[Himachal GK] Agriculture in Himachal Pradesh

Layout Maps of  Horticulture Infrastructure :

1. Bee Keeping Centres in Himachal Pradesh

Map Source: Aryabhatta Geo Informatics  Space Application Centre, Panthaghati, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

[Himachal GK] Horticulture in Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh has been endowed with a wide range of agro climatic conditions due to which a large number of horticulture commodities like fruit crops (from temperate to sub tropical), flowers, vegetables, mushrooms, hops, tea, medicinal & aromatic plants etc. are successfully grown here. Amongst the fruit crops, perhaps all kind of fruits grown in the country, except those which are grown in the warm humid coastal regions, can be produced in the State. Depending upon the agroclimatic conditions and the suitability of a particular area for the growing of specific fruit crops in that area, the State is broadly divided into four agroclimatic zones as described in the table below :

[Himachal GK] Natural Resources of Himachal Pradesh

Minerals:

The State has deposits of a variety of minerals viz. salt, gypsum, limestone, barite, clay, mica, iron, pyrites, slate and lead. Limestone is the most heavily quarried mineral of the state and provides raw material for the three major cement plants and a number of small units in the State. Most of the limestone, slate and other quarrying is open cast and cause substantial degradation of the land due to depositing of overburden.

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