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MINUTES OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ZAID AGRICULTURE

CAMPAIGN AND HORTICULTURE-2020

The National Conference on Zaid Agriculture and Horticulture – 2020 was

organized by Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare,

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India on 17th

January, 2020 at NASC complex (PUSA), New Delhi. The list of participants is at

annexure.

The National Conference was inaugurated by Shri Narendra Singh

Tomar, Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare. Shri Parshottambhai

Rupala, Hon’ble MoS (Agri. & Farmers Welfare & PR) and Shri Kailash

Choudhary, Hon’ble MoS (Agri.& Farmers Welfare) also attended the Conference.

At the outset, Shri Sanjay Agarwal, Secretary, Department of Agriculture,

Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) extended hearty and warm welcome

to Hon’ble Ministers, Special Secretaries, Additional Secretaries, Agriculture

Commissioner, Joint Secretaries, Representative of States and other

organizations, Press and Media and others officials from the Ministry. Secretary

DAC &FW mentioned that National Conference on Zaid Agriculture is second in

the series while the Horticulture has been included for the first time in the

National Conference. He elaborated the importance of Zaid /Summer crops and

horticulture in doubling the farmers income.

Shri Kailash Choudhary, Hon’ble MoS (Agri. & Farmers Welfare) in his

address stressed the need for doubling the farmers income through improved

technologies especially high yielding varieties and post-harvest value addition

technologies. He also stressed to focus on horticulture under changing climate.

Shri Parshottambhai Rupala, Hon’ble MoS (Agri.& Farmers Welfare &

PR) drew attention of the state representatives towards shortage of fertilizers in

some states. The states are primarily responsible for incorrect estimates of

fertilizer requirement. He desired that adequate care may be taken in future for

correct estimates of fertilizer requirement keeping in view the demand for field

crops grown during kharif, rabi & zaid seasons and also the demand for

seasonal and perennial horticultural crops. He felt that there is shortage of

horticulture and agro-forestry planting material and stressed the need to increase

the supply of quality seedlings for increasing area under horticulture and to

achieve the targets under the mission, ‘har med par ped’. He stressed the need for

promoting ‘neem’ plantation to meet the increasing demand of neem oil for

manufacturing neem oil coated urea. Besides need to find out whether there is

any linkage of locust infestation in the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan with

changing climate.

Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture & Farmers

Welfare praised the DAC & FW for including horticulture in this Zaid National

Conference. He stated that agriculture and livestock are base of Indian Economy.

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He praised the stakeholders who have contributed for rural development since

independence and stressed the need to strengthen the programmes meant for the

progress of agriculture and villages. He commended efforts of all stakeholders for

achieving self sufficiency in pulses and asked to make efforts for increasing the

production of oilseeds in a mission-mode approach to reduce the import of edible

oils. He stated that Zaid/Summer crops are important for doubling the farmers

income and there is need to develop a road map for doubling the farmers income

through integrated approach. Hon’ble Minister highlighted the need for block

planting of multipurpose trees especially bamboo and neem to make cultivation

more economic. He stressed the need to enhance the export of organic produce of

horticulture crops. The state representatives were requested to give their valuable

suggestions on existing programmes for changes in the schemes of the Ministry

so that the schemes are more effective and realistic in achieving the objectives.

Agriculture Commissioner, made a presentation on challenges,

prospects and strategies in zaid/summer crop cultivation. The aspects covered,

included: the advantages & limitations of zaid / summer crop cultivation,

existing supporting programmes (TRFA, additional area coverage, intercropping

in oil palm & sugarcane, sub mission on nutri-cereals), new initiatives taken

under NFSM, integrated crop management practices.

He apprised the house that rainfall during the monsoon (1240.7 mm)

and post monsoon (154.4 mm) period as well as winter rains during the first

fortnight of January, 2020 was more ( 18.7 mm) than the normal. The NW &

Central part and South peninsula received almost above normal rainfall. As a

result, out of 120 reservoirs in the country 115 reservoirs were described to have

live water storage > 80% capacity of normal storage indicating adequate

availability of water for zaid/summer season.

The total area covered during Kharif 2019-20 (1st Advance Estimates)

though was 5.89 lakh ha more than the normal (1063.61 lakh ha) but rice, total

oilseeds and total coarse cereals were grown over the area which was -12.48, -

1.55 & -7.37 lakh ha less than the normal of 396.25, 181.96 & 188.39 lakh ha,

respectively. Area covered under total pulses was higher by 15.12 lakh ha than

the normal (119.89 lakh ha).

