HORTICULTURE

DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE AND PLANTATION CROPS GOVERNMENT OF TAMILNADU

MEDIA GALLERY

Sivagangai

District : Sivagangai

Sivagangai district is situated in the Southern Agro climatic zone. Minimum temperature prevailing is 20°C and maximum temperature is 39°C.

Soil Types:

Loamy and sandy Clay are the soil types found in the district.

Rain Fall:

Season	Rain fall (mm)
Winter	:119.30
Summer	:135.50
South West monsoon	:202.80
North East Monsoon	:446.80
Grand Total	:904.40

Major Horticulture Crops:

Major horticulture crops cultivated in this district are fruits crops like mango, banana, guava, jack, sapota and aonla , vegetables like bhendi, tomato, brinjal, onion, chillies and tapioca, spices like chillies and coriander , plantation crops like cashew and flowers like jasmine.

Schemes operated:

S.No	Name of the Scheme	Inputs Supplied	Subsidy
A	State Schemes
1	Integrated Horticulture Development Scheme	Vegetable Seeds, Planting Materials	50%
2	National Agriculture Development Programme – Precision Farming	Seeds, Fertilizers	50%
3	Rain fed Area Development programme	Vegetable Seeds, Planting Materials	50%
4	National Agricultural Insurance Scheme	-	-
B	State and Central Shared Schemes
1	National Horticulture Mission	Seeds, Planting Materials	50-75 %
2	National Mission on Micro Irrigation	Drip Irrigation components	75-100%
C	Centrally Sponsored Schemes
1	National Mission on Medicinal Plants	-	-
D	Externally Aided Schemes- TN IAMWARM	Seeds, Planting Materials	50 %

State Horticulture Farms:

There are two State Horticulture Farms in the District one at Devakottai and the other at Nemem.

Horticultural crops statistics:

S.No	Name of the Crop	Area	Prodn.	Provty.
1	FRUITS	3982	73261	18.40
2	VEGETABLES	513	8484	16.54
3	PLANTATION CROPS	10183	57890	5.69
4	SPICES & CONDIMENTS	4542	7834	1.72
5	FLOWERS	33	480	14.56
6	MEDICINAL & AROMATIC CROPS	72	69	0.96
	TOTAL	19325	148021	7.66

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