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Bloom time for Indian floriculture farmers

It is bloom time for floriculture farmers of Vizianagaram with religious rituals, festivities and marriages creating huge demand for varieties of flowers. Farmers are reaping good revenues by growing colorful flowers during the winter season. This is high demand season for flowers and the rates are double than that during normal days. Kartheeka Masam is the most auspicious period for Hindus and most of the people like to visit temples and perform special poojas during this month.

The investment for floriculture is also less compared to food crops like paddy and vegetables. In addition to this, the profit from flowers is higher than the any other crops. Because of such potential prospects, farmers have taken up floriculture during this season and even exporting them to Odisha, Chattishgarh, apart from Visakhapatnam.

Farmers of Kummarikunta, Ramabhadrapuram, Kondavelagada, L.Kota, Narayanapuram, Kallikota, Komarada, Garividi and some other villages are getting good yield of flowers. A variety of flowers including Crossandra (Kanakambaram), Marigold (Banthi), Chamomile (Chamanthi) are being grown across approximately 1500 acres.

Read more at The Hans India
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