Shimla: The Vegetable cultivation is fastly gaining popularity among farmers in hill state of Himachal Pradesh which has become a ‘natural glass house’ for production of off season vegetables in the region. The State has a huge bio-diversity and its agro-climatic conditions are congenial for the production of off-season vegetables round the year.
A target of 11.55 lakh MT off seasonal vegetable production was fixed in 57,000 hactare area in the year 2009-10 while target of 12.50 lakh metric tonnes (MT) off seasonal vegetable production was fixed in 60,000 hactare area in the year 2010-11 and target of 13 lakh metric tonnes off seasonal vegetable production was fixed in 65000 hactare area for the year 2011-12.
The targets of off seasonal vegetable production and area were exceeded during all these years due to various incentives and policies started by the state government for promotion of off seasonal vegetable crops in the state.
