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Role of ICT. IN. Reliance Agro-Initiatives. Jamnagar. R.T. Gunjate. Vision. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Role of ICT
R.T. Gunjate
Reliance Agro-Initiatives
Jamnagar
IN
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Vision
To establish a pilot project aimed at
fulfilling the Founder Chairman’s vision of
bringing Waste lands into productive
usage …in the process transforming the
arid desert refinery site into an ever
green environmental show piece.
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Objectives
1. Improve visual relief, biomass, aesthetics, &
ecology and abet pollution.
2. Transform arid lands of Jamnagar Farms to an
evergreen environment
3. Maximize Financial returns by optimal utilization
of resources.
4. Catalyze faster agricultural growth and higher
wealth generation through agriculture.
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Location of RAI , Jamnagar
Lat. :22.36.56 deg. NLong. :69.83.81 deg. E
Jamnagar
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Agroclimate
1. Annual Rainfall: 490mm in 21 rainy days from
June to Oct.
2. Mean minimum temp: 6 to 22 0 C
3. Mean maximum temp:25 to 34 0 C (Maximum 43o
C.
4. Relative Humidity: 57- 75 %
5. Average foggy days in a year: 9
6 Wind Velocity: 11- 32 KMPH. (Maximum 70
KMPH)
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Water availability
Limitations :
• Scarcity
• Quality
Sources :
1. Effluent treated water
2. Sewage treated water
3. Storm water ponds
4. Desal
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Soils
1. Sandy to medium black
2. pH : 7.5 to 9.2
3. EC: 1.5 to 5.3
4. Very low in Organic Carbon.
5. Medium to low in fertility
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RAI Plantation areas
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Plantation Plan
Category Area in acres No.of plants
Greenbelt 122 172,000
Greenbelt commercial
730 501,800
Med & Arom. plants
127 1222,800
Landscaping 563 1,065,300
Coastal eco- development
126 793,000
Total 1750 37,54,900
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Crop Mix
Crop Area in acres No of plants
Mango 375 102,000
Other fruits 150 27,000
Teak & Sawan 287 205,000
Bamboo 50 20,500
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Mango Production Technology
1. Varieties: Kesar- 90% + Alphonso -5%
+Exotics& others 100 var. 5%
2. High Density Planting: 5m X 3m, i.e. 666
plants/ha
6m X 2m, i.e.. 833
plants/ha
3. INM - based on soil and leaf analysis
4. Fertigation
5. Pruning to hedge row
6. Application of Paclobutrazol (Cultar)
7. IPM
8. High productivity of 25MT/ha at steady
state
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Mango Production Technology
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Specialties of Jamnagar Mango
1. Growth comparatively slow.
2. No incidence of diseases and
pest during flowering/ fruiting
3.Millions of honey bees on blossom
4. Heavy fruit set and low fruit drop
5. Spotless fruits
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Crop :Cultivars
Fruit Varieties
Chiku Kalipatti, Cricket Ball,Dharwad Selection
Pomegranate Ganesh,Arakta,Mridula
Ber Umran, Gola
Amla NA7, Krishna, Anand-1 & 2.
Tamarind PKM-1
Grapes Thompson Seedless,Flame
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Crop :Cultivars
Fruit Varieties Guava L-49, Allahabad Safeda
Litchi China, Shahi
Cashew Vengurla-4, Vengurla-7
Sweet Orange Mosambi, Kinnow
Mandarin Nagpuri
Grape Fruit Marsh
Avocado Seedlings
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Timber Crops
•Teak (Tectona grandis) and Sawan (Gmelina
arborea).
•HDP with 2200 to 2778 plants/ha.
•Fertigation.
•Irrigated with ETP water.
•Thinning.•Teak :
• 50% in 6th year.• 50% of remaining in 12th year.• Harvesting in 17th to 20th year. 18 cft/tree.
Sawan :• 50% in 6th year.
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Achievements
“Perhaps the most organized Corporate
initiative witnessed in India in the farm
sector”
------Cornell Faculty visit, Jan 2002
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Automated weather station
Parameters of interest:
1. Temperatures:
2. Humidity
3. Rainfall
4. Wind velocity
5. Sunlight
6. CO2 conc.
7. Pan evaporation
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Automated agro-portal
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Automated agro-portal
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Automated agro-portal
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Automated MIS portal
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Automated MIS portal
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Irrigation Automation
•Entire plantation on micro-irrigation
•DIS pilot project on 20 acre compact block
•Currently manually activated for fixed hours /day
•Proposed to use feedback system based on sensors like
•Soil moisture sensing•SAP flow (Six spp.: chiku, citrus, guava, grapefruit, litchi, grape)•Leaf temp. sensor
•Possibility of solar cells to provide power for this
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Green House Automation
Present Automation :
•Partial control of temperature and humidity by fogging in Natural ventilated Green House.
•Control of temperature and Humidity using fogging and ID Fan operation in Forced Ventilated Green House
•Automation proposed:
•Temp, humidity, sunlight, photoperiod .
•pH, EC etc of nutrient solution
•Water
•Backwash of DIS filters
•Closing/opening of curtains
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Green House Automation
• Temperature & RH control
•Water Quantity based on water flow meter
•pH & TDS control of Fertilizer Solution
•Radiation control
•Controls photoperiod
•Close curtains during storm
•Stop pump if leakage in pipeline
•Backwash filters, when differential pressure exceeds the
set pressure.
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Automation of Biometric data
•All plants are numbered
•Growth / fruiting parameters being monitored regularly
•Plant identification and data entry done manually at site
•Possibility of using RFID & portable computing device
•Use of RFID for keeping track of products from harvesting
to delivery at customer sites
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Maturity indices
•Right stage of maturity at harvest is key to quality and
shelf life of fruits
•Visual shape ,colour, size, chem, parameters, sp. grav. etc
destructive methods being used
•Not precise leading to 25-30 % variability
•Non-destructive reliable sensor based method required
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Use of GIS
•Soil mapping
•Plant health
•Nutritional status
•Disease –pest incidence
•Yield estimates
•Bio-mass estimates
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Central Control Room•RAI Farm activities of 2000acres scattered on 7500 acre
area with 21 Km circumference
•Five zones and 20 sub-zones ,more than 10 imp crops
•Necessary to set up Central Control Room to monitor the
activity
•CDMA technology along with sensor network to collect
/display data at central place
•Data available to authorized persons through network PCs.
•Possibility of using cheap CMOS image sensors to get
photograph of some plants on line in control room as and
when required
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