Report of Joint Inspeciton Team Under the Leadership of Dr

Home , Nalanda district

REPORT OF JOINT INSPECTION TEAM WHICH VISITED BIHAR

DATE OF VISIT: 13-16 MARCH, 2012

NATIONAL HORTICULTURE MISSION MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE &

COOPERATION KRISHI BHAVAN, NEW DELHI

Sl.No. Topic Page No. 1 Summary of Observations and Recommendations 2

2 Patna District 5

3 Nalanda District 9

4 Vaishali District 16

5. Samastipur District 21

REPORT OF JOINT INSPECITON TEAM UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DR. JOSE C. SAMUEL, CHIEF CONSULTANT (NHM) WHICH VISITED BIHAR DURING 13-16 MARCH, 2012

The Joint Inspection Team (JIT) comprising of the following Members visited Bihar during 13-16 March, 2012 to review the progress under the National Horticulture Mission (NHM), National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI) and Vegetable Initiative for Urban Clusters (VIUC) in the State.

Members of JIT

1. Dr. Jose C. Samuel, Chief Consultant (NHM), 2. Dr. P.K. Ray, Professor (Hort.), RAU, Pusa, Samastipur, 3. Shri Mohit Dutt, Project Officer, NCPAH

The JIT covered the district of Patna, Nalanda, Vaishali and Samastipur. Activities which were visited in different districts are as follows:

NHM: Nursery, Vegetable seed production, Tissue culture lab, Area expansion of mango, litchi, Protected cultivation, Front Line Demonstration, Vermi compost units, Mushroom Spawn Production unit, Mushroom production, Onion Storage and Cold Storage units

NMMI: Drip irrigation of litchi and mango.

VIUC: Area expansion, protected cultivation, organic farming, onion storage structures, formation of FIGs

The Team interacted with Secretary Agriculture & Mission Director, Government of Bihar on 13th of March before proceeding to the Districts. Thereafter, the Team appraised the Secretary Agriculture about the observations and recommendations of the Team on 16th March, 2012.

Summary of Observations & Recommendations:

General:

 There has been significant improvement in the adoption of activities such as protected cultivation, micro irrigation, organic farming and mushroom cultivation, which is a welcome sign. This has been possible due to special thrust given by the State Government along with additional financial support to the extent of 40% over and above the normal assistance under NHM and NMMI Schemes. Now farmers are able to get subsidy assistance to the tune of 90% for the above mentioned activities.  There is an overwhelming response for adoption of organic farming, mushroom production and protected cultivation in the districts visited, which needs to be supported with additional allocation of funds.  In tune with the tempo of development, the Districts need to be equipped with sufficient trained manpower and infrastructure facilities to provide necessary extension support to the farmers.  The concept of formation of Farmer Interest Groups (FIG) has been well received in Patna, Nalanda and Vaishali districts, which were visited by the JIT.  The record yield of 72.9 MT/ha obtained in potato under organic farming in Nalanda district has been much in limelight as the current world record of 53.5 MT/ha has been broken by the farmers of Darveshpura village in the district.  The efforts being made under the Schemes need to be documented and well publicised. Moreover, proper display boards with logos need to be displayed at the project sites for generating awareness among the farmers.

NHM

 Major focus under NHM has been on area expansion and construction of vermi compost units. 5

 For area expansion activities, planting material is being supplied from Departmental nurseries in collaboration with RAU, Samastipur and BAU, Sabour along with associated KVKs.  The nurseries visited needed better upkeep and maintenance along with display of boards indicating the varieties being multiplied.  FLD on floriculture need to be made fully operational. The green house structures installed were presently lying vacant for want of planting material for gerbera. The demonstrations should include latest technologies for which scientific staff from the SAUs need to be involved.  The Model Floriculture Centre being developed at Bagan Bigah, Nalanda should be developed on a commercial scale to produce planting material as well as flowers.  Efforts being made by Shri Manish Kumar, in protected cultivation of capsicum in naturally ventilated green house at Sampatchak, Patna District is worth appreciation.  Farmers and field staff need to be imparted training on protected cultivation, including production technologies in GH cultivation.  The PHM infrastructure being developed include onion storage structures and cold storage units. For onion storage, assistance available to a beneficiary is to the tune of Rs.90,000/- per unit, which includes 50% subsidy under NHM and another 40% by the State Government. One onion storage unit developed at Sodhi, Nalanda district is presently storing potatoes.  The cold storage units which were visited in Vaishali and Samastipur districts were established during the year 2008-09. However, subsidy was released only recently and in respect of one unit in Samastipur, the subsidy was released in March, 2012. The proprietors of these units mentioned that initially they had applied for availing assistance from National Horticulture Board (NHB), which was, however, returned back with the directions to avail assistance under NHM.  During the time of visit, loading of potatoes was in full swing in most of the cold storage units. 6

