1. A PROMISING STRATEGY FOR
HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT
S.K. Pattanayak
Joint Secretary & Mission Director
National Horticulture Mission
New Delhi
07/08/09

2. Horticulture crops covers a wide spectrum:
LONG GESTATION CROPS LOW GESTATION CROPS
Fruits Vegetables
Tree Spices Flowers
Coconut Seed Spices
Cashew Medicinal & Aromatic Plants
Cocoa
Medicinal trees
Mostly high value
low volume crops
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3. India’s position in the world
 Second position in the prod. of fruits & veg.
in the world
 1st in the prod. of banana, litchi, mango,
pomegranate, cashew, arecanut & papaya
 2nd in the prod. of lime, onion, brinjal,
cabbage, cauliflower, pea, tomato & okra
 3rd in potato & coconut
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4. HORTICULTURE IN INDIAN
CONTEXT
• Agro-climatic conditions permit cultivation of all types of
horticulture crops
• Contributes about 28% of GDP in agriculture from 13% of
area
• Contributes about 37% of exports in agriculture An ideal
means for diversification in agriculture
• Multi-tier cropping possible, thus enhancing returns per
unit of area
• Highest productivity in Grapes
• Higher productivity in Banana and Sapota compared to
World Average
• Low productivity in Citrus Mango, Apple, Guava and
Pineapple
• Has potential for enhancing growth rate
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5. Constraints facing Horticulture Sector
 Fragmentation of land holdings
 Large area under old/ senile plantations
 Poor quality of seeds/ planting material and low rate of
replacement of seeds/ cultivars
 Poor water management
 Economy of scales lacking
 Inadequate storage and cold chain
 High wastages of the produce (8-37%)
 Only 0.8% of produce is processed (as against 83% in
Malaysia, 80% in South Africa, 65% in USA, 30% in
Thailand, 23% in China)
 Inadequate processing and marketing infrastructure

6. AREA & PRODUCTION OF HORTICULTURE CROPS
250
192.2 202.7
182.8
200 166.9
Area/Prod
150
100
50 18.4 18.7 19.2 20.1
0
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
YEAR
Area (M.Ha.) Production (M.MT)
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7. ALLOCATION FOR HORTICULTURE
20000.0
AMOUNT (RS.CRORE)
15800.0
15000.0
10000.0
5000.0 5025.0
789.0
24.2 1453.6
0.0
7th Plan 8th Plan 9th Plan 10th Plan 11th Plan
PLAN PERIOD
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8. SCHEMES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
OF HORTICULTURE
Technology Mission for Horticulture Development
Launched in 2001-02, extended to HP, J&K and
Uttarakhand in 2003-04
National Horticulture Mission (NHM) – Launched
in 2005-06
National Bamboo Mission in 2006-07
Schemes of National Horticulture Board
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Schemes of Coconut Development Board

9. Planting Area
Material Expansion
Market Rejuvenation
PHM Mission Interventions Protected
Cultivation
HRD
Water resource
Development
Pollination
Support Organic
INM/IPM
Farming
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10. State-wise details of Districts included under NHM
Name of State/UT Total No. of No. of Districts No. of Crops Total clusters
Sl.N Districts in the included till covered
o. State 2008-09
1 Andhra Pradesh 23 20 10 4
2 Bihar 38 23 5 4
3 Chattisgarh 16 11 11 3
4 Goa 2 2 12 4
5 Gujarat 25 15 10 4
6 Haryana 20 17 9 4
7 Jharkhand 23 16 17 4
8 Karnataka 31 23 11 6
9 Kerala 14 12 10 2
10 Madhya Pradesh 48 30 8 3
11 Maharashtra 33 33 11 4
12 Orissa 30 24 6 4
13 Punjab 21 16 10 3
14 Rajasthan 33 24 10 3
15 Tamil Nadu 29 20 6 5
16 Uttar Pradesh 72 40 15 4
17 West Bengal 18 14 9 4
18 Delhi 1 1 4 1
19 Lakshadweep 1 1 1
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20 Andaman & Nicobar 2 2 2
Total 480 344 66

