PROJECT PROPOSAL TO THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURE MISSION,

DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE, GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA,

BANGALORE

PROJECT PROPOSAL
ON

ESTABLISHMENT OF MODEL NURSERY OF

MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS

BY

Gurukula,
G P Centre,
Court road,
Sirsi 581401
Phone: (08384) 228128, 9480013489

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PARTICULARS

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Title of the research proposal

Information Principal Investigators

Objective and Location of the Project

Justification

Technical Programme

Budget Requirement

Certification

PROJECT PROPOSAL TO THE NATIONAL HORTICULTURE MISSION,

DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE, GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA,
BANGALORE
1.Name and address of the Organization

Gurukula, G P Centre, Court road, Sirsi 581401

2.Name of the of the Project

Phone no: (08384) 228128, 9480013489

Establishment of Model Nursery of Medicinal and
Aromatic Plants

3.Name of the Principal Investigator with

Kshama G Hegde,

full address
4.Name and Designation of Co-Principal

President

Investigators with address

Objectives of the Project:

1. Establishment of nursery of medicinal and aromatic plants.
2. Production and distribution of plant materials of medicinal and aromatic
plants.

Location of the project & availability of land:

Sirsi is the capital city of Uttara Kannada district connected by bus. Sirsi has
the population of 6 lakhs and includes many good institutions. It is one of the
fast developing city of Uttara Kannada district. So we have taken Sirsi as the
location of the project. We are able to provide ____acres of land for this project.

Justification
At present, about 90 percent of the medicinal plants collection is from the
wild. Nearly 70 percent of plant collections involve destructive harvesting and
thus many species are endangered / threatened. To ensure the availability of
enough material in the future, genetic resources of each medicinal /aromatic
plant must be conserved and multiplied. There is an ever growing demand for
plant based drugs for internal consumption and export purpose. This has
resulted in spurt in the number of pharmacies in Indian system of medicine
scattered throughout the country. This has created a problem in supply and
availability of sufficient quantities of medicinal plants for manufacture of
genuine drugs. In order to meet this situation, measures are needed to promote
the nursery activities /cultivation of medicinal plants. There is also a need to
create awareness among the farmers about the value of these plants. In this
context, Gurukula has done excellent job in promoting the commercial
cultivation of medicinal and aromatic crops. Due to our efforts many farmers
are cultivating these crops. The major problem in the cultivation of these plants
is the non-availability of genuine planting material at a reasonable price in Ghat
and Malanad areas of Karnataka. Farmers have to depend upon distant places,
and hence it adds additional cost on cultivation. Hence, formers generally
hesitate to adopt these crops for cultivation due to non-availability of planting
material and high risk of marketing. Hence, it is necessary to establish a nursery
of medicinal and aromatic plants which will definitely ensure the supply of
large quantity of planting material to the farmers.

Technical program
I year

1.

Infrastructure development, erection of Poly house, Shade house and Net

house.

2.

Establishment of nursery with improved varieties of commercial

medicinal and aromatic plants.

3.

Production of planting materials.

II year

1.

Production of planting materials.

III year

1.
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Production of planting materials.

Particulars
Aromatic grasses

1.

(Lemon grass, khus grass, citronella and

2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

palmarosa)
Coleus
Guggal
Patchouli
Amruthaballi
Stevia
Shatavari
Long pepper
Rosemary
Others

Quantity (in Nos.)

I year
II year

III year

50,000

50,000

50,000

50,000
5,000
25,000
5,000
10,000
10,000
5,000
10,000
20,000

50,000
5,000
25,000
5,000
10,000
10,000
5,000
10,000
20,000

50,000
5,000
25,000
5,000
10,000
10,000
5,000
10,000
20,000

Budget requirement

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Amount

Particulars

(Rs. In lakhs)
Media shed (150 sq.mt.)
2.00
Shadenet house (1000 sq.mt.)
1.50
Poly house(500 sq.mt.)
3.50
Maintenance cost of nursery
1.50
Land development / Establishment of mother plant nursery and
4.00
aftercare
Establishment of compost pit /vermin-compost unit
Pump house with irrigation source
Miscellaneous
Total

1.50
5.00
1.00
20.00

CERTIFICATE

1. It is certified that there are no funds being received to carryout the proposed
work from any other sources for the same purpose for which the funds have
been sought.
2. The facilities created will be used only for the purpose for which these are
created and future maintenance will be the responsibility of the grantee
organization.

President

Head of the Organization

To,
The National Horticulture Mission,
Department of Horticulture,
Government of Karnataka, Bangalore
Sir,
Sub: Submission of Project Proposal under National Horticulture Mission
Scheme reg.

Thanking you

Yours Faithfully

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