 The cold storage Proprietor at Samastipur mentioned that before setting up a cold storage unit, they have to first seek permission form the Horticulture Department, State Pollution Control Board, get clearance from Weights & Measures, Machinery and State Electricity Board by paying fees ranging upto Rs.15,000/-. After setting up the unit, license has to be obtained from the State Horticulture Department under the Bihar State Cold Storage Business Regulations Act, 1998 on payment of a registration fee of Rs.10,000/, which is to be renewed on an annual basis on payment of same amount of fees each year. The procedure needs to be simplified.  The efforts made by M/s Madhu Patel in establishing a spawn production unit for mushroom at Nalanda is worth appreciation, which has transformed the economic condition of many, particularly women folk in the district.  The SHM has been posting the monthly progress report on NHM web site since 2005-06. There was a discrepancy to the tune of Rs.27 crore in posting the progress for the year 2006-07, which has been got rectified on the web site. There is need to monitor the posting of data on a regular basis.  The status of project based proposals need to be posted on the web site, which is pending.  The work flow based Management Information System (MIS) for NHM need to be operationalised at each of the Districts.

NMMI

 The installation of drip and sprinkler irrigations systems needs to be supported with training of field functionaries as well as farmers about running & maintenance of the system, crop water requirement & irrigation scheduling.  It need to be ensured that the drip system is installed as per the required specifications.  The system should have BIS marking. It was observed that the drip irrigation system installed in a green house in Samastipur district did not have any BIS marking. Nor did the laterals bear the markings of the manufacturer,viz Netafim Irrigation. 7

VIUC

 The farmers have shown keen interest in adopting organic farming for cultivation of vegetables. In Nalanda District, some of the farmers have obtained C 2 level certification through Eco Cert.  While Base Line Survey work has been completed, work on formation of FIG and FPO is under progress through Indian Grameen Services along with BASICS, Patna for undertaking the work.  A sum of Rs.100/- per farmer is being collected from each member of FIG for registration purpose. However, so far no registration has taken place. In Nalanda, farmer groups who were registered with ATMA have been involved.  Market tie up with aggregator is yet to take place.  The Field staff were not fully clear about the concept of formation of FIG and FPO, which need to be sorted out by organising training programmes and workshops.  Presently, there is no mechanism to know the details of market arrival and price of vegetables, as none of the markets in Bihar are reporting data on the Agmarknet. Necessary arrangements need to be made to arrange posting of data on market arrival and price of vegetables and other horticulture commodities on Agmarknet.

Patna District

The details of area, production and productivity of main horticultural crops in the district is given in Table 1.

Table 1: Area, Production and Productivity of horticultural crops in Patna District

a) Fruits (Area in ha., Production in MT, Productivity in MT/ha)

S. Name of 2005-06 2010-11 % (+) % (+) or (-) No. Commodity Area Prod. Pvty Area Prod. Pvty or (-) in in Area Production 1 Mango 3703 28883 7.80 3944 36285 9.20 6.51 25.63 2 Guava 1019 7133 7.00 1088 8813 8.10 6.77 23.55 3 Lemon 537 3490 6.50 572 4347 7.60 6.52 24.56 4 Banana 539 16709 31.00 598 28226 47.20 10.95 68.93 5 Aonla 0 0 0.00 28 258 9.21 6 Others 1789 14869 8.31 1532 15343 10.02 -14.37 3.19 Total 7587 71084 9.37 7762 93272 12.02 2.31 31.21

b) Vegetables

S. Name of 2005-06 2010-11 % (+) % (+) or No. District or (-) in (-) in Area Prod. Pvty Area Prod. Pvty Area Production 1. Patna * 22701 353692 15.58 40002 708728 17.72 76.21 100.38

* Onion, potato, tomato, cauliflower, cabbage, brinjal and okra constitute about 80% of production

c) Flower

(Area in ha., Production of loose flowers in MT, Production of cut flowers in lakh spikes, Productivity in MT/ha) S. Name of 2005-06 2010-11 % (+) or % (+) or No. Commodity (-) in (-) in Area Prod. Pvty Area Prod. Pvty Area Production A. Cut Flower

