Horticulture Science for Doubling Farmers Income

Contents: 1. Speed Breeding: An Innovative Method of Crop Improvement. 2. Recent Advances in Rapid Breeding Techniques in Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.). 3. Introgresiomics Assisted Resistance Pre-breeding for Biotic and Abiotic Stress in Vegetable Brassicas. 4. Science of Parthenocarpy in Fruits and Vegetables. 5. Breeding for Parthenocarpy in Vegetable Crops. 6. Advanced Methods of Analysis of Herbs and Spices. 7. Innovative, Novel, Health-Promoting Food Products from Banana. 8. Nano Fertilizers in Horticultural Crops. 9. Creation of Robust Circular Economy: Production of High-Value Compounds and Innovative Future Products from Banana. 10. Doubling the Farmers Income Through Protected Cultivation in Bundelkhand Region of Uttar Pradesh. 11. Popularizing Chironji Cultivation for Nutrition in Drylands. 12. Drumstick- Nutraceutical Properties and Industrial Uses. 13. Sohphlang A Potential Indigenous Tuber Crop of Meghalaya. 14. Dried Fruits as Salutiferous Fruits. 15. Pollination Management in Vegetable Crops. 16. Effects of Bio-stimulants on Vegetable Production. 17. Mites and Scale Insects -Horticultural Crops and Mitigation Strategies. Doubling farmers income by 2022 is a national commitment to be achieved by increasing productivity of crops, reducing harvest and postharvest losses, assuring Minimum Support Price (MSP) to farmers and Minimum Import Price (MIP) for many of the plantation crops. The 17 chapters authored by 36 working scientists in State Agricultural Universities and ICAR Research Institutes throw light on HORTICULTURE SCIENCES FOR DOUBLING FARMERS INCOME made during the last decade. India was ranked 108 in Global Hunger Index in 2021 and the dream of Mahathma Gandhi to transform India as Zero Hidden Hunger remain elusive. Hidden hunger (Malnutrition) leads to anaemia, low body weight, high child mortality and loss in working hours. Establishment of Nutri Gardens and emphasis on consumption of greens will facilitate a healthy diet.…