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HORTICULTURE

Departmental Activities:

  • Rythu Barosa: Impelenting Rythu Barosa the Govt,Flagship Programme to all the eligible farmers in Coordination with Agriculture Department.
  • e-Karshak: In order to update village wise horticulture farmers data, village level field surveys are being conducted and the same is being  uploaded in e Crop website so that farmers can benefits of all Govt Sponsored Schemes like Rythy Barosa, Insurance, Compensation for Crop lossed during Natural Calamities etc.
  • Natural Calamties: To conduct enumeration of Horticulture crops damages occurs due to Cyclones  Heavy Rains, Winds, Godavari Floods and unforeseen Calamities.
  • Crop Cutting Experiments: To conduct Crop Cutting experiments at village level in horticulture crops to obtain yields inorder to maintain National crop production details which will be useful in calculating Gross Value Addition ( GVA).
  • YSR Thotabadi: Educating farmers & field level Functionaries on good Horticulture practices timely guidance in adopting season bound cultural practices.
  • NMEO-OP( National Mission on Edible Oils- Oil Palm): To bring additional area under Oil Palm cultivation thereby ensuring self Sustainability in edible oil production.
  • To bring additional area under Fruit (Perennial / Non perennial) and plantation crops.
  • High density planting system in Fruit crops and Permanent pendal system in Vegetable cultivation to enhance productivity
  • Promotion of intercrops like Cocoa in Coconut and Oil palm gardens to enhance economic status of farmers
  • Laying of Demonstration plots, Rejuvenation & Replanting in Coconut
  • To identify the farmers and to motivate them to adopt Micro Irrigation and fertigation systems in order to increase productivity up to 50% to the normal.
  • Integrated Pest/Nutrient Management (IPM/INM): In order to lower the incidence of the pest and diseases in Mango, Cashew, Coconut, Chillies and Vegetables, IPM is being implemented as per the recommendations of Dr. YSR Horticulture University. And to increase productivity & to reduce nutritional losses of Horticulture crops ,INM is to be implemented through fertigation
  • Horticulture mechanization: To tackle the scarcity of labour availability and to conduct timely operations, farmers are being encouraged by providing subsidy on various Horticulture implements like Mini Tractors, Power Tillers, Rotavators, Power weeders, Brush cutters, Chaff cutters and Plant protection equipment like Thaiwan sprayers, mounted sprayers.
  • Bee Keeping: To maintain Bee colonies commonly in man mad hives to collect Pure & Quality honey, other products like bees wax, propolis.
  • Protected Cultivation: To encourage year around cultivation of High value vegetables and High value Flowers, Poly Houses and Shade net houses are being established with the assistance provided by Department.
  • Horticulture Development Agency: Production of quality grafts of various Varieties of Horticulture Crops through Horticulture Development Agency in order to supply to farming communities.
  • Formation of FPOs for the horticulture farmers based on crops cultivated to promote cluster level cultivation & to provide hand holding support in agronomic practices, crop planning, production & productivity enhancement interventions and also to coordinate with FPO promoting agencies  & also to strengthen them by  providing assistance to  establish Collection Centres & Cold Rooms( Agri Infra Structure Fund) & Processing units etc for providing technical and financial support through Department of Horticulture.
  • Post Harvest Management: To provide infrastructure assets like Pack houses, Collection, Grading, Packing units, Pre cooling Chambers ,Solar dryers ,Cold storages etc in order reduce post harvest losses.
  • Marketing:To market and sell the produce at farmer level & avoid middlemen providing Vending Vans, Retail Outlets and other infrastructure facility to farmers& FPOs.
  • To create awareness in farmers for registration with APEDA in order to export their produce in global markets
  • Valu addition: To create value addition to produce, when lack of demand in the market , providing primary processing units, Mango jelly units, Mango Pickle units etc.are proposed to be established through AP Food processing Society.
  • Plant Protection : To interact with farmers and visit horticulture orchards to check and assist farmers in controlling all the pests and diseases without any time lapse..
  • Trainings & Exposure visits to farmers: To acquaint farmers on latest Technologies and to create awareness on proven methods of cultivation and Post Harvest Management aspects in Horticulture crops.

 

Brief notes on State Govt. schemes implemented:

The following are the Centrally Sponsored Sate Govt. Schemes.

  1. Rastriya krishi Vikaas Yojana(RKVY): The components like Protected Cultivation( Poly houses, Shadene Houses),Post Harvest Management(Plastic crates, Pack Houses, Ripening Chambers, Cold Storages, Precooling units etc),Processing units( Cashew processing units, Primary Processing units , Mango Jelly units,Setc),Retail Outlets ,Vegetable cultivation progrmmes etc. are being implemented under this scheme.
  2. National Food Security Mission – Oil Palm (NFSM-OP):The Components like Area expansion of Oil Palm,2nd,3rd,4th year maintenances & intercrops ,Chaff cutters, Harvesting poles, Vermi compost units, Bore well, Electrical pump sets Etc. are being implemented under this scheme.

 

  1. Horticulture Development Agency: Production of quality grafts of various Varieties of Horticulture Crops through Horticulture Development Agency in order to supply to farming communities.

Scheme-wise Progress (along with target and achievements) of the above schemes:

SCHEME WISE TARGETS & ACHIEVEMENTS IMPLEMENTED IN JURISDICTION OF ADH KAKINADA DURING 2021-22

 

Sl. No.

