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Horticulture Development in Bangaru Telangana
Telangana State is having several advantages with different cropping patterns and with diversified climatic conditions.
Horticulture Development
Telangana State is having several advantages with different cropping patterns and with diversified climatic conditions. In Telangana all the nine (9) Districts are best and conducive for growing seeds and it is intended to make Telangana the Seed Bowl of India in respective of Agriculture and as well as horticulture crops.
- Area Under Horticulture Crops 10.86 Lakh Ha., Production – 112.56 Lakh M.Ts
- Horticulture sector contributes approximately 5.16% GSDP (Rs.18,703 crores) of the state.
- In India, Telangana stands 3rd in area & 8th position in production of fruits and ranks 1st in cultivation of Turmeric.
- In vegetables Telangana stands 11th in Area & 13th in Production.
- Fruits and vegetables constitute 71% of the total horticulture cropped area followed by spices and flowers.
| S. No. | Name of the Crop | Area | Production | Productivity |
| 1 | Fruits | 4.26 | 46.74 | 12.33 |
| 2 | Vegetables | 3.47 | 50.00 | 17.00 |
| 3 | Flower | 0.08 | 0.43 | 7.40 |
| 4 | Plantation crops | 0.24 | 1.90 | 9.19 |
| 5 | Spices | 2.71 | 13.28 | 4.90 |
| 6 | Medicinal & Aromatic Plants | 0.08 | 0.22 | 4.38 |
| | Total | 10.86 |
112.56 |
(Note : Coconut yield 16.06 lakh nuts/ year)
Major thrust areas and Milestones
Thrust areas
Area expansion and Rejuvenation of existing orchards
To bring in more area under Hybrid Vegetable cultivation with new technologies
Establishment of latest infrastructure like green house/ poly house/ cold storages/ ripening chambers/ collection centers/ intervention of marketing linkages and precision farming
- Efficient and effective utilization of water through Micro Irrigation, fertigation and mulching
Milestones
- Additional area of 0.88 lakh ha brought under horticulture crops with scheme interventions.
- An area of 1.32 lakh ha. was covered under hybrid Vegetable cultivation
- Promoted vegetable cultivation on Pandals in 1945 acres and on Trellis – 917 acres
- An area of 15000 ha is brought under Oil palm plantations out of the potential area of 50,000 Ha in Khammam (37 mandals) and Nalgonda (17 mandals)
- Productivity enhancement by rejuvenating old and senile orchards in an area of 0.54 lakh Ha.
- Established Green houses in 130 acres by covering 346 farmers.
- Established (41) Cold storages of 2.00 lakh MT capacity, (17) Ripening Chambers to promote safe ripening methods
- Constructed 345 farm ponds to provide life saving irrigation to Horticulture Crops.
- An area of 4.79 lakh ha was brought under Micro Irrigation by utilizing Rs.2074.71 crores and covering 4.68 lakh farmers.
1. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) Analysis
| Strengths | Weaknesses |
| 1.Diverse agro-climatic zones and abundant sub soil water resources and well connected rail, road air connectivity | 1. Inadequate facilities for primary handling(grading, cleaning and packing). Organized marketing facilities are not available |
| 2. Horticulture being treated as Focus area by the State Government. | 2. Erratic Monsoon and natural calamities |
| 3. Well informed, enterprising and progressive farming community. | 3. Demonstration Plots are not available |
| 4. Spread and adoption of new technologies | 4. Most of the varieties cultivated are table varieties. Non availability of processing varieties. |
| 5. High production and good performance in Mango, Sweet Orange, Turmeric, Papaya and Tomato | 5. Technical staff is meagre |
| Opportunities | Challenges |
| 1.Availability of large tracts of dry/waste/rain fed areas for area expansion of horticultural crops | 1. Orientation of farmers towards latest technical knowhow in core crops. |
| 2.Scope for initiation of value addition projects | 2. Increase of productivity of old & senile gardens through rejuvenation and high density & ultra high density plantation |
| 3. Production enhancement through rejuvenation of old orchards & Canopy Management. | 3.Mitigating climate change like drought & floods impact on productivity of horticultural crops |
| 4. Production of High value flower & vegetables in Green Houses with Highly entrepreneuring farmers for adoption of new tecnologies | 4. Enhancement of quality of Horticulture produce by creating awareness among farmers |
| 5. Facilitating state of the art PHM facilities | 5. Increasing competence in farming by popularizing usage of Horticulture machinery |
| 6.Strenthening linkages with retail players to streamline the supply chain channels | 6. Creation of infrastructure like PHM & Marketing. |
2. Resources
- Natural Resources – Congenial Agro-climatic and soil conditions
- Infrastructure
- Availability of efficient transport facilities (Air, rail & road)
- 17 Farms & Nurseries for quality plant material production
- 1 State level HTI and 3 regional level HTIs for technology dissemination
- Knowledge Resources – Presence of international and national Organisations like ICRISAT, CIMAP, CCMB, NBPGRI, NIPHM, CRIDA, EPTRI, CIPHET, State Horticulture & Agriculture Universities, WALAMTARI, NIRD, MANAGE and DOR
- Human Resources – well qualified Department Personnel are available but not in adequate numbers. Needs to be strengthened
- Financial resources – Need more resources to strengthen and expand the Horticulture area and to achieve the long term goals
3. National and International Bench Marks
(Area in lakh Ha and Production & Productivity in lakh MTs)
| S.N | Category | India | Telangana | Telangana Position in Production | ||||
| Area | Pro’ction | Prod’ vity | ||||||
