Availability of Vegetables in Rainy seasonDr. S. L. Jadhav

Director MIDH, Maharashtra State Pune

State wise Area (000 Ha.) State wise Production (000 M.T.)

Sr.No. STATE Area Percent

 Sr.

No. STATE Production Percent

1 WEST BENGAL 1380.30 15 1 WEST BENGAL 23044.95 142 UTTAR PRADESH 859.38 9 2 UTTAR PRADESH 18544.96 113 BIHAR 809.80 9 3 BIHAR 15097.77 94 MAHARASHTRA 726.00 8 4 MADHYA PRADESH 13019.31 85 ODISHA 677.33 7 5 GUJARAT 11571.24 76 MADHYA PRADESH 628.72 7 6 MAHARASHTRA 10161.83 67 GUJARAT 582.28 6 7 ODISHA 9433.66 68 ANDHRA PRADESH 439.64 5 8 TAMIL NADU 8678.82 59 KARNATAKA 418.69 4 9 ANDHRA PRADESH 8149.76 5

10 CHHATTISGARH 403.43 4 10 KARNATAKA 7500.69 511 HARYANA 373.17 4 11 HARYANA 5565.90 312 JHARKHAND 313.61 3 12 CHHATTISGARH 5465.92 313 TAMIL NADU 289.74 3 13 JHARKHAND 4238.13 314 ASSAM 281.40 3 14 PUNJAB 3936.19 215 TELANGANA 220.94 2 15 TELANGANA 3647.28 216 PUNJAB 191.02 2 16 KERALA 3572.67 217 RAJASTHAN 148.88 2 17 ASSAM 3031.90 218 KERALA 147.69 2 18 HIMACHAL PRADESH 1635.88 119 UTTARAKHAND 88.28 1 19 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1395.47 120 HIMACHAL PRADESH 86.60 1 20 RAJASTHAN 1114.07 121 JAMMU & KASHMIR 63.06 1 21 UTTARAKHAND 1016.83 1

Vegetable Scenario in India

Source :- NHB 2013-14

Onion; 5864

Tomato; 1200

Cauli-flower; 813

Brinjal; 690

Cabbage; 640

Okara; 242Potato; 370

Other; 342

Onion; 468Tomato; 50

Cauliflower; 36Brinjal; 30

Cabbage; 29Okara; 23

Potato; 20 Other; 70

Onion; 11.53

Tomato; 24

Cauliflower; 23Brinjal; 23Cabbage; 22

Okara; 10

Potato; 18Other; 5

Area

Production

Productivity

VEGETABLE SCENARIO OF MAHARASHTRA ( 2013-14)

Area- 000 Ha, Production- 000 MT., Productivity- MT/ Ha.

Total Area- 7.26 Lakh Ha.

Total Prodn. – 101.62 Lakh MT

Major Vegetables grown in rainy season

1 . Onion.

2 . Tomato.

3. Potato.

4. Brinjal.

5. Okra.

6. Chilli.

7. Cauliflower.

8. Cabbage.

9. Leafy vegetables.

10. Others.

Major Issues of Vegetable availability in Rainy Season

1. As high temperature reduces life span of summer crops, the availability of summer vegetables ends in the month of May.

2. Water is the major constraint for growing vegetables on large scale in summer season.

3. Availability of rainy season Vegetables starts from August.

4. Availability of good quality seeds & seedlings.

5. Increasing disease & pest incidences in rainy season.

6. Leafy vegetables are affected by heavy rains.

7. Shortage in vegetables supply in the month of June & July.

A) General

B) Vegetable growers

1 . Lack of market information.

2 . Fluctuation in market rates.

3. Losses due to perishable nature of produce.

4. Large number of middlemen in market.

5. Lack of logistic & PHM support.

C) Consumers1 . Assured availability of safe & quality vegetables at

affordable prices .

Strategies

1. To prolong summer vegetable plantation.

2. Early plantation of rainy season vegetables.

3. 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.