Total Rabi sowings up to 1st fortnight of January have been estimated

to cover higher (41.03 lakh ha) area as compared to corresponding total weekly

normal (600.36 lakh ha) under rice (2.92 lakh ha), wheat (29.87 lakh ha), total

pulses (9.34 lakh ha), total oilseeds (-0.24 lakh ha) and total coarse cereals (-0.86

lakh ha).

As a part of preparation for Summer Season, stress was laid on timely

arrangement of inputs, mobilization of extension staff for field deployment and

close coordination between SAUs and KVKs for technical support, timely

implementation of schemes and effective monitoring and feed-back. He hoped

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that the coming zaid/summer season will definitely supplement national food

pool, nutritional security and farmers’ income.

Director, MNCFC shared district wise potential areas to grow summer

crops.

Joint Secretary (RFS) opined that Area under Zaid crops can be

increased by efficient use of available water using Micro Irrigation technologies

viz. Drip & Sprinkler Irrigation systems which is being promoted under the ‘Per

Drop More Crop’ component of ‘Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana’. Micro

irrigation systems have many advantages i.e. reduced irrigation cost (20% to 50%

with average of 32.3%), reduced electricity consumption (about 31%), fertilizer

saving (7% to 42%), increased average productivity of fruits and vegetables (about

42.3% and 52.8%) and income enhancement of farmers (20% to 68% with

average of 48.5%). An area of 5.8 lakh ha has, so far, been covered with micro

irrigation under PDMC release of Rs.1450 crore. Micro-irrigation penetration was

observed to be poor in the states like Punjab, Kerala, Goa, NE States and UTs (J

& K and Ladakh). A dedicated Micro Irrigation Fund (MIF) has been created with

NABARD. States Governments may access MIF for incentivising micro irrigation

through additional (top up) subsidy over and above available under PMKSY-

PDMC component. States may also sign a MoA with NABARD and GoI for availing

fund.

Commissioner (Animal Husbandry) shared strategies for protection of

summer crops from stray / free / open grazing animals. Total cattle population

has been estimated at 192.52 million in 2019 against 190.9 million in 2012.

Number of stray cattle can be managed through promoting sex sorted semen,

back crossing of Cross Breeds (CB) with Indigenous Breeds (IB) to improve

fertility and using stray cows as surrogates for production of elite cows; and

Value addition & enhanced utilization of A2 milk and Panchgavya (milk, curd,

ghee, dung and urine) of IB cows were the strategies for managing stray cattle

menace.

Joint Secretary (Extension) highlighted need for revamping agriculture

extension system through ATMA and said that ATMA launched in 2005-06 is

being implemented in 691 Districts of 28 States and 5 UTs. Its activities support

includes training, exposure visit, demonstration, kisan mela, farmers interest

groups and farm schools. The Focus is on transfer of latest technology and best

agriculture practices for increasing production & productivity. The revamped

ATMA will include (i) focus of extension from production to post-production,

surplus management and marketing, (ii) Convergence of extension activities of

various Divisions of DAC&FW in ATMA cafeteria, (iii) Convergence between

Research and Extension, (iv) Empanelment of agri-advisors for extension activity

at Gram Panchayat/Village level, (v) Extension outreach to Farmers through

Video interactions, and (vi) Kisan Call Centre (KCC) as part of ATMA cafeteria. It

was stressed that the Toll Free Number (1800-180-1551) is to be mapped State-

wise into the common number.

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Joint Secretary (MIDH) presented chronology of events which

ultimately led to launching of Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture

(MIDH, 2014) with the objective: to promote holistic growth of horticulture sector

through area based regionally differentiated strategies, which includes research,

innovation and technology promotion, extension, post harvest management,

processing and marketing in consonance with comparative advantages of each

State/Region and its diverse agro-climatic features. Horticulture in India occupy

about 18% (25.49 million ha) of net cultivated area with a all time high

production of 313.85 mt (2018-19) with a productivity of 12.31 t/ha. With a

share of 10.50 and 11.20% for fruits and vegetables production, respectively,

India ranks as the 2nd largest producer of Fruits & Vegetables in the world. The

challenges in horticulture promotion included small size of holdings, inadequate

availability of quality planting material, lack of varieties suitable for processing,

low level of mechanization in horticulture; lack of sorting, grading, packaging and

storage facilities at the farm or around the market etc.

Secretary DAC & FW asked to assess the demand of each type of

seedling, states-wise, on realistic basis and strengthen the state-wise

infrastructure accordingly to meet this demand. Shri Parshottambhai Rupala ,

Hon’ble MOS (Agri.& Farmers Welfare & PR) also agreed and asked to expand

the scope for Cluster-based plantation of horticulture crops over large area with

good agronomic practices for easy linking of farm to market besides large scale

cultivation of thorn-less Cactus.

