The document proposes a solution to boost agricultural productivity by developing peri-urban horticulture farms, fodder boundaries, animal husbandry farms, and biogas plants in an integrated manner. This system aims to utilize waste from one component as a resource for others in a coordinated way. It is argued that this approach can help meet the rising demand for high-value agriculture, increase employment, mitigate price rises, and boost overall productivity in a sustainable manner compared to the current system. The proposal provides details on how such a system could be organized and implemented at the state level.

1. Enhancing The Productivity of Fodder & High
Value Products (Horticulture &Animal Husbandry)
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FARMING-SYSTEM-BOUNDED-CITIES
Sowing Prosperity
Boosting Agricultural Productivity
Team Details :
Kumari Pragya
D Prakash
Shubhi Patel
Sneha Patil
Prabha Kiran

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The demand for high value agriculture has
increased significantly due to
Rising per capita income ,Urbanization , demographic
changes while production has not kept pace with
the rising demand & led to demand- supply imbalance
thereby high prices.
The food inflation has been basically driven by high value agriculture.
For e.g.
During last 6 months inflation in fruits ,milk, egg /meat/fish is highest
Growth in milk production at about 4% p.a. has been risk
But future demand is expected to grow by at least 5% p.a.
Product Inflation(in %)
Rice 3.3
Wheat 3.1
Fruits 12.2
Milk 10.8
Eggs/Meat
/Fish
12.8
Adequate availability of feed and fodder for livestock is vital for increasing milk production and sustaining
the ongoing genetic improvement programme.
Green fodder shortage in the country is estimated at about 34 per cent
The Sector which employs nearly 70% of our population contributes only 13% of nation’s GDP.
ANSWER is DISGUISED UNEMPLOYMENT

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The Solution Proposed
by us is a inter-
dependent quad-process
architecture which is
designed to improvise
utilization of land into
more innovative and
efficient manner than
the current system
simply by parallelizing
and using the waste of
one as others raw.
•Development &
Leasing of periurban
horticulture
•R & D in High and short
term Yielding plants
Peri-urban
Horticulture Farms
• Development of
better harvesting
techniques
•Generation of shed
growing fodder belts
around farms
Fodder Boundaries
& Farms •Promote Cattle- Farms
and Pisciculture around
peri-urban farm
•Vocational training to
villagers
Peri-urban Animal
Husbandry
•Deploy biogas plants
nearby husbandries
•Imparting necessary
technical training to
villagers to manage as
well as sell the biogas.
Periurban Biogas
Plants
City
Animal
Husbandries
and
Pisciculture
Horticulture
Farms
Biogas
Plants
Periurban horticulture, animal husbandry, fodder boundary & biogas plants is a
coordinated &innovative way to boost up productivity :-

4. Horticulture -
FARMS
Fodder & Green
Belt
Animal
Husbandry
Biogas
City
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Production &
Management of
Products
Salient features
1. Each Branch will function
independently though utilizing
the products provided by
other and selling their other
product in cities.
2. State management
committee will have its own
set of staff to decide price for
inter-branch (Fodder- Dung-
Manure) transactions.
3. A central Authority will
govern all these branches.
4. More modularity enhances
better output of one specific
organization.
5. The involvement of SHGs
empowers farmer who will
develop better understanding
for each-other creating better
chances of future
collaborations.
Manure
Biogas
Fruits
Green Fodder
Dung
Milk, Meat

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Comparison
Most of present Indian cities are not planned &
go on expanding thus eating scanty agricultural
land. Green belts will force cities to grow
vertically & increase forest cover of nation.
Leasing will ensure efficient utilization &
management of green belts along with revenue
for govt..
It will mitigate Fruit, Milk, Gas, etc price hike by
increasing productivity & employment.
Currently the Dairy farms have to buy food for
cattle at high rates & pay transportation cost to
move it to the cattle-farm.
Fodder crops around & in the green belt will fulfill
the green fodder needs of the dairy-farms &
generate additional income for lease holder. On
the other hand it will reduce cost of Dairy
products for the end-user!
Dung produced from animal farms will be used by
Biogas plants thus reducing pollution & will
reduce our dependency on LPG up to certain
extent.
Advantages by Farming
System Bounded Peri-urban
Current Proposed

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Comparison Additionally being sustainable these cities can
have cheaper fuel for a very long duration
As an indirect advantage this will create more
jobs and increase the rate of employment
fighting Disguised unemployment.
Further these farms will reduce the
unawareness amongst farmers by direct or
indirect interaction with the Krishak Mitras &
Government!
Increased GDP for the nation
Improvised living status
Bound Cities and a Greener India with higher
forest cover
… and the list goes on!Advantages by synchronised
Horticulture, Cattle farms
and Bio-gas plants
Current Proposed

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Peri-Urban Development Authority : Tasks & Workflow
• Peri-Urban Development Authority will be central
management & regulatory authority for
developing perennial Peri-urban horticultural
plants, promote cattle-farms, biogas plants &
leasing them.
• Professionals will impart required technical
training for maintaining farms & biogas plant
along with this will supervise creation of
horticultural belt as well as biogas plants.
• Volunteers / Employees (krishak mitra) will
acknowledge farmers about govt. policies and
help them in forming SHGs.
• Market survey & price regulatory committee will
constantly vigil the market prices & regulate
prices & quantity of fodder, dung & manure.
• SHGs includes group of 10-12 farmers which will
come up together &pool their resources to take
the lease & fulfill basic requirement to set up
business.
• Gramin banks will pay loan equal to amount
collected from SHGs at 5% interest for first 2
years & 8% for subsequent years.
Periurban
development
authority
Banks
Professionals for
developing biogas
plants &
horticultural farms
Market survey
& price fixing
committee
Volunteers for
awareness
camps
SHGs

