1. National Horticulture Conference 17-07-2013
Protected Cultivation
&
Centre of Excellence
Department of Horticulture
Haryana

2. Opportunities
Close proximity to National Capital with access to a wide range of national and international market.
Scope exists for further area expansion in horticulture to cover at least 10% of cultivated area.
Scope for expansion of protected cultivation of good quality vegetables and flowers.
Fast growing domestic demand due to changing food habits, health conscious and fast expanding middle income group.

3. Challenges – Production systems
Productivity and quality of fruits and vegetable.
To minimize chemical and pesticide residue in horticulture produce.
To accelerate Research & Development activities in tandem with climate change, changing cropping pattern, protected cultivation and arrival of international commodities.

4. Horticulture – Increase in Budget Outlay

5. Horticulture at a Glance (2012-13)
Vegetables : 3,56,769 Ha
Fruits : 47,224 Ha
Flowers : 6300 Ha
Medicinal :1020 Ha
Mushroom :14.19 lakh Trays (8,647 MT) 5

6. Horticulture Department: Infrastructural Facilities
HTI, Karnal
HBC, Karnal
Directorate Office, Horticulture
Food Tech. Centre
GGNs-22 nos.
Mushroom Centre
High Tech. G House
MFC
CEV

7. New Projects CSTF, Ladwa, KKR CSTF Bee-keeping, Ramnagar, KKR
Guava – Bhuna, Fatehabad
Flower, Samargopalpur, Rohtak
Papaya & Banana – Sewakheri, Panipat

8. Demonstration of Technologies

9. Demonstration ProjectsSn
Project
Sanctioned Amount (Rs. in lakhs)
Phase-I 1.
Centre of Excellence for Fruits, Mangiana, Sirsa
970.00 2.
Centre of Excellence for Vegetables, Gharaunda, Karnal
600.00
Total (Phase-I)
Phase-II 3.
Centre for Sub-tropical Fruits, Ladwa, Kurukshetra
910.35 4.
Integrated Bee-keeping Development Centre (IBDC) Ramnagar, Kurukshetra 5.
Flower Centre
Total (Phase-II)
GRAND TOTAL

10. Centres Work Completion & Inauguration
CEV, Gharaunda inaugurated on
CEF, Mangiana inaugurated on

11. Centre of Excellence for Vegetables (CEV) – Gharaunda, Karnal.
CEV - A View from NH-1 11

12. Structures, Crop Demonstrations & Protocol Development
Poly-house, Net-house, Walk-in-tunnel
Mulching, Low Tunnels
Crops:
All field crop in open
Crops under poly houses
75 varieties of tomatoes (45 cherry & 30 regular hybrids),
14 hybrids of capsicum of 7 colours &
5 hybrids of cucumber have been demonstrated at this center
Brinjal, Green Chillies, Summer Cabbage, Muskmelon in winter, etc.
Protocol Developments:
on Green tomato, cucumber, capsicum and
book published for farmers.

13. Potential Productivity Achieved
The Centre has achieved the productivity of
302 MT per ha in Tomato,
211 MT per ha in Capsicum
151 MT per ha in Cucumber per crop cycle.

14. Vegetable seedling support programme
Seedling Production Under HTGH
Soilless Seedlings on 50% subsidy to the farmers
Facilities developed at 4 Locations
CEV Gharaunda, Karnal
CEF Mangiana, Sirsa
Rohtak: Samargopalpur
Gurgaon: GGN, Gurgaon
Nursery protocols for seedling production developed.
More than 50 lakh seedlings sold to the farmers for vegetables during last 2 years. 14

15. HRD and Vegetable Expo
On an average 50 farmers visit the Centre per day & during last year more than farmers have visited the center for exposure visit.
Training to Farmers (India & Afghanistan-UNDP programme), Extension officers, Entrepreneurs and Firms.
1st and 2nd Vegetable Expo organised in 2012 and 2013.
Regular seminars & Workshops

