Golden rose harvesting farms2/1/2024 ![]() ![]() “The poly houses, ranging from 10 gunthas (quarter of an acre) to an acre, are solely run by family members with each member taking responsibility for a particular task,” said Taluka Agriculture Officer, A Pirjade. Some 60 villages in the area, which once grew paddy, have taken to floriculture – giving livelihoods to around 350 families. ![]() She has done so well, in 2016 the state government honoured her with the Vasantra o Naik Krishibhushan Award, a prestigious award for farmers. “I acquired three and a half acres, attended a workshop organised by the National Horticulture Centre, took a bank loan of Rs 44 lakhs to establish my farm and returned it within seven years,” she said. She has degrees in science and education, but the scent of roses drew her into floriculture farming. Mankar is one of the many small-scale flower farmers in Maval. ![]() “The Top Secret variety – with its 6 cm bud size and 70 cm stem fetches the most – but then we have the lesser bud sizes too,” said rose grower Priyadarshini Vilas Mankar (52) who has a three-and-a-half acre farm in Talegaon Dabhade with worker quarters, pre-cooling room and flower sorting area. The Top Secret variety of roses have a 6 cm bud size and a 70 cm stem which fetches the most in the three-and-a-half acre farm in Talegaon Dabhade (Photo by Hiren Kumar Bose) ![]()
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