Transcript Project Status

Status Review of
National Food
Security Mission
General Council Meeting under the
Chairmanship of Agriculture Minister
scheduled on 18th January,2011
Mukesh Khullar; Mission Director, National
Food Security Mission
Status Summary

NFSM is on track to deliver 20 million tons of food
grains by 2012
− Rice from 94 to 104 MT
− Wheat from 76 to 84 MT
− Pulses from 14.2 to 16.5 MT

An amount of Rs. 3500 crores spent so far; budget for
remaining amount 1385 crores submitted
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Partnerships with Institutions and Programs for
sustaining the efforts
− International - IRRI, ICRISAT, ICARDA
− National - NCIPM, IIPR, CRRI, DWR, NABARD
− Programs – STRASA, MMA, RKVY, MGNREGS, MSP
NFSM Rice
In million tons
2006-07 2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
Demand
90.91
92.87
94.83
96.81
98.79
Target
94.35
96.35
98.35
100.35
103.35
96.69
99.18
89.31
95.00*
Achievement 93.35
NFSM Wheat
In million tons
2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
Demand
71.19
72.72
74.26
75.8
77.36
Target
77.8
78.8
79.8
81.8
83.8
78.57
80.68
80.98
82.00*
Achievement
75.81
NFSM Pulses
In million tons
2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
Demand
16.77
17.51
18.29
19.08
19.91
Target
14.7
15.2
15.4
15.7
16.2
14.76
14.57
14.77
16.50*
Achieve
ment
14.20
Fund Releases
Crop
Year
2007-08
Rice
Rs in Crores
Total
2008-09
84.95 363.77
2009-10
2010-11*
RE 1277 cr
313.51 236.67
998.9
Wheat
208.19 232.23
317.98 221.66 980.06
Pulses
105.59 287.29
387.67 546.29 1326.84
Total
398.73 883.29 1019.16 1004.62 3305.8
Total Plan outlay 4882 crores
Progress

Increase in Seed Replacement Rate
− Stress tolerant varieties for rice and terminal
heat tolerant wheat varieties promoted
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Soil health improvement
− Soil amendments and promotion of Micro nutrients
especially for rice and pulses crops

Large scale demonstrations and Farmers’ Field
Schools
− Accelerated Pulses Production Program
 Pest surveillance and monitoring
− Involvement of CBOs through NABARD
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Diesel pumpsets and Sprinklers to supplement the
works under MGNREGS, RKVY and IWMP
% increase in input consumption from
07-08 to 09-10
Crop Seeds
INM
IPM
Farm machinery
Rice
17-55
43-75
54-97
22-100
Wheat 53-82
21-82
-
53-100
Pulses 69-63
36-66
61-97
0-100
(100% in 08-09)
Significant outputs up to 31/3/10
Output
Area
covered
(approx.)
Farmers
benefited
(approx.)
3 .8 lakh demonstrations
1.4 lakh ha
3.8 lakh
farmers
85.8 lakh qtls of HYV rice, wheat, pulses
distributed
110 lakh ha
73.3 lakh
farmers
Nearly 17000 qtls of hybrid rice
distributed
0.4 lakh ha
0.2 lakh
farmers
Nearly 66 lakh hac treated with
gypsum/lime/micronutrients
66 lakh ha
44 lakh
farmers
26 lakh ha of farm land treated under
Integrated Pest Management
26 lakh ha
17.3 lakh
farmers
15.3 lakh farm implements distributed
15.3 lakh
farmers
Capacity building of the farmers through
nearly 28000 Farmers Field Schools
8.4 lakh
farmers
Attention Areas
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Technical
− Improve Seed multiplication rates for production of
seeds of pulses and hybrid rice and hybrid pigeon pea
− Develop better Pest and Disease tolerance of pulses
especially of kharif pulses – black gram
− Appropriate zero till seed drills for heavy soils in rainfed
areas and other machines for harvesting, threshing and
drying of paddy in small land holdings
− Standardizing innovative farm practices e.g. dibbling,
nipping and drip irrigation for pigeon pea crops
− Developing shorter duration pulses crops esp pigeon pea
which can also be harvested with machines
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Administrative
− Business model for promotion of custom hiring of farm
machinery to small and marginal farmers for line
sowing, ridge making, spraying of pesticides
− Reducing policy-implementation gap
 Capacity building of stakeholders
Mission capacity

Responsive
− Direct Fund Flow to districts
− Dedicated Project management Teams
− General Council empowered to make suitable changes
from time to time
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Flexibilty
− ATMA can engage with CBOs and Private sector
− Pilot Projects through Agencies to draw lessons for
program formulation
− Scope for innovations under local initiatives
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Convergence
− Initiative on development of Eastern India rice base cropping
system
− Initiative on development of rainfed agriculture in 60,000
pulses and oilseeds villages
− Proposed initiative on Millets development
Sum Up
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Mission is at the centre of the policies for
augmenting food grains production
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With the clear mandate and empowered decision
making, the mission activities are being steered to
achieve the desired objectives

Pulses promotion was pumped up this year and the
results are encouraging

Institutional support is being enlisted to sustain high
production level
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Implementation capacity is being enlarged for deeper
reach and improved quality of service delivery