1. Availability of Vegetables in Rainy season
Dr. S. L. Jadhav
Director
MIDH, Maharashtra State Pune

2. Vegetable Scenario in India State wise Production (000 M.T.)
State wise Area (000 Ha.)
State wise Production (000 M.T.)
Sr.
No.
STATE
Area
Percent
Production 1
WEST BENGAL 15 14 2
UTTAR PRADESH
859.38 9 11 3
BIHAR
809.80 4
MAHARASHTRA
726.00 8
MADHYA PRADESH 5
ODISHA
677.33 7
GUJARAT 6
628.72
582.28
ANDHRA PRADESH
439.64
TAMIL NADU
KARNATAKA
418.69 10
CHHATTISGARH
403.43
HARYANA
373.17 12
JHARKHAND
313.61 13
289.74
ASSAM
281.40
PUNJAB
TELANGANA
220.94 16
191.02
KERALA 17
RAJASTHAN
148.88 18
147.69
HIMACHAL PRADESH 19
UTTARAKHAND
88.28
JAMMU & KASHMIR 20
86.60 21
63.06
Source :- NHB

3. VEGETABLE SCENARIO OF MAHARASHTRA ( 2013-14)
Area- 000 Ha, Production- 000 MT., Productivity- MT/ Ha.
Total Area Lakh Ha.
Area
Production
Productivity
Total Prodn. – Lakh MT

4. Major Vegetables grown in rainy season
1 . Onion.
2 . Tomato.
Potato.
Brinjal.
Okra.
6. Chilli.
7. Cauliflower.
8. Cabbage.
9. Leafy vegetables.
10. Others.
Rs. In Lakhs

5. Major Issues of Vegetable availability in Rainy Season
A) General
As high temperature reduces life span of summer crops, the availability of summer vegetables ends in the month of May.
Water is the major constraint for growing vegetables on large scale in summer season.
Availability of rainy season Vegetables starts from August.
Availability of good quality seeds & seedlings.
Increasing disease & pest incidences in rainy season.
Leafy vegetables are affected by heavy rains.
Shortage in vegetables supply in the month of June & July.
Rs. In Lakhs

6. B) Vegetable growers C) Consumers 1 . Lack of market information.
2 . Fluctuation in market rates.
Losses due to perishable nature of produce.
Large number of middlemen in market.
Lack of logistic & PHM support.
C) Consumers
Rs. In Lakhs
1 . Assured availability of safe & quality vegetables at
affordable prices .

7. Strategies To prolong summer vegetable plantation.
Early plantation of rainy season vegetables.
Promotion of Vegetable seedlings under protected cultivation (shade nets, poly houses etc.)
4. Off season plantation of vegetables under protected cultivation (shade nets & poly houses) to enhance vegetable production.
Initiative for vegetable production through VIUC
(Vegetables Initiative for Urban Cluster) Project.
Rs. In Lakhs

8. Strategies
6. Location specific and need based cultivation of Onion Tomato, Chili etc. to meet out demand supply gap.
Establishment of end to end value chain to ensure fresh and timely supply vegetables.
Direct Marketing of vegetables i.e. growers to consumers.
Promotion of FPOs to ensure Backward and forward linkages.
Promotion of PPP-IAD models.
Rs. In Lakhs

9. Initiatives taken by State Government
Vegetable production & availability through VIUC.
Direct marketing of vegetables from growers to consumers.
Veg net for quality production and total traceability of residues free vegetables.
Centre of Excellence for Vegetables.
PPP-IAD Projects.
Onion set plantation.
Rs. In Lakhs

10. Vegetable Initiative for Urban Cluster 2011-12 to 2014-15 .
Sr. No
City
Districts Covered
Area in Ha.
Investment
Rs. in Lakh
Open Field
Protected Cover 1
Mumbai
Thane, Raigad, Nashik & Pune
1624
31.50 2
Pune
Pune, Ahmednagar, Solapur, Satara & Sangali
730
33.30 3
Nagpur
Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandra, Gondiya, Gadachiroli, Chandrapur, Aamravti &Yavatamal
2196
14.80 4
Aurangabad
Aurangabad, Jalna, Beed, Osmanabad, Latur, Nanded, Parbhani & Hingoli
173
17.00
650.00
Total
4723
96.60

