The State Horticultural Mission will implement various schemes worth Rs.77 crore during the current financial year for producing and distributing planting materials, expanding organic cultivation and training and post-harvest management, among others.

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy would inaugurate the schemes at a function at Koothuparamba at 4 p.m. on September 17, Principal Agricultural Officer P.P. Rasheed Ali and State Horticultural Mission consultant V. Suresh told presspersons here on Wednesday.

Agricultural Minister K.P. Mohanan would attend the function.