PRESENTATION ON NHM PROGRAMS'' GUJARAT STATE

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PRESENTATION ONNHM PROGRAMS..GUJARAT STATE

• Directorate of Horticulture
• Sector-10-A , Krushibhavan
• Gandhinagar

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TRAINING PACKAGE FOR Identified farmers for
the development of export quality produce in
Gujarat Component..HRD including horticulture
institute
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TRAINING

• HRD Training in the AEZ scheme
• Mango, Vegetables Onion
• HRD Training in the Export scheme
• Mango, Banana Isabgul

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COMPONENTS OF THE TRAINING PACKAGE

• Theoretical Sessions
• Field Demonstrations

CONTENTS

• Pre Harvest Module
• Selection of varieties
• Nursery Management
• Weed Management
• Water Management
• Integrated Nutrient Management
• Integrated Pest Management
• Integrated Disease Management
• Organic Production

• Post Harvest Module
• Sorting
• Grading
• Precooling
• Packaging
• Transportation
• Storage
• Value Addition
• Post Harvest Disease Management

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ROLE OF THE IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES

• Identification of farmers
• Identification of topics
• Identification of experts
• Identification of location for training
• Pre and Post Harvest training
• Preparation of Reference Manual for Growers of
  Gujarat in Gujarati language on the assigned
  crop
• Preparation of reports

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REQUIRED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
HRD Training in the AEZ Scheme Rs.
3,97,500.00 HRD Training in the Export Scheme
Rs. 2,17,500.00
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Innovative Schemes approved under NHM in Gujarat
State
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Scheme Low cost on farm storage structure

• Rate of assistance 25 of the estimated unit
  cost up to Rs.1.00 lakhs i.e. ,250 00 per unit
• Physical Financial Targets 50 units Rs
  12.50 Lakhs
• Justification
• There is considerable demand for low cost on
  farm storage structure for the storage of Onion,
  potato garlic in the state. Farmers can store
  their produce for 3 to 4 months in such low cost
  storage structure .

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Scheme Horticulture Exhibition

• Rate of assistance Rs. 25000 per event.
• Physical Financial Targets 25 Exhibition at
  total cost of Rs.6.25 Lakhs during 2005-06.
• Justification
• Seeing is believing is the basic motto of
  this component. Through exhibition / seminar
  farmers can get latest information on variety of
  the crop and latest technologies.

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Scheme Self employment / Value addition on
field

• Rate of assistance 50 of the cost of Rs.3.0
  Lakhs i.e. 1.50 Lakhs per unit per beneficiaries
• Physical Financial Targets 25 units with the
  total financial outlay of Rs. 37.5 Lakhs
• Justification There is vast area under
  vegetables and also considerable area under
  aromatic crops. Particularly in Tribal districts
  , value addition is the prime requirement in
  Horticulture considering this to create
  additional employment by establishing small
  scale on farm distillation unit for aromatic
  plant and processing units for fruits/nuts
  vegetable.

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Scheme Strenthning of Horticulture Nurseries

• Rate of assistance 100 for public sector
  and 50 for private sector. Unit cost Rs.3.00
  Lakhs / Nursery
• Financial Targets 33.00 lakhs
• Justification About 330 nurseries are existing
  in public/private sector in the state. These
  nurseries are required to be strengthen to
  produce quality planting materials and increase
  their capacity. As there is no provision in NHM
  for strengthening of existing nursery the
  component is proposed.

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Scheme Distribution of tarpaulin sheet

• Rate of assistance 50 of the the cost , up to
  Rs. 1000 per each
• Physical Financial Targets 1000 sheet Rs
  10.00 Lakhs
• Justification
• During the harvesting, quality of horticultural
  produce detoriate due to the direct expose to
  the soil/dust.
• Use of Tarpaulin sheet helps to protect on farm
  quality of produce during grading sorting.

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Scheme Support for planting material in arid
and semi arid zones for date Palm

• Rate of assistance 25 of the unit cost of
  Rs.2000/- i.e. ,Rs.500/- per plant admissible to
  160 plants per ha per each beneficiaries
• Physical Financial Targets 100 Ha Rs 80.00
  Lakhs
• Justification
• Date palm is a monopoly crop of Kutch
  district in Gujarat State. Kutchi dates are world
  famous for its quality. Indigenous TC plants are
  not available and import of tissue plant is
  costly ,(about Rs.3000/ plant). To encourage use
  of quality planting material, this scheme is
  proposed.

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• THANKS