Madhya Pradesh During 19 to 25 May, 2013 to Review National Horticulture Mission Progress
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Report of the Joint Inspection Team for their visit to Madhya Pradesh during 19 to 25 May, 2013 to review National Horticulture Mission Progress Districts visited by J.I.T of National Horticulture Mission 1. Ujjain 2. Mandsaur 3. Neemuch and 4. Rajgarh National Horticulture Mission Ministry of Agriculture Department of Agriculture & Cooperation Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110001 TABLE OF CONTENTS _______________________________________________________________________ Item Page No.________________ Observation/ Actionable issues made by JIT 3-6 Photographs 8-15 INTRODUCTION 16 About Madhya Pradesh 16-18 Status of Horticulture in Madhya Pradesh 18-26 VISIT OF JIT IN MADHYA PRADESH Visit to Ujjain district 27-34 Visit to Mandsaur district 35-52 Visit to Neemuch 53-61 Visit to Rajgarh 62-70 2 OBSERVATIONS Non availability of a proper mechanism to ensure the supply of good quality planting material to the farmers is a major concern. Large tracts of area are being brought under orange cultivation for which farmers are free to procure the planting material from any source within or outside the State. There is no quality check to ensure disease free quality of the plants. In the absence of any regulatory frame work in the State, a committee needs to be constituted with the participation of SAU/ICAR Institutes which would visit the nurseries for certifying the planting material for its suitability for supply to the farmers. Coordination between the various departments is lacking. Linkages between SHM and SAU’s are also not at desired level. There is need to follow cluster approach in area expansion programme for different horticultural crops. This should be linked with necessary infrastructures for post harvest handling, storage and marketing of the produce. More training programmes and exposure visits are needed for dissemination of technology to the farmers and field functionaries. There is high demand for the planting material of Nagpur orange. So far, the state has not taken steps to establish a good nursery for propagating quality orange plants in this region. Bank credit to the farmers is being delayed, affecting the deliverable, has been reported. Faulty poly house structure was highlighted to the district official. JIT suggested that construction agency may rectify the defects. Good attempt has been made in setting up of onion storages 50 MT capacity in the districts of Rajgarh. Onion growers are demanding numerous storages with capacity of 1000/2000 MT. This may be looked into. Area Expansion Programme is being taken up without cluster approach in the district of Ujjain. Model Nursery located in the districts is required to fix the target for production of planting material considering the requirement of the district / region. Vermi compost unit constructed at Biaora was roofless / without shade, it may be looked into. 3 Possibilities may be explored to have onion grading machine near the production centre on the line of garlic grading machine. Wherever vermi composts unit exists, provision for collection of vermi wash may be kept. JIT felt that canopy management technology is not being adopted in fruit crops. The productivity has also gone down, due to lack of canopy management in senile guava available at the Govt. Nursery, Mandsaur. All sites should have display board with logo of NHM. There is a huge shortfall under pollination support through Bee keeping. Only 3.39% of the target has been achieved since 2005-06. More focus is needed on this component. 4 ACTIONABLE ISSUES Mandsaur / Neemuch / Rajgarh districts have good potential for development of horticulture. The efforts made for expansion of the area under orange are showing results. Moreover, there is scope for introduction of non traditional fruits like pomegranate and grapes in this area. Agronomical practices need to be made available to farmers for such crops. Rejuvenation of senile mandarin and guava orchards need to be taken up on priority basis. Nursery activity needs to be given more emphasis to ensure supply of good quality planting material to the farmers. For this purpose, more nurseries need to be accredited by NHB/ SAU. Government Nursery, Zeerapur has good potential producing elite material of orange, need to be strengthened, keeping in view the availability of Rangpur lime root stock. There is need to have good facilities to detect nutrient deficiency in citrus orchards. Since area under orange is expanding rapidly in the state, package of practices, INM/IPM services need to be provided to the farmers for getting better yield. There is no proper quality check to ensure good material being used for construction of poly house. Proper guidelines and specific standards need to be fixed by the SHM for such structure, as per NHM norms. Better progress is desirable under certain components like pollination support, mushroom cultivation and setting up of model nurseries in private sector. Training, exposure visits and awareness programme need to be conducted for farmers / implementing agencies / field functionaries and official responsible for implementing the programmes. Orange cultivation is increasing in districts of Mandsaur, Neemuch and Raigarh, special attention need to be given to integrated pest management measures since pests and diseases are alarmingly increasing in the region. Moreover, for promoting IPM technology, IPM infrastructures viz. bio control labs / Plant Health Clinics need to be set up in the State. 