Project Implemented

The NHRDF implements various projects funded by the Ministry of Agriculture Government of India; NAFED; National Horticulture Board (NHB); UNDP and ICAR on different vegetables, particularly on onion and garlic under its research and developmental programmes. The NHRDF worked as the Nodal Agency for implementing the Central Sector Scheme on Integrated Development of Vegetables including Root and Tuber Crops, by the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperation, Government of India, in the country during 2000-01 to 2004-05.

The NHRDF has been considered as National Agency for implementing the different components of National Horticulture Mission (NHM) of Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperation Government of India from the year 2005-06 and now continued under MIDH programmes. The NHRDF is also honored as national agency for monitoring of the vegetable development programmes under national vegetable initiation for urban clusters (NVIUC) of Ministry of Agriculture and cooperation, Government of India.

The details of the projects implemented are given as below:

Projects with NHRDF

No.	Name of Project	Period	Sponsored by	States Covered
1.	CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVED COOL HOME FOR POTATO STORAGE	1986-88	NATIONAL HORTICULTURE BOARD (NHB)	MAHARASHTRA, HARYANA, DELHI
2.	CONTROL OF STEMPHYLIUM BLIGHT OF ONION	1991-1994	INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRIL. RESEARCH (ICAR)	HARYANA
3.	SURVEY ON POST HARVEST LOSSES IN ONION AT FARM, MARKET AND STORAGE LEVEL AND TO STUDY ITS IMPACT ON MARKETING OF ONION.	1995-1996	DIRECTORATE OF MARKETING AND INSPECTION (DMI, MPDC)	MAHARASHTRA, DELHI
4.	KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA	1994-95 & CONTINUED TILL NOV., 2002 and from Feb.2005 till Date.	INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGIRL. RESEARCH (ICAR)	DELHI
5.	DEMONSTRATION AND TRAINING ON POST HARVEST HANDLING OF ONION INCLUDING POPULARISATION OF IMPROVED ONION STORAGE GODOWNS	1994-99	NATIONAL HORTICULTURE BOARD (NHB)	MAHARASHTRA
6.	POST HARVEST MANAGEMENT PROJECT OF NHB FOR USE OF RIGID PLASTIC CONTAINERS.	1994-95	NATIONAL HORTICULTURE BOARD (NHB)	MAHARASHTRA, HARYANA, ANDHRA PRADESH, DELHI
7.	TRAINING CENTRE ON POST HARVEST MANAGEMENT OF ONION	1995-97	NATIONAL HORTICULTURE BOARD	MAHARASHTRA
8.	TRAINING UNITS ON POST HARVEST MANAGEMENT AND LOW COST STORAGE OF ONION AT KARNAL IN HARYANA AND UJWA IN DELHI	1994-97	NATIONAL HORTICULTURE BOARD	DELHI, HARYANA
9.	TRAINING AND DEMONSTRATION ON POST HARVEST HANDLING AND STORAGE OF SMALL AND MULTIPLIER ONION	1995-97	NATIONAL HORTICULTURE BOARD	TAMIL NADU, ANDHRA PRADESH, KARNATAKA
10.	TECHNICAL BULLETINS ON ONION AND GRAPES	1995-96	NATIONAL HORTICULTURE BOARD	NASHIK
11.	CENTRAL SECTOR SCHEME FOR INTEGRATED PROGRAMME ON DEVELOPMENT OF GARLIC, CHILLI, PAPRIKA AND SEED SPCIES.	1993-94 TO 2004-05	DIRECTORTE OF ARECANUT AND SPICES DEVELOPMENT, (DASD)	A. P., BIHAR, TN, MP, KERALA, KARNATAKA, WB, CHATTISGARH, JHARKHAND, ORISSA, GUJARAT, HARYANA, UTTARANCHAL, UP, MS, H.P., PUNJAB, ASSAM, RAJASTHAN
12.	PRODUCTION OF FOUNDATION SEED OF ONION UNDER CENTRAL SECTOR SCHEME.	1994-95 TO 1998-99	DEPT. OF AGRIL. AND COOPERATION (MIN. OF AGRIL.)	M.P., MAHARASHTRA, GUJARAT
13.	DRIP IRRIGATION DEMONSTRATION	1994-95	GOVT. OF MAHARASHTRA	MAHARASHTRA
