Availability of Vegetables in Rainy season Dr. S. L. Jadhav Director MIDH, Maharashtra State Pune

Vegetable Scenario in India State wise Production (000 M.T.) State wise Area (000 Ha.) State wise Production (000 M.T.) Sr. No. STATE Area Percent   Production 1 WEST BENGAL 1380.30 15 23044.95 14 2 UTTAR PRADESH 859.38 9 18544.96 11 3 BIHAR 809.80 15097.77 4 MAHARASHTRA 726.00 8 MADHYA PRADESH 13019.31 5 ODISHA 677.33 7 GUJARAT 11571.24 6 628.72 10161.83 582.28 9433.66 ANDHRA PRADESH 439.64 TAMIL NADU 8678.82 KARNATAKA 418.69 8149.76 10 CHHATTISGARH 403.43 7500.69 HARYANA 373.17 5565.90 12 JHARKHAND 313.61 5465.92 13 289.74 4238.13 ASSAM 281.40 PUNJAB 3936.19 TELANGANA 220.94 3647.28 16 191.02 KERALA 3572.67 17 RAJASTHAN 148.88 3031.90 18 147.69 HIMACHAL PRADESH 1635.88 19 UTTARAKHAND 88.28 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1395.47 20 86.60 1114.07 21 63.06 1016.83 Source :- NHB 2013-14

VEGETABLE SCENARIO OF MAHARASHTRA ( 2013-14) Area- 000 Ha, Production- 000 MT., Productivity- MT/ Ha. Total Area- 7.26 Lakh Ha. Area Production Productivity Total Prodn. – 101.62 Lakh MT

Major Vegetables grown in rainy season 1 . Onion. 2 . Tomato. Potato. Brinjal. Okra. 6. Chilli. 7. Cauliflower. 8. Cabbage. 9. Leafy vegetables. 10. Others. Rs. In Lakhs

Major Issues of Vegetable availability in Rainy Season A) General As high temperature reduces life span of summer crops, the availability of summer vegetables ends in the month of May. Water is the major constraint for growing vegetables on large scale in summer season. Availability of rainy season Vegetables starts from August. Availability of good quality seeds & seedlings. Increasing disease & pest incidences in rainy season. Leafy vegetables are affected by heavy rains. Shortage in vegetables supply in the month of June & July. Rs. In Lakhs

B) Vegetable growers C) Consumers 1 . Lack of market information. 2 . Fluctuation in market rates. Losses due to perishable nature of produce. Large number of middlemen in market. Lack of logistic & PHM support. C) Consumers Rs. In Lakhs 1 . Assured availability of safe & quality vegetables at affordable prices .

Strategies To prolong summer vegetable plantation. Early plantation of rainy season vegetables. 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. Initiative for vegetable production through VIUC (Vegetables Initiative for Urban Cluster) Project. Rs. In Lakhs

Strategies 6. Location specific and need based cultivation of Onion Tomato, Chili etc. to meet out demand supply gap. Establishment of end to end value chain to ensure fresh and timely supply vegetables. Direct Marketing of vegetables i.e. growers to consumers. Promotion of FPOs to ensure Backward and forward linkages. Promotion of PPP-IAD models. Rs. In Lakhs

Initiatives taken by State Government Vegetable production & availability through VIUC. Direct marketing of vegetables from growers to consumers. Veg net for quality production and total traceability of residues free vegetables. Centre of Excellence for Vegetables. PPP-IAD Projects. Onion set plantation. Rs. In Lakhs

Vegetable Initiative for Urban Cluster 2011-12 to 2014-15 . Sr. No City Districts Covered Area in Ha. Investment Rs. in Lakh Open Field Protected 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

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

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 Concept of direct marketing of vegetables i.e. grower to consumer has been implemented in urban clusters from 2013. Different kind of Vegetables are being directly supplied from FIG (growers) to Residential societies (consumers) in urban area. Assured availability of Fresh, Safe & Good quality vegetables at affordable prices by avoiding no of Middlemen in the market. Direct marketing concept beneficial to both i.e. grower & consumers. Rs. In Lakhs

Direct Marketing of Vegetables

Direct Marketing of Vegetables

Motorized Vending Cart No. of Motorized Vending Carts - 60

Veg Net Veg Net Project is implemented in the state from the year 2015-16 for registration of exportable vegetables and their phytosanitary certification. 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. In the beginning Residue monitoring plan and VegNet software is developed by APEDA, Mumbai and it is under testing. 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). 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 Technology Interventions 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.

Technological Interventions 1.Hi-tech Vegetables Nursery in Forced Ventilated Type Poly House [Area-2000sq.m.] 2. Grafting Technologies for Vegetables Seedling Production

4. Seed Germination Chamber 3. Hi-tech Forced Ventilation Type Poly House with Cultivation of Capsicum, Tomato & Cucumber (Total area – 6000sq.m.) 4. Seed Germination Chamber

6. High wired technology for plant support 5. Ultra hi-tech lab. 6. High wired technology for plant support 7. Post Harvest Management of Vegetables 8. Market intelligence

PPP-IAD Vegetables projects (Rs. in Crore) S N Details 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 1 No of Projects 3 7 2 Participating Cos Project Cost 33.31 50.88 51.05 Govt. Share 15.04 (45.15%) 22.82 (44.85%) 18.10 (35.46%) 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

Onion Set Plantation Recommendations :- The Technique developed by MPKV, Rahuri for set plantation will add to the availability of onion by early maturity. Recommendations :- A set plantation technique of onion is recommended for achieving early maturity, higher bulb production and profitability of pre kharif onion. 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. 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 . Rs. In Lakhs

Onion set plantation S1 (1.1-1.5 cm) SET SIZES OF ONION