5. Initiative for vegetable production through VIUC

(Vegetables Initiative for Urban Cluster) Project.

6. Location specific and need based cultivation of Onion

Tomato, Chili etc. to meet out demand supply gap.

7. Establishment of end to end value chain to ensure fresh

and timely supply vegetables.

8. Direct Marketing of vegetables i.e. growers to consumers.

9. Promotion of FPOs to ensure Backward and forward

linkages.

10. Promotion of PPP-IAD models.

Strategies

Initiatives taken by State Government

A. Vegetable production & availability through VIUC.

B. Direct marketing of vegetables from growers to consumers.

C. Veg net for quality production and total traceability of residues free vegetables.

D. Centre of Excellence for Vegetables.

E. PPP-IAD Projects.

F. Onion set plantation.

Sr. No City Districts Covered

Area in Ha. Investment Rs. in LakhOpen

FieldProtected

Cover 1 Mumbai Thane, Raigad, Nashik & 

Pune  1624 31.50 1620.87

2 Pune Pune, Ahmednagar, Solapur, Satara & Sangali 730 33.30 1700.00

3 Nagpur Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandra, Gondiya, Gadachiroli, Chandrapur, Aamravti &Yavatamal

2196 14.80 1572.00

4 Aurangabad Aurangabad, Jalna, Beed, Osmanabad, Latur, Nanded, Parbhani & Hingoli

173 17.00 650.00

Total 4723 96.60 5542.87

Vegetable Initiative for Urban Cluster 2011-12 to 2014-15 .

Poly house

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

Shednet house

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

Pack House

No. of Pack Houses – 3055

Onion Storage Structure 

No. of Onion Storage Structures – 28243, Storage Capacity – 611919 M.T.  

Direct Marketing of Vegetables

1. Concept of direct marketing of vegetables i.e. grower to consumer has been implemented in urban clusters from 2013.

2. Different kind of Vegetables are being directly supplied from FIG (growers) to Residential societies (consumers) in urban area.

3. Assured availability of Fresh, Safe & Good quality vegetables at affordable prices by avoiding no of Middlemen in the market.

4. Direct marketing concept beneficial to both i.e. grower & consumers.

Direct Marketing of Vegetables

Direct Marketing of Vegetables

Motorized Vending Cart

No. of Motorized Vending Carts - 60

Veg Net1. Veg Net Project is implemented in the state from the year 2015-16 for

registration of exportable vegetables and their phytosanitary certification.

2. 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.

3. In the beginning Residue monitoring plan and VegNet software is developed by

APEDA, Mumbai and it is under testing.

4. 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).

5. Implementation of VegNet ensures the needed traceability of the exported

consignment and assures the importers the pest free export of agriculture

commodities.

Centre of Excellence for Vegetables

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.

Technology Interventions

1.Hi-tech Vegetables Nursery in Forced Ventilated Type Poly House [Area-2000sq.m.]

Technological Interventions

2. Grafting Technologies for Vegetables Seedling Production

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

4. Seed Germination Chamber

5. Ultra hi-tech lab.

8. Market intelligence

6. High wired technology for plant support

7. Post Harvest Management of Vegetables

PPP-IAD Vegetables projectsS N Details 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

1 No of Projects 3 3 7

2 Participating Cos 3 3 7

1 Project Cost 33.31 50.88 51.05

2 Govt. Share 15.04(45.15%)

22.82 (44.85%)

18.10(35.46%)

3 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

(Rs. in Crore)

Onion Set Plantation The Technique developed by MPKV, Rahuri for set plantation will add to the availability of onion by early maturity.

Recommendations :-1. A set plantation technique of onion is recommended for

achieving early maturity, higher bulb production and profitability of pre kharif onion.

2. 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.

3. 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 .

S1 (1.1-1.5 cm)

SET SIZES OF ONION

Onion set plantation