1 Rose 1.40 1.68 1.20 4.30 6.02 1.40 207.14 258.33 2 Gladiolus 0.80 1.60 2.00 7.55 15.1 2.00 843.75 843.75 Total 2.2 3.28 1.49 11.85 21.12 1.78 438.64 543.90 B. Loose Flower 3 Marigold 22.50 414.00 18.40 38.15 721.04 18.90 69.56 74.16 4 Jasmine 2.60 7.80 3.00 5.40 17.28 3.20 107.69 121.54 5 Tuberose 0.40 2.00 5.00 4.40 22.88 5.20 1000.00 1044.00 6 Others 2.20 21.10 9.59 7.40 67.34 9.10 236.36 219.15 Total 27.70 444.90 16.06 55.35 828.54 14.97 99.82 86.23 9

The interventions taken up under NHM in Patna district are area expansion, protected cultivation, INM/IPM and organic farming.

Observations JIT visited the plots of Shri Manish Kumar and Shri Manish Kumar who have taken up protected cultivation. Shri Manish has started harvesting capsicum from his 500 sq. m naturally ventilated green house, constructed in September, 2011 at a cost of Rs. 4.68 lakh. He has made his own market tie up and is fetching a price ranging between Rs. 18 to 26/kg depending on the season.

Shri Ajay Kumar has constructed a large size green house (2500 sq. m) for taking up cultivation of coloured capsicum. Seed was procured from KF Bio Plants. The crop was under germination stage.

Both the farmers have availed subsidy for micro irrigation in the green houses. Since the State Government is providing additional 40% assistance for micro irrigation from State budget, the farmers are getting 90% subsidy on micro irrigation.

There is significant increase in area, production and productivity of most of the horticultural crops in the district during 2010-11 when compared to base year 2005-06.

Glimpses of activities visited by JIT in Patna District is available on the following page.

GLIMPSES OF ACTIVITIES VISITIED IN PATNA DISTRICT

Shri Manish Kumar, Kachuara village, Sampatchak block has taken up cultivation of green capsicum, under naturally ventilated green house (500 sq. m) along with micro irrigation. German made UV Film has been used.

View of green house (2500 sq. m) being constructed in the plot of Shri Ajay Kumar Singh, village Bariya for cultivating coloured capsicum.

Nalanda District The details of area, production and productivity of main horticultural crops in the district is given in Table 2.

Table 2: Area, Production and Productivity of horticultural crops in Nalanda District

a) Fruits (Area in ha., Production in MT, Productivity in MT/ha) S. Name of 2005-06 2010-11 % (+) % (+) or No. Commodity Area Prod. Pvty Area Prod. Pvty or (-) (-) in in Productio Area n 1 Mango 2615 19874 7.60 2872 25848 9.00 9.83 30.06 2 Guava 1418 9642 6.80 1466 11581 7.90 3.39 20.11 3 Lemon 379 2274 6.00 408 2938 7.20 7.65 29.20 4 Banana 396 12276 31.00 449 21103 47.00 13.38 71.90 5 Aonla 0 0 27 243 9.00 6 Others 1286 10363 8.06 1259 11996 9.53 -2.10 15.76 Total 6094 54429 8.93 6481 73709 11.37 6.35 35.42

b) Vegetables

S. Name of 2005-06 2010-11 % (+) or % (+) or No. Districts (-) in (-) in Area Prod. Pvty Area Prod. Pvty Area Production 1. Nalanda * 31157 520321 16.70 59713 1126436 18.86 91.65 116.49 *Onion, Potato, tomato, cauliflower, cabbage, brinjal and okra constitute about 90% of production

c) Flowers

(Area in ha., Production of loose flowers in MT, Production of cut flowers in lakh spikes, Productivity in MT/ha)

S. Name of 2005-06 2010-11 % (+) or % (+) or No. Commodity (-) in Area (-) in Area Prod. Pvty Area Prod. Pvty Production A. Cut Flower

1 Rose 0.40 0.48 1.20 2.50 3.40 1.36 525.00 608.33 2 Gladiolus 0.15 0.30 2.00 3.70 7.40 2.00 2366.67 2366.67 Total 0.55 0.78 1.41 6.2 10.8 1.74 1027.27 1284.61 B. Loose Flower 12