Horticulture Commissioner, DAC&FW said that at present India has

4554 fruit crop nurseries- comprising of 1580 under govt sector and 2974 under

private sector -522 accredited. These nurseries produce about 1387 million fruit

plants which are sufficient to meet 35 to 40 per cent of the annual demand.

There is no horticulture nursery act in many states only 11 states enacted it. An

idea of ‘Horticulture Plus’ within the horticultural sector was mooted.

‘Horticulture Plus’ comprises horticultural crops that have higher demand and

hence offer higher value to farmers. DDG (Horticulture Science)-ICAR made an

exhaustive presentation of varieties released for fruits and vegetable crops and

technologies developed by ICAR/SAUs.

Secretary, APEDA, presented status and potential of export in

horticulture sector vis-à-vis domestic trade. The export value of Fruits and

vegetables was 657.4 and 777.3 million USD, respectively, during 2018-19.

Chief Executive Officer, NCCD cum Chief Advisor, DAC&FW made a

presentation on “Supply-chain: Linking Farmers to Markets”. It was opined that

it is not the production per se which meets the demand but it is the supply chain

which meets the demand. Supply chain starts even before production. Cold

stores helped imports to grow but infrastructure in India is incomplete and not

complementary. The produce from Indian farmers hardly enters the cold chain.

The target should be that “all food must be handled with one end-use in aim i.e.

for Consumption”. Productivity must be redefined to include market access and

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market reach. Shelf life should not be confused with total holding life. Shelf life is

the time for which the commodity remains on shelves and at homes. According to

an estimate proper supply chain reduces food loss by 76%, CO2 emission by 16%

and increases profits by 10 times to farm-gate suppliers.

Director of Agriculture, Tamil Nadu, presented achievements,

challenges and strategies for increasing area, production and productivity of zaid

/ summer crops in Tamil Nadu. The state received 4.9 and 50.8 mm rainfall

during winter and summer season, respectively. This rainfall was 84 and 60 per

cent lower as compared to the normal values of 31.3 and 128.0 mm for the

respective seasons. However, SW and NE monsoon rains were 23.0 (396.3 mm)

and 3.0 (453.5 mm) per cent higher than the normal values of 331.2 and 440.4

mm for the respective monsoon period.

The area covered during zaid, 2019 was 2.390 lakh ha against the

target of 5.500 lakh ha and the normal value of 2.941 lakh ha. The production

during zaid season was 3.229 lakh tonne against the target of 7.303 lakh ha and

the normal value of 3.616 lakh ha. The target for area coverage during zaid, 2020

has been fixed at 3.579 lakh ha which is about 1.19 lakh ha higher than that

achieved during 2019. The challenges faced in achieving the targets included:

below optimum plant population, non adoption of improved technology, moisture

stress at critical stages of plant growth, transforming fallow land to cultivable

land, non synchronized seasonal sowing and stray domestic/ wild animals

menace.

In Tamil Nadu 88 Value Addition Units like Oil Extraction (Wooden

Expeller), Dhal Milling, Animal Feed Mixture, Millets processing were established

during 2019-20 through Collective farming.

A presentation from Department of Agriculture, U.P. indicated- bajra,

maize, urad, moong, groundnut, sunflower, fodder & vegetable crops and

menthe, as the major zaid/summer crops covering about 7.84 lakh ha area. The

state has 143.8 lakh ha as net irrigated area which is about 86 per cent of net

cultivated area (165.98 lakh ha).

Losses due to open grazing/stray animals was described as a major

challenge and the measures suggested were : scaring effigy in the pulses field,

putting shining tape around the field, barbed wire / solar fencing with

Government assistance, use of natural repellants viz. Garlic, Fish, Chilli

Emulsion and bio-physical barriers i.e. fencing of bamboo sticks /subabul tree/

gooseberry (Karaunda) plant.

The state has planned to bring 2.47 lakh ha area during zaid/summer

season under crops like moong (0.65 lakh ha), urd (0.82 lakh ha) and groundnut

(1.00 lakh ha.). For this the state require 0.163, 0.164 and 0.950 lakh q of seed

of moong, urd and groundnut, respectively.

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Director, Horticulture, Maharashtra apprised the house about the

traceability net developed for fruits and vegetables.

