KEY TO EVER GREEN REVOLUTION

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PLASTICULTURE
KEY TO EVER GREEN REVOLUTION
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PLASTICULTURE

• Use of Plastics in Agriculture, Water Management
  and other related areas

• Plastics pipes water distribution network.
• Micro and sprinkler irrigation.
• Green house, low tunnels, shade net houses, plant
  protection nets
• Mulching and soil solarization
• Lining of Canals/Ponds/Reservoirs
• Sub-surface drainage
• Nursery bags, trays, etc.
• Post Harvest handling crates/ boxes/net bags etc.

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PLASTICULTURE - SCOPE

• Increase agricultural productivity through
  Plasticulture technologies.
• Stretch available resources i.e. fertilizers,
  water, land through plasticulture technologies.
• Reclaim large tracts of degraded soils affected
  due to water logging/salinity through Subsurface
  drainage.
• Reduce post harvest losses by using plastic
  crates, boxes, nets and bags.

Optimization of resource utilization key to
betterment of rural house holds
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PRESENT COVERAGE UNDER PLASTICULTURE APPLICATIONS

• Drip Sprinkler Irrigation 2.32 mill. ha
• Green House cultivation - 1000 ha
• Plastic mulching 5000 ha

HUGE POTENTIAL STILL EXIST FOR INCREASING
COVERAGE UNDER PLASTICULTURE
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INDIAN IRRIGATION SCENARIO AT A GLANCE
Million Hectare

• Geographical Area 329
• Gross Sown Area 190
• Net Sown Area 142
• Gross Irrigated Area 79
• Net Irrigated Area 57
• Area under Horticulture 16
• Area under Micro Irrigation 2.3
• Estimated Potential of MI(TFM) 69.5

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AREA UNDER DRIP SPRINKLER IRRIGATION AS ON
31.3.05 (HA)
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NEW GOI SCHEMES INVOLVING PLASTICULTURE

• 1. National Horticulture Mission (NHM) (May 2005)
• 2. Micro Irrigation (MI) (December 2005)

Till 2004-05 assistance for plasticulture
applications was available under Macro Management
Scheme.
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PLASTICULTURE UNDER NHM

• PLANS APPROVED FOR 1222 CRORE DURING 2005-06 OF
  WHICH PLASTICULTURE COMPONENT IS ABOUT RS.250
  CRORE
• Assistance available for
• Green house (Hi-tech and normal)
• Net house
• Mulching
• Shade net
• Plastic low tunnels
• Construction of community tanks, farm
  ponds, reservoirs lined with plastic film

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PLASTICULTURE UNDER MI SCHEME

• OUTLAY OF RS.850 CRORE FOR X PLAN
• Assistance available for
• Drip Irrigation
• Sprinkler Irrigation

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SALIENT FEATURES OF MI SCHEME

• Focus on coverage of all horticulture crops.
• 50 financial assistance for drip and sprinkler
  irrigation to be shared between GoI state
  governments in the ratio of 8020.
• 5 Ha area ceiling per beneficiary family.
• Financial assistance for demonstration _at_ 75 of
  system cost to be born entirely by GoI.
• Panchayati Raj institutions to be involved in
  beneficiary selection.
• Strong HRD component for training, seminar,
  exhibition to be implemented by Horticulture
  Division, MoA NCPAH thru PFDCs, SAUs, ICAR
  reputed manufacturers.
• Technical Support Group (TSG) Precision Farming
  Development centers (PFDCs) to provide technical
  support.
• Registration of suppliers to be done at the state
  level.
• State implementing agencies to prepare district
  wise action plan submit the same to GoI.
• High quality assurance of system

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STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF MI SCHEME
PROJECTED OUTLAY (05-06) Rs 280.49 Crores
(Including Rs 10.00 Cr for HRD, Extension
Monitoring)

• Administrative Approval and Guidelines circulated
  to states.
• States have been requested to furnish district
  wise, crop wise action plan/ fund requirement for
  FY 2005-06.
• District-wise proposals awaited from most States.

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MECHANISM FOR OVERSEEING DEVELOPMENT AT NATIONAL
LEVEL
NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON PLASTICULTURE APPLICATION
UNDER AGRICULTURE MINISTER TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE
OVERALL DIRECTIONS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE UNDER
SECRETARY (AC) TO APPROVE PROJECTS AND REVIEW
PROGRES TECHNICAL SUPPORT GROUP TO PROVIDE
SUPPORT PFDC TO PROVIDE RD SUPPORT
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PRECISON FARMING DEVELOPMENT CENTRES (PFDC)

• There are 17 PFDCs located in various State
  Agricultural Universities, IARI, IIT, Kharagpur
  and some Research Institutes in the country.
• MANDATE OF PFDCs
• Trials and experiments on Plasticulture
  technologies for development of applications.
• Transfer of technologies to farmers, departmental
  officers etc. through training programmes,
  demonstrations and other activities like TV /
  Radio programmes.
• Survey of farmers for collection of data and
  feedback.

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LOCATION OF PFDCS

• 1) University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
• 2) Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore
• 3) N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad
• 4) Kerala Agricultural University, Tavanur
• 5) Mahatma Phule Krishi Vishwa Vidhyalaya, Rahuri
• 6) Orissa University of Agriculture Technology,
  Bhubaneshwar
• 7) Asaam Agricultural University, Jorhat
• 8) Indra Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur
• 9) Indian Institute of Technolgy, Kharagpur
• 10) Rajendra Agricultural University, Samastipur
• 11) Choudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural
  University, Hissar
• 12)  Rajasthan Agriculture University, Bikaner
• 13)  YS Parmar University of Agriculture
  Forestry, Solan
• 14) GB Pant University of Agriculture
  Technology, Pantnagar
• 15) Navsari Agricultural University, Navasari
• 16) Central Institute of Sub Tropical
  Horticulture, Lucknow
• 17) Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New
  Delhi

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POINTS NEEDING ATTENTION OF STATES

• Put in place a mechanism to oversee plasticulture
  application programmes
• Facilitate use of plastics by removing ban on use
  of plastic material for agricultural use.
• Constitute SMIC and DMIC for implementing MI
  Scheme
• Furnish name and address of District level
  Implementing agency for MI Scheme.
• Furnish District Plans for 2005-06 for MI
  Scheme.
• Mobilize their share of funds.
• Involve Precision Farming Development Center
  (PFDC).
• Ensure strict quality control for MI systems
  (List of System Suppliers circulated)
• Furnish progress report periodically and update
  web site

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