NATIONAL HORTICULTURE MISSION TAMIL NADU

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NATIONAL HORTICULTURE MISSION TAMIL NADU
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PHYSICAL AND FINANCIAL OUTLAY FOR 2005-06
PROGRESS MADE UPTO JANUARY 2006
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Progress Report under National Horticulture
Mission for Tamil Nadu Upto January 2006
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Post Harvest Management Programmes under NHM for
Tamil Nadu

• Department of Agricultural Marketing and
  Agribusiness

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Horticulture production in Tamil Nadu
In lakh MT
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Projected Growth in Horticulture X Plan Period
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Horticulture in Tamil Nadu - Strengths

• Wide product base, high volume of production.
• Tropical, sub-tropical and temperate produce year
  around.
• Strategic geographical location.
• High domestic demand.
• Food Processing Industry willing to modernize and
  adopt high tech.

Horticulture in Tamil Nadu - Weaknesses

• Non-availability of quality plant and seed
  material
• Weak post-harvest management infrastructure.
• Lack of information for formulating business
  strategies
• Lack of integration of horticulture with
  processing industries
• Inadequete forward and backward integration

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Constraints in Horticulture Marketing

• Inadequate infrastructure for marketing
• Poor Market intelligence
• Exploitation by commission agents/traders
• Too many intermediaries

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National Horticulture Mission Post Harvest
management Programmes


ANNUAL ACTION PLAN 2005-06





FOR TAMIL NADU
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Objectives

• To Reduce Post Harvest Loses
• To promote direct marketing of Horticulture
  produce
• To promote hygienic handling of Fruits and
  vegetables
• To provide information support to the farmers
• Export promotion

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Credit Linked Back ended

• Subsidy Schemes

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Post Harvest Management Schemes

• i . Pack Houses
• No. of pack houses 8
• Project Cost per Pack House Rs.2.5 lakhs.
• Components Building, Cleaning
  and washing provisions,Grading tables,Packing
  tables, lighting arrangements etc.
• Total Cost for 8 Pack houses Rs.20.00 lakhs
• Means of Finance for each pack house
• Promoters Contribution - 62,500.00
• Term Loan from Bank - 1,25,000.00
• Subsidy from NHM - 62,500.00
• Promoters Private Entrepreneurs /
  Farmers.
• Total Subsidy from NHM Rs.5 lakhs.

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ii. Refrigerated Vans No. of vehicles proposed
6 Project Cost Two vehicles _at_ Rs.24 lakhs
four vehicles _at_ Rs.12 lakhs Total Project Cost
- Rs.96 lakhs Pattern of assistance from NHM-
Credit linked back ended subsidy _at_ 25 of
TPC. Means of Finance for one vehicle ( Rs. in
lakhs) Promoters Contribution - 25
Term Loan from Bank -
50 Subsidy from NHM
- 25 Promoters Private
Entrepreneurs / Farmers.
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Project Based Programmes proposed for 2005 06
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Proposed Project Based Programmes
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Programmes in detail --------?
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1 . Market Intelligence and Market Information
Centres
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The Proposal .

• Strengthen the market intelligence in Tamil Nadu
• Establishment of Market Intelligence Network in
  25 places in Tamil Nadu.
• Central server to be set up at the Head Office of
  the Commisionerate of Agriculture Marketing.
• Net working of MICs through E media.

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Why Market Intelligence Information Centres ?

• Lack of information on marketing of Horticulture
  produce is a major lacuna for the Development of
  Commercial Horticulture.
• Market intelligence system helps farmers /
  Horticulture entrepreneurs to directly access to
  the Market information automatically .
• Data base generated helps to plan business
  strategies in Horticulture.

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Implementation

• Collection of data by staff of the regulated
  markets .
• Daily data to be transmitted to the centralized
  server at the Head Office.
• Compilation of market data at the Central
  Server.
• Compiled data to be stored in the data base for
  access through IVRS.
• IVRS to be updated daily.
• Information made available to all users over a
  local telephone call.
• Market Information display through Plasma Screen.