3 Marigold 2.10 36.33 17.30 8.35 151.14 18.10 297.62 316.02 4 Jasmine 1.10 3.30 3.00 3.20 9.92 3.10 190.91 200.61 5 Tuberose 0.00 0.00 2.60 13.00 5.00 6 Others 0.70 6.37 9.10 3.35 29.82 8.90 378.57 368.13 Total 3.90 46.00 11.79 17.50 203.88 11.65 348.71 343.21

Observations The intervention taken up under NHM in Nalanda district are area expansion, protected cultivation, INM/IPM, Model Floriculture Centre, FLD, organic farming, mushroom spawn production and PHM. The district has been included under the VIUC for sustained supply of vegetables to Patna City. JIT interacted with few Farmer Interest Groups (FIG) who have taken up organic cultivation of vegetables in different villages. Interaction with the farmers revealed that they were very enthusiastic in taking up organic farming of vegetables. In fact, vegetables cultivation was initiated about the five years ago through ATMA in Premen Bigha village. With the launched of VIUC, they have switched over to organic cultivation, mainly tomato and brinjal. C1 Certification of the farm was under progress for which Organic Mission, Patna were doing documentation work. There has been significant improvement in area, production and productivity of vegetable in Nalanda district, which is a welcome sign.

Organic farming received further boost in the district in particular on account of the record yield of potatoes in Darveshpura village under organic farming. The farmers of Darveshpura village were complimented by the Chief Minister and a complimentary resolution was also adopted in the State Assembly.

A model Floriculture Centre (MFC) has been established at Baganbigha village with an area of about 5000 sq. m involving seven green houses and one shade net house during 2010-11. The MFC is intended to provide necessary technical support for the development of floriculture in the district. It was informed that the MFC is being operated by firm from Assam. However, no responsible person of the Centre was available during the time of the visit. It was also observed that the shadenets needed replacement at some patches. It was also observed that cultivation of rose, gerbera and 13 carnation have been taken up in a routine manner whereas there was scope for further improvement through development of planting material for flowers for the benefit of the farmers besides functioning as a demonstration centre. Trained manpower also need to be deployed for the purpose.

Front Line Demonstration of protected cultivation and open field cultivation of flowers has been taken up in the plot of Shri Sanjive Kumar, Surajpur village, and Shri Rameshwar Mahto, Nirpur village. While the green house structure has been constructed, the planting material was yet to be received. NHM displayed board were to be established at the demo plots.

The spawn production lab established by Ms Madhu Patel at Rajgir has proved to be a boon, particularly for the women folk in the district. The Team could interact with a group of ladies at Surajpur village who have registered themselves as Suryoday Mahila Krishak Hit Samooh. They have taken up mushroom cultivation as a cottage industry as a result of which Surajpur village has become popular as a mushroom village. Spawn material for this purpose is being supplied by Budha Spawn Lab established by Ms Patel at Rajgir.

JIT visited the Onion Storage established at Sohdih village at the total cost of Rs. 6.00 lakh. It had a cpacity of 150 MT. At the time of visit potatoes was being stored as a stop gap arrangement before shifting to a cold storage unit.

It was observed that payment for installation of drip irrigation system for vegetables in the plots of Shri Rakesh Kumar and Shri Harivansh Prasad Singh were yet to be made. In introduction of drip irrigation, for which the State Government is also providing additional subsidy to the tune of Rs. 40% in the district is however, a welcome sign.

Glimpses of activities visited in Nalanda District is available on the following pages. 14

GLIMPSES OF ACTIVITIES VISITIED IN NALANDA DISTRICT

Shri Harivansh Prasad, a Member of Adarsh Gram Premanbigha Krishak, Hit Samuh, Nagarnam village, has taken up organic farming of vegetables (brinjal and tomato). A cluster of about 140 ha has been taken up for organic farming of vegetables by 71 farmers under VIUC scheme during 2011-12.

View of Model Floriculture Centre at Banganbigha. Rose, gerbera and carnation are being grown.

View of fields under organic farming of vegetables by Shere Bihar Sohdih Krishak Hit Samuh, Sohdih village Biharsharif. The organic produce is being sold in the name ‘Javik B’.

Newspaper cutting of Patna edition of Hindustan Times which appeared on 15.03.2012 highlighting the

world record yield of organically grown potato crop at Darveshpura village of Nalanda District

GLIMPSES OF ACTIVITIES VISITIED IN NALANDA DISTRICT (CONT.)

