HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (H.D.A.)
 
Horticulture Development Agency (H.D.A) was constituted vide G.O.Ms.No.363, dt.2.6.1990 Food and Agriculture (Agri-II) Dept., for production of Pedigree Plant Material and was registered under the A.P.(Telengana area) Public Societies Registration Act 1350 Fasli (Act 1 of 1350 F). Presently there are 40 farms in all the districts except Medak and Nalgonda. Government of A.P have reconstituted the General Body, Executive Committees of H.D.A and District Level Committees and modified the objectives of H.D.A so as to take up the National Horticulture Mission Programmes of Government of India by H.D.A vide G.O.Ms.No.417, dt: 09.11.05 of A & C Horticulture Department
General body of the Horticulture Development Agency.
1.
 APC/Principal Secretary, A & C Department : Chairman
2.
 Secretary to Govt., Industries & Commerce Department : Member
3.
 Secretary to Govt., Cooperation & Marketing : Member
4.
 Secretary to Govt., Finance or his nominee : Member
5.
 Secretary to Govt., R.S.A.D. : Member
6.
 Commissioner/Director of Horticulture : Member/Secretary
7.
 Commissioner/Director of Agriculture : Member
8.
 Commissioner of Tribal Welfare : Member
9.
 Commissioner, Panchayat Raj & Rural Development : Member
10.
 Central Government Nominee : Member
11.
 M.D., S.C.Finance Corporation, Hyderabad : Member
12.
 M.D., MARKFED, Hyderabad : Member
13.
 Director of Research, ANGRAU : Member
14.
 Representative of APEDA : Member
15.
 Representative of NHB : Member
  Three nominees of progressive Horticulture
farmers nominated by the Government
 
16.
 chintapalli village, Chakrayapeta Mandal Kadapa District.  
Sri. Karnati Nagabushana Reddy S/o. K. Narayana Reddy Ishuku : Member
17.
 Sri. Srihari Rao, Royanpally Village  
Ramayampet mandal, Medak district. : Member
18.
 Gatti Narsaiah, S/o. Sri. Satyanarayana  
  Urlanka village, Kadiam Mandal  
  East Godavari : Member
  Two nominees of processing industries to be nominated by  
the Government :  
19.
 Sri.K. Murali Krishna, Managing Director, Clean Foods Ltd  
  13-12-11, Saibaba Temple, Tadepallygudem, W.Godavari dist : Member
20.
 Sri.M.Muthyam Reddy, Plot.No.11, Saibaba colony,  
  Bowenpally, Secunderabad : Member
21.
 Regional Director, NCDC  
    : Member

Secretary / Commissioner of Horticulture shall be the Convener & Treasurer of the HDA.
Executive Committee of H.D.A.:
1.
 APC/Principal Secretary, A & C Department : Chairman
2.
 Secretary to Govt., Industries Department : Member
3.
 Secretary to Govt., Finance or his nominee : Member
4.
 The Commissioner/Director of Horticulture : Member/Secretary
5.
 The Commissioner/Director of Agriculture : Member
6.
 The Commissioner of Panchyat Raj & Rural Development
 : Member
7.
 The Commissioner of Tribal Welfare : Member
8.
 Officer Incharge of A.P., Regional Office, NABARD, Hyderabad : Member
     
District Level Committee:
1.
 Collector : Chairman
2.
 PD, DRDA of the district concerned : Member
3.
 CEO, ZPP : Member
4.
 Joint Director of Agriculture : Member
5.
 PO, ITDA in the Districts where exists and or ED, D.S.C.S.C Society
 : Member
6.
 Mandal Praja Parishad President
(from the Mandal having substantial Horticulture areas)
to be nominated by District Collector
 : Member
7.
 Progressive Horticulture farmer in the district
(to be nominated by the District Collector )
 : Member
8.
 One member from the farmers’ society (to be nominated
by the District Collector )
 : Member
9.
 Assistant General Manager, NABARD of the district  
10.
 Assistant Director of Horticulture of the district or
Senior Horticulture Officer working in the District
: Member/Convener
 

