Lok Sabha Question No. 1438 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-25
Subject: Horticulture Production
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: T.G. VENKATESH BABU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1438

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH  JULY, 2017

## HORTICULTURE PRODUCTION

1438.  SHRI VENKATESH BABU T.G.: SHRI RAOSAHEB DANVE PATIL:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  production of horticulture products including fruits  and  vegetables  have witnessed highest growth during the last few years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof for the last three years and the targets fixed for the current year;
- (c) the  State-wise  details  of  the  total  production  of  fruits  and  vegetables  in  the  country during the last three years along with the targets fixed for the current year and the steps taken to achieve the same;
- (d) the  details  of  the  schemes/programmes  implemented/being  implemented  in  order  to increase the production and productivity of fruits and vegetables;
- (e) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  introduce  new  techniques  for  increasing  the production of fruits and vegetables and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) whether the Government proposes to assist fruits and vegetables growers in marketing so that they can get remunerative prices for their produce and if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a): The production of horticulture products,  including fruits and vegetables have witnessed growth during the last few years.
- (b): Growth of total horticultural crops, including fruits and vegetables, during the last three years and expected to growth in the current year is as under:-

| Years                 |   Growth Rate (%) in Total Horticulture |
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 2013-14               |                                     3.2 |
| 2014-15               |                                     1.3 |
| 2015-16               |                                     1.9 |
| 2016-17 (Provisional) |                                     3.1 |

(c) & (d): The  State-wise  details  of  the  total  production  of  fruits  and  vegetables  in  the country during the last three years along with the provisional estimates for the current year are at Annexure-I. Various steps taken to achieve the same alongwith the details of schemes/programmes being implemented in order to increase the production and productivity of fruits and vegetables are at Annexure-II.

(e): The  Government  is  promoting  research  through  ICAR  and  associated  Institutes  to undertake basic strategic, applied and adaptive research on horticultural crops in the country. Based  on  these  research  findings,  Government  introduces  new  innovative  techniques  like protected  cultivation  for  nursery  production  and  vegetable  production,  use  of  micronutrient formulation  and  development of  crop-specific  micronutrients  in  different  vegetables  and  fruits production, new hybrid varieties for higher production etc  so as to have higher production of fruits and vegetables.

(f): Steps taken by the government to ensure remunerative prices to the farmers producing horticulture crops including fruits and vegetables are as under:

-  Assistance  is  provided  for  development  of  infrastructure  for  post  harvest management  and  marketing  such  as  storages,  wholesale  markets,  rural primary market, Kisan Mandies, etc.
-  Facilitating  direct  marketing,  contract  farming,  setting  up  of  private  markets, farmer consumer markets and e-markets.
-  Implementing Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) for procurement of horticultural  commodities including fruit and vegetables under which losses, if any, are shared between the Central Government and the State Government concerned, on 50:50 basis.
-  Providing  market  information  to  farmers  on  prices  and  arrivals  of  agricultural commodities  in  regulated  markets  on  AGMARKNET  portal  to  enable  the farmers to get better remunerative prices.

## STATE WISE  PRODUCTION OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

## Annexure-I

(Production in '000 Tonnes)

