Floriculture

Manas Garg | Cultivator | J.P Floritech

What is Floriculture?

Floriculture is a great Career option. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find information about What Floriculture actually is. Most pages on the internet just talk about How to get into Floriculture. It is best to learn about Floriculture from a real professional, this is akin to getting it from the horse's mouth.

Cultivator Manas Garg invested 8 years & 3 months in Floriculture. Cultivator Manas Garg defines Floriculture as:

Production Management refers to the application of management principles to the production function in a factory. In other words, production management involves application of planning, organizing, directing and controlling the production process.

How Cultivator Manas Garg got into Floriculture?

I have done B Com (Hons) from Shri Ram College of Commerce, DU. Post that, I did an Executive Program in Export Management from IIFT, New Delhi and an Executive Program in Entrepreneurship from IIM, Bangalore. Apart from helping my father in our family business of stationery, I run a paper cup manufacturing unit. I also own a floriculture business by the name J.P Floritech.

Cultivator Manas Garg's Talk on Floriculture

Starts with what is:
1)	Floriculture

Next, it covers Education. This Talk is unique because it talks about Education in terms of things which can be learnt from books, to excel at a Career in Floriculture and not as a list of Qualifications, which one needs to get into Floriculture. It defines Education in terms of following items for Floriculture:
2)	Soil Characteristics
3)	Conditions of Growth
4)	Climate Control
5)	Diseases
6)	Pesticides & Insecticides
7)	Growth Fertilisers
8)	Infrastructure

Then, the Talk focuses on the most important component that is Skills. Anyone aspiring for Floriculture needs to understand that Skill development is crucial for success. It defines Skills in terms of following items for Floriculture:
9)	Labour Management
10)	Marketing Skills
11)	Negotiation Skills
12)	Decision Making

Floriculture has an interesting list of Positives. The Talk discusses following Positives of Floriculture:
13)	Connection with Nature
14)	Commercially Profitable
15)	Employment Generation

Challenges define Floriculture as much as the Positives of the same:
16)	Fluctuations in Demand
17)	Varying Productivity
18)	Daily Fluctuations in Prices
19)	High Maintenance

In the final section of the Talk, Manas Garg talks about How a day goes in a Career in:
20)	Floriculture

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Floriculture?

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Finally, you will get a Career Plan stating which Courses, Certifications, Trainings and other Items you need to do in the next 7 years to become world’s best in Floriculture.

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Links for this Talk

Cultivator Manas Garg's LifePage:

[LifePage]
https://www.lifepage.in/page/manasgarg

LifePage Career Talk on Floriculture

[Career]
https://www.lifepage.in/careers/floriculture-1

[Full Talk]
https://lifepage.app.link/20171212-0001

[Trailer]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlwB60rwels

(Floriculture, Manas Garg, J.P Floritech, Cultivator, Gerbera, Flower Cultivation, Polyhouse, Flowers, Horticulture)

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