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“Participants will be trained to procure raw materials, process, package and market them,” said Sangeeta Ladha, joint director of the Horticulture Training Centre at Talegaon. The course is intended to help those interested in this industry to get into self-employment with investment as small as Rs 10,000, she said.
Among the resources that the participants will be taught to work with include maize peas, peepal leaves, lotus pods, pods of cotton balls, bamboo sticks, flowers etc.
Processing these freshly cut flowers increases their durability. Carnations, for instance, last for many years when dried, fermented, bleached and colored. These flowers with decorative value have longevity that has found favour with the markets abroad, said Ladha.
Out of the Rs 300 crore floriculture exports from the country, nearly 70 per cent worth are of these dry flowers. While the export market has been good, the Indian market is yet to be tapped. This course will help spread awareness, she said.
Dry flowers are used extensively in the hospitality industry. “Most of the dry flower units in the country are available only for the elite. There aren’t any for the common people. In India, the awareness levels are low. Not many people are aware of these dry flowers,” Ladha said.
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I am working as Additional Director at the Punjab State Council for Science and Technology Chandigarh, in the area of science popularisation and socio-economic upliftment of women under which i wish to provide training to women on dying of flowers so that they can get employment by starting their own business.We take up such training programmes with the help of DST,GOI.I wish to draw out a PROGRAMME for the same for which I am interested to have a resource person with his/her particulars ,details like duration of the programme, funds required for training of 30 persons,venue etc.What sort of infrastructure is required for this training etc.Kindly send me the name of the contact person/s with their telephone numbers.
dear sir/madum, i am mr. sajal kumar nandy a resident of west bengal, india. i belong to burdwan which is near to kolkata about 100 kms. i have came to about the course of dry flower business & export. please inform me the details of the course and the elegibility of the course. please send me the details as soon as possible. regards, sajal kumar nandy