1 MINUTES OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ZAID AGRICULTURE
CAMPAIGN AND HORTICULTURE-2020
The National Conference on Zaid Agriculture and Horticulture – 2020 was organized by Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India on 17th January, 2020 at NASC complex (PUSA), New Delhi. The list of participants is at annexure.
The National Conference was inaugurated by Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare. Shri Parshottambhai Rupala, Hon’ble MoS (Agri. & Farmers Welfare & PR) and Shri Kailash Choudhary, Hon’ble MoS (Agri.& Farmers Welfare) also attended the Conference.
At the outset, Shri Sanjay Agarwal, Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) extended hearty and warm welcome to Hon’ble Ministers, Special Secretaries, Additional Secretaries, Agriculture Commissioner, Joint Secretaries, Representative of States and other organizations, Press and Media and others officials from the Ministry. Secretary DAC &FW mentioned that National Conference on Zaid Agriculture is second in the series while the Horticulture has been included for the first time in the National Conference. He elaborated the importance of Zaid /Summer crops and horticulture in doubling the farmers income.
Shri Kailash Choudhary, Hon’ble MoS (Agri. & Farmers Welfare) in his address stressed the need for doubling the farmers income through improved technologies especially high yielding varieties and post-harvest value addition technologies. He also stressed to focus on horticulture under changing climate.
Shri Parshottambhai Rupala, Hon’ble MoS (Agri.& Farmers Welfare &
PR) drew attention of the state representatives towards shortage of fertilizers in some states. The states are primarily responsible for incorrect estimates of fertilizer requirement. He desired that adequate care may be taken in future for correct estimates of fertilizer requirement keeping in view the demand for field crops grown during kharif, rabi & zaid seasons and also the demand for seasonal and perennial horticultural crops. He felt that there is shortage of horticulture and agro-forestry planting material and stressed the need to increase the supply of quality seedlings for increasing area under horticulture and to achieve the targets under the mission, ‘har med par ped’. He stressed the need for promoting ‘neem’ plantation to meet the increasing demand of neem oil for manufacturing neem oil coated urea. Besides need to find out whether there is any linkage of locust infestation in the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan with changing climate.
Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare praised the DAC & FW for including horticulture in this Zaid National Conference. He stated that agriculture and livestock are base of Indian Economy.
2 He praised the stakeholders who have contributed for rural development since independence and stressed the need to strengthen the programmes meant for the progress of agriculture and villages. He commended efforts of all stakeholders for achieving self sufficiency in pulses and asked to make efforts for increasing the production of oilseeds in a mission-mode approach to reduce the import of edible oils. He stated that Zaid/Summer crops are important for doubling the farmers income and there is need to develop a road map for doubling the farmers income through integrated approach. Hon’ble Minister highlighted the need for block planting of multipurpose trees especially bamboo and neem to make cultivation more economic. He stressed the need to enhance the export of organic produce of horticulture crops. The state representatives were requested to give their valuable suggestions on existing programmes for changes in the schemes of the Ministry so that the schemes are more effective and realistic in achieving the objectives.
Agriculture Commissioner, made a presentation on challenges, prospects and strategies in zaid/summer crop cultivation. The aspects covered, included: the advantages & limitations of zaid / summer crop cultivation, existing supporting programmes (TRFA, additional area coverage, intercropping in oil palm & sugarcane, sub mission on nutri-cereals), new initiatives taken under NFSM, integrated crop management practices.
He apprised the house that rainfall during the monsoon (1240.7 mm) and post monsoon (154.4 mm) period as well as winter rains during the first fortnight of January, 2020 was more ( 18.7 mm) than the normal. The NW &
Central part and South peninsula received almost above normal rainfall. As a result, out of 120 reservoirs in the country 115 reservoirs were described to have live water storage > 80% capacity of normal storage indicating adequate availability of water for zaid/summer season.
The total area covered during Kharif 2019-20 (1st Advance Estimates) though was 5.89 lakh ha more than the normal (1063.61 lakh ha) but rice, total oilseeds and total coarse cereals were grown over the area which was -12.48, - 1.55 & -7.37 lakh ha less than the normal of 396.25, 181.96 & 188.39 lakh ha, respectively. Area covered under total pulses was higher by 15.12 lakh ha than the normal (119.89 lakh ha).
Total Rabi sowings up to 1st fortnight of January have been estimated to cover higher (41.03 lakh ha) area as compared to corresponding total weekly normal (600.36 lakh ha) under rice (2.92 lakh ha), wheat (29.87 lakh ha), total pulses (9.34 lakh ha), total oilseeds (-0.24 lakh ha) and total coarse cereals (-0.86 lakh ha).