Onion storage structure (150 MT) constructed by Shere Bihar Sohdih Krishak Hit Samuh, Sohdih village Biharshari during 2011-12 at a cost of Rs. 6.00 lakh. It is also being used as a pack house for potatoes for realizing better price.

View of FLD of protected cultivation and open field cultivation of gladiolus in the plot of Shri Sanjiv Kumar, Surajpur.

GLIMPSES OF ACTIVITIES VISITIED IN NALANDA DISTRICT (CONT.)

Ms Madhu Patel has set up a mushroom spawn production lab at Rajgir by availing NHM assistance of Rs. 7.50 lakh during 2011-12. The unit is being run in the name of Budha Mushroom Spawn Lab, which is producing about 55 Kgs of mushroom spawn for oyster mushoom per day.

With the availability of spawn, large scale mushroom production has been taken up by Suryodaya Mahila Krishak Hit Samuh at Surjpur village, which has brought about significant improvement in the economic condition of the families in the village.

Vaishali District The details of area, production and productivity of main horticultural crops in the district is given in Table 3.

Table 3: Area, Production and Productivity of horticultural crops in Vaishali District

a) Fruits (Area in ha., Production in MT, Productivity in MT/ha) S. Name of 2005-06 2010-11 % (+) or % (+) or (-) No. Commodity Area Prod. Pvty Area Prod. Pvty (-) in in Area Production 1 Mango 8074 78666 9.74 8367 77813 9.30 3.63 -1.08 2 Guava 1214 9426 7.76 1298 10773 8.30 6.92 14.29 3 Litchi 3441 26087 7.58 3586 26895 7.50 4.21 3.10 4 Lemon 546 3877 7.10 618 4635 7.50 13.19 19.55 5 Banana 2681 102414 38.20 3198 154144 48.20 19.28 50.51 6 Aonla 0 0 76 722 9.50 7 Others 1530 13780 9.01 1153 12633 10.96 -24.64 -8.32 Total 17486 234250 13.40 18296 287615 15.72 4.63 22.78

b) Vegetables (Area in ha., Production in MT, Productivity in MT/ha) S. Name of 2005-06 2010-11 % (+) or % (+) or No. Districts (-) in (-) in Area Prod. Pvty Area Prod. Pvty Area Production 1. Vaishali * 29373 475936 16.20 44014 780469 17.73 49.85 63.99

*Potato, Tomato, cauliflower, cabbage, brinjal and okra constitute about 70% of production

c) Flowers

(Area in ha., Production of loose flowers in MT, Production of cut flowers in lakh spikes, Productivity in MT/ha) S. Name of 2005-06 2010-11 % (+) % (+) or (-) No. Commodity or (-) in in Production Area Prod. Pvty Area Prod. Pvty Area A. Cut Flower 1 Rose 0.90 1.08 1.20 3.95 5.37 1.36 338.89 397.22 2 Gladiolus 0.40 0.80 2.00 14.10 28.20 2.00 3425.00 3425.00 Total 1.3 1.88 1.44 18.05 33.57 1.85 3763.89 3822.22 B. Loose Flower 3 Marigold 7.40 132.46 17.90 19.95 371.07 18.60 169.59 180.14 19

4 Jasmine 1.35 4.05 3.00 7.50 23.25 3.10 455.56 474.07 5 Tuberose 0.80 4.00 5.00 9.40 47.94 5.10 1075.00 1098.50 6 Others 3.05 29.89 9.80 12.35 108.68 8.80 304.92 263.60 Total 12.60 170.40 13.52 49.2 550.94 11.20 290.48 223.32

