Vegetable Growing in India: Status, Future, and Issues

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Vegetable Growing in India Status, Future, and
Issues

• Presented by
• Mansi Miglani (22)
• 
  Santosh Sharma (39)

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Introduction

• meal without a vegetable
• India is the second largest producer
• improve the nutritional requirement
• meet the challenge of adequate food supply
• substantially increase employment avenues
• wide range of agro-climatic conditions

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Categories of vegetables

• Underground Vegetables (Sweet potato,
  Beet root, Carrot etc)
• Herbage Vegetables (Cabbage, Lettuce
  Cauliflower etc)
• Fruit Vegetables (Tomato, Brinjal, Melons)

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STATUS

• second largest producer of vegetables
• current production level is over 90 MT
• total area under vegetable cultivation is around
  6.2 m.h
• 3 of the total area under cultivation
• Potato, tomato, onion, cabbage and cauliflower
  account for around 60
• pivotal role in food and nutritional security
• 58.5 m.t. during 91-92, 93.9 m.t during 2000-01

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Most widely grown vegetable (rank wise)
respective leading producer state

• Potato
• Tomato
• Brinjal
• Cabbage

• Uttar Pradesh
• Andhra Pradesh
• West Bengal
• West Bengal

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ROLES OF INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURE RESEARCH

• acts as a repository of information
• provides consultancy
• co-ordinate agricultural research and development
  programmes
• develop linkages at national and international
  level
• agricultural research and education
• human resource development in the field of
  agricultural sciences

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ROLES OF MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE- GOVT. OF INDIA

• formulation and implementation of National
  policies and programmes
• ensure timely and adequate supply of inputs and
  services
• collection and maintenance of statistical and
  economic data
• promotion of export

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ROLE OF ITC

• IT initiative in agriculture marketing
• plans to connect a sixth of Indias villages in
  14 states by e-choupal
• will help develop a trade marketing and
  distribution super highway
• empower farmers with timely information

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FUTURE

• advancement in technology adoption of new
  techniques growth in future
• scope for vegetable forcing
• Important techniques
• choose right variety
• protection

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EXPORT OF VEGETABLES AND RELATED ISSUES

• In 2003-04, India exported 17 vegetables
• 0.92 million tones ? 183.3 million dollars
• Export of onion
• second largest onion producing country
• 73.94 per cent of the export of vegetables
• in 2003-04 exported 8.6 lakh tones onion of
  worth Rs 715.87 crores.

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• Export of potato
• exports less than 0.5 per cent but
• has tremendous potential
• only sub-tropical country to have its own seed
  production programme
• possesses untapped potential of exporting
  off-season fresh table potatoes

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ISSUES

• Infrastructure
• Proper Marketing Channel
• Use of quality inputs
• Ecological issues
• Quality control
• Post harvest management
• Use of technology

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Policy issues

• Government should encourage partnerships
• policies should be carefully drafted
• The Government should
• assist in the development of markets
• move forward with vegetable fairs
• create more awareness of the importance of safe
  vegetables in diets
• assist small-scale units to come up

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Conclusion

• scope to strengthen the position further as it
  has suitable agro-climatic conditions
• Vegetable growers and specialists have not
  equipped themselves with the qualitative aspects
  of production
• infrastructure facilities should be in position
  to facilitate grading, packing and movement of
  produce in the shortest possible time
• requires governmental intervention and also
  sizeable investment in research development
• necessary to familiarize growers and exporters
  with the technologies related to qualitative
  aspects