11. No. of Poly houses- 1976 Area – 197.60 Ha.

12. No. of Shednet houses – 2210, Area – 442 Ha.

13. Pack House
No. of Pack Houses – 3055

14. Onion Storage Structure
No. of Onion Storage Structures – 28243,
Storage Capacity – M.T.

15. Direct Marketing of Vegetables
Concept of direct marketing of vegetables i.e. grower to consumer has been implemented in urban clusters from
Different kind of Vegetables are being directly supplied from FIG (growers) to Residential societies (consumers) in urban area.
Assured availability of Fresh, Safe & Good quality vegetables at affordable prices by avoiding no of Middlemen in the market.
Direct marketing concept beneficial to both i.e. grower & consumers.
Rs. In Lakhs

16. Direct Marketing of Vegetables

17. Direct Marketing of Vegetables

18. Motorized Vending Cart No. of Motorized Vending Carts - 60

19. Veg Net
Veg Net Project is implemented in the state from the year for registration of exportable vegetables and their phytosanitary certification.
Six major crops like Okra, Chilli, drumstick, curry leaf, brinjal, bitter gourd having major export to EU countries are selected in the project in the first phase.
In the beginning Residue monitoring plan and VegNet software is developed by APEDA, Mumbai and it is under testing.
Vegetable clusters are identified which includes Miraj (Sangli), Parola (Jalgaon), Vani and Dindori (Nashik), Shahapur, Murbad (Thane), Latur (Latur), Sangamner, Kopargaon (Ahmednagar), Phaltan (Satara), Parali (Beed), Baramati, Indapur (Pune), Malshirus (Solapur).
Implementation of VegNet ensures the needed traceability of the exported consignment and assures the importers the pest free export of agriculture commodities.

20. Centre of Excellence for Vegetables
Technology Interventions
Production of good quality planting material under High-tech Green House.
Demonstrations in Hi-tech forced Ventilator Poly house & Naturally ventilated Poly house for Tomato, Capsicum and Cucumber.
Shade net house cultivation for vegetables.
Irrigation and fertigation technologies.
Farm equipments: Mulch paper laying equipment, electrostatic sprayer, Hydraulic machine for laying drip lines, Nutrient media machinery, water recycling unit, etc.
Post harvest management of vegetables.
Organic farming.
Hydroponics.
Human Resource Development – Trainings.

21. Technological Interventions
1.Hi-tech Vegetables Nursery in Forced Ventilated Type
Poly House [Area-2000sq.m.]
2. Grafting Technologies for Vegetables Seedling Production

22. 4. Seed Germination Chamber
3. Hi-tech Forced Ventilation Type Poly House with Cultivation of Capsicum, Tomato & Cucumber (Total area – 6000sq.m.)
4. Seed Germination Chamber

23. 6. High wired technology for plant support
5. Ultra hi-tech lab.
6. High wired technology for plant support
7. Post Harvest Management of Vegetables
8. Market intelligence

24. PPP-IAD Vegetables projects
(Rs. in Crore)
S N
Details 1
No of Projects 3 7 2
Participating Cos
Project Cost
33.31
50.88
51.05
Govt. Share
15.04
(45.15%)
22.82
(44.85%)
18.10
(35.46%)
Farmers Share
14.40
(43.23%)
18.32
(36%)
15.95
(31.24%) 4
Pvt. Sector Share
3.87
(11.62%)
9.74
(19.14%)
17.00 (33.30%) 5
Area (Ha)
2500
2744
3954 6
Farmers (No.)
3335
3659
7570

26. Onion Set Plantation Recommendations :-
The Technique developed by MPKV, Rahuri for set plantation will add to the availability of onion by early maturity.
Recommendations :-
A set plantation technique of onion is recommended for achieving early maturity, higher bulb production and profitability of pre kharif onion.
For set preparation sowing of onion seeds (20 g/ 6m2) should be done in second fortnight of January and sets be harvested after 90 days from sowing for getting 1.0 to 2.5 diameter set size.
The transplanting of stored sets should be done from second fortnight of June for better quality onion production within 70 to 75 days after transplanting .
Rs. In Lakhs

27. Onion set plantation
S1 ( cm)
SET SIZES OF ONION