The intervention taken up under NHM in Vaishali district are vegetable seed production, area expansion, INM/IPM, organic farming and post harvest management. The Team visited two cold storage units in the district and interacted with some of the farmer groups. Shri Ramesh Rai established a cold storage unit (Balaji Agro Exim cold storage) with a capacity of 5200 MT at Hajipur, during 2010-11 by availing a subsidy of Rs. 50.00 lakh. At the time of visit, potatoes were being stored. Shri Rai mentioned that he had applied for subsidy to NHB duing 2008-09. The matter was processed but in the last moment he was directed to approach NHM for the purpose. He added that bank loan was availed @ 14% interest. Moreover, the banks gave low priority in financing cold storages. He requested for speedy disbursement of subsidy for such projects. He added that he was planning to expand the unit for which NHM subsidy is proposed to be availed. The cold storage unit set up by Shri Ganor Saha at Jondha had a capacity of 3800 MT involving nine chambers. A subsidy assistance of Rs. 16.63 lakh was given for the CS during 2010-11. At the time of visit, potatoes were being stored in this cold storage unit also. The unique feature of the cold storage was that the unit was being operated on diesel instead of conventional electricity. It was informed that about 1.1 lakh litres of diesel was being consumed in one seasons. The owner was also running a Nursing Home. Hence, the cold storage unit has been named as Yamuna Nursing Home Cold Storage & Ice Factory. The Team visited plot of Shri Vivek Malhotra who has availed assistance for taking up area expansion of Litchi and mango and have also installed drip irrigation system during the year 2011-12. Litchi crop was under flowering stage. However, it was noted that there was high mortality in mango area expansion. The plot also needed better maintenance and up keep. 20

The Team visited the onion storage structure under construction by Shri Siya Ram at Katholia village, He was also an Office Bearer of the Maniyarpur Sabzi Utpadak Sangh, comprising of about 20 farmers who have taken up organic farming of vegetables under VIUC scheme. The total cost of the onion storage unit was estimated at Rs. 2.00 lakh. The Team also interacted with representatives of Astha Sabzi Utpadak Sangh, Mustafapur having 16 members and Mustafapur Subzi Utpadak Sangh having 14 members in the same area. They mentioned that the farmers have made a contribution of Rs. 100/- each for becoming member of the FIG. Shri Ram Bali Bhagat, Chairman of Astha Subzi Utpadak Sangh mentioned that they have taken about 10 acres of land on lease for organic cultivation of vegetables like onion and gourds.

The Team also interacted with Shri Jai Prakash, Field Executive of BASICS, Bidurpur who have been engaged by Indian Grameen Services for mobilizing farmers into FPOs. He mentioned that about 25 FIGs have been formed in the districts who are mostly involved in organic farming of vegetables. They have facilitated in farming the groups comprising of 12-20 members who elect their Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer. One or two meeting are held in a month. He was, however, unaware about the assistance available under VIUC scheme for FIG/FPO formation. Nor were the farmers aware about the concept of VIUC scheme.

JIT visited the Adarsh Nursing where vegetable seed production of peas, brinjal and tomato has been taken up during 2011-12 by the District Horticulture Officer covering about five ha.

There has been increase in area, production and productivity of horticultural crops in the district, which is a welcome sign, which needs to be linked up with markets.

Glimpses of activities visited in Vaishali District is available on the following pages.

GLIMPSES OF ACTIVITIES VISITIED IN VAISHALI DISTRICT

View of Balaji Agri Exim Cold Storage, which was set up by Shri Ramesh Rai at Hajipur with NHM assistance of Rs. 50.00 lakh during 2010-11. The CS has a capacity of 5200 MT. Mostly potatoes are being stored in the CS as harvest has commenced.

View of cold storage run by Agro Division of Yamuna Nursing Home & Ice Factory, Jondha. The CS is being run by diesel engines and has a capacity of 3800 MT. NHM subsidy of Rs. 16.63 lakh was provided in 2010-11.

GLIMPSES OF ACTIVITIES VISITIED IN VAISHALI DISTRICT (CONT.)

Drip irrigation in Litchi taken up with assistance under NMMI during 2011-12 in an area of 2 ha by Shri Vivek Malhotra. The Litchi crop was in flowing storage.

View of Adarsh Nursery where vegetable seed production was taken up during 2011-12.

Members of FIG at Manijarpur who have registered Onion storage under construction at Katholia as Manijarpur Sabzi Utpadak Sangh. They are village. involved in organic farming of vegetables under VIUC scheme. 23

Samastipur District The details of area, production and productivity of main horticultural crops in the district is given in Table 4. Table 4: Area Production and Productivity of horticultural crops in Samstipur District

a) Fruit (Area in ha., Production in MT, Productivity in MT/ha) S. Name of 2005-06 2010-11 % (+) or % (+) or No. Commodity Area Prod. Pvty Area Prod. Pvty (-) in (-) in Area Prod. 1 Mango 10260 94392 9.20 10554 99208 9.40 2.87 5.10 2 Guava 561 4264 7.60 628 5212 8.30 11.94 22.23 3 Litchi 1042 7711 7.40 1268 9510 7.50 21.69 23.33 4 Lemon 704 5414 7.69 764 5730 7.50 8.52 5.84 5 Banana 1847 70371 38.10 2098 101543 48.40 13.59 44.30 6 Aonla 0 0 98 941 9.60 7 Others 1554 14055 9.04 1177 12615 10.72 -24.26 -10.25 Total 15968 196207 12.29 16587 234759 14.15 3.88 19.65

b) Vegetables S. Name of 2005-06 2010-11 % (+) or % (+) or No. Districts (-) in (-) in Area Prod. Pvty Area Prod. Pvty Area Production 1. Samastipur* 18936 305894 16.15 32276 576077 17.85 70.45 88.33

