technology’ for Agriculture Diploma holders is an important activity of this project. This training facilitates skill development and entrepreneurship promotion among trainees. This training is useful to develop confidence among trainees for quality production, precise fertigation, plant protection, environment management in greenhouses and marketing of cut flowers.

    This project was started in the year 2001. Govt. of Maharashtra had granted Rs.3.00 crore to develop this project.

    Total area of project including polyhouses building, structures, roads, pond and open space is 12.00 Acre.Out of which 5.5 acre area is under naturally ventilated polyhouses. Area of open field is 1.88 acre. Area under pond and roads is 0.55 Acre and 4.37 acre respectively.

  2. Infrastructure available-

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    Details (A)

    Details (B)

    1.

    Pre cooling room

    500 sq.ft

    25 Ton Capacity

    2.

    Cold storage room

    1000 sq.ft

    50 Ton capacity

    3.

    Office area

    2000 sq.ft

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    4.

    Seminar hall

    1000 sq.ft

    30 seats capacity with projector and screen.

    5.

    Fertigation room

    1000 sq.ft

    Contains two fertigation machines with sand, screen filters and fertilizer storage provision. (Sand filters capacity is of 25 cu.m/hr)

    6.

    Packing hall

    1500 sq.ft

    2 grading tables , 3 packing tables, 01deleafing machine with cool air blowing duct facility

    7.

    Store rooms

    2000 sq.ft

    Four store rooms of 500 sq. feet each

    8.

    Security guard room

    200 sq.ft

    One room

    9.

    Electricity house

    250 sq.ft

    100 KV supply with 01 DG set of capacity

    10.

    Fertigation machines

    02

    1. Vanvilet make (25cu.m/hr capacity) with 20 solenoid valve connection capacity.10 R area can be irrigated in one cycle

    2. Galcon make (60 cu.m/hr capacity) with 20 solenoid valve connection capacity. 10 R area can be irrigated in one cycle

    11.

    RCC water storage structure

    02

    1) 3.00 Lakh litre capacity

    2) 1.00 Lakh litre capacity

    12.

    Electric pumps

    03

    1) 7.50 HP for fogging system

    2) 5.00 HP for drip irrigation

    3) 3.00 HP for service water line

    13.

    Timer based electronic controller for automatic fogging in various polyhouses

    01

    Galcon make controller having operating capacity for 10 solenoid valves with maximum area fogging capacity of 55 R at once