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Agriculture Sector in District

This newly constructed district is preliminarily agricultural in nature. Here, due to its diverse and surplus production of various crops like Tea, Jute, Potato, Ginger, Spices and Pineapple etc. the district has a strong base for agro based and horticulture- based industry.

Information on Agriculture in Uttar Dinajpur district

Geographical Area	313080 Hectre
No of Families dependent on Agriculture	239500
No of Small Cultivators	88536
No of Marginal Cultivators	135827
No of persons based on Agriculture	1297557
A. Total Male B. Total Female	879499 418058
No of Development Blocks	9
No of Mouza	1513
No of Village	3192
No of Gram Panchayats	98
No of T, V units	172
No of Municipalities	4
No of Govt. Agriculture Farms A. Agriculture seed farm B. Thana seed farm C. Sub-divisional research farm	1 5 2
No of Cold Storage	2
No of Regulated Market Committee(RMC)	2(at Islampur&Kaliyaganj)
Soil Testing Centre	1 (at Karnajora)

Coverage and Production of different Crops in Agriculture & Allied Secotrs during 2004-2005

Name of the Crop	Area under Cultivation (Ha)	Productivity (Kg/Ha)	Production (in MT)
Aus Paddy	3887	1500	5836
Aman Paddy	190469	2425	461933
Boro Paddy	69985	-	244948(approx.)
Jute	28898	1784	51554
Wheat	52532	-	105064(approx)
Mustard	54020	974	52615
Potato	15230	1834	279318
Pulses(Khesari,Lentil,, Gram,Maskalai,Kulthi etc.)	6458	980	6329
Chilli	3560	600	2136
Tomato	1924	-	23688
Cauli Flower	2588	-	40632
Cabbage	3488	-	63831
Brinjal	3200	-	16960
Ginjer	908	-	3632
Turmeric	1546	-	2786
Sugarcane	477	65000	31005
Mesta	870	990	861
Maize	7145	-	50015(approx)
Linseed	2073	700	2961
Til	1092	500	546
Potato	15230	1834	279318

(Source : Principal Agriculture office, Uttar Dinajpur,2004-05) PineApple

Coverage and production of Fruit crops & FLowers in Uttar Dinajpur district during 2002-2003

Due to the suitability of Climate and the fertility of soil, the district of Uttar Dinajpur produces a number of fruits.

Name of Fruit	Area covered (Ha)	Production
Mango	945	6024 MT
Jackfruit	522	3419 MT
Litchi	400	1460 MT
Sapota	8	53 MT
Guava	456	2873 MT
Citrus fruits	195	830 MT
Jackfruit	522	3419 MT
Banana	704	7286 MT
Papaya	350	1767 MT
Pine apple	1650	13200 MT
Cashewnut	2	27 MT
Coconut	195	17.472 Lakh Nuts
Arecanut	345	166.46 Lakh Nuts
Total Area :- 5772 Hectare
Flowers (Mainly Marigold) 20 Hectare 60 Lakh Cut flowers

Names of plans of this district, undertaken in different Blocks, for development of Agriculture & of Farmers

High yield seed, agriculture accessories etc are distributed among the farmers at subsidy rate through these schemes. Also, training is imparted on developed & scientific ways of cultivation through display centres & training centres. Farmers have much been benefited by these schemes.
1) Special Jute Development Project (S.J.D.P.) 2) Advance Maize Development Project (A.M.D.P) 3) Oilseed Production Project (O.P.P) 4) National Pulse seed Development Project (N.P.D.P) 5) Pulse seed Development Scheme (P.D.S) 6) Integrated Crop Production Project (I.C.P.P) 7) National Watershed Development Project in Rainfed Areas 8) Sugarcane & Sugarcane-like Crop Development Project (Sugarcane & Sugarbit Development Scheme) 9) On Farm Water Management Scheme 10) Front Line Display (F. L.D)

List of important existing agriculture/horticulture/ floriculture based industries in Uttar Dinajpur

1. M/S Kalyan Spices Industries Prop- Uma Shankar Mittal, Vill-P.O, Sonarpur Manufacturing of Spices.
2. M/S Shyam Brothers Prop- Banoarilal Todi, Loharpolly Road, Islampur Termeric & Chilli.
3. M/S Loknath Spices powder Industry, Prop- Diptesh Lohani, Thanapara, Kaliyaganj Spices Powder.
4. M/S Saha Industries Prop- Biswanath Saha, Mahendraganj, Kaliyaganj Termeric Powder.
5. M/S Prasad Halud Mill Prop- Kailash Prasad Munia, Ray Colony, Kaliyaganj Termeric Powder.
6. Debabrata Biswas, Poaltore, Kaliyaganj Floriculture.
7. M/S Ramkrishna Rural Welfare Society, Ramkrishnapur, Islampur Jam & Jelly.
8. Sh. Omprakash Khaitan, Mallickpur More, Dalkhola, Masterd Oil and Masterd Cake.
9. M/S Sabujayan Pvt. Ltd., Srikrishnapur , Islampur, Potato & Multipurpose Cold Storage.
10. Srikrishna Himghar Pvt. Ltd. , Srikrishnapur , Islampur.
11. M/S Bengal Fertilizer, Ramganj, Islmapur

Scope of Agriculture/ Horticulture based Small Scale Industries :-

There is scope of setting up the following small scale industries related with the different crops as noted below.
(i) Preparation of potato chips from potato.
(ii) Preparation of Ketch-up, Sauce from Tomato.
(iii) Preparation of Jelly, Jam from Guava, Mango, Pineapple.
(v) Preparation of Packed juices from Orange, Pineapple, Mango, Guava, Jackfruit.
(vi) Preparation of Ginger Oil, Ginger finger, slices.
(vi) Preparation of pickle from Mango etc.
(vii) Preparation of papain from papaya.
(viii) Preparation of spices powder from Chilli, Termeric.
(ix) Preparation of Rice Oil from Rice bran.
(x) Establishment of cold storage for storing potato, vegetable and fruit crops.
(xi) Packaging and marketing industry for the famous rice variety “Tulai Panja”
(xii) Khensari Gur
(xiii) Mushroom cultivation and Processing
(xiv) Papad making
(xv) Bee keeping/ Honey Processing , Kapasia, Itahar
(xvi) Ayurvedic/ Hurbs
(xvii) Dehydration of Line Fruits & Vegitables
(xiv) Tomato Products
(xv) Banana Processing