| 1. |
Quality seedling production |
- Number of ramets/clones produced and supplied within stipulated time
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- Production of 5 lakhs quality seedlings in 10 superior genotypes/clones
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- Availability of quality and uniform planting stock
- Availability of quality pulp and matchwood
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| 2. |
Establishment of farmers linked industrial wood plantation |
- Area coverage
- Number of farmers under contract farming
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- 200 ha area of Plantation will be covered
- Minimum of 200 farmers
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- Increased area under industrial wood plantation
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| 3. |
Formation of cluster and capacity building |
- Number of cluster formed
- Number of training conducted
- Number of beneficiaries
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- Ten cluster
- two trainings/year/cluster
- 500 beneficiaries
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- Awareness on commercial tree farming
- Availability of skilled man power
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| 4. |
Horizontal expansion of industrial agroforestry |
- Area of coverage of plantation
- Number of farmers availing credit facility
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- Minimum of 5000 acres per annum
- Minimum of 2500 farmers
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- Increased area under pulpwood plantations
- Availability of financial support to small and medium farmers.
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| 5. |
Wood technological characterization and development of alternate pulpwood species |
- Number of species /clones characterized for cellulose (>45%)
- Number of alternate species/clone developed
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- Minimum one species for pulp industry utility
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- Availability of alternate genetic resources with high cellulose and low lignin content to growers and industries
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| 6. |
Matchwood characterization and development of alternate matchwood species |
- Number of species /clones characterized for strength properties
- Number of alternate species/clones developed
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- Minimum one species for match industry utility
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- Alternate genetic resources with opt wood properties available to growers and industries
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| 7. |
Precision silviculture techniques |
- Site specific irrigation and fertigation techniques
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- Optimal irrigation and fertigation technique for different agroclimatic zones
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- Productivity and yield improvement
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| 8. |
Pest and disease management |
- Reaction of Eucalyptus Gall Insect to various management measures
- Intensity of wilt disease against management practices
- Response of Ailanthus Defoliators to management inputs
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- Suitable method for control of Eucalyptus gall insect
- Opt IPM method of wilt disease management
- Efficient IPM method of leaf defoliators of Ailanthus
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- Maintaining the productivity by avoiding losses due to the pest and diseases
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| 9. |
Harvest and post-harvest |
- Promotion of mechanized harvest through demonstratio
- Improvement in harvest efficiency
- Post-harvest management
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- 2 demonstrations per cluster
- Harvest efficiency of 10 t/MD
- Technology to augment shelf-life of harvested wood
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- Reduction in logging waste Reduction in human drudgery
- Increased storage of logs
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| 10. |
Value addition to the industrial residue |
- Quantity of briquettes produced
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- 2 tonnes of briquettes/ha
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- Efficient and sustainable utilization of industrial residue
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| 11. |
Market and supply chain |
- Augmenting supply chain
- Market information system and disseminations
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- Quad partite model supply chain
- Establishment of MIC
- Price information through websites and cluster groups
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- Availability of adequate raw material with MSP
- Growers are aware of price information and market outlet
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