Transcript dkkd - Ministry of Agriculture

TENTH PLAN
Agriculture & Allied Sectors
Mid Term Appraisal
MTA Prime Concerns
 Slow growth – 1% in the first three years.
 Decline in public investment.
 Low productivity levels.
 Low growth in input use.
 Recurrent drought
 Degradation of natural resources
 Stagnation in livestock/ fisheries development
 Stagnation/Decline in cereal consumption.
Initiatives
Accelerate growth through:
Increased investment by public/ private sectors.
Increased productivity of crop/livestock/fisheries
Encourage diversification.
Promote horticulture and allied activities.
Reduction of Post Harvest losses.
Development of markets – Contract farming
– Direct Marketing.
Increase of agricultural exports.
Stepping up investment
Irrigation:
Completion of 388 major/medium irrigation
projects.
Improve water use efficiency through drip, sprinkler
and other water saving devices.
Flood control, drainage & water logging.
Watershed management:
Reclamation of wasteland / degraded land.
Integrated treatment of drought prone areas .
Stabilization of fragile eco systems.
 Infrastructure Development
Roads, Markets, Processing, Storages & Godowns.
Enhance Productivity
 Crop productivity:
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Relevant research (ICAR-SAU-KVK)
Improved hybrid seed
Fertilizer
Water management
Extension services.
 Livestock productivity
 Livestock breeding policy – selected indigenous breeds.
 Genetic upgradation of cattle: buffaloes and ruminants.
 Disease control.
 Fisheries productivity
 Increasing aquaculture and marine fisheries, improved gear,
landing site and fishing vessels for deep sea fishing,.
 Leveraging strength of private sector in
extension and marketing.
Managing Drought
 Concern - Against state plan outlay of Rs.92143
crores for the water resources sector, expenditure
only 30%.
 Greater emphasis on watershed management.
 Diversify into less water intensive crops.
 Promote dry land systems farming approach,
livestock, dairy, poultry in areas with less than
500mm rainfall.
 Promote horticulture, floriculture through
adoption of micro irrigation – drip, sprinkler.
National Horticulture Mission
 Launched with an outlay of Rs.2300 crores to
double horticulture production by 2012.
 Will adopt regionally differentiated area specific,
cluster approach.
 Will address development of infrastructure for
production, quality planting material, post harvest
management & marketing.
 Technology led development making use of
precision farming practices including micro
irrigation, fertigation, tissue culture etc;
 Micro irrigation programme to be launched
shortly.
Market Reforms
 Essential for securing remunerative prices to
farmers/growers
 To ensure assured market for farmers through
contract farming/direct marketing
 Essential for integrating the supply chain
production with processing and marketing.
 Nine States and four UTs have amended
APMC Act, partial reforms by six States, action
initiated by 13 States and 3 UTs.
Information Access
 Commodity exchanges for price discovery/risk
management.
Important agri markets being provided
internet connectivity for dissemination of
price and market related information.
1200 markets already connected giving real
time price information in respect of more
than 300 commodities and 2000 varieties.
2700 markets planned to be connected by
March, 2007.
Post Harvest Technology
 Current level of losses – Rs.60000 crores per annum.
Foodgrains(10%), Horticulture(30%),
Dairy (1%), Fisheries (15%), Livestock (3%).
 Thrust Areas – Value Addition through
Primary & Secondary processing
Scientific storage and cold chain facilities
Packaging and transport
Infrastructure linking produce to market.
Decentralized Procurement
Benefits
 Helps farmers in non traditional states get remunerative prices
 Savings in freight costs and ease transport congestion.
 Consumers get foodgrains of their choice produced locally
 States benefit by way of higher revenue
 Operational in 10 States
 State expenses reimbursed
(Lakh MTs)
Marketing
Season
2003-04
2004-05
Procurement under DCP
Rice
Wheat
78
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88
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Strengthening PDS
 PDS an important part of government’s food policy.
 Target 2005-06 - identification of an additional
50 lakh at the risk of hunger.
 Grain Banks to be set up in chronically food scarce
and inaccessible areas
 Reports about large scale diversion of foodgrains to
be addressed.
 States to hasten identification of BPL Households.
Task Ahead
 Step up investments in agriculture to achieve 4% growth.
 Improve productivity of crop & livestock.
 Speed up completion of ongoing irrigation projects.
 Water use efficiencies through drip & sprinkler.
 Undertake watershed development on large scale.
 Close monitoring to expand credit cover for farmers.
 Revitalize rural credit cooperative system.
 Strengthen research & extension support system.
 Balanced use of fertilizers & other inputs.
 Expedite reforms in APMC Act.
 Improve international competitiveness of
agricultural products and become a global player.
“everything else can wait, but not agriculture”
-- Jawaharlal Nehru