With which country has the Haryana Government partnered to set up a Horticulture Project in Karnal district?

With which country has the Haryana Government partnered to set up a Horticulture Project in Karnal district? Correct Answer Israel

The correct answer is Israel.

Key Points

• Israel and Haryana Government have partnered to set up a Horticulture Project in the Karnal district.
• The Haryana government has set up an Indo-Israel horticulture project at Gharaunda in Karnal district at a cost of Rs 6 crore to enable farmers to grow unseasonal vegetables.
• The farmers could contact this vegetable center of excellence for increasing their income.
• This was stated by Chief Parliamentary Secretary Dharambir Singh.
• This project would provide an opportunity to the farmers to grow new kinds of vegetables, which would help them increase their income. 
• Under the project, farmers would be provided saplings of the unseasonal vegetables and they would be able to get more yield of the vegetables with less water.
• The unseasonal vegetables would fetch better prices in the mandis.

Additional Information

• The project has been set up over an area of 25 acres of land.
• Under the project, seedlings of various vegetables like tomato, seedless cucumber, and capsicums would be prepared in the greenhouse, poly house, net house and these saplings would be provided to the farmers on subsidy.
• The farmers could contact this vegetable center of excellence for increasing their income.