14.	HPLC FOR RESIDUAL TOXICITY ANALYSIS	1996-97	APEDA	MAHARASHTRA
15.	ICAR RESEARCH NETWORK ON PROMOTION OF HYBRID RESEARCH IN VEGETABLE CROPS ONION AND BITTERGOURD	1995-1999	I.C.A.R.	MAHARASHTRA
16.	QUALITY SEED PRODUCTION OF ONION UNDER REVOLVING FUND SCHEME	1997-98 CONTINUED	I.C.A.R.	M.P., MAHARASHTRA GUJARAT
17.	MASS SPRAY CAMPAIGN IN ONION	1998-99	NAFED	MAHARASHTRA, HARYANA, RAJASTHAN
18.	INFRASTRUCTURAL AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES FOR DEVELOPING EXPORT OF ONION.	1998-99	NAFED	MAHARASHTRA, U.P., RAJASTHAN, BIHAR, M.P., DELHI, PUNJAB, KARNATAKA
19.	TRAINING AND DEMONSTRATIONS ON COMMERICAL CULTIVATION AND POST HARVEST MANAGEMENT OF ONION FOR DOMESTIC AND EXPORT MARKETS.	1997-99	NATIONAL HORTICULTURE BOARD	UTTAR PRADESH
20.	POST HARVEST MANAGEMENT OF ONION IN UTTAR PRADESH	1997-2000	NATIONAL HORTICULTURE BOARD	UTTAR PRADESH
21.	EXPANSION OF AREA UNDER KHARIF ONION BY PROTECTED GROWING OF SEEDLINGS IN NORTHERN INDIA	1999-2001	NATIONAL HORTICULTURE BOARD	DELHI, HARYANA, PUNJAB, RAJASTHAN, UTTAR PRADESH
22.	EXPANSION OF AREA UNDER KHARIF ONION BY PROTECTED GROWING OF SEEDLINGS IN EASTERN INDIA	1999-2001	NATIONAL HORTICULTURE BOARD	BIHAR, ORISSA, WEST BENGAL
23.	EXPANSION OF AREA UNDER KHARIF ONION IN NORTHERN INDIA BY BULBLET PRODUCTION	1998-2001	NATIONAL HORTICULTURE BOARD	HARYANA, U.P., PUNJAB, RAJASTHAN
24.	EXPANSION OF AREA UNDER KHARIF ONION IN EASTERN INDIA BY BULBLET PRODUCTIN.	1998-2001	NATIONAL HORTICULTURE BOARD	BIHAR, ORISSA, WEST BENGAL
25.	POPULARISATION OF QUALITY SEED PRODUCTION OF ONION VARIETY AGRIFUND DARK RED IN MAHARASHTRA, GUJARAT & M.P.	1998-99	NATIONAL HORTICULTURE BOARD	MAHARASHTRA, GUJARAT, MADHYA PRADESH
26.	CENTRAL SECTOR SCHEME ON MUSHROOM SPAWN PRODUCTION & PASTEURISED COMPOST UNIT.	1999-2000 TILL DATE CONTINUED	MINISTRY OF AGRIL., & COOPN., GOVT. OF INDIA	DELHI
27.	ASSESSMENT OF POST HARVEST LOSSES AND TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR REDUCING POST HARVEST LOSSES OF ONION AND GARLIC.	2001-03	ICAR UNDER NATP	A.P., HARYANA, M.P., M.S., DELHI, ORISSA, H.P.,PUNJAB, TN. U.P., RAJASTHAN & BIHAR.
28	CENTRAL SECTOR SCHEME OF INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT OF VEGETABLES INCLUDING ROOT AND TUBER CROPS.	2000-2001 TILL 2004-2005	MINISTRY OF AGRIL., & COOPN., GOVT. OF INDIA	A.P., KARNATAKA,. TN., DELHI, GOA,RAJASHTAN, HARYANA, J&K, PUNJAB, H.P., JHARKHAND, UTTARANCHAL, M.P., U.P., ORISSA, WEST BENGAL
29.	SETTING UP OF MAIZE SEED PROCESSING PLANT UNDER UNDP SUB PROGRAMME ON MAIZE AT DEORIA (UP).	2002-03	TMOPM, MIN. OF AGRIL., GOVT. OF INDIA	UTTAR PRADESH
30.	POVERTY ALLEVIATION OF RURAL POOR IN EASTERN UP THROUGH TECHNOLOGICAL INTERVENTION IN HORTICULTURE.	2002-03 TO 2003-04	NATIONAL HORTICULTURE BOARD	UTTAR PRADESH
31.	NATIONAL HORTICULTURE MISSION / MISSION FOR INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT OF HORTICULTURE (MIDH)	2005-06 TO (Continued)	DEPT. OF AGRIL. AND COOPERATION (MIN. OF AGRIL.)	A.P., BIHAR, T.N., DELHI, M.P., KARNATAKA, JHARKHAND, GUJARAT, HARYANA, ODISHA, U.P., M.S., PUNJAB, RAJASTHAN
32.	Online information of onion acreage through IVRS (eKrushuSeva Helpline)	2013-14 (Continued)	Department of Agriculture and Marketing, Government of Maharashtra	Maharashtra
CSS - Central Sector Scheme DAC - Department of Agriculture and Cooperation ICAR - Indian Council of Agricultural Research