Oasis Valleys 2006 Agriculture & allied

Components A. Horticulture (fruit trees) B. Forestry (jungle & others trees) C. Agriculture (vegetables, spices, fruits etc.) D. Agri-Entrepreneurship (wheat grass) E. Gaushala F. Composting G. Nursery & green field

A. Horticulture (Fruit Trees) Present status Main Fruit Trees 1. Mango 5 variety 35 nos. 2. Chikoo 1 variety 30 nos. 3. Jamphal 3 variety 130 nos. 4. Lemon 1 variety 62 nos. 5. Amala 2 variety 75 nos. 6. Dadam 1 variety 15 nos. 7. Mosambi 1 variety 24 nos. 8. Sitafal 2 variety 35 nos. Support Fruit Trees 1. Falsa 8 nos. 2. Shetur 12 nos. 3. Ramphal 4 nos. 4. Kaju 6 nos. 5. Bor 5 nos. 6. Jambu 6 nos. 7. Rayan 4 nos. 8. Coconut 5 nos. Total Fruit trees: 466

Dadam (Pomegranate)

Jamphal (Guava)

Herbal & Vegetable Trees Present status 1. Harde 10 nos. 2. Baheda 3 nos. 3. Aritha 10 nos. 4. Alfa revadi 2 nos. 5. Borsalli 6 nos. 1. Saragava 58 nos. Total of Herbal & Veg. trees: 89

B. Forestry (Border & Jungle trees) Present Status Border trees: –Bamboo 176 –Others 150 Jungle Trees (Planted): –Teak 23 –Bamboo 103 –Other 75 Jungle Trees (Naturally grown): Total of Border & Jungle trees : 877

Trees 2006 New plantation 1. Sitafal 250 nos. 2. Mango 25 nos. 3. Saragava 100 nos. 4. Sandalwood 10 nos. 5. Mahuda 3 nos. 6. Guava (Red) 12 nos. Plan 4 New Plantation: Min. 400 Now onwards we will plant only fruit trees Total Old Plants: 1432

C. Agriculture Vegetable, Fruits

Seasonal Vegetables

Yearly Fruits

Vegetables, Fruits Highlights 2005 s 23 variety of veges produced s Tomatoes, Dudhi, Brinjal, Turmeric, Potato, Cabbage turned out wonderful s At present our Avg. production per day is nearly kg s Banana prod. is at par compared to Local chemical farmers s We got Giant size papaya this year, kg per piece

Vegetables, Fruits Over all plan 2006 s Daily production of vegetables and Fruits to reach kg. s To have selective 25 varieties of fine vegetable s Monthly production to reach 2500 kg s Best quality vegetable s Fine & attractive packing

D. Wheat Grass Project

Wheat Grass Project Highlights 2005 s Wheat grass project is generating all my running expenses. s We have achieved the targets as planed in May 05. Profit margin crossing 50% in Dec05 s Daily Judi sales (at present) : Above 100. Capacity of production 150 per day s Total judi sold in 2005 : which 20% of total WG business in Vadodara

We have 23 such Wheat Grass beds at present

E. Gaushala 2006 s 1st phase of Gaushala with capacity to in-house 4-5 cows will be ready by 15th Feb 06. s We will have 2 GIR cows as our first friends of Gaushala by Feb end. s Milk will be sold at the OASIS shop, Vadodara.

F. Composting Present status s We have only one method of composting as of now, which is Vermi composting. s Capacity of VC plant is 2-3 ton production of VC per month. We kg Earth worms as of now. s Present capacity is sufficient for our own consumption. For sale we need to expand. s In year 2005 we have improved our VC quality by adding various diff. green waste of our own farm.

Vermi-composting

Composting Plan 2006 s To start other methods of composting which will be possible after we have cows s Expand VC plant for outside sales. We will expand to 5 ton production per month, so to have 1-2 ton for sales. s We will also start selling Earthworms which has market price of Rs per kg.

G. Nursery

Nursery Present status & Plan 2006 s We produced various saplings of vegetables and fruit trees including Mango at our nursery in We have even grown Sandalwood plants. s In last year we have grown various fruit trees and other imp trees in our nursery. We have learnt how to grow diff trees in nursery. s Soon we will have flower plants for sale in our nursery.

A permanent Residence

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