Vegetables:-
•India is the second largest producer of vegetables after china in the world.
Annual per capita availability of vegetables:120kg/ person.

•Horticultural Institutes
•Central Institute of Horticulture (CIH), Mediziphema, Nagaland
•Institute of Horticulture Technology (IHT), New Delhi
•Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hessaraghatta, Bangalore, Karnataka
•National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resource Center (NBPGR), New Delhi
•National Horticultural Board (NHB) established in 1984, HQ in Gurgaon, Haryana National Horticultural Mission (NHM): 2005-06
•The Ministry of Agriculture has announced 2012 as the "Year of Horticulture"

Pomological Research Institutes:

♣ Central Institute of Subtropical Horticulture (CISTH), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
♣ Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture (CITH), Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
•Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI), Jodhpur, Rajasthan
•Central Institute of Arid Horticulture (CIAH), Bikaner, Rajasthan
•National Research Centre for Banana (NRCB), Trichy, Tamil Nadu
• National Research Centre for Citrus (NRCC), Nagpur, Maharashtra
•National Research Centre for Grapes (NRCG), Pune, Maharashtra
• National Research Centre for Pomegranate (NRCP), Solapur, Maharashtra
•National Research Centre for Litchi (NRCL), Muzaffarpur, Bihar
•National Research Centre for Makhana (NRCM), Darbhanga, Bihar
•Olericulture research Institute:
•Indian Institute of Vegetable Research (IIVR), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
•Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI), Sreekariyam Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
•Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI), Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
•National Horticultural Research and Development Foundation (NHRDF), Nasik, Maharashtra.