• Information to be made available
• Marketwise Enquiry.
• Commoditywise enquiry.
• Arrival Enquiry.
• Trend Analysis.
• Demand and Supply details.

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Cost of central server
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Cost of each MI Net work ( 25 places)
Total Project Cost
( Rs. In
lakhs)
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• Implementing Agency Tamil Nadu Small farmers
  Agri business Consortium.
• Total Project Cost Rs.64,28,000.00
• Funding Agency 100 assistance by NHM .
• Recurring cost to be met by the
  concerned market committees / Commissionerate of
  Agri. Marketing Agri Business.
• Justification for seeking 100 assistance
• It is promotional activity and not commercial.
• Being promotional , it cannot be credit linked.
• The pattern of assistance given in Operational
  Guidelines of NHM , (in page No.42 ) for this
  project based programme is also Project Based
  ( and not Credit linked back ended subsidy as
  shown for the other programmes).
• Hence request for 100 assistance from NHM .

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2. Training / Seminars/ Workshop.
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Proposals
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Need for the programme

• To empower farmers and members of SHGs to gain
  Knowledge .
• To bring the buyers and sellers together at one
  point.
• To encourage market driven production system
  among farmers of Tamil Nadu.
• Technology Awareness

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Cost for four One day seminar/ Training /
Workshop with 100 participants each
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• Implementing Agency Tamil Nadu Small farmers
  Agri Business Consortium.
• Total Project Cost Rs.30,00,000.00
• Funding Agency 100 assistance by NHM
• Justification for seeking 100 assistance
• It is extension activity and not commercial.
• Programme being an extension activity submitted
  under the component of Extension , Quality
  awareness and market led extension activities for
  fresh processed produce of NHM, for which the
  pattern of assistance shown in the ( Page No.43)
  Operational Guidelines of NHM is 100.
• Hence request for 100 assistance from NHM .

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3. Participation in International Trade Fairs
to showcase the produces
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• Proposal
• To conduct Road show for export promotion of
  Horticulture commodities from Tamil Nadu in
  Dubai or Singapore .
• Cost / Show Rs.10 lakhs
• To fro air fare from Chennai
• Allowance _at_ 100 US per diem for one week for
  one officer
• Payment for the organizers of show / event
  managers
• Other related expenditures for conducting the
  show
• Justification
• To show case Horticulture products from Tamil
  Nadu
• Create awareness among foreign buyers about the
  quality and availability
• Export promotion of Horticulture produces from
  Tamil Nadu.

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• Implementing Agency Tamil Nadu Small farmers
  Agri Business Consortium.
• Total Project Cost Rs.10,00,000.00
• Funding Agency 100 assistance by NHM
• Justification for seeking 100 assistance
• It is market led extension activity aiming at
  international markets.
• Being an extension activity, it cannot be credit
  linked.
• Programme being market led extension activity for
  fresh processed produce submitted under the
  component of Extension , Quality awareness and
  market led extension activities for fresh
  processed produce of NHM, for which the pattern
  of assistance shown in the ( Page No.43)
  Operational Guidelines of NHM is 100.
• Hence request for 100 assistance from NHM .

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4. District Information Centers
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ProposalTo set up District Information
Centres at Coimbatore,Erode,Dindugal,Theni,
Madurai, Ramanathapuram, Tirunelveli,
Dharmapuri,Krishnagiri,Salem, Namakkal,
Tiruchirappalli and Sivagangai districts.

• Need for DICs
• Lack of information on all aspects of
  Horticulture is major lacuna in Horticulture
  Development.
• District Information Centers would act as a
  single window for providing all these information
  at the micro level.

