Joint Inspection Team (JIT) Report of National Horticulture Mission Scheme in Haryana State STATE: HARYANA 1 INDEX Sl.No Topic Page No. 1. Observations/Recommendations of JIT 3-4 2. Horticulture Growth in the State 5-6 3. NHM in Haryana State 7-8 4. JIT Field Visits to different districts 9 (i) District: Sonepat 9-23 (ii) District: Rohtak 24-38 (iii) District: Bhiwani 39-58 (iv) District: Sirsa 59-77 (v) District: Ambala 78-97 (vi) District: Panchkula 98-107 (vii) District: Yamuna Nagar 108-124 (viii) District: Gurgaon 125-135 Team members: - 1. Dr. H V L Bathla, Chief Consultant (NHM) 2. Mrs. Jyoti Singhal, US (NHM) Dates of Visit: - 15.01.13 to 17.01.2013 18.02.13 to 19.02.2013 27.05.13 to 30.05.2013 05.06.13 to 05.06.2013 2 Observations/Recommendations of JIT The Centre of Excellence (CEF), Mangiana (Sirsa) has started distribution of fruit plants and during 2012 has produced 21377 grafted and 78326 seedling plants. Monitoring of performance of planting material procured from CEF vis-a-vis those from Govt. nurseries needs to be done. The infrastructure created by Haryana State Agriculture Marketing Board (HSAMB) under NHM needs optimum utilization. The following facilities visited by the team at Rohtak were not in operation (i) Ripening Chamber (ii) Pre-cooling & cooling units (iii) Kissan Bazaar The HSAMB needs to take immediate steps to operationalize these facilities. Grading and waxing centres supported under private sector by NHM are working well but the Centre at Abu Shahar (Dabwali) given to Haryana State Agriculture Marketing Board (HSAMB) is not functional in the current season 2012-13. The attention of HSAMB is immediately required so that farmers can take benefit of this facility. There is a need to maintain record of farmers visiting Plant Health Clinics that have come up with the assistance from NHM. Remedies suggested and feedback received from the farmers needs to be recorded. Integrated Mushroom Unit in District Sonepat needs automation to promote hygiene. The vermicompost unit working in its premises needs complete segregation. In Rohtak Guava plantation in 12.5 acres which is in fruiting stage is going to be acquired for industrial purpose.The Master Plan of the area needs to be kept in mind before sanctioning subsidy for any component. In some cases the polyhouses are not properly being maintained as the entry gate is not properly installed and remains open frequently. It will be difficult to maintain the temperature inside and probability of incidence of disease will also increase. Polyhouse Management needs to be stressed upon. More trainings need to be arranged for canopy management. 3 Experts from Plant Health Clinics (PHC) need to ascertain cause of disease/ wilting etc. afflicting fruit trees in Sonepat and Rohtak districts. The NHM signboard with logo is not available in most activity areas. In case of FLDC the record of visitors needs to be maintained. Also, at the entry point of each activity the details of that particular activity should be displayed for the benefit of visitors. The vending carts under VIUC are being distributed to FIGs. However, interaction with farmers revealed certain unwillingness on their part to operate them. Perhaps what is required is strong market strategy for putting the carts into operation. Neha Mushroom Seeds being run in Village Birhera, Pataudi is quite remarkable. It is serving as nucleus for mushroom cultivation around that area. There is a need to include it as a success story of NHM. Machinery like tractors would be more useful if given to groups instead of an individual. A tripartite agreement is signed between the Department, Company and the farmer before putting up polyhouse structures. The possibility of extending such an agreement for other States needs to be explored. 4 HARYANA STATE HORTICULTURE GROWTH IN THE STATE: In the year 1966-67 the total area under Horticulture was just 19,170 ha which increased to 429960 ha in the year 2011-12 which is 6.61% of the total cropped area. However, the land holdings of the state range from 0.5 ha to 10 ha. Average land holding size is only 2.13 ha. The size of land holding is successively decreasing on account of division of land from one generation to next. From climatic point of view the State has been divided into two distinct zones as below for plantation of fruit crops: Region Fruit 1. a) Eastern Region – Shivalik Hills (sub-humid Peach, Plum, pear, Mango, Loquat, area with more rainfall) Litchi, Chiku, Papaya, Aonla, Jamun, i) Kalka, Nariangarh Guava. ii) Jagadhri,karnal,Panipat iii) Ladwa & some part of Indri I. b) Alluvial (Semi-arid, medium rainfall areas) Citrus, Fruits, Guava, Grapes, Date, Faridabad,Palwal,Ballabgarh,Gurgaon,Mewat,Nu Papaya, Phalsa, Jam