GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA D EPARTMENT O F H ORTICULTURE

1. GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE DRAFT ANNUAL ACTION PLAN 2012-13 Karnataka State Horticulture Mission Agency (R), Lalbagh, Bangalore nhmkarnataka@gmail.com

2. Glimpse of Horticultural Sector in Karnataka • Area and production of horticulture crops is around 21.16 lakhs ha. and 205.15 lakhs tons, respectively, with an average productivity of about 9.70 tons per hectare. • The state is one of the key players in fruits, vegetables, floriculture, plantation crops, spices and so on. • Over Rs. 1100.00 cr. annual income from horticulture sector in the state • Horticulture sector is an important source of livelihood for as many as 12.50 lakhs farm families in the state. • Annual growth rate is seen to be higher at around 6%. KSHMA

3. AREA AND PRODUCTION KSHMA

4. Project Overview of Karnataka State KSHMA

5. SUCCESS STORY  1. NURSERY: Hassan District Nandanam Nursery established under NHM in private sector promoted by Sri UnniKrishnan and Smt.Jaya Nair in Palya Hobli of Alur taluk in Hassan district has set an example for their hard work, skill and expertise in nursery techniques. Nandamam Nursery is situated on Bangalore-Mangalore Highway and easily accessable to farmers. The Nursery produces 2,00,000 quality planting materials of fruits and flower plants in a year. Assistance from NHM have helped the couple to set up a cement pot manufacturing units, Vermicompost unit, 7000 Sqft of lawn and other facilities like labour quarters for skilled laborers engaged etc. Availability of planting materials through out the year has helped the farmers. KSHMA

6.  2. MULCHING : Chamarajanagar District Puttaswamy S/o Madappa, Yadapura, Chamarajanagara Tq is a progressive vegetable grower. Last year he had grown about 4 acres of watermelon without mulching and got an average yield of 15 tons / acre. Later with the intervention of department of Horticulture, he started using Plastic Mulching for growing Watermelon. Now with Mulching he has taken an average yield of 30 ton / acre. With mulching sheet he has got an additional yield of 50 % which is really an outstanding result. This has made other farmers to adopt Mulching for Horticulture Crops especially in dry regions, by which they can expect additional yield and it may increase their economic level also. KSHMA

7.  3. PACK HOUSE : Chamarajanagar District Kum. Sneha D/o Ravibabu, Thimmegowdana playa, Santhemaralli hobli, Chamarajanagara Tq. is having totally 1.74 Ha. and her family is having totally 300 acres of land in which they are cultivating Banana, Papaya, Pomegranate, Mango, Guava etc., and they are exporting these crops to neighboring states like Tamilnadu, Andra Pradesh, Kerala etc. Through the Department of Horticulture they were guided regarding the availability of subsidy for structure like Pack houses and insisted them to construct Pack house, so they can pack and grade in a hygienic and systematic way, by which they can even obtain a good export returns also. So they constructed the pack house according to our guidance and now they are using this structure for packing and grading of Pomegranate, Guava, Mango crops in a systematic way. Now the unit is working in a good way and they have extended their area and started constructing another pack house for better use. KSHMA

8. Strength NRCs Strong resource base coupled with favorable agro climatic conditions for horticultural crops. Adequate nursery and seed infrastructure. Premier institutions such as Bio center under state department of horticulture, IIHR, IFAB, CIMAP, CFTRI, DFRL, UHS, NRCs etc., Crop specific Agri Export Zones (AEZs). Five food parks – well spread across the state. No. of processing industries for pineapple, tomato, mango, wine grapes, gherkins. Exclusive administrative set-up for horticulture sector in the state. The sector identified as thrust area. Major marketing institutions such as KHF, HOPCOMS, Safal, and private players like Namdharis, Reliance, Food World etc. Adoption of model APMC Act. High productivity in crops like mango, tomato etc., SWOC ANALYSIS KSHMA

9. Weakness Un-utilized potential in terms of productivity. Inadequate irrigation facilities – Depleting ground water levels. Highly perishable crops and requirement of intensive care. Commercial horticulture is yet to take strong roots. Lack of regulatory mechanism for planting materials. Inadequate farm mechanization and PHM. Logistical deficiencies. Strong linkage of farms with market is yet to make inroad SWOC ANALYSIS KSHMA

10. Opportunities Increasing demand for horticultural produce/ products. Untapped domestic and also export market. Barren land can be utilized. Enormous scope for yield enhancement through rejuvenation/ HYVs. Huge scope for value addition. Huge public sector investment. Transformation towards hi-tech practice by farmers. Untapped direct marketing opportunities. Abundant scope for creation of marketing infrastructure. SWOC ANALYSIS KSHMA

11. Challenges Fragmented and small land holdings, water, labour availability for expansion of the sector. Pests, diseases, and climatic factors. Inadequate and inconsistent power supply. Urbanization and higher migration from rural area to city centers. Price fluctuations and gluts. Mismatch between cost of production and price realisation. SWOC ANALYSIS KSHMA