As a part of preparation for Summer Season, stress was laid on timely arrangement of inputs, mobilization of extension staff for field deployment and close coordination between SAUs and KVKs for technical support, timely implementation of schemes and effective monitoring and feed-back. He hoped
3 that the coming zaid/summer season will definitely supplement national food pool, nutritional security and farmers’ income.
Director, MNCFC shared district wise potential areas to grow summer crops.
Joint Secretary (RFS) opined that Area under Zaid crops can be increased by efficient use of available water using Micro Irrigation technologies viz. Drip & Sprinkler Irrigation systems which is being promoted under the ‘Per Drop More Crop’ component of ‘Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana’. Micro irrigation systems have many advantages i.e. reduced irrigation cost (20% to 50%
with average of 32.3%), reduced electricity consumption (about 31%), fertilizer saving (7% to 42%), increased average productivity of fruits and vegetables (about 42.3% and 52.8%) and income enhancement of farmers (20% to 68% with average of 48.5%). An area of 5.8 lakh ha has, so far, been covered with micro irrigation under PDMC release of Rs.1450 crore. Micro-irrigation penetration was observed to be poor in the states like Punjab, Kerala, Goa, NE States and UTs (J
& K and Ladakh). A dedicated Micro Irrigation Fund (MIF) has been created with NABARD. States Governments may access MIF for incentivising micro irrigation through additional (top up) subsidy over and above available under PMKSY- PDMC component. States may also sign a MoA with NABARD and GoI for availing fund.
Commissioner (Animal Husbandry) shared strategies for protection of summer crops from stray / free / open grazing animals. Total cattle population has been estimated at 192.52 million in 2019 against 190.9 million in 2012.
Number of stray cattle can be managed through promoting sex sorted semen, back crossing of Cross Breeds (CB) with Indigenous Breeds (IB) to improve fertility and using stray cows as surrogates for production of elite cows; and Value addition & enhanced utilization of A2 milk and Panchgavya (milk, curd, ghee, dung and urine) of IB cows were the strategies for managing stray cattle menace.
Joint Secretary (Extension) highlighted need for revamping agriculture extension system through ATMA and said that ATMA launched in 2005-06 is being implemented in 691 Districts of 28 States and 5 UTs. Its activities support includes training, exposure visit, demonstration, kisan mela, farmers interest groups and farm schools. The Focus is on transfer of latest technology and best agriculture practices for increasing production & productivity. The revamped ATMA will include (i) focus of extension from production to post-production, surplus management and marketing, (ii) Convergence of extension activities of various Divisions of DAC&FW in ATMA cafeteria, (iii) Convergence between Research and Extension, (iv) Empanelment of agri-advisors for extension activity at Gram Panchayat/Village level, (v) Extension outreach to Farmers through Video interactions, and (vi) Kisan Call Centre (KCC) as part of ATMA cafeteria. It was stressed that the Toll Free Number (1800-180-1551) is to be mapped State- wise into the common number.
4 Joint Secretary (MIDH) presented chronology of events which ultimately led to launching of Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH, 2014) with the objective: to promote holistic growth of horticulture sector through area based regionally differentiated strategies, which includes research, innovation and technology promotion, extension, post harvest management, processing and marketing in consonance with comparative advantages of each State/Region and its diverse agro-climatic features. Horticulture in India occupy about 18% (25.49 million ha) of net cultivated area with a all time high production of 313.85 mt (2018-19) with a productivity of 12.31 t/ha. With a share of 10.50 and 11.20% for fruits and vegetables production, respectively, India ranks as the 2nd largest producer of Fruits & Vegetables in the world. The challenges in horticulture promotion included small size of holdings, inadequate availability of quality planting material, lack of varieties suitable for processing, low level of mechanization in horticulture; lack of sorting, grading, packaging and storage facilities at the farm or around the market etc.
Secretary DAC & FW asked to assess the demand of each type of seedling, states-wise, on realistic basis and strengthen the state-wise infrastructure accordingly to meet this demand. Shri Parshottambhai Rupala , Hon’ble MOS (Agri.& Farmers Welfare & PR) also agreed and asked to expand the scope for Cluster-based plantation of horticulture crops over large area with good agronomic practices for easy linking of farm to market besides large scale cultivation of thorn-less Cactus.
