Jit Gujrat

Report of Joint Inspection Team
On its Visit to Gujarat
October, 2010

NATIONAL HORTICULTURE MISSION
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & COOPERATION
KRISHI BHAWAN, NEW DELHI

TABLE OF CONTENTS

S.No.

Particulars

Page No.

1.

1

2.

NHM intervention in Gujarat

3

3.

Field visit to NAVSARI District

8

4.

Field visit to VALSAD District

23

5.

Field visit to SURAT District

34

6.

Wrap up meeting

48

7.

Recommendations based on observations

49

8.

2

Horticulture in Gujarat

Annexure

51

Report of the Joint Inspection Team (JIT) of National Horticulture
Mission on its inspection visit to Gujarat during October, 2010
Introduction
The Joint Inspection Team (JIT) of National Horticulture Mission (NHM)
comprising of the following members visited Gujarat State during 3rd, October to
7th October, 2010 to review the progress of implementation of the NHM programme
in the State:
Dr. B. S. Negi

Deputy Commissioner (NHM), Ministry of Agriculture,
New Delhi

Dr. L.R. Verma

Professor & Head, Department of Horticulture, SK
Agriculture University, Banaskantha

Dr Tamil Selvan,

Director, Arecanut and Spices Development , Calicut

Dr R. G Patil

Professor and Principal Investigator, Precision Farming
Development
Centre(PFDC),
Gujarat
Agriculture
University, Navsari

Shri S. S Ganvit

Joint Director (Horticulture), Vadodra, Gujarat

The JIT visited Navsari, Valsad and Surat districts of south Gujarat along with
the field level officers of concerned districts. Before commencement of the visit,
preliminary discussions were held at Navsari for briefing the members about the
objective of the visit and the methodology to be adopted. A set of Proforma
developed by the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation (DAC) for the use of
JIT was provided to the SHM representative for providing required information.

Horticulture in Gujarat
State has achieved...