How the Clean Plant Programme Aims to Transform Horticulture

The Clean Plant Programme (CPP) is a government initiative aimed at increasing the yield and quality of fruit crops in India by providing farmers with virus-free, high-quality planting materials.

Why in news? It will be interesting to see India’s agriculture step up another notch with the launch of the Clean Plant Programme (CPP), a government scheme for the horticulture business. Unveiled in February this year during the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman intervening Budget speech, the CPP got the Union Cabinet stamp on Friday … Read more