Horticulture Commissioner, DAC&FW said that at present India has 4554 fruit crop nurseries- comprising of 1580 under govt sector and 2974 under private sector -522 accredited. These nurseries produce about 1387 million fruit plants which are sufficient to meet 35 to 40 per cent of the annual demand.
There is no horticulture nursery act in many states only 11 states enacted it. An idea of ‘Horticulture Plus’ within the horticultural sector was mooted.
‘Horticulture Plus’ comprises horticultural crops that have higher demand and hence offer higher value to farmers. DDG (Horticulture Science)-ICAR made an exhaustive presentation of varieties released for fruits and vegetable crops and technologies developed by ICAR/SAUs.
Secretary, APEDA, presented status and potential of export in horticulture sector vis-à-vis domestic trade. The export value of Fruits and vegetables was 657.4 and 777.3 million USD, respectively, during 2018-19.
Chief Executive Officer, NCCD cum Chief Advisor, DAC&FW made a presentation on “Supply-chain: Linking Farmers to Markets”. It was opined that it is not the production per se which meets the demand but it is the supply chain which meets the demand. Supply chain starts even before production. Cold stores helped imports to grow but infrastructure in India is incomplete and not complementary. The produce from Indian farmers hardly enters the cold chain.
The target should be that “all food must be handled with one end-use in aim i.e.
for Consumption”. Productivity must be redefined to include market access and
5 market reach. Shelf life should not be confused with total holding life. Shelf life is the time for which the commodity remains on shelves and at homes. According to an estimate proper supply chain reduces food loss by 76%, CO2 emission by 16%
and increases profits by 10 times to farm-gate suppliers.
Director of Agriculture, Tamil Nadu, presented achievements, challenges and strategies for increasing area, production and productivity of zaid / summer crops in Tamil Nadu. The state received 4.9 and 50.8 mm rainfall during winter and summer season, respectively. This rainfall was 84 and 60 per cent lower as compared to the normal values of 31.3 and 128.0 mm for the respective seasons. However, SW and NE monsoon rains were 23.0 (396.3 mm) and 3.0 (453.5 mm) per cent higher than the normal values of 331.2 and 440.4 mm for the respective monsoon period.
The area covered during zaid, 2019 was 2.390 lakh ha against the target of 5.500 lakh ha and the normal value of 2.941 lakh ha. The production during zaid season was 3.229 lakh tonne against the target of 7.303 lakh ha and the normal value of 3.616 lakh ha. The target for area coverage during zaid, 2020 has been fixed at 3.579 lakh ha which is about 1.19 lakh ha higher than that achieved during 2019. The challenges faced in achieving the targets included:
below optimum plant population, non adoption of improved technology, moisture stress at critical stages of plant growth, transforming fallow land to cultivable land, non synchronized seasonal sowing and stray domestic/ wild animals menace.
In Tamil Nadu 88 Value Addition Units like Oil Extraction (Wooden Expeller), Dhal Milling, Animal Feed Mixture, Millets processing were established during 2019-20 through Collective farming.
A presentation from Department of Agriculture, U.P. indicated- bajra, maize, urad, moong, groundnut, sunflower, fodder & vegetable crops and menthe, as the major zaid/summer crops covering about 7.84 lakh ha area. The state has 143.8 lakh ha as net irrigated area which is about 86 per cent of net cultivated area (165.98 lakh ha).
Losses due to open grazing/stray animals was described as a major challenge and the measures suggested were : scaring effigy in the pulses field, putting shining tape around the field, barbed wire / solar fencing with Government assistance, use of natural repellants viz. Garlic, Fish, Chilli Emulsion and bio-physical barriers i.e. fencing of bamboo sticks /subabul tree/
gooseberry (Karaunda) plant.
The state has planned to bring 2.47 lakh ha area during zaid/summer season under crops like moong (0.65 lakh ha), urd (0.82 lakh ha) and groundnut (1.00 lakh ha.). For this the state require 0.163, 0.164 and 0.950 lakh q of seed of moong, urd and groundnut, respectively.
6 Director, Horticulture, Maharashtra apprised the house about the traceability net developed for fruits and vegetables.
Horticulture Commissioner, Andhra Pradesh, in his presentation mentioned that produces 301.74 lakh tonnes of horticultural commodities from area coverage of 17.48 lakh ha. Andhra Pradesh has a share of 15.6, 25.0 and 7.8 % in the country’s fruit production, area covered under drip irrigation and vegetable exports, respectively. The state has well developed post harvest infrastructure in the shape of Collection centres (12no.), Integrated Pack house (14 no.), Solar Poly Dryers (5 no.),Pre-Cooling Units (10 no.),Cold Rooms / Solar cold Rooms (39 no.), Mango / Fruit processing Units (68 no.),Cashew processing Units (521 no.) and Refeer van (5 no.). In addition, Pack Houses (3618 no.), Ripening Chambers (241 no.) and Cold Storage Units (355 no.) losses capacity to handle 1.08, 0.54 and 19.60 lakh tonnes of produce, respectively.