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Implementation : Organizational Structure of the Body
• Central State Management
State can be divided in nearly 20 Zones or more depending upon Size; Each Zone itself has,
 Zonal management
 Numbers in bracket represent the number of members in respective committee.
 The above is a suggestion, actual implementation may vary.
DIRECTOR
(1)
RECRUITEMENT COMMITTEE
(5)
(WILL RECRUITE PROFFESSIONALS
&KRISHAK MITRA THROUGH EXAM)
LEASING
COMMITTEE
(5)
FINANCE TEAM
(3)
(MANAGE FUND)
MARKET SURVEY
&PRICE FIXING
COMMITTEE
(5)
Zonal head
(1)
COORDINATION TEAM
(2)
(MAPPING OF TRAINEES
&VOLUNTEERS)
SHGs REGISTERING
COMMITTEE
(2)
PROFESSIONALS
(5)
DEVELOP BIOGAS PLANTS
&PERI URBAN
HORTICULTURE)
ENSURING COMMITTEE
(2)
(TO KEEP AN EYE ON
FAIR IMPLEMENTATION
OF WHOLE POLICY)

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The Financial Requirements
Funding
required
Organizational
cost
Central
management
Director
(1x8 lakhs
p.a.)
Central
committee
s (18x7
lakhs p.a. )
Zonal
manag
ement
Head(1x6
lakhs p.a.)
Zonal
committees
(11x5 lakhs
p.a.)
Krishak mitra
(2ooox 1.2
lakh p.a.)
Establishment
cost
Nearly 10 - 20
crore as per city
size.
• The cost of just the
organizing body itself is
thus calculated using
realistic figures comes
around 38 CR / Yr
• This does not involves the
cost of creation of plants
& farms itself.
• Involving Banks & Private
investors and Sharing
Profit is a very optimal
solution for this structure
to work with the lowest
burden on the
government.
Plan will require nearly 38 Cr p.a. INR funding for Institutional Setup
& 10 Cr. Per city initially to setup Periurban Belts.
INR 1
crore 34
lakhs
61 lakhs x20
=INR 12crore
20 lakhs
INR 24Crore

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EVEN IF A DOOR IS CLOSED, IT DOES NOT ALWAYS MEANS IT IS LOCKED.
Challenges and Risks
Concept Risks:
1.State and City Development Board
may be or may not be interested in
developing the Periurban Boundaries
as initial funding is high.
2.Banks might not be sure of return
3.Off season productivity from
horticulture will be zero, hence
reducing offseason leasing and
maintenance.
Implementation Risks:
1.Intra and Inter SHGs Cooperation
may not be smooth.
2.Farmers may not get enough
technical help to carry out various
proceedings.
3.Going to city for selling products is
often costly.
Mitigation:
Concept risk mitigation
1. Initial cost is high for development
hence public private venture may be
called and land cost (or auction cost)
may be shared with them.
2.Keep animal or their property as
mortgage
3.Mixed variety of plants which flower
and give fruits in different seasons
should be established
Implementation risk mitigation
1. The Krishak Mitras should ensure that
farmers are fully acknowledged about
benefits they can earn by cooperation.
Moreover, strict fines will be imposed
on person found guilty of betraying
others.
2.Online portal based on MIS kind of
system should be developed should be
developed for registering and
mitigating such complaints.
3.On-spot selling may be done. SHGs may
also be promoted and given loan for
buying transport media for better
incomes from selling in cities.

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On Productivity
AVAILABILITY: Increased productivity will increase
the availability .
 ACCESSIBILITY: Periurban establishments will
make the products easy to reach .
 AFFORDABILITY: On spot selling , reduces
transportation & storage thereby mitigating price
hike.
 ACCEPTABILITY: Fresh ,naturally grown &ripened
products will attract people.
On Environment
SOIL CONSERVATION:
Use of manures from biogas plant will increase soil
fertility.
Plantation will decrease soil erosion.
 ECO-FRIENDLY-
The whole co-ordinated system will reduce pollution.
On Man Power
SHGs: It will increase their income hence standard of
living .
EMPLOYABILITY: The proposed solution will employ a
number of peoples.
HEALTH: Nutritious food will improve health conditions.
LPG SUBSTITUTE: Biogas will reduce the reliability on
LPG to some extent.
Vision should be Farsighted
Once the farmers understand the profits of collaboration, unity, team work and start trusting
each other, they can expand their business to organic manure farming, collectivise their land for
unified high-tech agriculture which would have better chances of success at that time

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The World Bank Article
(India Issues & Priorities for Agriculture)
Govt. of India article -2012
 Agriculture & Food Management
(chapter- 8) Economic Survey
(2012-13)
ii Gulati, A. & Jain, S. (2012, December 20). Credit
inclusion, farm lease and forming clusters can help small
farmers overcome poverty much faster.
Accelerating agricultural development for inclusive
growth by- Vijay Paul Sharma
Fruits &vegetables for health report of a joint FAO-
WHO workshop ,1-3 sept. 2004, Kobe ,Japan