un, Mulberry, h,Pataudi,Sonepat,Karnal,Panipat,Kurukshetra,K Aonla. aithal,Gulla,Pehowa,Rohtak, and some part of Jind II.a) Western Region - Alluvial plain Areas (Semi- Citrus,Fruits,Grapes,Phalsa, Guava, arid, medium low rainfall areas) Ber Aonla,Date Palm, Jamun, Rohtak, Sirsa, Some part of Bhiwani, Mulberry ,Pomegranate, Baelgiri Mehendergarh II. b). Sandy –loam areas. (Dry area and rain fed or low rainfall areas) Sirsa,Hisar, Bhiwani, Rewari, Mohendergarh, South West Part adjoining to Rajasthan Border in Narnaul Dist. 5 Growth of Horticulture in Haryana (area in ‘000 ha) Sn. Year Geographical Cropped Area under % age of area area horticultural horticulture crops area over (cropped area) cropped area 1 1966-67 4374 4599 19.17 0.42 2 1990-91 4374 5919 68.05 1.15 3 2005-06 4374 6509 277.5 4.30 4 2008-09 4374 6509 355.52 5.5 5 2009-10 4372 6458 364.37 5.64 6 2010-11 4371 6500 415.93 6.40 7 2011-12 4371 6500 429.96 6.61 Area, Production and Productivity of Horticulture Crops Area in ha. Prod. In MT Productivity in MT/ha. SR. Crop 2005-06 2011-12 No. Area Prod. Productiv Area Prod. Productivity ity 1 Fruit 27103 236200 10.59 47036 476570 10.13 2 Vegetable 232660 2984800 12.83 356769 5068426 14.20 3 Spices 10194 44436 4.36 18092 93585 5.17 4 Medicinal & 1828.5 298 0.16 1731 11331 6.59 Aromatic Plant 5 Mushroom 1228760 6044 4.92 1419455 7733 5.44 (Tray) (Kg./Tray) (Tray) (Kg./Tray) 6 Flower 5418.4 26231 4.84 6340 64150 10.11 6 NHM IN HARYANA STATE Plantation programme undertaken in the State (area in ha. Rs. in lakhs) Target Achievements Year Physical Financial Physical Financial 2005-06 1075 120.94 399 50.42 2006-07 2640 297.06 3263 243.50 2007-08 3555 234.33 3840 301.59 2008-09 6531 610.65 4969 527.90 2009-10 5067 473.76 4081 440.38 2010-11 2425(normal spacing) 334.94 3088.30 475.45 547 (high density) 111.59 88.40 18.68 2011-12 4413(normal spacing) 641.65 1873.77 316.90 161(high density) 32.84 122.70 29.42 Rejuvenation programme undertaken in the State (are in ha. , Rs. in lakhs) Year Target Achievements Physical Financial Physical Financial 2005-06 200 30.00 60 8.49 2006-07 939 140.85 377 56.60 2007-08 477 166.62 305.19 41.00 2008-09 300 38.25 227.20 31.57 2009-10 110 10.52 88.80 9.86 2010-11 2700 344.30 169.80 23.11 2011-12 200 25.50 220 33.48 7 Production of Planting Material – Crop wise (2011-12) SN Crop No. of produced plants (Grafted) 1 Mango 33952 2 Guava 51656 3 Citrus 26054 4 Litchi 3980 5 Sapota 32251 6 Aonla 9800 7 Ber 15350 8 Peach, pear & 7646 plum 9 Others 150 Total 180839 The National Horticulture mission (NHM) is being implemented in the State since 2005-06 for holistic development of horticulture sector, duly ensuring horizontal and vertical linkages, with the active participation of all the stakeholders. The thrust of the mission is on area based regionally differentiated cluster approach for development of horticulture crops, having comparative advantage. The programme is being implemented by the Haryana State Horticulture Development Agency (HSHAD) in seventeen (17) districts through District Mission Committees involving farmers, societies and NGO’s. The districts included are Ambala, Fetehabad, Karnal, Mewat, Gurgaon, Hissar, Panchkula, Rohtak, Faridabad, Panipat, Sonipat, Sirsa, Yamunanagar, Bhiwani, Jind and Mahendragarh. The focus crops identified under the programme include Mango, Sapota Aonla, Citrus, Guava, Ber, Chilly, Garlic, Flowers and Medicinal & Aromatic plants. Major activities being undertaken in the programme are production and distribution of planting material, vegetable seed production, area expansion, rejuvenation of old and senile orchards, creation of community water resources, protected cultivation, IPM/INM, organic farming with certification, pollination support through bee keeping, development of post harvest management & marketing infrastructure and human resource development. 8 VISIT TO DIFFERENT DISTRICTS District: Sonepat DISTRICT PROFILE Name of District Sonepat No. of sub Division 4 (Sonepat, Ganaur, Kharkhoda, Gohana) No. of Tehsils 4 (Sonepat, Ganaur, Kharkhoda, Gohana) No. of Block 7 (Sonepat, Kharkhoda, Rai, Ganaur, Gohana, Mundlana, Kthura, No. of village 336 No. of Gram Panchayats 323 inhabitated 13 uninhabitated Geographical Area 214250 Ha. 9 Cultivable Area 181056 Ha. Cultivated Area 172653 Ha. Irrigated Area 166924 Ha. Un-irrigated Area 17592 Ha. Area under Forest 7359 Ha. Area under Barren & Un-culturable 8000 Ha. land Land put to non Agril. Use. 20800 Ha. No. of farming families 100818 ha. No. of soil & water testing labs 2 Agro climatic region and zone Alluvial plain and Indogangetic Plain Average Rainfall 583 mm Maximum & minimum Temperature 46o C & -0.2 o C & some time below 0o HORTICULTURE CROPPED AREA (YEAR 2011-12) (a) Fruits 1377.3 Ha.