HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Floriculture is the cultivation and trade of flowers. It encompasses flower production, processing, marketing, and distribution. The first recorded evidence of Floriculture dates back to the early 1500s when flowers were grown in greenhouses in Holland.

Detailed explanation-2: -Total area under floriculture in India is second largest in the world and only next to China. Production of flowers was estimated to be 2910 thousand MT of which loose flowers accounted to 2263 thousand MT and cut flowers to 647 thousand MT. Fresh and Dried cut flowers dominate floriculture exports from India.