| STATES/UTs        | 2013-14   | 2013-14    | 2014-15(Final)   | 2014-15(Final)   | 2015-16   | 2015-16    | 2016-17(Provisional)   | 2016-17(Provisional)   |
|-------------------|-----------|------------|------------------|------------------|-----------|------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|                   | Fruits    | Vegetables | Fruits           | Vegetables       | Fruits    | Vegetables | Fruits                 | Vegetables             |
| ANDHRA PRADESH    | 10510.56  | 8149.8     | 9121.62          | 4592.6           | 10088.82  | 5442.8     | 12098.60               | 5355.6                 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 321.26    | 35.0       | 331.40           | 41.0             | 306.27    | 33.0       | 311.53                 | 33.3                   |
| ASSAM             | 2007.80   | 3031.9     | 2030.14          | 4469.7           | 2077.77   | 3821.7     | 2391.19                | 3874.5                 |
| BIHAR             | 4013.58   | 15097.8    | 3990.00          | 14467.2          | 4230.63   | 14400.1    | 4272.94                | 14225.0                |
| CHHATISGARH       | 1930.18   | 5465.9     | 2071.14          | 5812.3           | 2294.73   | 6318.4     | 2393.51                | 6701.0                 |
| GUJARAT           | 8001.96   | 11571.2    | 8300.60          | 11861.2          | 8477.17   | 13401.4    | 8482.80                | 13401.4                |
| HARYANA           | 554.90    | 5565.9     | 703.68           | 5305.6           | 737.82    | 6129.4     | 900.00                 | 6960.0                 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 866.34    | 1635.9     | 751.94           | 1585.4           | 928.83    | 1715.2     | 639.01                 | 1743.3                 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR   | 2073.94   | 1395.5     | 1779.44          | 1395.5           | 2115.72   | 1386.4     | 2116.06                | 1386.4                 |
| JHARKHAND         | 890.04    | 4238.1     | 898.08           | 4279.3           | 961.19    | 3373.8     | 1026.31                | 3714.2                 |
| KARNATAKA         | 6652.42   | 7500.7     | 6799.89          | 8828.4           | 7023.69   | 7804.6     | 7425.11                | 8207.2                 |
| KERALA            | 2889.50   | 3572.7     | 2554.12          | 1645.1           | 2532.94   | 2088.7     | 2467.92                | 1907.7                 |
| MADHYA PRADESH    | 5696.00   | 13019.3    | 6119.00          | 14199.0          | 5783.06   | 15568.3    | 5937.04                | 16664.7                |
| MAHARASHTRA       | 13457.92  | 10161.8    | 11089.53         | 8783.0           | 9749.80   | 9452.1     | 10378.43               | 10360.8                |
| MANIPUR           | 515.69    | 271.0      | 521.57           | 268.0            | 467.76    | 316.5      | 454.08                 | 332.0                  |
| MEGHALAYA         | 348.00    | 515.3      | 377.25           | 534.0            | 395.40    | 494.9      | 447.27                 | 541.9                  |
| MIZORAM           | 343.90    | 254.1      | 350.91           | 273.8            | 330.28    | 179.0      | 339.05                 | 168.2                  |
| NAGALAND          | 411.00    | 492.4      | 411.00           | 492.4            | 374.13    | 494.6      | 393.53                 | 534.2                  |
| ODISHA            | 2148.27   | 9433.7     | 2156.49          | 9413.5           | 2386.94   | 8755.5     | 2430.10                | 8760.1                 |
| PUNJAB            | 1541.24   | 3936.2     | 1644.64          | 4167.7           | 1790.94   | 4301.6     | 1856.92                | 4640.5                 |
| RAJASTHAN         | 581.78    | 1114.1     | 735.60           | 1433.2           | 681.57    | 1986.7     | 718.48                 | 1928.6                 |
| SIKKIM            | 24.05     | 134.5      | 0.03             | 130.1            | 23.48     | 106.9      | 26.86                  | 128.3                  |
| TAMIL NADU        | 7369.86   | 8678.8     | 5963.93          | 7521.0           | 6635.10   | 6976.1     | 6079.95                | 6304.8                 |
| TELANGANA         | 4440.98   | 3647.3     | 5287.70          | 3005.3           | 4319.87   | 3195.4     | 3536.74                | 2992.4                 |
| TRIPURA           | 786.35    | 780.5      | 819.12           | 811.1            | 854.05    | 793.2      | 845.51                 | 785.3                  |
| UTTAR PRADESH     | 6887.45   | 18545.0    | 7558.99          | 26120.2          | 10296.14  | 26251.0    | 10353.49               | 26407.3                |
| UTTARAKHAND       | 678.49    | 1016.8     | 785.97           | 1109.7           | 659.10    | 945.4      | 664.92                 | 945.6                  |
| WEST BENGAL       | 2909.71   | 23045.0    | 3313.70          | 26354.6          | 3516.71   | 22825.4    | 3708.45                | 25500.6                |
| OTHERS            | 123.98    | 590.8      | 134.23           | 578.6            | 143.16    | 505.8      | 150.21                 | 502.8                  |
| TOTAL             | 88977.15  | 162896.9   | 86601.71         | 169478.2         | 90183.04  | 169063.9   | 92845.98               | 175007.9               |

Source:- Horticulture Statistics Division, DAC&FW

## Annexure-II

Steps taken by the Government and Details of Schemes/Programmes Being Implemented in  Order  to  Increase  the  Production  and  Productivity  of  Horticulture  Crops  Including Fruits and Vegetables

For holistic  growth of the  horticulture  sector covering fruits,  vegetables,  root and tuber crops,  mushrooms,  spices,  flowers,  aromatic  plants,  coconut,  cashew,  cocoa  and  bamboo, Government  has  launched    Mission  for  Integrated  Development  of  Horticulture  (MIDH),  a Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  during  XII  Plan  w.  e.  f.  2014-15.  The  Mission  subsumes  the earlier missions like National Horticulture Mission (NHM), Horticulture Mission for North East & Himalayan  States  (HMNEH),  National  Bamboo  Mission  (NBM),  National  Horticulture  Board (NHB),  Coconut  Development  Board  (CDB)  and  Central  Institute  for  Horticulture  (CIH), Nagaland. All States and UTs are covered under MIDH.

The  Mission  envisages  production  and  productivity  improvement  of  horticulture  crops including  fruits  and  vegetables  through  various  interventions.  Activities  such  as  production  of planting  material,  vegetable  seed  production,  coverage  of  area  with  improved  cultivars, rejuvenation of senile orchards, protected cultivation, creation of water resources, adoption of Integrated Pests Management (IPM), Integrated Nutrients Management (INM), organic farming, including  insitu  generation  of  organic  inputs  are  taken  up  for  development  of  fruits  and vegetables.  Capacity  building  of  farmers  and  technicians  are  also  provided  for  adopting improved  technologies.  Schemes  also  envisages  creation  of  infrastructure  for  Post  Harvest Management (PHM), Good Agricultural prices (GAP), Centre for excellence for horticulture and marketing for  holistic  growth  of  horticulture  sector.      In  order  to  increase  the  production  and productivity  of  fruits  and  vegetables  in  the  country,  Government  is  implementing  Horticulture Mission  for  North  East  and  Himalayan  States  (HMNEH)    and  National  Horticulture  Mission (NHM)  in  the  remaining  States  under  Mission  for  Integrated  Development  of  Horticulture (MIDH). These schemes  provide support for production of planting material, high yield variety vegetable  seed  production,  vegetable  cultivation,  rejuvenation  of  senile  orchards,  protected cultivation,  creation  of  water  resources  and  for  adoption  of  Integrated  Nutrient  Management (INM)/Integrated  Pest  Management  (IPM)  and  organic  farming  including  insitu  generation  of organic inputs.

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