Horticulture Commissioner, Andhra Pradesh, in his presentation

mentioned that produces 301.74 lakh tonnes of horticultural commodities from

area coverage of 17.48 lakh ha. Andhra Pradesh has a share of 15.6, 25.0 and

7.8 % in the country’s fruit production, area covered under drip irrigation and

vegetable exports, respectively. The state has well developed post harvest

infrastructure in the shape of Collection centres (12no.), Integrated Pack house

(14 no.), Solar Poly Dryers (5 no.),Pre-Cooling Units (10 no.),Cold Rooms / Solar

cold Rooms (39 no.), Mango / Fruit processing Units (68 no.),Cashew processing

Units (521 no.) and Refeer van (5 no.). In addition, Pack Houses (3618 no.),

Ripening Chambers (241 no.) and Cold Storage Units (355 no.) losses capacity to

handle 1.08, 0.54 and 19.60 lakh tonnes of produce, respectively.

Challenges in promotion of horticulture as identified were shortage of

seed & plant material and marketing (Logistic Support, Backward & Forward

linkages, Quality control & Certification, Less- adaptability of Value-Added

Products, Inadequate Marketing facilities & marketing linkage, Market

Intelligence).

Intercropping of cocoa in oil palm and coconut can provide the farmer

an additional income of Rs. 50000/- and 107500/- per ha, respectively.

In the open house session, all the states were given an opportunity to

share their experiences and highlight constraints faced in implementation of the

programmes. The state-wise experiences/feedback shared are as follows:

Sikkim

In January 2016, Sikkim became India’s first “100 per cent organic” state.

Today, all farming in Sikkim is carried out without the use of chemical

fertilizers and pesticides, providing access to safer food choices and making

agriculture a more environment-friendly activity.

To promote organic farming, subsidy should be given on inputs from

organic sources which are used by farmers.

Aggregation of organic produce is required through FPOs or other

mechanisms.

Arunachal Pradesh

Lack of Post-Harvest Management chain.

NEH Region Common Constraints

The absence of right market channel for Organic produce, absence of value

addition and high transport cost has made Organic produce to be sold with

limited choice of market.

Wild animals and monkey to damage crops.

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Farmers share need to be reduced in micro-irrigation system installation.

The topography is a big constraint in developing a suitable water

application method. Design/ layout of drip irrigation, sprinklers etc., are

difficult and entail high cost due to difference in pressure head at every

terrace/ field.

Kerala

The state has been divided into 5 Agro-ecological regions for scientific

planning and detailed projects are being prepared on these basis. The

project will be submitted to the centre for assistance.

Large area under Rubber plantation is becoming uneconomical due to

falling prices. Some intercrops need to be suggested in Rubber for more

income.

Under MIDH, area for Hi-Tech Nurseries needs to be reduced from 4 to 1

ha for the state.

One Center of Excellence should be established in the state.

Poly tanks/ Flexi tanks should be permitted in place of cement tanks

under MIDH.

Subsidy under various schemes should be released in one installment to

the farmers as amount is small.

Chhattisgarh

Subsidy should be started for the fertigation unit in drip system and for

fencing under MIDH.

Madhya Pradesh

The state faces problem of damage by wild boar and Neelgai.

Farmers’ share needs to be reduced in micro-irrigation system installation.

Subsidy should be started for liquid fertilizers also.

Promotion of ultra high density plantation.

Punjab

Revenue record for horticulture is not being done crop wise. Data recording

is done with horticulture as one crop.

Polythene lining is required for optimum use of harvested water. Hence, it

should be allowed under the scheme.

Rajasthan

Shortage of planting material.

Tamil Nadu

Bee keeping should be included in MIDH.

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Gujarat

Action plan should be finalized well in advance to use full potentials of Zaid

crops.

Tanks should be allowed in canal irrigated areas also.

Andhra Pradesh

Deep ploughing for moisture conservation should be a component under

PMKSY.

Promotion of FPOs.

Stray animals, monkey and wild animals have become menace in the state.

Lining of farm ponds may be allowed for longer availability of water for

irrigation.

Incentives should be increased for strawberry cultivation because of its

high cost of cultivation.

Problem of Blue bulls needs suitable intervention.

Uttarakhand

Damage to crops by wild animal is a major problem faced by the state.

Bee keeping has good opportunity and needs promotion.

Under PMKSY, the state has not received the amount.

Tea Gardens developed by the Tea Board should be given 100% subsidy.

Special Secretary, Mrs. Vasudha Mishra, thanked all the participants

for feedback. Various divisions responded to the state issues. The DAC will

consider Kerala’s request on special project for agro-ecological region based

planning and intercropping in rubber plantation. Allocation by Crops Division

will be done for Zaid season. Programme of ‘one crop one district’ in Tripura will

be started with few districts and expanded later to all districts. Second

installment of RKVY and MIDH will also be released. Regarding reduction in

farmers’ share, it was informed that states can share the farmers’ contributions

to the extent possible at their end.

