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Farm Location & Climate
The farm is situated in the Government earmarked site for Floriculture
at Talegaon, near Pune -a metropolis in India. The Floriculture Park of
250 Hectares is strategically located in surroundings along the Banks
of the Indrayani River. The city, having a green cover of over 40% is
situated at an altitude of 559 metres above Sea Level and enjoys a temperate
climate ranging between 15 degrees to 35 degrees C. The climate at the
farm is very conducive to the growth of flowers especially Roses.
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Access
The farm is well connected by Road and Rail to International Airports,
which is a very important pre-requisite for shipping perishables such
as Roses to customer destinations all over the world. It is 40 Kms from
Pune and 140 Kms from Mumbai. The expressway connecting Mumbai and Pune
is just 7 Kms from the farm site.
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Facilities:
The
infrastructure at the farm comprises of Green House Farm Plots, Well Equipped
Office, Grading & Packing facility, Cold Store, Water Storage, and
Executive & Staff Quarters.
Our consultants, Horticulture Training Center (HTC) are located just outside
the Floriculture Park. They advise us on Technical Inputs. The Institute
has been set up in financial and technical collaboration with the Netherlands
Development Finance Company (FMO) a Govt. of Netherlands Enterprise and
the Practical Training Centre Plus (PTC+) of the Netherlands. HTC
is only one of its kind not only in India but also in Asia. The Centre
has more than a dozen Green House farms growing varieties of Popular Flowers
for Research, Demonstration and Training.
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