Challenges in promotion of horticulture as identified were shortage of seed & plant material and marketing (Logistic Support, Backward & Forward linkages, Quality control & Certification, Less- adaptability of Value-Added Products, Inadequate Marketing facilities & marketing linkage, Market Intelligence).
Intercropping of cocoa in oil palm and coconut can provide the farmer an additional income of Rs. 50000/- and 107500/- per ha, respectively.
In the open house session, all the states were given an opportunity to share their experiences and highlight constraints faced in implementation of the programmes. The state-wise experiences/feedback shared are as follows:
Sikkim
In January 2016, Sikkim became India’s first “100 per cent organic” state.
Today, all farming in Sikkim is carried out without the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, providing access to safer food choices and making agriculture a more environment-friendly activity.
To promote organic farming, subsidy should be given on inputs from organic sources which are used by farmers.
Aggregation of organic produce is required through FPOs or other mechanisms.
Arunachal Pradesh
Lack of Post-Harvest Management chain.
NEH Region Common Constraints
The absence of right market channel for Organic produce, absence of value addition and high transport cost has made Organic produce to be sold with limited choice of market.
Wild animals and monkey to damage crops.
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Farmers share need to be reduced in micro-irrigation system installation.
The topography is a big constraint in developing a suitable water application method. Design/ layout of drip irrigation, sprinklers etc., are difficult and entail high cost due to difference in pressure head at every terrace/ field.
Kerala
The state has been divided into 5 Agro-ecological regions for scientific planning and detailed projects are being prepared on these basis. The project will be submitted to the centre for assistance.
Large area under Rubber plantation is becoming uneconomical due to falling prices. Some intercrops need to be suggested in Rubber for more income.
Under MIDH, area for Hi-Tech Nurseries needs to be reduced from 4 to 1 ha for the state.
One Center of Excellence should be established in the state.
Poly tanks/ Flexi tanks should be permitted in place of cement tanks under MIDH.
Subsidy under various schemes should be released in one installment to the farmers as amount is small.
Chhattisgarh
Subsidy should be started for the fertigation unit in drip system and for fencing under MIDH.
Madhya Pradesh
The state faces problem of damage by wild boar and Neelgai.
Farmers’ share needs to be reduced in micro-irrigation system installation.
Subsidy should be started for liquid fertilizers also.
Promotion of ultra high density plantation.
Punjab
Revenue record for horticulture is not being done crop wise. Data recording is done with horticulture as one crop.
Polythene lining is required for optimum use of harvested water. Hence, it should be allowed under the scheme.
Rajasthan
Shortage of planting material.
Tamil Nadu
Bee keeping should be included in MIDH.
8 Gujarat
Action plan should be finalized well in advance to use full potentials of Zaid crops.
Tanks should be allowed in canal irrigated areas also.
Andhra Pradesh
Deep ploughing for moisture conservation should be a component under PMKSY.
Promotion of FPOs.
Stray animals, monkey and wild animals have become menace in the state.
Lining of farm ponds may be allowed for longer availability of water for irrigation.
Incentives should be increased for strawberry cultivation because of its high cost of cultivation.
Problem of Blue bulls needs suitable intervention.
Uttarakhand
Damage to crops by wild animal is a major problem faced by the state.
Bee keeping has good opportunity and needs promotion.
Under PMKSY, the state has not received the amount.
Tea Gardens developed by the Tea Board should be given 100% subsidy.
Special Secretary, Mrs. Vasudha Mishra, thanked all the participants for feedback. Various divisions responded to the state issues. The DAC will consider Kerala’s request on special project for agro-ecological region based planning and intercropping in rubber plantation. Allocation by Crops Division will be done for Zaid season. Programme of ‘one crop one district’ in Tripura will be started with few districts and expanded later to all districts. Second installment of RKVY and MIDH will also be released. Regarding reduction in farmers’ share, it was informed that states can share the farmers’ contributions to the extent possible at their end.
In the end, Mrs. Shubha Thakur, Joint Secretary (Crops) thanked the Hon’ble Minister and both the MoS for Agriculture for sparing their valuable time, support and guidance. She also thanked all delegates from the states and DAC officers for making the workshop a great success.
