Department of Agriculture Government of Maharashtra

4. National Food Security Mission Rice - 6 districts Bhandara, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Nasik, Pune Wheat - 8 Districts Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Dhule, Nagpur, Nasik, Parbhani, Pune, Solapur Pulses - 18 Districts Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Hingoli, Jalgaon, Jalana, Latur, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Osmanabad, Parbhani, Wardha, Wasim, Yavatmal

5. Area, Production & Productivity

6. Progress Report up to January - 2008

7. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana ( RKVY) Govt. of India has allocated an amount of Rs. 139.10 crores for the year 2007-08. Released Rs. 34.50 crores under stream II. The state level sanctioning committee, held its first meeting on 4th Dec. 2007 C-DAP preparation in progress, consultants appointed

8. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana ( RKVY) Farm Ponds:- in 16 cotton growing districts of Vidharbha & Marathwada Target for 2007-2008 - 17500 farm ponds , Amount sanctioned - 80.00 crores. Shallow tube wells:- Eastern region of Vidarbha. Target is 1150 tube wells Amount sanctioned - 14.00 crores Repairs to Malgujari Tanks:- Gadchiroli, Bhandara, Gondia & Chandrapur districts. Linked with NREGA. The skilled portion of work would be taken from the funds of RKVY and unskilled portion of the work would be taken under NREGA. Amount sanctioned - Rs. 20.00 crores.

9. Activities in 2007-08 Farmers training(21 days) - 34572 farmers Demonstrations - 3858 Exposure Visits - 2403 Exhibitions - 6 Literature published - 39 publications Mobilisation of farmer groups - 55 Farmer –Scientist interaction - 10 Kisan Goshti - 25 Farmer awards - 15

10. Seed Planning -Kharif- 2008

11. Seed Treatment Campaign

15. National Horticulture Mission

16. Component wise Achievements up to Jan. 2008

17. AGRO Processing & Marketing 294 APMC’s, 608 sub-markets- Turnover- Rs. 25000 cr. MoU with REUTERS for information dissemination through SMS Two wine parks at Nasik & Sangli: 36 wineries in production. Floriculture Park near Pune : 24 units in production. Established 10 Export Facility Centers under 6 AEZs. Vapour Heat Treatment facility developed at Navi Mumbai – more than 8000 MTs fruits & veg. exported. Trained 40,000 farmers enabling an export of more than 400 MTs of horticulture produce.

19. Fertiliser Planning Kharif- 2008

21. Quality Control Labs

26. ToF & FFS to Promote IPM * No. of ToF Held - 54, * Total facilitators – 1652

28. Buffer Stock Scheme for seed may be introduced to make sufficient availability of breeder , foundation & certified seeds 10 more Railway rake points & godowns in remote areas required to overcome fertiliser shortages , For promoting inter state trade present railway network needs to be provided with refrigeration facilities for transportation of fruits & vegetables all over the country There should be private initiative for transport of vegetables & fruits, urgent initiatives needs to be taken by Ministry of Agril. GOI BPT/ JNPT need to establish facility for imports & bagging of fertilisers for transporting fertilisers to kandla Strengthening of existing ports at Dharamtar & Karwar New port facilities at Vijaydurg in Sindhudurg, Dighi, Revas in Raigad, Alewadi in Thane

29. REVAMPING OF NHM Revision of crop wise cost norms of fruit crops as per cost norms given under EGS linked Horticulture Development Programme of the State. Increase in the cost norms of establishment of model nurseries and small nurseries. Strengthening and up gradation of existing nurseries should be included as a component in NHM. Increase in the cost norms of polyhouse. Inclusion of shade net house as a component under NHM. Inclusion of new crops in existing clusters. Incorporation of mechanization component in Horticulture Development. The subsidy amount for subcomponents of post harvest management needs to be increased to 50 %. Cost norms of Cold Storage components needs to be revised. Waiver of credit linked condition to Onion storage structures which are already completed.

38. Goals for XI th F.Y.P. Maximizing farmers income Better livelihood systems for farmers Sustainable agriculture through Watershed development, Integrated Crop Management & Organic farming Encouraging Contract Farming, Public- Private Partnership Encouraging non-farm activities related to agriculture in rural areas Strengthening Infrastructure, capacity building of farmers & extension personnel

39. Agricultural Production targets* 11th Five Year Plan *