5 Gap filling operations in newly raised orchards needs to be carried out in a time bound manner. Farmer needs to be encouraged for taking up inter crops in the newly established orchards. NHM logo and boards need to be displayed at the sites of beneficiary wherever NHM assistance has been provided. 6 JIT PHOTOGRAPHS 7 Glimpse of activities visited by JIT in Ujjain Cultivation of Papaya Mulching in Papaya Mulching in Papaya Newly built cold storage Discussion with Cold storage owner Inner view of cold storage 8 Glimpse of activities visited by JIT in Ujjain Mulching in cucurbit Pan under protected cultivation Glimpse of activities visited by JIT in Neemuch Area expansion of guava Pack house 9 Glimpse of activities visited by JIT in Neemuch Capsicum grown under protected cultivation Pan growers Pan cultivation under Thatched Bareja Pan cultivation under Shade net Painted poly house to reduce light intensity during summer for vegetables 10 Coloured capsicum under protected Onion storage cultivation AEP of Orange AEP of orange with inter cropping Area Expansion of Pomegranate 11 Glimpse of activities visited by JIT in Mandsaur Vermi compost unit Citrus cultivation with drip Tractor given under Mechanization AEP of mango under drip (fruiting stage) 12 AEP of Guava with drip Onion Storage Leaf Tissue analysis lab Use of Shade net for making Pan Bareza Grape cultivation in Govt. horticulture college, Mandsaur 13 Glimpse of activities visited by JIT in Mandsour Garlic grading machine Glimpse of activities visited by JIT (Rajgarh) Indigenous developed storage Onion staked in field due to lack of space 14 Glimpse of activities visited by JIT (Rajgarh) Cold Storage under NHM Technical unit of cold storage Onion storage (50 MT) redesigned for storing 70 MT. Indigenous developed storage 15 Report of the Joint Inspection Team on its visit to Madhya Pradesh during 19-25 May, 2013 to review the progress under the National Horticulture Mission The Joint Inspection Team (JIT) comprising Dr. Om Prakash, Chief Consultant, National Horticulture Mission visited Madhya Pradesh during 19-25 May, 2013 to review the progress under National Horticulture Mission programme in the State. Dr. P. Singh, Associate Prof. Horticulture, Govt. College Mandsaur joined the Team. Shri Anil Khare Joint Director (Horticulture) and Shri M.P. Khare Assistant Director (Horticulture) coordinated the visit of the Team in Ujjain, Mandasaur, Raigarh, and Neemuch districts of the State. Introduction Landlocked in the central part of the country, it is bounded by the states of Rajasthan to the northwest, Uttar Pradesh to the north, Chhattisgarh to the east and Maharashtra to the south, and Gujarat to the west. Madhya Pradesh is the second largest state and ranks seventh in population. The State is primarily an agriculture State. About 73% population of the state is rural, which is directly or indirectly depends on agriculture. Thus Agriculture Sector is the main Stay of the State economy. The Agriculture and allied services contributes about 44% share in state economy and 78% of its working force is directly engaged in Agriculture. Thus Agriculture sector forms the backbone of MP economy. Madhya Pradesh is having a geographical area of 30.75 million hectares, which is divided into 45 district of the state and 9 revenue divisions. The state has 313 development blocks which are the units for development activities. The forests occupies in the States 8.49 million hectares which is 27.2 % of the Geographical area of the state where as the cultivated area is about 49 %. The major perennial rivers of the State namely Mahi, Narmada, Tapti, Chambal, Betwa, Sone, Wainganga, Ken., and Pench Originate in Madhya Pradesh and flow to the seven bordering states Madhya Pradesh has a topography that is crossed from north to south by plains separated by upland areas. The state has three main seasons: winter (November through February), summer (March through May), and the monsoon season (June through 16 September). During the winter average temperatures range from 10° to 27° C (50° to 81° F). Summers are hot, with an average temperature of 29° C (85° F) and a high temperature that at times reaches 48° C (118° F). During the monsoon season temperatures average 19° to 30° C (66° to 86°). Madhya Pradesh receives as average annual rainfall of about 1200 mm (nearly 50 in), of which 90 percent falls during the monsoon season. The capital of the state is Bhopal. Economy and Infrastructure Agriculture is the basis of Madhya Pradesh economy.