In the end, Mrs. Shubha Thakur, Joint Secretary (Crops) thanked the

Hon’ble Minister and both the MoS for Agriculture for sparing their valuable time,

support and guidance. She also thanked all delegates from the states and DAC

officers for making the workshop a great success.

Actionable points:

1. Estimates of fertilizer requirement keeping in view the demand for field

crops grown during kharif, rabi & zaid seasons and also the demand for

seasonal and perennial horticultural crops. -(INM Division, DAC&FW)

2. Availability of quality seedlings for increasing area under horticulture to

achieve the targets. -(MIDH, DAC&FW)

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3. Promoting ‘neem’ plantation to meet the increasing demand of neem oil for

manufacturing neem oil coated urea. -(M/o EF&CC/DOF)

4. Studies on any linkage of locust infestation in the states of Gujarat and

Rajasthan with changing climate. -(PP Division /NRM, ICAR)

5. Increasing the production of oilseeds in a mission-mode approach to

reduce the import of edible oils. -(Crops/Oilseed Division, DAC&FW)

6. Develop a road map for doubling the farmers income through integrated

approach for better yield from Zaid/Summer crops. -(NRM Division, ICAR)

7. Block planting of multipurpose trees especially bamboo and neem to make

their cultivation more economical. -(RFS/ M/o EF&CC)

8. Enhance the export of organic produce from horticulture crops. -(MIDH /

Horticulture Division)

9. Timely arrangement of inputs, mobilization of extension staff for field

deployment and close coordination between SAUs and KVKs for technical

support, timely implementation of schemes and effective monitoring and

feed-back. -(Extension Division / ICAR, DAC&FW)

10. Signing of a MoA with NABARD and GoI by the States for availing fund for incentivising micro irrigation through additional (top up) subsidy over and

above available under PMKSY-PDMC component. -(RFS)

11. Management of stray cattle through promoting sex sorted semen, back

crossing of Cross Breeds (CB) with Indigenous Breeds (IB) to improve

fertility and using stray cows as surrogates for production of elite cows. -

(Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries)

12. Revamping agriculture extension system through ATMA. Kisan Call Centre

(KCC) should be the part of ATMA cafeteria. The Toll Free Number (1800-

180-1551) is to be mapped State-wise into a common number. -

(Extension)

13. Expanding the scope for Cluster-based plantation of horticulture crops over

large area with good agronomic practices for easy linking of farm. -(MIDH /

Horticulture Division)

14. Large scale cultivation of thorn-less Cactus. -(RFS)

15. Horticulture nursery Act in States (only 11 states enacted it). -(MIDH /

Horticulture Division)

16. Promoting ‘Horticulture Plus’ by growing horticultural crops that have

higher demand and hence offer higher returns to farmers. -(MIDH /

Horticulture Division)

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Annexure

List of Participants in the National Conference on Zaid Agriculture And Horticulture Campaign -2020 held on 17th January,2020

at Pusa, New Delhi

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE

1. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Minister of A&FW 2. Shri Parshottambhai Rupala, Hon’ble MoS 3. Shri Kailash Choudhary, Hon’ble MoS

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION & FARMERS WELFARE

1. Sh. Sanjay Agarwal, Secretary, DAC&FW 2. Shri B. Pardhan, SS&FA 3. Sh. Rajesh Verma, Special Secretary 4. Smt.Vasudha Mishra, Special Secretary 5. Dr. Alka Bhargava, Additional Secretary 6. Smt. Dolly Chakraborty, Additional Secretary 7. Dr. S.K. Malhotra, Agriculture Commissioner 8. Sh.Abhilaksh Likhi, AS(GC) 9. Dr. Tarsem Chand, JS (Admin.) 10. Sh. P.K. Swain, JS (Marketing) 11. Smt. Chhavi Jha, JS(GC) 12. Smt. Namita Priyadarshee, JS (NRM) 13. Smt. A. Neeraja, JS(INM) 14. Dr. Ashish K. Bhutani, JS(C&C) 15. Sh. Ashwani Kumar, JS(Seeds) 16. Sh. Amitabh Gautam, JS 17. Sh. R.K. Kamra, Add. DG 18. Sh. AK Singh, DDG, Hort. 19. Smt. Shubhra, Trade Advisor 20. Sh. B.P. Singh, Add. GM 21. Sh. Rakesh Kr. Tiwari, Director(FW) 22. Dr. B.L. Saraswat, Director 23. Sh. A.K. Tiwari, Director 24. Sh. Rahul Sharma, Director 25. Dr. Prashant Armorikar, Director, Extn. 26. Sh. R.P. Singh, Director 27. Sh. Arun Kumar, Director, Extension 28. Dr. Anupam Barik, Addl. Commissioner(Crops) 29. Dr. Y. R. Meena, ADC (Extn.) 30. Dr. S.S. Tomar, Addl. Comm (NFSM) 31. Sh. R.A.S. Patel, DC, RFS 32. Sh. Rajpal Meena, DC (MIDH) 33. Sh. Kedar Nath Verma, DS (MIDH) 34. Sh. Kailash Choudhary, DS(GC) 35. Ms. Gurpreet Gadhok, DS(Seeds) 36. Sh. M.K. Mishra, DS