Actionable points:
1. Estimates of fertilizer requirement keeping in view the demand for field crops grown during kharif, rabi & zaid seasons and also the demand for seasonal and perennial horticultural crops. -(INM Division, DAC&FW) 2. Availability of quality seedlings for increasing area under horticulture to
achieve the targets. -(MIDH, DAC&FW)
9 3. Promoting ‘neem’ plantation to meet the increasing demand of neem oil for
manufacturing neem oil coated urea. -(M/o EF&CC/DOF)
4. Studies on any linkage of locust infestation in the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan with changing climate. -(PP Division /NRM, ICAR)
5. Increasing the production of oilseeds in a mission-mode approach to reduce the import of edible oils. -(Crops/Oilseed Division, DAC&FW)
6. Develop a road map for doubling the farmers income through integrated approach for better yield from Zaid/Summer crops. -(NRM Division, ICAR) 7. Block planting of multipurpose trees especially bamboo and neem to make
their cultivation more economical. -(RFS/ M/o EF&CC)
8. Enhance the export of organic produce from horticulture crops. -(MIDH / Horticulture Division)
9. Timely arrangement of inputs, mobilization of extension staff for field deployment and close coordination between SAUs and KVKs for technical support, timely implementation of schemes and effective monitoring and feed-back. -(Extension Division / ICAR, DAC&FW)
10. Signing of a MoA with NABARD and GoI by the States for availing fund for incentivising micro irrigation through additional (top up) subsidy over and above available under PMKSY-PDMC component. -(RFS)
11. Management of stray cattle through promoting sex sorted semen, back crossing of Cross Breeds (CB) with Indigenous Breeds (IB) to improve fertility and using stray cows as surrogates for production of elite cows. - (Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries)
12. Revamping agriculture extension system through ATMA. Kisan Call Centre (KCC) should be the part of ATMA cafeteria. The Toll Free Number (1800- 180-1551) is to be mapped State-wise into a common number. - (Extension)
13. Expanding the scope for Cluster-based plantation of horticulture crops over large area with good agronomic practices for easy linking of farm. -(MIDH / Horticulture Division)
14. Large scale cultivation of thorn-less Cactus. -(RFS)
15. Horticulture nursery Act in States (only 11 states enacted it). -(MIDH / Horticulture Division)
16. Promoting ‘Horticulture Plus’ by growing horticultural crops that have higher demand and hence offer higher returns to farmers. -(MIDH / Horticulture Division)
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10 Annexure
List of Participants in the National Conference on Zaid Agriculture And Horticulture Campaign -2020 held on 17th January,2020
at Pusa, New Delhi
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE
1. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Minister of A&FW 2. Shri Parshottambhai Rupala, Hon’ble MoS
3. Shri Kailash Choudhary, Hon’ble MoS
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION & FARMERS WELFARE 1. Sh. Sanjay Agarwal, Secretary, DAC&FW
2. Shri B. Pardhan, SS&FA
3. Sh. Rajesh Verma, Special Secretary 4. Smt.Vasudha Mishra, Special Secretary 5. Dr. Alka Bhargava, Additional Secretary 6. Smt. Dolly Chakraborty, Additional Secretary 7. Dr. S.K. Malhotra, Agriculture Commissioner 8. Sh.Abhilaksh Likhi, AS(GC)