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• Implementation
• Information Touch Screen kiosks to be
  established.
• Kiosks to have modules for all Horticulture
  related information pertaining to each district .
• The whole touch screen kiosk software to have
  screens with corresponding contents and
  photographs.
• Each topic and sub-topic to carry detailed
  information with photographs.
• The touch screen enables all visitors to the DIC
  to access to this information

• Information to be provided
• Production Technology
• PHM Technologies
• Information on Value addition
• Processing technology
• Export Information
• Market information on Horticulture Produce

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Project Cost / Unit
Total No. of Centres proposed 13 Implementing
Agency Tamil Nadu Small Farmers Agri Business
Consortium
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• Total Project Cost Rs.45,50,000.00
• Funding Agency 100 assistance by NHM
• Justification for seeking 100 assistance
• It is extension activity and not commercial.
• Programme being an extension activity submitted
  under the component of Extension , Quality
  awareness and market led extension activities for
  fresh processed produce of NHM, for which the
  pattern of assistance shown in the ( Page No.43)
  Operational Guidelines of NHM is 100.
• Hence request for 100 assistance from NHM .

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5. Development Strengthening of Rural Markets
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• Proposal
• To develop and strengthen 13 rural markets in
  the NHM districts.
• Justification
• To promote hygienic handling of Fruits and
  vegetables
• To minimise post harvest losses.
• Common facilities to be created
• Construction of Shops
• Farmers Traders Resting Place
• Canteen facilities
• Toilet facilities
• Concrete roads Street Light
• Drinking water sanitation
• Solid Waste Management
• Parking facilities

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Market Places to be strengthened
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Cost per market
( Rupees in Lakhs)

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• Total Project Cost Rs.195 lakhs
• Pattern of assistance from NHM- 50 grant
• Total grant from NHM - Rs.97.50 lakhs
• Implementing Agency Tamil Nadu Small Farmers
  Agri Business Consortium.
• Justification seeking 50 grant
• By implementing this programme we can reduce the
  post harvest losses of fruits and vegetables to
  the extent of 5 - 10 .
• Local bodies are not financially sound enough to
  contribute for these facilities
• Concerned market committees shall bear 50 of
  the cost.
• Balance 50 if contributed by NHM, will help us
  in implementing this project without any
  problems.

Implementing Agency Tamil Nadu Small Farmers
Agri Business Consortium.
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6. Strengthening of State Agmark
Grading Lab
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• Existing Facilities in the state
• 30 State Agmark Grading Laboratories One
  Principal Laboratory .
• Proposal
• To strengthen two labs for food testing
  equipping them with sophisticated instruments.
• Training on quality testing.
• Necessity
• Aims at improvement of Quality of food products
• The facilities with the labs right now are
  inadequate.
• Strengthening the labs help to get accreditation
  for issue of necessary certificates to the food
  processing industries.
• Help to get accreditation for HACCP, ISO and GMP
  certifications also in future.

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• Equipments to be purchased
• Gas Chromatography
• High Performance Liquid Chromatography
• Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer
• Pesticide residue extractor
• UV/Visible Spectrophotometer
• Microbalance
• Digital Refractometer
• Solvent Extraction Apparatus
• Kjeldahl Digestion Distillation Unit
• Infrared spectrophotometer
• Karl Fisher Titrator etc. . .

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• Tests to be conducted in the upgraded
  laboratories.
• Estimation of pesticide residues
• Assessment for chemical Assay and Impurity Level
  of Liquid
• Quantitative elemental Analysis of Trace and
  Heavy metals contamination
• Protein Estimation
• Estimation of fibre
• Microbiological Analysis
• Aflatoxin level etc.

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Total Project Cost (Rs.in lakhs)
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• Total Project Cost Rs. 930,00,000.00
• Funding Agency 100 assistance by NHM
• Justification for seeking 100 assistance
• The activity aims at improvement of Quality of
  food products
• Programme being an activity for Quality Awareness
  submitted under the component of Extension ,
  Quality awareness and market led extension
  activities for fresh processed produce of NHM,
  for which the pattern of assistance shown in the
  ( Page No.43) Operational Guidelines of NHM is
  100.
• Hence request for 100 assistance from NHM .

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Summary of Back ended Subsidy Programmes.
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Summary of the Project based programmes
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Summary ( Rs. In Lakhs)
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Since we are in the fag end of this financial
year , we may not be able to incur the full
expenditure during the current financial year and
hence the unspent balance during the current
financial year will be spill over to the first
quarter of the next financial year .
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Thank You