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37. Dr. Subhash Chandra Ram, Deputy Commr(RFS) 38. Sh. R.P. Meena, Deputy Comm. (MIDH) 39. Dr. Ramanand, Deputy Comm. (NRM/RFS) 40. Sh. Sudhir Kumar, Joint Director, Extn. 41. Sh. Anand Krishan, JD, RKVY 42. Dr. N. Sathyanarayana, JD (PP) 43. Dr. AN Singh, JD (PP) 44. Dr. Sudhir Kumar, JD 45. Sh. D.P.Singh, JD (NHB) 46. Sh. R.S. Meena, JD, (NHB) 47. Dr. K S. Kapoor, JD, (PP) 48. Sh. R. S. Meena, JD, (NHB) 49. Sh. Balram Singh, JD, Extn 50. Sh. Ram Naresh, US(GC) 51. Sh. Harit K. Shakya, US, (RFS) 52. Sh. S.K. Swarnkar, US(P-2) 53. Sh. M.K. Pathak, US(Welfare) 54. Sh. R. Rajeev, US (PC) 55. Smt. Pushpa Kain (US) 56. Sh. Ashish Malhotra, US(IC) 57. Sh. A.K. Sinha, US (MIDH) 58. Sh. A.K. Jha, US(FW-II) 59. Sh. Ganesh Singh, US(RKVY) 60. Dr. Maan Singh, Assistant Commissioner(NRM) 61. Sh. Jitendra Kumar, Asstt. Commr. (Oilseeds) 62. Dr. Somnath Agasimani, AC(Crops) 63. Sh. Bani Singh, Deputy Director (NHB) 64. Dr. K.N. Tripathi,DD, (NHB) 65. Sh. Dhal Singh,DD, (NHB) 66. Dr. K. N. Tripathi, DD, (NHB) 67. Sh. Rohit Lall, Joint Project Director 68. Sh. Om Kumar, SO(GC) 69. Sh. Anil Kumar, SO(E-II) 70. Sh. Anoop Kumar, SO(IC) 71. Smt. Sunita Gularia, SO(Extn.) 72. Smt. Jasbir Kaur, SO(RFS) 73. Sh. Aditya Pratap Yadav, SO(GA-1) 74. Dr. Manoj Sharma, AD (Crops) 75. Smt. Aradhana Bhargava, AD. (PPQ&S) 76. Dr. Shalini Saxena, AD,(MNCFC) 77. Sh. Mohan S.M., Asstt. Director (PPQ&S) 78. Dr. C.S. Patni, Asst. Director (PP) 79. Smt. Niti Sukhija, ASO(GC) 80. Sh. Rajendra Kr. Meena, ASO(GC) 81. Smt. Saroj Kataria, ASO(GC) 82. Ms. Preety Rathi, ASO(E-II) 83. Ms. Neha Kumari, ASO(MIDH) 84. Ms. Renu Ogra, ASO(PC) 85. Sh. Prathvi Nath, TO 86. Sh. Gaurav Choudhary, TA 87. Sh. Subhadip Nandi, TA 88. Dr. Nikunj Tyagi, Tech. Asst.