12. Summary of Action Plan : 2012-13 • The total financial outlay envisaged for the year 2012-13 is Rs.14500.00 lakhs. • The share of the GOI and the GOK would be around Rs.12325.00 lakhs (85%) and Rs.2175.00 (15%) respectively. • In the total outlay, the project based components account for Rs.6780.15 lakhs with a share of 46.76%. The rest to the tune of Rs.7719.85 lakhs with a share of 53.24%. earmarked for the implementable components. • The total progress for 2011-12 (upto end of 20th Mar 2012) is Rs. 12082.37 lakhs. KSHMA

13. Financial (Rs. in Lakh) • In the total outlay, Production and Productivity related activities would constitute about 72.61 %. • Other key components such as PHM and Marketing would receive their share of 19.77 %. KSHMA

14. Physical (quantifiable major outputs) for 2012-13 • The quantifiable major outputs comprises production related, PHM, marketing and other components. KSHMA

15. Area, production & productivity target for 2012-13 (For selected crops) • Projected growth rate of selected horticultural crops in 2012 - 13: • Area: 1 - 2% • Production and productivity: 2 % to 5%. • With NHM scheme intervention, above horticultural crops prospect expected to turn better during the year. KSHMA

16. Objectives • Key objective - Ensuring sustainable growth in area, production and productivity of horticultural crops through promotion of better cultivation practices and creation of suitable PHM and marketing infrastructure. • Specific objectives: • To create suitable plantation infrastructure across the state on a crop cluster basis, • To bring down the post harvest loss by creating suitable primary and secondary processing infrastructure, • To establish comprehensive marketing infrastructure for horticultural produce, • To cope up with unforeseen requirements for organic growth in the sector, • To connect polices and programmes for the development of production and marketing system of horticultural produce. KSHMA

17. Approach • By identifying suitable crop cluster and also by strengthening the existing clusters, and connecting them cohesively with the processing centers and the market, it is possible to bring the sector into sustainable developmental ambit. • With this background and also experiences gained and difficulties encountered in implementation of the scheme so far, a comprehensive strategy for the year 2012-13 has been chalked out, besides continuing the same further for the next two years. KSHMA

18. Strategies • Empowerment of farmers’ associations at crop clusters • Involvement of various institutions/ agencies / NGOs / Farmers association in the implementation of the program • Convergence of other schemes with NHM program • Address the current problem of lower allocations on key components such as PHM and marketing KSHMA

19. Thrust areas • It is the time now to show the route to the farmers that how and where he can sell the produce and get a remunerative price • In this context, we need to give higher priority for building the processing and the marketing infrastructure. • There is also a need for empowering farmers associations at cluster levels for better implementation of scheme KSHMA

20. Factors considered to earmark outlay for districts • The bench mark district wise data on area, production and productivity for the base year 2004-05 and subsequent 5 years. • SWOC analysis of each district in terms of the sector growth, future need and also implementation progress so far besides felt needs. • Physical and financial performance of the district in the last 7 years. • Views and suggestions of various stakeholders such as farmers, entrepreneurs, processors, extension workers, research organizations and various thought leaders. KSHMA

21. New Horticulture area brought under NHM Since inception Area in 1000 ha. KSHMA

22. Area covered under National Horticulture Mission since inception Mango KSHMA

23. Area covered under National Horticulture Mission since inception Grapes KSHMA

24. Area covered under National Horticulture Mission since inception Pomegranate KSHMA

25. Area covered under National Horticulture Mission since inception Sapota KSHMA

26. Area covered under National Horticulture Mission since inception Citrus KSHMA

27. Area covered under National Horticulture Mission since inception Fig KSHMA

28. Area covered under National Horticulture Mission since inception Banana KSHMA

29. Area covered under National Horticulture Mission since inception Pineapple KSHMA

30. Action Plan for Promotion of Crop Clusters • To strengthen the crop clusters, collection, grading & packing, primary processing at the field level and linking these clusters with market will be given priority during 2012-13. • Empowering of “farmers’ associations” at crop clusters would assist to promote the cluster approach. Hence following activities would be carried out: • Empowering of farmers groups at the cluster levels, • Promotion of primary processing at the filed level and linking clusters with the processing infrastructure • Carrying out awareness programmes, • Offering crop advisory service and market information service. KSHMA

31. Component wise proposed outlay for 2012-13 KSHMA

32. KARNATAKA STATE HORTICULTURE MISSION AGENCY (R) ACTION PLAN 2012-13 Component Wise Details KSHMA

33. Requirement & Availability of Planting Materials for the year 2012-13 KSHMA

34. ABSTRACT OF AAP 2012 – 13 UNDER NHM ( Rs. in Lakhs) (Rs. in Lakhs) KSHMA

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