11. Fruit Clusters under NHM
S.No. Name of Crop No. of States in No. of Districts covered No. of clusters
which promoted
1 Aonla 13 140 20
2 Bael 2 16 2
3 Banana 13 153 22
4 Ber 6 45 6
5 Citrus 14 125 14
6 Custard Apple 2 35 5
7 Date Palm 1 1 1
8 Fig 2 6 2
9 Grape 3 32 5
10 Guava 11 135 17
11 Jack fruit 1 1 1
12 Litchi 7 39 10
13 Mango 18 203 31
14 Papaya 7 60 12
15 Peach 1 8 1
16 Pear 1 8 1
17 Pineapple 5 26 7
18 Pomegranate 6 48 9
19 Sapota 6 43 8
07/08/0920 Strawberry 1 9 1

12. Fruit Clusters- Key to Success
 Mango has maximum coverage in 203
Districts, in 31 clusters in all 18 States
 Banana has the second largest coverage
in 153 Districts, 22 clusters in 13 States
 Aonla has emerged as a potential crop
being covered in 140 Districts, 20
clusters in 13 States
 Citrus and Guava also being covered
extensively

13. Impact– Case Study of Production &
Productivity of Banana in Karnataka
► Out of 27 Districts in Karnataka, NHM being implemented
in 21 Districts.
► Banana being cultivated in all 27 Districts. However,
included for development in 10 Districts
► Comparison of data for 2007-08 w.r.t 2004-05 indicate
that:
 Area in NHM Districts has increased by 17%
 Production increased by 34%
 Productivity increased by 10%
► Production & productivity has marginally increased in NHM
Districts where banana was not a focus crop
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14. Other Models– Citrus in Haryana, M&A
Plants in Chhattisgarh
 Development of citrus in conjunction with
community tanks has enabled cluster based
development of citrus in Sirsa Districts
 Development of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants
in Chhattisgarh along with vermi compost
units has enabled cluster development of M&A
P with tie up for buy back by entrepreneurs
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15. Plantation linked with drip irrigation
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16. Community tanks
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17. Citrus plantation at Sirsa, Haryana
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18. CITRUS PLANTATION
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19. Intercropping of Aonla (maincrop) and Jamarosa (Intercrop)
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20. Organic Farming
► NHM envisages promotion of clusters for
organic farming certification
► So far, 1,10,000 ha has been brought under
organic farming.
► Punjab & UP have adopted organic farming
projects with involvement of NAFED, for
covering 3000 ha in 10 Districts and 15000
ha in 25 Districts, respectively
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21. Primary Processing
 Setting up of primary processing facilities for grapes
in Maharashtra and for grapes & cashew in
Karnataka
 In Pandarpur village of Sholapur District, a large
number of grape dehydration units are being set up.
 Large number of cashew processing units have been
sanctioned in Belgaum, Bijapur and Udupi Districts
of Karnataka.
 Several such units have been approved in
Seethamrpur District of AP and in Konkan region of
Maharashtra.
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22. GRAPE DEHYDRATION UNITS
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23. Focus for PHM & Market Infrastructure
 So far, 1109 pack houses have been set up, mainly in
the States of AP, Karnataka, MP, Maharashtra, Tamil
Nadu and UP.
 Large number of cold storage have been sanctioned in
UP.
 Wholesale markets for horticulture produce have been
established at 35 locations and 174 rural markets have
been set up.
 Many private entrepreneurs are showing interest in
setting up wholesale markets in Karnataka and Gujarat.
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24. NHM assisted Cold Chain Facility project by KAPPEC in Bijapur
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25. Sapota Pack House, Maharashtra
Harvesting and Transportation Pack House
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Washing and drying of surface water Unit Packing in CFB boxes

26. Key to Success
 Production and supply of good quality planting
material of right variety in appropriate quantity.
 Management of pests & diseases
 Adoption of productivity improvement programmes
 Optimum use of scientific infrastructure for disease
forecasting, plant health management and Bio-
control Labs and testing facilities.
 Greenhouse cultivation and management.
 Efficient Supply Chain Management.
 Optimum use of Post Harvest and Marketing
Infrastructure
 Incentive for setting up of Processing Units.
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