Name of the Component

Name of the Crop

Assistance (Rs)

Units

Physical

 
 

Target

Achievement

 

I)

RKVY PROGRAMMES

 

 

 

 

 

1

IPM

Mango

5000

Ha.

1028.00

1028.00

 

2

Cashew

5000

Ha.

800.00

800.00

 

3

Vegetables

5000

Ha

200.00

200.00

 

4

Coconut

5000

Ha

370.00

370.00

 

5

Sweet Orange

5000

Ha

13.00

13.00

 

 

 

Sub total

 

 

2411.00

2411.00

 

1

Seed / Seed lings

VEGETABLES

3000

Ha.

100.00

100.00

 

2

Permanent Pendals

250000

Ha.

2.00

1.00

 

3

Protected Cultivation

4675000

Ha.

0.84

1.65

 

4

Hybrid Vegetable Cultivation

20000

Ha.

40.00

40.00

 

5

Vegetable Minikits

50

No.s

1600.00

1600.00

 

 

 

Sub total

 

 

1742.84

1742.65

 

1

2nd Year maintenance

Papaya

6165

Ha

40.47

35.27

 

2

Acid lime

3201

Ha

0.36

0.36

 

3

Guava(3×3)

5866

Ha

11.73

11.73

 

4

Guava (6×6)

3067

Ha

0.00

0.00

 

5

Cocoa in Coconut

4000

Ha

14.63

13.63

 

6

Cocoa in Oil Palm

3200

Ha

0.00

0.00

 

7

Mango

2660

Ha

10.66

10.66

 

8

Cashew

4000

Ha

0.00

0.00

 

9

Sweet Orange

3201

Ha

0.00

0.00

 

10

Apple Ber

2800

Ha

0.00

0.00

 

11

T.C.Banana

10246

Ha

13.52

13.52

 

12

Black Pepper

4000

Ha

0.00

0.00

 

13

Dragon Fruit

110400

Ha

1.40

1.40

 

 

 

Sub total

 

 

92.77

86.57

 

 

 

Sl. No.

Name of the Component

Name of the Crop

Assistance (Rs)

Units

Physical

 
 

Target

Achievement

 

1

3rd Year maintenance

Mango

2660

Ha

12.24

12.24

 

2

Cashew

4000

Ha

0.00

0.00

 

3

Guava

5866

Ha

11.58

11.18

 

4

Acid lime

3201

Ha

3.30

2.90

 

5

Sweet Orange

3201

Ha

0.00

0.00

 

6

Cocoa in Coconut

4000

Ha

5.15

5.95

 

7

Cocoa in Oil Palm

3200

Ha

10.96

3.06

 

8

Pome granate

5334

Ha

0.00

0.00

 

9

Apple Ber

2800

Ha

0.00

0.00

 

 

Sub total

 

 

 

43.23

35.33

 

 

RKVY RAFTAAR

 

 

 

4289.83

4275.55

 

6

Cashew Sub scheme

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Area Expansion with normal spacing

Cashew

12000

Ha

60.00

60.00

 

2

2nd year maintenance

Cashew

4000

Ha

37.00

36.54

 

3

3rd year maintenance

Cashew

4000

Ha

139.57

137.17

 

 

Total Cashew Sub scheme 

 

 

236.57

233.71

 

 

Total RKVY

 

 

 

4526.40

4509.26

 

II)

NFSM – OIL PLAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Plant Material

Oil Palm

12000

Ha

2250.00

1755.00

 

2

Cultivation Assistance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1st year

Oil Palm

5000

Ha

2250.00

1755.00

 

 

2nd year

Oil Palm

5000

Ha

907.42

886.32

 

 

3rd Year

Oil Palm

5000

Ha

719.63

714.01

 

 

4th year

Oil Palm

5000

Ha

690.00

664.80

 

3

Intercrop

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1st year

Oil Palm

5000

Ha

450.00

450.00

 

 

2nd year

Oil Palm

5000

Ha

400.00

395.00

 

 

3rd Year

Oil Palm

5000

Ha

300.00

298.00

 

 

4th year

Oil Palm

5000

Ha

350.00

343.00

 

 

 

NFSM-Total

 

 

8317.05

7261.13

 

III)

 Horticulture Development Agency

 

 

 

 

 

 

a

Coconut Seedlings

 

No.

25000.00

25000.00

 

 

b

Cashew Grafts

 

No.

30000.00

30000.00

 

 

 

H.D.A Total

 

 

55000.00

55000.00

 

 

 

 

 

Contact details (mobile, e-mail, website):

Name of HOD  :         Sri B V Ramana

Designation     :          Assistant Director of Horticulture

Headquarter    :         Kakinada

Mobile No.       :         7995086765

Email id.: adhkakinada1[at]gmail[dot]com

 

Success story of the department or any highlighted item, along with photos if available:

Intervention of Innovative schemes implemented by Horticulture Department during 2019-20 and 2020-21

S.NO.

Name of the Componenet

No.of Units / Ha.

Unit Cost (In Lakhs)

Eligibilty subsidy  per unit (Rs.in Lakhs)

Total subsidy Sanctioned   (Rs.in Lakhs)

Remarks

1

Cold storage under Cold chain supply systems

1.00

500.00

140.35

140.35

Implemented in Peddapuram mandal

2

Small Scale Retail Outlets

12.00

0.15

0.08

0.90

Implemented in Tuni, Thondangi mandals

3

Mango fruit covers

19.70

0.17

0.05

1.97

Implemented in Tuni Mandal

 

Anglian Infrastructure – Cold storage under Cold chain supply systems

214567810