Nursery Accreditation

To ensure the quality of planting materials used in MIDH programmes, the Govt. of India has made it mandatory that the planting material used for schemes like area expansion/replanting/rejuvenation should be procured from accredited nurseries only. The Department of Agriculture , Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DAC & FW), Government of India, has authorised the Directorate of Arecanut and Spices Development, Calicut to put in place a Nursery Recognition Regime for Spices so that a network of recognized Model Nursery is established across the nation which could function as a reliable source of supply of quality planting materials for spice crops. The DAC & FW , Govt of India has entrusted DASD for accrediting the spice nurseries based on all the quality parameters. To facilitate accreditation of nurseries of spice crops, the Directorate of Arecanut and Spices Development, Calicut has initiated a programme for giving graded recognition to spice nurseries.

Towards this direction, the Directorate invites applications from public sector and private sector spice nurseries for recognition under DASD accreditation programme. DASD will grant graded recognition to nurseries based on their infrastructure, production system & quality parameters of planting material and management practices adopted. The spice nurseries seeking DASD recognition will have to apply as per the guidelines available in this site as well as in DASD website. at www.dasd.gov.in. Each application shall be accompanied by all documents as detailed in the guidelines. A processing fee @ Rs.3,000/- in the form of a demand draft in favour of the Pay and Accounts Officer, Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, payable at Kochi is also to be enclosed along with the application. No processing fee is required for State/Central Government Institutes.