Rabi Campaign 2015

Group VI Promotion of Horticulture

Issues Onion :

Prospective area increase in Rabi onion

Potato:

Expected higher area and production in Rabi potato

Expected lower price during Oct-Nov

Hybrid Vegetable Seeds:

Exorbitant prices of hybrid seeds

Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)

National Agriculture Market (NAM)

Issues Sharing pattern & Release of funds

PMKSY (Per Drop More Crop) – Implementation pattern

Protected structures technologiesMore budgetary support under RKVY for Hort. sector.

Area & production estimation of horticulture crops

ISSUES Suggestions

Onion :Prospective area

increase in Rabi onion

To ensure rabi seed availability To develop dark red varieties Promotion of hybrid varieties To promote on farm onion storage structures To intervene by procuring onion produce during

April/May (harvest period) by state agencies under Price Stabilization Fund (PSF)

To develop the possibilities of temperature/humidity controlled onion storage for larger volume

Potato:Expected higher area

and production in Rabi potato

Expected lower price during Oct-Nov

National Portal for Market Intelligence To facilitate inter state trading To promote Alternate cropping pattern State Agriculture Universities to take up breeder seed

production Promotion of potato based processing units

Suggestions

ISSUES Suggestions

Hybrid Vegetable Seeds:Exorbitant prices of

hybrid seeds

To facilitate high level meeting with DSIR, ICAR Institutions and hybrid producing companies to control the prices

To recommend large number of hybrids for different agro climatic conditions by ICAR/SAUs

Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)

Infrastructure based projects may be exempted from DBT for current year

10% additional assistance for S&MF

National Agriculture Market (NAM)

Farmer Producer Organization (FPO) may also be included in the ambit of NAM

Sharing pattern & Release of funds

Timely release of funds

ISSUES Suggestions

PMKSY (Per Drop More Crop) – Implementation pattern

Horticulture Department may be assigned the implementing agency for PDMC

Protected structures technologies

To initiate R&D by ICAR/SAUs

More budgetary support under RKVY for Hort. sector.

Budget allocation as per horticulture gross value output

Area & production estimation of horticulture crops

GOI may consider to implement a new scheme for area and production estimation of horticulture crop

Nursery raising using protray method with single bud rhizomes

• Screening of diseased seed/seedling possible. • Reduced seed rate requirement.• Low cost of cultivation

Aeroponics- Potato Seed Production •Plants are grown in

troughs, tubes or other type of chambers

•Roots are hanged in space and are periodically

bathed in nutrient mist

•Easily absorb nutrients

•Easily absorb oxygen

•Less chance of root zone diseases

Long day Onion varieties

• Uttarakhand, HP, J&K.• 500 ha each state• Sown : October-November• Transplanting: February• Harvesting: July• Production: 20000 metric ton

• Sufficient seed not available• Brown Spanish and VL 3 • Storage structures not available

2014-15: 2081 storage structures created(Maharshtra, Rajashthan, Karnataka, MP = 80%)

Protected structures Greenhouses

a) Climate controlled

b) Semi-climate controlled

c) Naturally ventilated

d) Raised arch

Net-houses:

a) Insect-proof nets

b) Shade nets

Other Temporary structures

a) Walk-in-tunnels

b) Plastic Low tunnels

c) Plastic mulches