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Please Note : New Any Training Partner seeking Affiliation or seeking to add Job Role in existing center, the accreditation will be provided as per new version w.e.f. 1st April 2022. The assessment would be done on current version of Qualification Pack (QP) Please Note : New This is to bring to your notice that No Assessment Agency, empaneled by Agriculture Skill Council of India (ASCI) is authorized to issue any certificates/Mark Sheets/Rewards of assessment on the approved Qualification Packs (QPs) of ASCI under the umbrella of National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) Please Note: New Any private training partner seeking affiliation for “Animal Husbandry job roles” irrespective of any scheme must share an NOC or recommendation letter from the appropriate state animal husbandry department to establish a training centre with the SSC, post to which only affiliation will be completed. | Note: Please note Sector Skill Council would entertain Affiliation related communication and meeting only with Permanent employees duly authorised by Directors of the Entity ( Interested in Affiliation) and would not deal / communicate with any Consultant / Liasion agency or any other Third Party. | Note: Freelance trainers who are not affiliated to any Training Provider and meet the pre-requisite trainers qualification criteria can also participate in the Train the Trainers (TOT) Program | New Applications are invited from individual content writers for skilling content for selected job roles in Agri and allied skilling ecosystem

Important : New Any private training partner seeking affiliation for “Animal Husbandry job roles” irrespective of any scheme must share an NOC or recommendation letter from the                                          appropriate state animal husbandry department to establish a training centre with the SSC, post to which only affiliation will be completed. Click Here

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Important : New This is to inform that the job role Animal Health Worker(AGR/Q4804) is no more available for training. Kindly refrain to initiate any batch or training in this job role.

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MIDH (Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture)

Objective of the MIDH Scheme

It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for the holistic growth of the horticulture sector covering fruits, vegetables, root & tuber crops, mushrooms, spices, flowers, aromatic plants, coconut, cashew, cocoa and bamboo. Among the many mission objectives, one of the objectives of the MIDH is to support skill development and create employment generation opportunities for rural youth in horticulture and post-harvest management, especially in the cold chain sector.

Sub-schemes of MIDH

    The MIDH scheme has the following sub-schemes as its component:

  • National Horticulture Mission.
  • Horticulture Mission for North-East & Himalayan States (HMNEH)
  • National Horticulture Board (NHB)
  • Coconut Development Board (CDB)
  • Central Institute of Horticulture (CIH)

Human Resource Development (HRD) in Horticulture

The mission supports skill development and creates employment generation opportunities for rural youth in horticulture and post-harvest management, especially in the cold chain sector. Capacity buildings of farmers and technicians is also provided for adopting improved technologies, through existing institutions like State Agriculture Universities, Krishi Vigyan Kendras and institutes with the Department of Horticulture in the States. Rural youth and farmers are given training under various farming techniques for horticulture crops, mushroom cultivation, floriculture, beekeeping, protected cultivation, micro-irrigation, post-harvest processing, etc.

Financial assistance for major interventions/activities

Under MIDH, the financial assistance is provided for the following major interventions/activities

    Setting up of nurseries and tissue culture units for production of quality seed and planting material.

  • Area expansion, i.e., establishing new orchards and gardens for fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
  • Rejuvenation of unproductive, old, and senile orchards.
  • Protected cultivation, i.e. poly-house, green-house, etc, to improve productivity & grow off-season high-value vegetables and flowers.
  • Organic farming and certification.
  • Creation of water resources structures and watershed management.
  • Bee-keeping for pollination.
  • Horticulture Mechanization.
  • Creation of Post-Harvest Management and Marketing infrastructure.

For more details, click on: https://midh.gov.in//