Board implements
the following programmes to promote Large Cardamom
production:
Production
and supply of quality planting materials
Certified
Nursery Scheme:
Board supports raising
of nurseries in farmers’ field by offering
a grant-in-aid of Rs.10,000/- per nursery
producing 10,000 suckers.
Replanting Scheme:
The scheme is intended
to encourage growers to take up replantation
of senile and uneconomic gardens. A subsidy
of Rs.6,000/- per ha. is offered to the growers.
Supply of Sprinkler
Irrigation Units:
To tide over drought
situations during summer, Board assists growers
in procuring and installing sprinkler units
and accessories by providing 50% of the cost
as subsidy with a ceiling of Rs.2500/- per
set.
Low Cost Driers:
In order to improve the
quality of the cured large cardamom, Board
helps the growers to replace their traditional
Bhatty curing system with improved driers
by providing a subsidy of Rs.10,000/- per
drier.
Processing
The conventionally
cured cardamom does not fetch the right price because
of unscientific processing and packaging. In order
to overcome this situation, Board proposes to assist
growers in setting up their own processing/powdering/packaging
units by providing assistance to the tune of 50%
of the cost subject to a maximum of Rs.50, 000/-
per unit.