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89. Dr. Pooja Pandey, TA 90. Sh. Kartik Mehra, PA to Agri. Comm. 91. Smt. Anjali Thakur, STA 92. Sh. Vijay Kumar, STA (NFSM) 93. Sh. B.S. Patil, STA (Crops) 94. Dr. Deepak Kumar, STA, (Crops) 95. Sh. Ambanna P., STA 96. Smt. Manisha Meena, STA 97. Smt. Suman, Accountant 98. Sh. Om Prakash, SSA 99. Sh. Sudhir Kumar Srivastava, Asst. Editor (Extn.) 100. Sh. Shrinath, Social Media Handler, DKMA 101. Sh. Saurabh Sharma, Manager, NMPB, M/s Ayush 102. Sh. Bhupender Singh, Consultant 103. Dr. D.S. Rana, National Consultant 104. Dr. D.P.Singh, National Consultant 105. Dr. R.P. Yadav, National Consultant 106. Dr. Krishan Kumar Vashist, National Consultant 107. Sh. C.M. Pandey, National Consultant (Crops) 108. Sh. S.R. Kachru, Consultant 109. Dr. Sarita Bhalla, Consultant (Pharma) 110. Sh. Bhupender Singh, Consultant 111. Sh. Abhay Shankar Pathak, Sub-editor 112. Dr. Manish Singh, (RFS) 113. Sh. Yogesh Roundal, 114. Sh. Vijay Kumar Pawar 115. Dr. Manoj Kr. Sharma 116. Dr. Dalip Singh 117. Sh. Siddharth Tripathi 118. Sh. Pawan Kumar 119. Sh. Suraj Prakash 120. Sh. V.K. Tomar, NSC 121. Sh. Gagendeep, 122. Sh. R. N. Verma 123. Sh. B. Srinivasa, NHB 124. Smt. Sapna Kumari 125. Smt. Vandana Vasistha 126. Smt. Soumya Consul 127. Smt. G. Sandhyarani 128. Dr. Shalini Saxena,

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ICAR

1. Dr. A. K. Upadhyay, Pr. Scientist 2. Dr. Gyanendra Singh 3. Dr. Manoj Kumar, JD 4. Dr. Keshava 5. Dr. Vikramaditya Panday, Pr. Scientist 6. Dr. V. Sridhar, Pr. Scientist 7. Dr. W S Dhillon, ADG 8. Sh. A.K. Singh, DDG 9. Dr. S.K. Singh, Project Director 10. Dr. R. Dinesh, Pr. Scientist 11. Dr. Shelja, Pr. Scientist 12. Dr. S.R. Singh, Project Director 13. Dr. A.D. Huchche. Pr. Scientist 14. Sh. Shravan Jha 15. Sh. Shrinath Dixit

NCDC

1. Sh. Puneet Kr. Gupta 2. Sh. Duvuru Srikanth Reddy

NCPAH

1. Sh. K.K. Kaushal, Joint Project Director 2. Sh. Rohit Lall, Joint Project Director 3. Sh. Anand Zambre 4. Sh. Naresh Modi

NAFED

1. Sh. Kamlendra Srivastava, E.D.

SFAC

1. Sh. Rakesh Shukla,

HIL 1. Sh. Anil Yadav, DGM-Seeds 2. Sh. Ajeet Verma, Manager

IFFDC

1. Dr. R.K. Choudhary, Consultant 2. Sh. Sudhir Kumar

NHRDF 1. Dr. P.K. Gupta, Director

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2. Dr. S.K. Tiwari, Sr. Technical Officer 3. Dr. R.P. Pandey, Technical Officer

STATES & UTs

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

1. Sh. Karbom Riram, Joint Director 2. Sh. Anong Lego, Director 3. Sh. Ojong Yomso, Deputy Director 4. Sh. Shiv Kumar, ADA 5. Sh. Bidol Tayeng, Secretary

ANDHRA PRADESH

1. Sh. Deepak Kumar Bhargav, Director 2. Sh. Rajender Singh, Assistant Director 3. Sh. Ramana Vutukuru, Assistant Director 4. Sh. V. S. Dharmaja, Deputy Director 5. Sh. Chiranjeev Choudhary, Commissioner 6. Sh. P. Padmaja, Joint Director(Admin.) 7. Mr. Neeraj Snaha, Deputy Director

ASSAM

1. Sh. A. Jalil, Director 2. Dr. Nripen Medhi, DDA

BIHAR

1. Sh. Nand Kishor, Director Horticulture 2. Sh. Benkatesh Singh, Joint Director 3. Dr. Sumit Mishra, JD

CHANDIGARH

1. Sh. Mukesh, Special Secretary

DELHI

1. Sh. Rakesh Kumar, SMS (Horticulture) 2. Dr. P.K. Gupta, Director

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3. Sh. Abhay Kumar Pathak, Sub-editor 4. Dr. S.K. Tiwari, Sr. Technical Officer 5. Dr. R.P. Pandey, Technical Officer 6. Sh. Vedpal Singh, Ass. Director,Coconut Development Board, 7. Sh. Rajendra Singh

Gujarat

1. Sh. M.B. Patel, Joint Director, Agriculture 2. Sh. M. Rizawan Ghanchi, Assistant Director, Agriculture 3. Smt. Chhavi Ranjan, Director, Agriculture 4. Sh. Mahesh Patel