16. Demonstration Farmers’ Field
Front Line Demonstration Centres (FLDCs)
14 nos. in 14 districts
At Farmers Field
Cost: Rs. 25 lacs (with 10% as farmer share)
Project of 2.5 acres
500 sqm of net house
500 sqm of poly house
400x2 sqm of walk-in-tunnels
2 acres with Mulching & MI in open field

17. Financial Support Assistance Expenditure & Budgetary support
@65% on poly-house structures
@50% on cultivation cost under poly-house
Expenditure & Budgetary support
: Rs. 10 crore
: Rs crore
: Rs crore
Bank-loan support
Bankable projects
Stakeholders meeting/seminars with NABARD & lead banks

18. Policy Support
Working Group Report on Development of Protected Cultivation in Haryana
Haryana Kisan Ayog (Oct. 2012)
Model Bankable Projects on Protected Cultivation in Haryana
NABARD & Horticulture Deptt. (January 2013)
Six Crops and12 structures covered

19. Regulatory & Administrative Support
Detailed Norms & Guidelines
IT Support
MI-NET
Poly-Net
Firms empanelment
22 nos.
TPA execution
Bank guarantee
Impact assessment
NABARD

20. Scope and Future Targets

21. CEV Impact Area covered during 2012-13:
132 ha under poly house and total 545 ha under poly house + mulching and tunnels.

22. Progress & Road Map (area in ha)

23. Issues

24. Horticulture - Issues
Insurance cover for horticulture and poly house structures
Loan on 7%:
The farmers should be given loan on poly -house 7% by the financial institutions/banks or as interest subsidy.
Collateral security against loan on poly-house:
For availing loan on poly-house, the structure of poly-house should be considered as part of collateral security including land on which structure is being installed.

25. Horticulture Issues cont…..
R&D in poly-house structures, sheets, etc.
To establish one Centre dedicated to plastics
R&D in crop cultivation across the whole range of vegetables
Pollination: bumble bees
Low cost technologies including low cost poly houses.

26. Centre of Excellence for Fruits, Mangiana, Sirsa26

27. Major Crops Citrus : 25 acres Olive : 6 acres Pomegranate : 4 acres
Datepalm : 6 acres
Guava : 3 acres

28. CEF - Achievements High-tech Green House
3.0 lakh root-stock prepared under soil less media for citrus
50,000 Papaya plants produced
10.0 vegetable seedlings produced and sold to farmers

29. CEF - Achievements Insect Net Houses No of units: 5 Size 2000 sqm each
50,000 virus free Kinnow plants produced and sold to farmers
Target: : 1.0 lakh plants

30. CEF – Achievements – Citrus block
Cultivars
Area Covered
Mandarin
Kinnow
10 Acre
Imported from Israel
(Easy Pealers)
Fremont
Fairchild
Murcot
Michal
Clementine
Daisy
Pearl Tangelo
6 Acre
Sweet Orange Group
(Tight Skinned Fruits)
New hall navel
Lane late navel
Valencia Olinda
Washington navel
Fisher navel
Jaffa
Pine apple
Mosambi
Blood red
Hamlin
Lime & Lemons
2 Acre
Germplasm Collection
1 Acre
Total
25 Acre

31. CEF – Achievements – Pomegranate block
Sn.
Cultivars
Area Covered 1
Bhagwa
1 Acre 2
Maridula 3
Wonderful 4
Ganesh 137
Total
4 Acre

32. CEF – Achievements – Olive block
Crop
Cultivars
Area Covered
Olive
Barnea
Corotina
Carolina
Arbiquina
6 Acres
Total

33. CEF – Achievements – Dates block
Khurmegi : 1.2 acres
Khalas : 1.2 acres
Medzool : 1.2 acres
Barhi : 1.2 acres
Garhi : 1.2 acres
Total : 6.0 acres

34. CEF Achievements: HRD Training to Extension Staff and Farmers
Afghan Extension Staff under USDA programme
To school children

35. THANKS