9. Dr. Tarsem Chand, JS (Admin.) 10. Sh. P.K. Swain, JS (Marketing) 11. Smt. Chhavi Jha, JS(GC)
12. Smt. Namita Priyadarshee, JS (NRM) 13. Smt. A. Neeraja, JS(INM)
14. Dr. Ashish K. Bhutani, JS(C&C) 15. Sh. Ashwani Kumar, JS(Seeds) 16. Sh. Amitabh Gautam, JS
17. Sh. R.K. Kamra, Add. DG 18. Sh. AK Singh, DDG, Hort.
19. Smt. Shubhra, Trade Advisor 20. Sh. B.P. Singh, Add. GM
21. Sh. Rakesh Kr. Tiwari, Director(FW) 22. Dr. B.L. Saraswat, Director
23. Sh. A.K. Tiwari, Director 24. Sh. Rahul Sharma, Director
25. Dr. Prashant Armorikar, Director, Extn.
26. Sh. R.P. Singh, Director
27. Sh. Arun Kumar, Director, Extension
28. Dr. Anupam Barik, Addl. Commissioner(Crops) 29. Dr. Y. R. Meena, ADC (Extn.)
30. Dr. S.S. Tomar, Addl. Comm (NFSM) 31. Sh. R.A.S. Patel, DC, RFS
32. Sh. Rajpal Meena, DC (MIDH) 33. Sh. Kedar Nath Verma, DS (MIDH) 34. Sh. Kailash Choudhary, DS(GC) 35. Ms. Gurpreet Gadhok, DS(Seeds) 36. Sh. M.K. Mishra, DS
11 37. Dr. Subhash Chandra Ram, Deputy Commr(RFS)
38. Sh. R.P. Meena, Deputy Comm. (MIDH) 39. Dr. Ramanand, Deputy Comm. (NRM/RFS) 40. Sh. Sudhir Kumar, Joint Director, Extn.
41. Sh. Anand Krishan, JD, RKVY 42. Dr. N. Sathyanarayana, JD (PP) 43. Dr. AN Singh, JD (PP)
44. Dr. Sudhir Kumar, JD 45. Sh. D.P.Singh, JD (NHB) 46. Sh. R.S. Meena, JD, (NHB) 47. Dr. K S. Kapoor, JD, (PP) 48. Sh. R. S. Meena, JD, (NHB) 49. Sh. Balram Singh, JD, Extn 50. Sh. Ram Naresh, US(GC) 51. Sh. Harit K. Shakya, US, (RFS) 52. Sh. S.K. Swarnkar, US(P-2) 53. Sh. M.K. Pathak, US(Welfare) 54. Sh. R. Rajeev, US (PC)
55. Smt. Pushpa Kain (US) 56. Sh. Ashish Malhotra, US(IC) 57. Sh. A.K. Sinha, US (MIDH) 58. Sh. A.K. Jha, US(FW-II) 59. Sh. Ganesh Singh, US(RKVY)
60. Dr. Maan Singh, Assistant Commissioner(NRM) 61. Sh. Jitendra Kumar, Asstt. Commr. (Oilseeds) 62. Dr. Somnath Agasimani, AC(Crops)
63. Sh. Bani Singh, Deputy Director (NHB) 64. Dr. K.N. Tripathi,DD, (NHB)
65. Sh. Dhal Singh,DD, (NHB) 66. Dr. K. N. Tripathi, DD, (NHB)
67. Sh. Rohit Lall, Joint Project Director 68. Sh. Om Kumar, SO(GC)
69. Sh. Anil Kumar, SO(E-II) 70. Sh. Anoop Kumar, SO(IC) 71. Smt. Sunita Gularia, SO(Extn.) 72. Smt. Jasbir Kaur, SO(RFS)
73. Sh. Aditya Pratap Yadav, SO(GA-1) 74. Dr. Manoj Sharma, AD (Crops)
75. Smt. Aradhana Bhargava, AD. (PPQ&S) 76. Dr. Shalini Saxena, AD,(MNCFC)
77. Sh. Mohan S.M., Asstt. Director (PPQ&S) 78. Dr. C.S. Patni, Asst. Director (PP)
79. Smt. Niti Sukhija, ASO(GC)
80. Sh. Rajendra Kr. Meena, ASO(GC) 81. Smt. Saroj Kataria, ASO(GC) 82. Ms. Preety Rathi, ASO(E-II) 83. Ms. Neha Kumari, ASO(MIDH) 84. Ms. Renu Ogra, ASO(PC) 85. Sh. Prathvi Nath, TO 86. Sh. Gaurav Choudhary, TA 87. Sh. Subhadip Nandi, TA 88. Dr. Nikunj Tyagi, Tech. Asst.
