NEW INTERVENTIONS

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NEW INTERVENTIONS BEST PRACTICES Included in
the Work Plan 2004-05 under MACRO MANAGEMENT
SCHEME
DIRECTORATE OF AGRICULTURE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR
ADMINISTRATION
Presentation in National Rabi Conference Delhi on
17th-18th September 2004
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Objectives

• To improve substantially the living conditions of
  tribals and landless people in Andaman and
  Nicobar Islands.

• To augment / supplement / complement /replace the
  present traditional cropping pattern with the
  high value crops which are capable of bringing
  sustainable growth in the income of the farmers.

• To improve productivity and quality through
  introduction of high yielding varieties and
  adoption of modern technologies.

• To reduce post-harvest losses, improve
  marketability of the produce and its availability
  to consumers by quality improvement and value
  addition and promote and exports-oriented growth.

• To promote better utilization of resources to
  ensure higher return to farmers/producers and
  better nutritional health to the people.

• To develop a strong base for transfer of
  technology and human resource development to
  support developmental activities and focus on
  selection of horticultural crops and technologies.

• To increase the production level per unit area
  both in vertical and horizontal linkage through
  multiple and multi-tier cropping system

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Strength
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Weakness
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 Opportunities
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• Physiography - Rolling with hilly flat land
• Total Geographical Area - 8249 sq.km.
• Agro climatic Zone - 1
• Area..
• under Cultivation - 50,000 ha.
• under Paddy - 12,000 ha.
• under Plantation, Spices Fruits - 38,000 ha.
• Location
• Longitude - 930 to 940 E
• Latitude - 60 to 140 N
• Climate.
• Climate - Tropical Humid
• Rainfall (Average) per annum - 3000 mm
• Maximum Temperature (Average) - 31.70C
• Minimum Temperature (Average) - 22.10C
• Relative Humidity - 85

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MAJOR CROPS GROWN , AREA AND PRODUCTION
million nuts
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• Soils are identified in dominant six
  physiographic unit
• Hilly terrain with escarpments/valleys.
• Rolling to undulating land with sporadic
  hillocks/mound.
• Valley
• Big Nallah and Nallah alluvium
• Coastal alluvium
• Coastal plain
• Nature
• Heterogeneous - Sandy to heavy clay
• pH 3.75 to 7.5
• Organic Carbon - Low to medium
• Nitrogen - Low to medium
• Phosphorus - Low to medium
• Potassium - Medium to high
• Soil Condition in hilly lands - Highly to
  moderately eroded

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ANDAMAN DISTRICT Various Establishments
Diglipur Zone
Mayabunder Zone
Rangat Zone
Legend Agri Office Agri Sub
depot Agri. Farms Directorate of
Agri.
South Andaman Zone
Area in Hactares
Little Andaman Zone
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NICOBAR DISTRICT Various Establishments
Nicobar Zone
Katchal Zone
Campbell Bay Zone
As desired by Honble Lt. Governer, following
quantity of Tuber Crops distributed to
theTribal farmers free of cost
Legend Agri Office Agri Sub
depot Agri. Farms
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OBJECTIVES
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1367 KM Bangla Desh
Kolkata 1255 KM
600KM Mynmar
Vizag 1200KM
450KM Thailand
Chennai 1130 KM
Sri Lanka 1400 KM
700 KM Singapore
163KM Indonesia
ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
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WEAKNESS
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Interventions included in the Work Plan 2004-05
under NATIONAL HORTICULTURE BOARD
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Interventions included in the Work Plan 2004-05
under COCONUT DEVELOPMENT BOARD
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Interventions included in the Work Plan 2004-05
under MACRO MANAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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Interventions included in the Work Plan 2004-05
under MACRO MANAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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Other projects included in the Work Plan 2004-05
under MMA
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Success Story

• Out of 50000 ha. of cultivated land in Andaman
  and Nicobar Islands an area of 4184.22 ha. area
  is declared unfit due to saline affected, nallah
  eroded, gravel deposition, drainage problem etc.
  The Govt. of India has further banned to release
  any agricultural land from the reserve forest
  which is about 93 of the total geographical
  land. Accordingly UT Administration has proposed
  for additional fund in the IX Five Year Plan to
  reclaim saline affected land/protection to check
  stream bank erosion /to prevent land from gravel
  deposition and to make them suitable for
  cultivation. The planning Commission has accepted
  the proposal and the Soil Conservation work in
  the form of Saline reclamation bund, construction
  of spurs and check dams, removal of gravel
  deposition and construction of Check Dams for
  Minor Irrigation has been started since 2001-02
  and the result of the above works has been
  mentioned in the following tables -

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SUCCESS STORY
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Details of Soil Conservation work to make the
land fit for cultivation done since 2001-02
SUCCESS STORY
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GLIMPSES OF SOIL CONSERVATION MINOR IRRIGATION
WORKS
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SUCCESS STORY
Constructed in Govt. farms
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• From the above mentioned tables it is evident
  that the Administration has taken the right
  decision to make the land fit for the cultivation
  where the availability of the land for
  agriculture is limited to 50000 ha. only and
  farmers are also benefited through these
  activities. In Dasharatpur village of Middle
  Andaman farmers have successfully grown paddy
  during the year 2003-04 first time after of 50
  years since rehabilitated under colonization
  scheme.

SUCCESS STORY
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CSS MACROMANAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURE IMPLEMENTED
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, ANDAMAN
NICOBAR ADMINISTRATION
2003-04
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