Secretary / Commissioner of Horticulture shall be the Convener & Treasurer of the HDA.
The Objectives and Functions of the Horticulture Development Agency.
1.
 To step up the process of production of Pedigree Plant Material in the Horticultural Department Nurseries.
2.
 To strengthen the existing departmental nurseries by developing infrastructure and also to acquire new nurseries where ever necessary.
3.
 To execute Plans and Programs for the benefit of Fruit, Vegetable and Ornamental gardens in the State of A.P.
4.
 To under take adoptive trials, demonstrations etc, in the department nurseries in order to disseminate technology from Universities and Research Stations.
5.
 To receive/accept funds from Govt. Departments/Agencies Cooperatives, Societies, Financial institutions and Public for furtherance of above objectives.
6.
 To develop Government Gardens whenever the Government entrusts them the job by providing funds,
7.
 To train personnel in budding/grafting and other preparative technology.
8.
 To purchase, to take on lease accept as gift constrict or other wise acquire any loan or property suitable necessary or useful for the society.
9.
 To employ directly or indirectly/sanction grants/funds to other institutions/persons to further the programs to be under taken/supported by the society.
10.
 To invest the funds entrusted to the society upon such security or in any such manner as may from time to time be determined by the executive committee.
11.
 To furnish the periodical review of the progress made.
12.
 To do all other such things as may be considered necessary by the society and may be incidental or conductive to the attainments of its objectives.
13.
 To act as Nodal agency for implementation of various Horticulture Programmes of different agencies and organizations of state and central Governments, to act as a facilitator and bring about required coordination among the concerned Agencies;
14.
 To promote dry land horticulture with appropriate horticulture crops;
15.
 To make planned and coordinated efforts for increasing productivity and thereby horticulture production;
16.
 To strengthen delivery mechanism for seed, plant material, nutrients, pesticides and other required inputs;
17.
 To strengthen tissue culture units and leaf/ tissue analysis laboratories and to promote the use of Biotechnology in horticulture sector.
18.
 To take measures to improve training and capacity building of all concerned stake holders particularly farmers and to improve the infrastructure for training and capacity building of individuals, institutions etc.
19.
 To assist the programme for promotion of INM, IPM and organic farming;
20.
 To coordinate end to end approach right from production for selected crops on cluster basis or project basis;
21.
 To establish and/or to assist in providing infrastructure for post harvest management and to take up all other activities connected with PHM, value addition and horticulture processing in Government, private, cooperative sector;
22.
 To improve marketing infrastructure and marketing(including exports) for the horticulture produce;
23.
 To assist for taking up technology up-gradation and promote research;
24.
 To strengthen I.E.C. (Information, Education and Communication) for the growth of horticulture sector;
25.
 To take measures for extending the benefits of the horticulture programme for weaker sections particularly S.Cs. and S.Ts.;
26.
 To promote public-private partnership for achieving the above objectives.
 
Funds of Society:
1.
 The funds of the society shall consist of the following.
 

a. Releases for production of Plant Material and /or for strengthening/establishment of new Horticulture .     Farms from Govt of AP/G.O.I
 
b. Releases from Govt. Agencies / Corporations / Societies etc to HDA for supply of plant material and to     the activities under taken by HDA.
 
c. Income from investments.
 
d. Releases from other sources.
2.
The Bankers of the society shall be chosen by the Chairman of the Executive Committee / General Body. All funds of the society should be paid into society account with the said Bankers and shall not be with drawn except on cheques signed by the Secretary duly empowered in this behalf.
3.
The Society shall distribute the funds to all the districts of the state depending on the need. The funds so released to districts will be operated by persons in charge of the farms or Dist. Horticultural Officers.
4.
The Accounts of the Society shall be audited by the Charted Accountant to be appointed by the Executive Committee/General Body. These accounts shall be subject to a second audit by the Accountant General, AP Hyd.
5.
The Annual Report of the proceedings of the society and of all works under taken during the year shall be prepared by the Executive Committee/General Body for the information of the state.
6.
Govt of AP has accorded sanction for Rs.25.00Lakhs as share capital vide GO MS No 555. Food & Agrl.(Agri II) department dt.12-9-90 and credited to the PD Account of HDA.