*Potato, Tomato, cauliflower, brinjal and okra constitute about 650% of production

c) Flowers

(Area in ha., Production of loose flowers in MT, Production of cut flowers in lakh spikes, Productivity in MT/ha)

S. Name of 2005-06 2010-11 % (+) or % (+) or No. Commodity (-) in (-) in Area Prod. Pvty Area Prod. Pvty Area Production A. Cut Flower 1 Rose 0.90 1.08 1.20 3.95 5.33 1.35 338.89 393.52 2 Gladiolus 0.45 0.90 2.00 3.40 6.80 2.00 655.56 655.56 Total 1.35 1.98 1.47 7.35 12.13 1.65 444.44 512.63 B. Loose Flower 3 Marigold 3.80 69.92 18.40 12.80 234.24 18.30 236.84 235.01 4 Jasmine 0.35 1.05 3.00 6.35 19.69 3.10 1714.29 1775.24 24

5 Tuberose 1.45 7.25 5.00 8.65 44.98 5.20 496.55 520.41 6 Others 2.20 20.68 9.40 9.10 80.99 8.90 313.64 291.63 Total 7.80 98.90 12.68 36.9 379.90 10.30 373.08 284.12

The intervention taken up under NHM in Samastipur district are Model Nursery, Vegetable seed production, rehabilitation of TC Lab, area expansion, protected cultivation, INM/IPM, drip irrigation and organic farming.

JIT visited a TC lab, small nursery at RAU, Samatipur, a model nursery and vegetable seed production unit at Patori, protected cultivation, micro irrigation and cold storage.

The TC lab was rehabilitated during the year 2006-07 with NHM assistance of Rs. 8.00 lakh. The lab is propagating banana (local varieties) and few medicinal plants as a research activity. No commercial production has taken place. NHM logo was not displayed.

The small nursery was established during the year 2006-07 which is producing about 2 lakh plants annually for mango, litchi and guava. Monkey menace was observed during the time of visit.

The Model Nursery was established during the year 2011-12 at Government Farm Patori by the Horticulture Department at a cost of Rs. 6.95 lakh. The nursery was involved in the production of planting material for mango, litchi and guava. Seed production for peas, tomato, spinach and cow pea was also being undertaken. An additional grant of Rs. 5.00 lakh was given for vegetable seed production during 2011-12. Green house in the nursery needed redadding.

Shri Amit Roy, Sinhia Khurd has availed NHM assistance of Rs. 4.675 lakh during 2011-12 for setting up normal green house (1000 sq. m) for growing green capsicum. The green house needed better upkeep as attach of pest (Aphid) was noticed. The structure was fabricated by Manas Agri Biotech. 25

Shri Amit has also availed an assistance of Rs. 1.125 lakh for setting up drip irrigation and foggers in the green house which was installed by Netafim. It was observed that the design of the micro irrigation system was faulty. Sourcing and maintenance has not been adequate.

Glimpses of activities visited in Samastipur District is available on the following pages.

GLIMPSES OF ACTIVITIES VISITIED IN SAMASTIPUR DISTRICT

View of TC lab rehabilitated at RAU, Samastipur during 2006-07. No commercial production has taken place.

Protected cultivation of capsicum by Shri Amit Raj in an area of 1000 sq. m constructed during 2010-11 with NHM assistance of Rs. 4.67 lakh. He has also availed subsidy assistance of Rs. 1.12 lakh for drip irrigation in the green house.

View of Kashyap Cold storage, which was set up in 2008-09 with NHM assistance of Rs. 45.58 lakh. The subsidy was released in March, 2012. 27

GLIMPSES OF ACTIVITIES VISITIED IN SAMASTIPUR DISTRICT (CONT.)

View of Departmental Nursery where vegetable seed production has been taken up. The farm was developed during 2011-12.