Special officers meeting Dt:

Progress plantations S.NoDistrict Pit diggingPlanting* Balance Acres 1Chittoor28,49920,6677,833 2Cuddapah17,18110,2336,948 3Mahabubnagar19,06613,5645,502 4Vizianagaram9,5985,1214,477 5Nalgonda11,3627,8073,555 6Srikakulam3, ,818 7Anantapur6,1373,3742,763 8Ranga Reddy4,7182,7621,956 9Medak5,3283,8811,447 10Karimnagar7,6566,2691,387 11Adilabad3,3892,0441,345 12Kurnool4,9913,9621,029 13Nizamabad2,8332, Prakasam1, Warangal1,7101, Guntur1, Nellore Khammam2,9512, East Godavari3,1692, Total135,69890,79344,905

Horticulture Issues – Plantations Adjustment of advances – Progress as per field performance not reflected on web Poor MIP installation – reflects on survival. Watering arrangements under dry land horticulture. All tasks to be completed for I yr before including for II yr maintenance Record maintenance Training to farmers and Paraworkers CIG-group dynamics and transparency in transactions. FA & TA not monitoring Review TA and FA by MPDOs & APOs – Monday meetings Field inspections – Survival Technical trainings and Guidance to farmers atleast once in a quater through Horticulture Officers, MIP Area Coordinators, Plantation Managers and Supervisors.

Plantations New Horticulture crops(all districts) a. Fruit crops Custard apple Acid lime Guava bOil yielding trees (coastal districts) Coconut Oil palm Pulpwood plantations Eucalyptus Subabul Casuarina (coastal districts) Others Rubber(only ITDA Rampachodavaram) (Convergence with ongoing Govt. programmes-NHM, APMIP, Oil palm mission, Rubber Board etc.)

Plantations (cont…) Salient features Non-negotiables, criteria for selection of farmers and other principles - instructions issued earlier for 4 crops holds good Plant material tie up - Priority to Government nurseries Detailed instructions issued with nursery wise plant material available,tie up and to be procured from private nurseries Private nurseries after exhausting from Govt. nurseries Follow norms already given for plant material procurement Pulp wood and Oil Palm plantation - firm advance tie up for marketing should be made before taking up the plantation. Plantation shall be taken up only in blocks, each block not less than 50 acres. Pulp wood plantation shall be encouraged only in dry lands.

Calendar of Activities Sl.No. ActivityTime 1.Tie-up of Nurseries for plant materialDecember 2Identification of farmers (only small and marginal farmers from BPL families with minimum of 50% from SC and ST families.) I Fort night January 3Verification for assured irrigation (necessarily to be tied up with MIP)January 4Finalizing list of beneficiaries, area (crop wise, Village wise) & placing before Gram Sabha and approval of works II Fort night February 5Trainings and exposure visits for the farmers Training to field staff 1 st week of March 6Formation of CIG group; Identification of paraworker by the farmers and trainingI Fort night March 7Preparation of estimates ; Administrative sanctions & Technical sanctions March End 8Opening of CIG accounts March End 9Printing and distribution of registersApril 10Pit digging, MIPinstallationsApril-May 11Placing indents with nurseries for plant materialJune 12Supply of InputsJune 13PlantingJuly – August

Private Nurseries DistrictWithin the dist.Out side the dist. Name of the NurseryNo. of seedlings required Name of the nursery No. of seedlings required

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