12 89. Dr. Pooja Pandey, TA
90. Sh. Kartik Mehra, PA to Agri. Comm.
91. Smt. Anjali Thakur, STA 92. Sh. Vijay Kumar, STA (NFSM) 93. Sh. B.S. Patil, STA (Crops)
94. Dr. Deepak Kumar, STA, (Crops) 95. Sh. Ambanna P., STA
96. Smt. Manisha Meena, STA 97. Smt. Suman, Accountant 98. Sh. Om Prakash, SSA
99. Sh. Sudhir Kumar Srivastava, Asst. Editor (Extn.) 100. Sh. Shrinath, Social Media Handler, DKMA
101. Sh. Saurabh Sharma, Manager, NMPB, M/s Ayush 102. Sh. Bhupender Singh, Consultant
103. Dr. D.S. Rana, National Consultant 104. Dr. D.P.Singh, National Consultant 105. Dr. R.P. Yadav, National Consultant
106. Dr. Krishan Kumar Vashist, National Consultant 107. Sh. C.M. Pandey, National Consultant (Crops) 108. Sh. S.R. Kachru, Consultant
109. Dr. Sarita Bhalla, Consultant (Pharma) 110. Sh. Bhupender Singh, Consultant 111. Sh. Abhay Shankar Pathak, Sub-editor 112. Dr. Manish Singh, (RFS)
113. Sh. Yogesh Roundal, 114. Sh. Vijay Kumar Pawar 115. Dr. Manoj Kr. Sharma 116. Dr. Dalip Singh
117. Sh. Siddharth Tripathi 118. Sh. Pawan Kumar 119. Sh. Suraj Prakash 120. Sh. V.K. Tomar, NSC 121. Sh. Gagendeep, 122. Sh. R. N. Verma 123. Sh. B. Srinivasa, NHB 124. Smt. Sapna Kumari 125. Smt. Vandana Vasistha 126. Smt. Soumya Consul 127. Smt. G. Sandhyarani 128. Dr. Shalini Saxena,
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ICAR
1. Dr. A. K. Upadhyay, Pr. Scientist 2. Dr. Gyanendra Singh
3. Dr. Manoj Kumar, JD 4. Dr. Keshava
5. Dr. Vikramaditya Panday, Pr. Scientist 6. Dr. V. Sridhar, Pr. Scientist
7. Dr. W S Dhillon, ADG 8. Sh. A.K. Singh, DDG
9. Dr. S.K. Singh, Project Director 10. Dr. R. Dinesh, Pr. Scientist 11. Dr. Shelja, Pr. Scientist
12. Dr. S.R. Singh, Project Director 13. Dr. A.D. Huchche. Pr. Scientist 14. Sh. Shravan Jha
15. Sh. Shrinath Dixit
NCDC
1. Sh. Puneet Kr. Gupta 2. Sh. Duvuru Srikanth Reddy
NCPAH
1. Sh. K.K. Kaushal, Joint Project Director 2. Sh. Rohit Lall, Joint Project Director 3. Sh. Anand Zambre
4. Sh. Naresh Modi
NAFED
1. Sh. Kamlendra Srivastava, E.D.
SFAC
1. Sh. Rakesh Shukla,
HIL
1. Sh. Anil Yadav, DGM-Seeds 2. Sh. Ajeet Verma, Manager
IFFDC
1. Dr. R.K. Choudhary, Consultant 2. Sh. Sudhir Kumar
NHRDF
1. Dr. P.K. Gupta, Director
14 2. Dr. S.K. Tiwari, Sr. Technical Officer
3. Dr. R.P. Pandey, Technical Officer STATES & UTs
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
1. Sh. Karbom Riram, Joint Director 2. Sh. Anong Lego, Director
3. Sh. Ojong Yomso, Deputy Director 4. Sh. Shiv Kumar, ADA
5. Sh. Bidol Tayeng, Secretary
ANDHRA PRADESH
1. Sh. Deepak Kumar Bhargav, Director 2. Sh. Rajender Singh, Assistant Director 3. Sh. Ramana Vutukuru, Assistant Director 4. Sh. V. S. Dharmaja, Deputy Director 5. Sh. Chiranjeev Choudhary, Commissioner 6. Sh. P. Padmaja, Joint Director(Admin.) 7. Mr. Neeraj Snaha, Deputy Director
