A fruit grower in a remote village cannot keep his fruit fresh for long and cannot reach buyers in distant towns. Which of the following investments, named in NCERT for enhancing the role of horticulture, would help him most directly?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Cold storage systems and marketing linkages
The grower has two problems: fruit spoils and buyers are far away. Cold storage keeps fruit fresh, and marketing linkages connect him to buyers in towns.
Nursery work, hybrid seeds and tissue culture are jobs and methods within horticulture. They do not solve storage or market access.
NCERT (2026-27): “5.5 Diversification into Productive Activities … Horticulture has emerged as a successful sustainable livelihood option and needs to be encouraged significantly. Enhancing its role requires investment in infrastructure like electricity, cold storage systems, marketing linkages, small-scale processing units and technology improvement and dissemination.” “5.5 Diversification into Productive Activities … Economic condition of many farmers engaged in horticulture has improved and it has become a means of improving livelihood for many unprivileged classes. Flower harvesting, nursery maintenance, hybrid seed production and tissue culture, propagation of fruits and flowers and food processing are highly remunerative employment options for women in rural areas.” |