Home | History | Culture | Tourism | Geography | Personalities | Photo Album | Sitemap | Feedback                   

Horticulture Development

 

       

 

ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR 2008-09

 

The National Horticulture Mission (NHM) has been lunched in the district during September – 2007 vide Notification No.2/3119 dt.24.9.07 of Director of Horticulture, Orissa, Bhubaneswar.

National Horticulture Mission is a centrally sponsored scheme which will provide livelihood to all categories of farmers by increasing area production and productivity of fruit, vegetable, spices & flowers etc.

 

The main objectives of the Mission are :-

i)          To provide holistic growth of horticulture sector through an area based regionally differentiated strategies which include research, technology promotion, extension, post harvest management, processing and marketing, in consonance with comparative advantage of each State/region and its diverse agro-climatic feature.

ii)         To enhance horticulture production, improve nutritional security and Income support to farm households.

iii)        To establish convergence and synergy among multiple on-going and planned programmes for horticulture development.

iv)        To promote, develop and disseminate technologies, through a seamless blend of traditional wisdom and modern scientific knowledge.

v)         To create opportunities for employment generation for skilled and Unskilled persons, especially unemployed youth.

 

DIFFERENT HORTICULTURAL PROGRAMME UNDER NATIONAL HORTICULTURE MISSION OF FOR THE YEAR 2007-08 TO BE IMPLEMENTED DURING 2008-09

Sl. No.

Name of the component

Unit

Horticulturist, Bargarh

Horticulturist, Padampur

TOTAL

Target

Achiev ement

Target

Achiev ement

Target

Achiev ement

1.

Model Nursery in Public Sector

Nos.

-

-

1

-

1

-

2.

Small Nursery in Public Sector

Nos.

1

-

-

-

1

-

3.

New Plantation Mango

Ha.

130

35

120

105

250

140

4.

New Plantation Banana

Ha.

60

-

40

-

100

-

5.

Rose-other Farmers

Ha.

2.5

-

2.5

-

5.0

-

6.

Marigold – other farmers

Ha.

2.5

-

2.5

-

5.0

-

7.

Medicinal plants other & marginal farmer

Ha.

3.0

-

2.0

-

5.0

-

8.

Cashew Plantation

Ha.

25

-

25

-

50

-

9.

Ponds

Nos.

1

-

1

-

2

-

10.

Green House other Farmer

Ha.

9.0

-

6.0

-

15.00

-

11.

Mulching

Ha.

3.0

-

3.0

-

6.0

-

12.

Plastic tunnel

Nos.

3.0

-

2.0

-

5.0

-

13.

Shade net house

Nos.

30

-

3

-

33

-

14.

IPM

Nos.

1

-

1

-

2

-

15.

INM

Nos.

1

-

1

-

2

-

16.

Vermicompost (Big)

Nos.

10

-

10

-

20

-

17.

Vermicompost (Small)

Nos.

20

-

20

-

40

-

18.

Training of farmers inside the state.

Nos.

80

-

80

-

160

-

19.

Special Training on Hi-Tech Hort.

Nos.

13

-

12

-

25

-