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There are 40 Horticultural Farms under the control of HDA in all the districts of the state except Nalgonda and Medak districts.

In these Horticulture Farms plant materials viz. Mango, Cashew, Guava, Pomegranate, Coconut, Amla, Custard apple, Jack fruit, Papaya etc are being produced. In the Commercial nursery, Hyderabad exclusively ornamental plants and Vegetable seedlings are being produced for meeting the urban demand. The List of Horticulture Farms along with area is as follows:
List of Horticulture Farms under Horticulture Development Agency.
S.no
District
Place of Horticulture farm
Extent (in acres)
1
2
3
4
1

Srikakulam

Silgam, (water facilities not available)

20.58 (leased to RARS
2

 - do -

Baruva

5.94
3

Vizianagaram

Bobbili

7.08
4

 Visakhapatnam

Anakapalli

8.05
5

 - do -

Y.N.Palem

14.55
6

- do -

Kunchangi

14.00
7

East Godavari

Morampudi

20.00
8

 - do -

Tetagunta,

17.79
9

West Godavari

Muthannaveedu (high E.C content)

40.87
10

- do -

Gopannapalem,

22.97
11

Krishna

Veerankilock, (to be revived)

5.08
12

- do -

Vellatur, (handed over to district admn)

18.46
13

- do -

Mallavali

80.00
14

Guntur

Kantheru

14.45
15

Prakasam

Kothapatnam,

7.00
16

- do -

Giddalur

27.81
17

- do -

Darsi

26.00
18

Nellore

Gudipallipadu

6.59
19

- do -

Survepalli

36.65
20

Chittoor

Tirupathi

5.00
21

- do -

Srikalahasthi

7.35
22

Kadapa

Rly. Koduru

15.59
23

 Ananthapur

Reddipalli

18.01
24

- do -

Chigicherla

45.00
25

Kurnool

Thangadancha (defunct)

27.99
26

Khammam

Garimellapadu

19.75
27

- do -

CSG Aswaraopet

49.39
28

- do -

Achyuthapuram

43.00
29

Karimnagar

Rukmapur

20.00
30

Warangal

Incherla

20.00
31

Adilabad

Gudipet

40.00
32

- do -

Mudgal

20.00
33

- do -

Jaipur

50.00
34

Adilabad

Satnal (under district admn.)

35.00
35

- do -

Kannal (-do-)

29.94
36

- do -

Adilabad(-do-)

20.00
37

Nizamabad

Malthummeda

60.00
38

Mahabubnagar

Pillalamarri

8.20
39

Ranga Reddy

Vikarabad

24.81
40

Hyderabad

Commercial nursery

2.00

Statement showing the year wise particulars of the Plant material produced from different Horticultural Farms for the last 12 years from 92-93 to 2005-2006.
S.no
 Year of Production Plants Produced
1 1992-93 1820356
2 93-94 1545682
3 94-95 1925083
4 95-96 1827742
5 96-97 1493480
6 97-98 1572497
7 98-99 861514
8 99-2000 1571947
9 2000-2001 705254
10 2001-2002 444776
11 2002-2003 3384600
12 2003-2004 1626600
13 2004-2005 523399
14 2005-2006 951620
15 2005-2006 1702569
 Total   
 2,19,57,119
The progress of 2006-07 is awaited.
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12,06,224 plants of different species are available in the Horticulture Farms of HDA as on 31-08-2007. The species wise plant material available is enclosed in the annexure-I. The species wise production cost and sale price is enclosed in the annexure-II.
Most of the plant material produced is being distributed from the year 2002-03 onwards mainly to the Special Package programme for Dryland Horticulture being implemented in Ananthapur Dist and the balance to the farmers in respective districts under various schemes implemented by government of A.P. From the year 2005-06 the plant material required under Area Expansion under National Horticulture Mission Programme is also being supplied from Horticulture farms under H.D.A.