Goa

1. Sh. Kuldeep Singh, Secretary 2. Dr. PM Vaghasiya, Director 3. Sh. Chintamani Permi, Deputy Director 4. Sh. Shiwanand Wagle, Deputy Director

HARYANA

1. Dr. Anil Kumar Rana, AD(Agri) 2. Dr. B.S. Sehrawat, M.D.

HIMACHAL PRADESH

1. Dr. M.M. Sharma, Director of Horticulture 2. Sh. Siddharth Gautam, DD 3. Sh. Siddharth Singh, Dept. of Horticulture 4. Sh. Rajeev, Dept. of Agriculture

Jharkhand

1. Smt. Chhavi Ranjan, Director,Agriculture

KARNATAKA

1. Dr. V. Sridhar, Principal Scientist,

KERALA

1. Mr. Babulal Meena, Deputy Director, 2. Sh. D.K. Singh, Additional Chief Secretary 3. Sh. Venkatesh N. Hubballi 4. Dr. D. M. Barman, Spices Board, Kochi 5. Sh. Rakesh Kumar, SMS, Horticulture 6. Sh. Saradindu Das, Chief Coconut Dev. Officer

MADHYA PRADESH

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1. Dr. M. Kalidurai, Commissioner, Horticulture 2. Sh. Rajendra Kumar, Deputy Director, Horticulture 3. Sh. B. M. Sahare, Additional Director, Agric ulture 4. Dr. Sandip Silawat, Directorate of Pulses Dev. 5. Dr. A.K. Tiwari, Director

MANIPUR

1. Sh. K. Jogeshchandra Sharma, Consultant 2. Sh.Laltanpull Vawchhong, Director Agriculture 3. Sh. Chungong Pamei, Agriculture Officer

MIZORAM

1. Dr. Elizabeth Saipari, Director, Horticulture, 2. Dr. Carinchila L Dachua, H.EO., Horticulture

NAGALAND

1. Dr. R.E. Lotha, Director, Horticulture 2. Sh.Peter Yanthen, Addl Director 3. Sh.Bendanglila, JD 4. Sh. Jacob Yanthen, JD

ODISHA

1. Sh. Braja Kishor Hota, Executive Engineer 2. Sh. Sukant Kumar Subudhi, Deputy Director 3. Sh. Sridhar Das, JD

PUNJAB

1. Sh. Narinder Singh, Deputy Director 2. Sh. Ramesh Kumar, Principal Scientist 3. Vikram Singh, ADO

PUDUCHERRY

4. Dr.Jayanta Kumar Roy, ARC RAJASTHAN

1. Sh. K.C. Meena, JD 2. Sh. B.S. Rathor, JD 3. Dr. Om Prakash, JD 4. Sh.Ishwar Lal Yadav Jt. Director Horticulture 5. Sh. Shyam Sundar Chaturvedi, JD 6. Dr. R.G. Sharma, JD 7. Dr. Keshar Singh, Deputy Director

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8. Dr. L.R. Buldak, JD SIKKIM

1. Sh. D. S. Chettri, Additional Director 2. Sh. M.K. Subba, Additional Director 3. Sh. M.T.Sherpa, Secretary, Horticulture 4. Sh. N. Gautam, Director 5. Sh. R.P. Thapa, Additional Director

TAMIL NADU

1. Smt S. Shoba , Deputy Director 2. Sh. T.Karthkeyan, Joint Director 3. S Tamil Vendhan, Addl Director( Horticulture) 4. Sh. P. Immanuel, JD 5. Sh. V. Appanraju, Deputy Director 6. Sh. Ravichandran, Assistant Director

TELANGANA

1. Sh. K. Venugopal, Deputy Director 2. Dr. K. Manoharan, Director 3. Dr. B. Venkatarao

TRIPURA

1. Sh. S.K. Rakesh, Additional Chief Secretary 2. Sh. Rajib De, Assistant Director

UTTAR PRADESH

1. Sh. Sudhanshu Sharma, Regional Director, NCDC 2. Sh. S.R. Kaushal, Director, 3. Dr. S.B. Sharma, Director, Horticulture 4. Dr. Pankaj Tripathi, JD 5. Dr. Pradeep Shukla, Associate Director 6. Dr. Pragati Mishra, Associate Director 7. Dr. Mansingh, Director

UTTRAKHAND

1. Sh.Dinesh kumar,Joint Director 2. Dr. Jagdish Chandra Kem, JD 3. Dr. Suresh Ram, Deputy Director

WEST BENGAL

1. Sh.Koushik Chakraborty, Deputy Director, Horticulture 2. Sh. Samir Kumar Ghosh, JD 3. Smt. Samanta Layek, Assistant Director

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