ASSAM
1. Sh. A. Jalil, Director 2. Dr. Nripen Medhi, DDA
BIHAR
1. Sh. Nand Kishor, Director Horticulture 2. Sh. Benkatesh Singh, Joint Director 3. Dr. Sumit Mishra, JD
CHANDIGARH
1. Sh. Mukesh, Special Secretary
DELHI
1. Sh. Rakesh Kumar, SMS (Horticulture) 2. Dr. P.K. Gupta, Director
15 3. Sh. Abhay Kumar Pathak, Sub-editor
4. Dr. S.K. Tiwari, Sr. Technical Officer 5. Dr. R.P. Pandey, Technical Officer
6. Sh. Vedpal Singh, Ass. Director,Coconut Development Board, 7. Sh. Rajendra Singh
Gujarat
1. Sh. M.B. Patel, Joint Director, Agriculture
2. Sh. M. Rizawan Ghanchi, Assistant Director, Agriculture 3. Smt. Chhavi Ranjan, Director, Agriculture
4. Sh. Mahesh Patel
Goa
1. Sh. Kuldeep Singh, Secretary 2. Dr. PM Vaghasiya, Director
3. Sh. Chintamani Permi, Deputy Director 4. Sh. Shiwanand Wagle, Deputy Director
HARYANA
1. Dr. Anil Kumar Rana, AD(Agri) 2. Dr. B.S. Sehrawat, M.D.
HIMACHAL PRADESH
1. Dr. M.M. Sharma, Director of Horticulture 2. Sh. Siddharth Gautam, DD
3. Sh. Siddharth Singh, Dept. of Horticulture 4. Sh. Rajeev, Dept. of Agriculture
Jharkhand
1. Smt. Chhavi Ranjan, Director,Agriculture
KARNATAKA
1. Dr. V. Sridhar, Principal Scientist, KERALA
1. Mr. Babulal Meena, Deputy Director, 2. Sh. D.K. Singh, Additional Chief Secretary 3. Sh. Venkatesh N. Hubballi
4. Dr. D. M. Barman, Spices Board, Kochi 5. Sh. Rakesh Kumar, SMS, Horticulture
6. Sh. Saradindu Das, Chief Coconut Dev. Officer MADHYA PRADESH
16 1. Dr. M. Kalidurai, Commissioner, Horticulture
2. Sh. Rajendra Kumar, Deputy Director, Horticulture 3. Sh. B. M. Sahare, Additional Director, Agric ulture 4. Dr. Sandip Silawat, Directorate of Pulses Dev.
5. Dr. A.K. Tiwari, Director MANIPUR
1. Sh. K. Jogeshchandra Sharma, Consultant 2. Sh.Laltanpull Vawchhong, Director Agriculture 3. Sh. Chungong Pamei, Agriculture Officer
MIZORAM
1. Dr. Elizabeth Saipari, Director, Horticulture, 2. Dr. Carinchila L Dachua, H.EO., Horticulture NAGALAND
1. Dr. R.E. Lotha, Director, Horticulture 2. Sh.Peter Yanthen, Addl Director 3. Sh.Bendanglila, JD
4. Sh. Jacob Yanthen, JD
ODISHA
1. Sh. Braja Kishor Hota, Executive Engineer 2. Sh. Sukant Kumar Subudhi, Deputy Director 3. Sh. Sridhar Das, JD
PUNJAB
1. Sh. Narinder Singh, Deputy Director 2. Sh. Ramesh Kumar, Principal Scientist 3. Vikram Singh, ADO
PUDUCHERRY
4. Dr.Jayanta Kumar Roy, ARC
RAJASTHAN
1. Sh. K.C. Meena, JD 2. Sh. B.S. Rathor, JD 3. Dr. Om Prakash, JD
4. Sh.Ishwar Lal Yadav Jt. Director Horticulture 5. Sh. Shyam Sundar Chaturvedi, JD
6. Dr. R.G. Sharma, JD
7. Dr. Keshar Singh, Deputy Director
17 8. Dr. L.R. Buldak, JD
SIKKIM
1. Sh. D. S. Chettri, Additional Director 2. Sh. M.K. Subba, Additional Director 3. Sh. M.T.Sherpa, Secretary, Horticulture 4. Sh. N. Gautam, Director
5. Sh. R.P. Thapa, Additional Director
TAMIL NADU
1. Smt S. Shoba , Deputy Director 2. Sh. T.Karthkeyan, Joint Director
3. S Tamil Vendhan, Addl Director( Horticulture) 4. Sh. P. Immanuel, JD
5. Sh. V. Appanraju, Deputy Director 6. Sh. Ravichandran, Assistant Director
TELANGANA
1. Sh. K. Venugopal, Deputy Director 2. Dr. K. Manoharan, Director
3. Dr. B. Venkatarao TRIPURA
1. Sh. S.K. Rakesh, Additional Chief Secretary 2. Sh. Rajib De, Assistant Director
UTTAR PRADESH
1. Sh. Sudhanshu Sharma, Regional Director, NCDC 2. Sh. S.R. Kaushal, Director,
3. Dr. S.B. Sharma, Director, Horticulture 4. Dr. Pankaj Tripathi, JD
5. Dr. Pradeep Shukla, Associate Director 6. Dr. Pragati Mishra, Associate Director 7. Dr. Mansingh, Director
UTTRAKHAND
1. Sh.Dinesh kumar,Joint Director 2. Dr. Jagdish Chandra Kem, JD 3. Dr. Suresh Ram, Deputy Director
WEST BENGAL
1. Sh.Koushik Chakraborty, Deputy Director, Horticulture 2. Sh. Samir Kumar Ghosh, JD
3. Smt. Samanta Layek, Assistant Director
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