National Horticulture Mission Functioning of Advisory Support Group on Mango 24th November 2005 to 2

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National Horticulture MissionFunctioning of
Advisory Support Group on Mango24th November
2005 to 24th March 2006

• Feroze N. Masani
• National Consultant (ASG)
• NHM
• Ministry of Agriculture
• Government of India

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Need to Set up the ASG

• Opening Additional lines of Communication
• Work independently
• Monitor the progress of the NHM
• Make recommendations based on field observations

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ASG Organisation Chart
SECRETARY DAC

ADD. SECRETARY
JOINT SECRETARY NMH (OPERATIONS)
M.D. NHB (ADMIN)
NATIONAL HORTICULTURE CONSULTANT ASG
STAKE HOLDERS
STATE SECRETARY AGRICULTURE STATE NHM DIRECTORS
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Stakeholdersin NHM

• Growers and Grower Organisations
• Ministry of Agriculture GOI
• State Departments of Horticulture
• State Marketing Boards
• Processing Industry
• Exporters

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Terms of Reference

• Assessment of availability of Quality Planting
  Material
• Assessment of meeting plantation and rejuvenation
  targets
• Assessing Post harvest management infrastructure
• Assessing Processing infrastructure
• Assessing forward linkages for domestic and
  export markets

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Selection of Fruit Crop for Review

• The largest geographical distribution.
• The largest area under cultivation.
• The largest quantum of production.
• Address the needs of the maximum number of
  growers in the country.

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Selection of Mango as crop under review

• 41 of area (citrus 29, banana 12)
• 24 of production (citrus 22, banana 34)
• Major Challenge
• Increase productivity (6MT/ha)
• Increase Share in World Trade (5.8 FAO 1999)

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Selection of States Phase I
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Methodology

• Field Visits to mango clusters
• Maharashtra (Marathwada, Konkan)
• Gujarat (Valsad, Navsari)
• UP ( Lucknow)

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Methodology

• Interaction with 2000 growers
• NGO s (5)
• Exporters (5)
• Processing Unit (1)
• Post Harvest Handling (6)

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Interaction
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Reports Submitted

• Rejuvenation of Mango Plantations Constraints and
  Solutions
• Assessment of Availability of Quality Planting
  Material (Draft)
• Summary Tour Reports

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Response from States under Review

• U.P. Proactive
• Gujarat Proactive
• Maharashatra Active
• Andhra Pradesh Delayed
• West Bengal Nil
• Bihar Nil

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REJUVENATION OF MANGO
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Rejuvenation

• The budget allocation is adequate
• greater emphasis on mechanics of implementation
• address constrains, which result in
  non-compliance (legislative)

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Financial Allocation
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Equipment Required
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Financial Implications of Mango Rejuvenation
Nationwide
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Financial Implications of Rejuvenation State wise
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Achieving Economies of Scale in Rejuvenation
Indicative rejuvenation periods
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Setting Achievable Targets

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Canopy Management and Rejuvenation

• Canopy management practices to be developed in
  each cluster
• Use of modern methods like chain saws
• Task could be clubbed with rejuvenation
• Suitable for agri business centres, manned by
  agriculture graduates

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Conclusion

• U.P. has devised a workable technical package
• Maharashtra and Gujarat have proper legislation
  in place
• Pruning should be clubbed with rejuvenation

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Setting Quality Standards for Plant Material
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Setting Quality Standards for Plant Material

• No quality standards existed prior to
  December,2005
• NHM initiated quality standards
• ICAR has issued quality (physical) standards for
  fruit crops
• These standards represent an important beginning
• However we need to go beyond physical standards

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Setting Quality Standards for NurseriesBy ASG

• General level of phyto sanitary hygiene.
• Maintaining elite mother plants.
• Maintaining records of origin of mother plants,
  and displaying evidence that such mother plants
  can be traced to foundation plants/trees.
• Source of root stock
• Variety of root stock
• Uniformity of plant material produced (ICAR).

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Assessment of Nurseries
Plant Material Produced
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State Govt. Nursery
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Roadside Nursery
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Private Nursery
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State Govt. Nursery
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SAU Nursery
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Assessment of Nurseries Mother Plants Maintained
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Mother Plants State Govt.
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Mother Plants State Govt.
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Recommendations

• Setting quality standards and assessment for
  nurseries.
• Financial insensitive linked to quality
  standards.
• Tracibility of mother plants

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Pricing of Mango grafts

• Gujarat Rs 45
• Maharashtra Rs 25
• U.P. Rs 15

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Addressing Issues Related to

• Plantation Density

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Proposed Area Expansion
Reference to high density
plantations
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Plant Material requirement 2006

• Low Density 27.94 lakhs grafts
• High Density 101.60 lakhs grafts

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Promoting(HDP)

• NHM schemes allow Rs 22,500/ ha (perennial)
• Cost norms for high density plantations have not
  been ascertained
• Future NHM Work Plans must differentiate high and
  low density plantations

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Addressing Issues Related to Low Productivity
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Field observations
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Examining rootstock for mango grafts
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Source of Rootstock

• Canning Factories
• Rag pickers

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Source of Rootstock

• In effect mango nurseries are grafting hybrids on
  kernels of hybrids.
• These hybrid kernels will mutate on
  germination, what characteristics this mutated
  cultivar will have will be unknown.
• Each hybrid kernel procured from the canning
  factory or pickers will thus mutate

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Source of Rootstock

• A field of such rootstock will inherently be one
  of innumerable mutations, each of unknown
  characteristics.

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Source of Rootstock

• It is this non standardised kernel of unknown
  cultivars which is finding its way into mango
  nurseries. Such rootstock is unacceptable in
  modern horticulture

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Summary of Recommendations on Rootstock

• Make a through study of rootstock based
  horticulture crops.
• Identify global and indigenous sources of crop
  specific, zone specific rootstock.
• Initiating Policy and Schemes for Rootstock
  Development in the NHM
• Onus of traceability of rootstock should be on
  the nursery
• Educate growers on the importance of rootstock

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Conclusion

• It is envisaged that these vital field
  observations will provide an important input to
  the NHM
• Help formulate future Work Plans with greater
  emphisis on quality of Planting Material

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Achievements of ASG (Pilot Project)

• Additional lines of communication have been
  established
• Field issues are immediately identified
  addressed.
• Growers expressed confedence in the ASG set up as
  an additional means of communication.

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Strengths of ASG System

• Total flexibility in operation
• The ASG provides independent assessment of field
  obseveration
• Speeds up decision making process
• ASGs can take a profesional, non baised view and
  alert Government of their findings

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Thank You