| Sanction Date: | 22-12-2017 | |||
| Project Category | MG | |||
| Year | 2016-2017 | |||
| Project Duration | 3 Years + 3 Months Extension | |||
| BTA : | Livelihood Options and Employments Generation | |||
| Project Site/ State/ Districts/ Villages Covered: |
4 blocks i.e. Naugaon, Kapkot, Bhatwari and Chakrata in three districts of Uttarakhand |
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| Organization/ Implementation Agency: | Himalayan Action Research Centre, 744, Indira Nagar, New Forest, Dehradun- Uttrakhand. India. | |||
| Project Partners: | S.No. | Name | ||
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Central institute of temperate horticulture (CITH) Sri Nagar, J & K | |||
| 2. | Institute of Himalayan Bio resource Technology(IHBT) Palampur HP | |||
| Lead Proponent: | Dr. Mahendra Singh Kunwar Himalayan Action Research Centre (HARC) 744, Indira Nagar, Phase II P.O. New Forest, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248006 |
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| Project Brief Description: | A change in weather of the fragile mountain ecosystems can bring about large scale changes in the form of soil erosion, landslides and flash floods etc. The rise in average temperature, long spells of drought during summer and less snowfall during winter have reduced large area supposed to be marginally suitable for temperate horticulture. Apple cultivation has been adversely affected in many parts of Uttarakhand and hence the apple belt is shifting towards the higher altitudes. Climate change which is one of the factor that have reduce temperate fruit production in hill area of Uttarakhand. Chilling requirement is not fulfilled resulted into low yield of plants. Secondly, in Uttarakhand quality planting material is not available for farmers and all the planting material is imported from other states like HP and J & K. Although the planting material propagated in nurseries is not virus indexed and poor quality. Farmers lacking knowledge on orchard management resulting in decline in production. 80 percent of the existing orchards are on seedling and lacking marketable quality. This issue needed to be addressed so that quality planting material can be made available with best package of practices. |
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| Beneficiaries/ Stakeholders: | Villagers |
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| Activity Chart (For 3years) | Click Here | |||
| Total Grants (in Rs.) | Rs. 1,96,99,760/- (Rupees One crore ninety six lakh ninety nine thousand seven hundred sixty only) | |||
| Project Objectives | Quantifiable Deliverables | Monitoring Indicators |
| Establishing germplasm of improved climate resilient varieties of temperate fruits with technology transfer from ICAR-CITH, Srinagar and CISR-IHBT e.g. Apple, Walnut and Almond (PPA technology) |
Establishment of high tech state of the art plant propagation nursery with horticulture dept. (1000 direct beneficiaries and multiple thousand other farmers form Uttarakhand state); Rejuvenation of apple orchards by identification of meritorious trees (40000 plants in four blocks); Establishment of 40 "progeny cum demonstration orchards as mother orchards for BPL families; Capacity building of farmers (1000 stakeholders in 4 blocks). |
No. of plant propagation nursery developed with state horticulture/forest departments; |
| Capacity building of stakeholder on temperate horticulture and soil management practices for increasing yield of fruits assuring livelihood of farmers | No. of apple orchards rejuvenated with respect to each block | |
| Rejuvenation of old orchards by introduction top grafting of low chilling cultivars of temperate fruits | No. of Mother Orchards developed and No. of stakeholders benefitted; | |
| Block-wise Capacity Building and Development (No. of Youth, No. of Farmers and Total Beneficiaries); | ||
| Publications and knowledge products (Nos.). |
| S.No. | Name | Qualification | Designation | Salary |
| 1. | Dr. Suhasini Huddone | Ph.D | Program Manager | 46,400/- |
| 2. | Umesh Kumar | M.Sc | T. C Lab Manager | 41,760/- |
| 3. | Nitesh Rawat | M.Sc. | Research Assistant | 18,560/- |
| 4. | Bhagirath Joshi | B.Sc. | Research Associate | 18,560/- |
| 5. | Kuldeep Singh Negi | B.A. | Field Facilitator | 10,000/- |
| 6. | Vinita Devi | Intermediate | Field Facilitator | 10,000/- |
| 7. | Vijay Singh Rana | Intermediate | Field Facilitator | 10,000/- |
| 8. | Soban Das | Metric | Field Facilitator | 10,000/- |
| S.No. | Name of Equipment | Use of Equipment | Cost (in INR) |
| 1. | Laptop | 79,200/- | |
| 2. | Semi-High tech Polyhouse | 3,04,067/- | |
| 3. | Printer | 18,490/- | |
| 4. | Air Conditioners (two) | 79,000/- | |
| 5. | Growth Racks (20 No.) | 3,77,899/- | |
| 6. | Static Pass Box | 28,000/- | |
| 7. | Gas Stove | 1,980/- | |
| 8. | Hot air Oven (upgradation) | 18,880/- | |
| 9. | Laminar Air Flow Chamber (upgradation) | 19,470/- | |
| 10. | Glass bead Sterilizer (03 No.) | 26,550/- | |
| 11. | pH Meter | 4,012/- | |
| 12. | Establishment of high tech "State of the art" Plant Propagation nursery Auto claves (Upgradation) (2 No.) | 67,260/- | |
| 13. | Weighing Balance Analytical | 64,050/- | |
| 14. | Plant Tissue Culture Lab (complete upgradation) | 4,27,943/- |
