1Plan Implementation and Monitoring Section, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110001
2Division of Design of Experiments, Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, Library Avenue, New Delhi-110012. Scientist1775@yahoo.co.in
Floriculture in India is being viewed as a high growth industry. Commercial floriculture is becoming important from the export angle. The liberalization of industrial and trade policies have paved the way for development of export oriented production of cut flowers. The total business of floriculture products in India during 2005 was Rs. 8174 lakhs while it increased to Rs.l0117 lakhs by April 2006. In India, flower production of West Bengal registered the highest compound growth rate of 16.61 per cent followed by Andhra Pradesh (13.74 per cent) and Maharashtra (9.11 per cent). The growing demands of flowers in the domestic as well as the export market will require a concerted effort on the part of the government as well as the private entrepreneurs to develop floriculture on scientific lines.
Compound growth rate, flower, linear model