Mushroom Labs:
Mushrooms are considered as a delicacy and are preferred both for taste and flavour. It has got therepitic value and needs encouragement in production and also consumptions.

There are 7 Mushroom Laboratories under the control of Department of Horticulture for production of mushroom spawn (seed) and imparting training to the farmers/ farm women in cultivation of mushroom at the following places.
    1. Hyderabad
    2. Vishakhapatnam
    3. Eluru
    4. Ongole
    5. Kurnool
    6. Nizamabad
    7. Tirupathi
 

The progress during last 3 years is as follows:
Year Spawn produced in (Kgs) No of Trainings conducted No of persons trained
2003-04 7416 146 2816
2004-05 6462 236 3994
2005-06 6041 283 4123
2006-07 7097 340 5211
 
Biotechnology Centers:
Bringing awareness about modern biotechnology techniques among the farmers and meeting the huge demand of plant material of crops like banana, turmeric, chrysanthumum etc., are some of the challenges before the Department. In order to meet the above challenges the Department has established two B.T.Cs at Hyderabad and Gopannapalem (West Godavari district) for production of Tissue culture Banana plants with higher yields. Good quality and uniform harvesting.

I.  B.T.C at Hyd was established during the year 2000-2001 with a production capacity of 5 lakhs plants per annum. It has got state of art facilities with hi-tech laboratory. As per the orders of government in G.O.Ms.No.168, dt: 07.08.2006 A&C (Horti) Dept, The BTC, Hyderabad was leased out M/s.A.G.Bio- Teck Laboratories (I) Ltd., Hyderabad for period of five years and lease agreement was executed by the company on 04.09.2006.  

It houses the best tissue culture, leaf, soil (under construction) and water analysis
laboratories. The achievements during last 3 years as follows:
Year No.of T.C.Banana plants produced Leaf samples, analyzed
     
2003-04 4,10,000 2900
2004-05 4,14,000 2750
2005-06 4,35,000 (Hyderabad) 2160
  80,885(Gopannapalem) ---
 
II.  B.T.C Gopannapalam was established with Rs.3.00crores in H.F Gopannapalem, 8Km away from Eluru town. It has a state of Art facilities and equipment and houses the high-tech tissue culture leaf, soil and water analysis laboratory. The production capacity of the unit is 10 lakh plants per year initially.
III. The Government has accorded permission for leasing of BTC, Gopannapalem to private agency keeping in view the limited no of technical staff who have to be effectively employed for discrimination latest technology in Horticulture sector. As per orders Government in G.O.Ms.No.215, dt.26-8-2004 A&C Department the BTC, Gopannapalem was leased out to M/s.Transgene Biotech Ltd for a period of 5 years and the lease agreement was executed by the company on 8th October 2004.

Action plan 2006-07:
The farm wise and species wise production plan for 2006-07 is enclosed at Annexure III.

Action plan 2007-08:

Action plan to produce 2409000nos. plant material of the species in 28 Horticulture farms under H.D.A has been prepared.

1 Mango 16,50,000
2 Cashew 2,55,000
3 Sapota 1,31,000
4 Guava layers 23,000
5 Pomegranate 50,000
6 Sweet orange 65,000
7 Misc. Seedlings 25,000
8 Ornamentals 5,000
9 Acid lime 20,000
10 Coconut 90,000
11 Custard apple 45,000
12 Others 50,000
  Total: 24,09,000

 

 

 

The farm wise and species wise production plan for 2007-08 is enclosed at Annexure IV.

ANNEXURE - 1 AVAILABILITY OF PLANT MATERIAL AT HORTICULTURE FARMS OF HDA AS ON 30-09-2007

ANNEXURE - II RATES OF PLANT MATERIAL

STATEMENT SHOWING THE FARM WISE TARGETS FOR PRODUCTION OF PLANT MATERIAL AT HFs FOR THE YEAR 2006-07 AND ACHIEVEMENTS AS ON 31/03/ 2007

 
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