Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)

MIDH is the central mission for horticulture, which is a large part of the value of Indian agriculture even though it uses a small share of the land.

What it covers

Fruits, vegetables, root and tuber crops, mushrooms, spices, flowers, aromatic plants, coconut, cashew, cocoa and bamboo.

It also provides technical and administrative support to the Saffron Mission and to horticulture work carried out under RKVY and the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture.

Who pays

MIDH is now a component of the Krishionnati Yojana umbrella.

Support runs across the horticulture chain — planting material and area expansion, protected cultivation, post-harvest management and marketing — for the crop groups listed above.

The funding pattern above is what the official compilation publishes. Per-component assistance rates and unit costs are set in the MIDH guidelines and the state's annual action plan, and they differ by crop and by state. For a specific item — a poly-house, a new orchard, a pack house — get the current rate from your state horticulture department or the National Horticulture Board, because these are the numbers that decide your own contribution.

• Farmers and growers taking up any of the covered horticulture crops.
• Farmer Producer Organisations and groups, for the components that require group implementation.
• The specific eligibility, area limits and per-beneficiary ceilings come from your state's annual action plan under MIDH.

• Components not included in your state's annual action plan for the year are not available, even if MIDH covers them nationally.
• Assistance is limited to the approved unit cost. Premium materials above that cost are at your own expense.
• Most components require prior sanction, and planting or construction done before sanction is generally not eligible.

How to apply

1. Apply through your state horticulture department or district horticulture officer. For some components the National Horticulture Board or the Coconut Development Board is the sanctioning body.
2. Ask which components are in your state's annual action plan this year, and get the unit cost and assistance rate for the one you want.
3. Get sanction before you plant or build.

Open the official MIDH website

• Land record for the plot where the horticulture work will be done
• Project or planting plan with costings
• Aadhaar and bank account details
• Registration documents for an FPO or group application