Project report on Nursery

Nursery
There has been increasing demand for horticultural crops more particularly fruit and ornamental ones in both urban and rural areas of India. With
this, the demand for good quality planting materials has gone up and hence the nursery business has developed rapidly in the recent years in our
country. Nursery product is no longer restricted to orchards or large parks and gardens.
Also in making our environment green and sustainable and help in to maintained our eco system
Product choice : The product chosen primarily depends on the market demand in nearby areas. Varieties of various ornamental plants like

Foliage plants
Flowering plants
Creepers
Cacti and Succulents
Palms and Cycads
Grasses
Sal trees

And plants suitable for parks, gardens and roadside plantations, offices, business houses, hospitals, residential buildings, etc. may be propagated in
the nursery.

Physical program: For this model, the following physical programme is considered :

Year I
1 Development of mother plants
(50 Nos. of plants of different varieties) 1200 sqm
2 Raising pot plants (Nos.) 10000
3 Seedbed nursery :
Poly bag seedlings (Nos.)
100000
Structures required : A number of structures may be necessary for raising a nursery. To begin with, the following structures need to be
constructed:

• Workshed- 50mm circular pipe / angle frame with corrugated roof covered with thatched.
• Store-cum-office: A store-cum-office of 6.0m x 5.0 m constructed with locally available materials may serve the purpose. For
this, a rate of Rs. 4000/- per sq.m. has been considered adequate.
• Fencing : A goat proof fencing only will be effective for a nursery. For this model of 2 acre area, an amount of Rs.600000.00
has been considered as the total cost for erecting a goat-proof fencing around the boundary.
• Land preparation : The land development for nursery is very important. In nursery, the land may be divided into minimum
four parts:
• Area for mother plant,
• Area for raising sal trees
• Area for seed production,
• Area for storing of seedlings or vegetative propagated perennial plants.

The land of a nursery is prepared by pouching and cross plugging. All kinds of waste materials are to be removed and the land must be
levelled properly.

Allocation of space :
For this model, a nursery of total area 2 acre is considered. The space allocation for different purposes is as under :-
Space for Sq.m.
Mother Plants 1200
Pot Nursery 1000
Polybag Nursery 4000
Material mixing 500
Working shed 30
Store cum office 30
Total 6760
15% additional for passage, drainage, etc. 1200
Grand Total 7960
Approx. = 2 acre
Summary : Summary of the cost estimate is presented below :

s.no Particulars unit unit rate Cost in Rs.

1 Land 2 acres Own
2 watering unit & drainage & irigation 450000.00
3 fencing 2 acres 600000 600000.00
4 Tools and implements 20000.00
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6 Farm building & store room 400000.00

7 working shed 30 sq.m 4000 120000.00
8 Furniture 10000.00
9 pot nursery 1000 no.s 40 40000.00
10 polybag nursery 120000 no.s 3 360000.00
11 mother plants 1200 no.s 40 48000.00
12 Good earth filling 2500 cu.m 500/ cu.m 1250000.00
13 Soil preparation with manure mix 400 cu.m 635.25 254100.00
14 Transportation L.s 150000.00
15 Poly house 400sq.m each 2 nos. 2000 1600000.00
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Total cost 5302000.00

OPERATIONAL COST
s.no Particular unit unit rate Cost
1 Labour 7 no.s 500/day 1092000.00/yr
2 Transports 20000.00
3 Misc.(spraying, fertilizer as required, expert visit, disaster 15%) L.s L.s 500000.00/yr
5 Electricity 1 year 4000/ month 48000.00/year
6 Advertisement L.s 30000.00
7 Seed 100 kg 2000 200000.00
Total working cost/yr 1890000.00