About

          The India International Horti Expo is an international exhibition for horticulture as well as floricultural production, processing technology and the ornamental aspect of horticulture and landscaping. The 3 day exhibition is being organised with focus on Greenhouse Technology, Plastic Film, Tunnels, Planting, Cultivating and Harvesting Equipment, Irrigation & Drainage, Water Management, Crop Protection and Disease Management, Soil, Substrates, Fertilizers, Vertical Farming, Fruits and Vegetables Processing Technology, Genetics, Breeding and Seed Improvement, Postharvest Technology (Monitoring, Sorting, Storage, Packaging, Transport), Landscape industry and Nursery business.

          Productivity per hectare: Horticulture accounts for a third of the total agricultural gross value added. Despite horticulture occupying only a fraction of the area under agriculture (about 20% of the total area under food grain in 2018-19), its productivity was 12.3 tons per hectare versus 2.3 tons per hectare given by agriculture. These numbers are clear indicators that horticulture, even while taking up only a fraction of the cropped area in the country, is already able to generate a much higher value output.

          India – A major producer: India currently stands as the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world, next to China. It is, therefore, no surprise that a large amount of fruit consumed by the world such as grapes, mangoes, pomegranates, oranges, etc. and spices such as black pepper, ginger, turmeric, cinnamon, saffron, etc., take their roots in India. A lot of vegetables consumed by the world, including tomatoes, onions, green chilly, potatoes and many others, also come from the country’s soil. 
         Technology boost: With an upswing in horticulture adoption, several newer opportunities are also opening up, thanks to technology. Agro-tech has become a booming sector globally and in India, inviting high interest from venture capital and private equity investors. An Ernst & Young study sees the potential of the Indian agro-tech market to be about $24 billion worth by 2025. Leveraging emerging technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), etc., several agro-tech companies are able to bring predictability and precision into farming, aspects that could never be tied to farming before. Big data is helping in efficient supply chain management, yield prediction, and therefore, predictable income for farmers. Through the aforementioned precision farming technologies, startups are able to help horticulture farmers get a better picture of their farms, receive real-time alerts and advisory on the weather, soil conditions, pest and disease predictions and much more  .