Transcript BALWINDER SINGH SIDHU Director of Agriculture.

NATIONAL CONFRENCE ON AGRICULTURE
KHARIF COMPAIGN – 2006
(PUNJAB)
PRESENTATION
BY
BALWINDER SINGH SIDHU
Director of Agriculture.
RABI PROSPOECTS
(2005-06)
PRODUCTIVITY OF MAJOR CROPS
5000
4500
4563
Kg./ha.
4221
4000
3715
3506
3500
2730
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
3229
2738
3858
2726
2237
1765
2733
1602
1784
1213
1014
1555
555
371
1200
1032
528
500
0
2793
3943
4265
309
463
430
697
731
•1970-71 •1980-81 •1990-91 •2000-01 •2004-05 •2005-06
Wheat
Rabi Oilseeds
Rice
Cotton
Maize
PUNJAB AGRICULTURE : Challenges
Declining
arable land area
and Soil health
Decreasing
quantity and
quality of
water
Increasing
cost of cultivation
and
Decreasing margins
Punjab Agriculture
Technology
fatigue
Mounting Pressure
of Globalization
(New Technology &
Competition)
Climate
Change
VARIATION OF MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE (0 C) DURING RABI
25 years Av.
5 years Av.
2006
35.0
30.0
25.0
20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
November December January
February March
VARIATION OF MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE (0 C) DURING RABI
20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
0.0
-5.0
25 years Av.
November December
5 years Av.
January
February
2006.
March
Productivity of Wheat
(Kg./ha.)
4696
4532
4221
3715
3531
2337
75-76
85-86 90-91
99-2k
01-02
04-05
PRODUCTION OF RABI CROPS
CROP
2004-05
(ACHIEVEMENT)
2005-06
(ESTIMATED)
AREA
(000 ha.)
PROD.
(000 MT)
AREA
(000 ha.)
PROD.
(000 MT)
34.82
146.98
34.30
146.25
BARLEY
22
74
25
84
PULSES
12
10
18
15
OILSEEDS
60
62
70
84
Wheat
ACTION PLAN FOR
KHARIF 2006
VARIATIONS IN PRODUCTIVITY
(MAXIMUM & MINIMUM AVERAGE YEILD OF DISTRICT IN 5 YEARS)
Kg./Ha.
6000
5162
4633
5000
4000
MAXIMUM
4219
3402
2675
3000
1630
1526
2000
726
271
1000
0
MINIMUM
WHEAT
RICE
MAIZE
COTTON
700
OILSEEDS
STRATEGY TO IMPROVE
PRODUCTIVITY & GROWTH RATE
•
REGION SPECIFIC SELECTION OF CROPS.
•
PROMOTION OF VEGITABLE AND FRUIT CROPS AND THEIR PROCESSING
UNDER NATIONAL HORTICULTURE MISSION.
•
EMPHASIS ON ALLIED AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES VIZ. DAIRYING, POULTRY,
BEE KEEPING ETC.
•
CAPACITY BUILDING OF EXTENSION WORKERS AND FARMERS THROUGH
TRAINING FOR DISSEMINATION OF LATEST CROP PRODUCTION
TECHNOLOGY.
•
TIMELY SUPPLY OF QUALITY CERTIFIED SEEDS AND PLANTING MATERIAL.
IMPROVEMENT IN SEED REPLACEMENT RATIO (SRR).
•
ASSURED AND TIMELY SUPPLY OF FERTILIZERS AND THEIR BALANCED USE
BASED ON SOIL TEST.
•
INTODUCTION OF BIO-FERTILIZERS - ONE VILLAGE PER BLOCK TO BE
ADOPTED AS BIO-VILLAGE FOR MASS DEMONSTRATIONS.
•
ENCOURGE THE EFFICIENT USE OF AVAILABLE IRRIGATION SUPPLIES.
IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIFIC AREAS
CROP
IDENTIFIED DISTRICTS
Paddy a) Fine
Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Kapurthala, Patiala, Moga, Sangrur.
b) Basmati Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Patiala
(Rajpura tehsil)
Cotton
Bathina, Mansa, Mukatsar, Faridkot, Ferozepur, Sangrur
(Tehsil Barnala, Sunam & Moonuk), Moga (Tehsil
Bagapurana & Nahal Singh Wala)
Maize
Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Ropar and Amritsar
Pulses a) Moong
Amritsar, Bahtinda, Ferozepur, Ludhiana, Mansa, Moga,
Mukatsar & Sangrur
Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Ropar and Amritsar
Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Sangrur, Moga & Patiala
b) Mash
c) Aarhar
Oilseeds
(Sesamum)
Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Ferozepur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar,
Kapurthala, Mansa, Mukatsar & Ropar
RICE
THRUST AREAS

TIMELY TRANSPLANTATION OF PADDY

INTRODUCTION OF NEW
CROP ESTABLISHMENT TECHNOLOGIES VIZ.
TRANSPLANTING ON RAISED
BEDS, DIRECT SEEDING, UNPUDDLED
TRANSPLANTING AND SRI

ASSURED SUPPLY OF CANAL WATER AND ELECTRICITY (FOR 8 HOURS)

USE OF LEAF COLOR CHARTS FOR NEED BASED APPLICATION OF NITROGENUS
FERTILIZERS.

250 FARMERS FIELD SCHOOLS TO BE ORGANIZED FOR IPM.
Year
Area
(lac hac.)
Production
(lac MT)
2005-06
26.42
101.93
2006-07 (Target)
24.25
90.10
MAIZE
THRUST AREAS

INTODUCTION OF NEW HYBVRIDS AND QUILITY PROTEN MAIZE.
 EMPHASIS ON PROPER PLANT POPULATON THROUGH MACHNISED PLANTING.
 STRESS ON INM AND IPM.
 DEVELOPMENT OF POST HARVEST INFRASTRUCTURE.
Year
Area
(lac hac.)
Production
(lac MT)
2005-06
1.48
4.03
2006-07 (Target)
2.00
5.17
COTTON
THRUST AREAS
 EMPHASIS ON CULTIVATION OF Bt COTTON HYBRIDS.
 ADEQUATE SUPPLY
SOWING OF COTTON.
OF
CANAL
WATER
DURING
APRIL
FOR
TIMELY
 PROMOTION OF IPM ON COTTON IN PPP MODE UNDER SRTT PROJECT OF
REVIVING GREEN REVOLUTION AND VILLAGE CLUSTER ADOPTION PROJECT OF
VARDHMAN GROUP IN 162 VILLAGES.
 SUPPLY OF QUALITY PESTICIDES AND THEIR EFICIENT USE.
Year
Area
(lac hac.)
Production
(lac bales)
2005-06
5.57
23.95
2006-07 (Target)
6.25
24.00
ESTIMATED PRODUCTION OF
KHARIF OILSEEDS AND PULSES
YEAR
KHARIF
KHARIF PULSES
OILSEEDS
AREA
PROD.
AREA
PROD.
(000 ha.) (000 MT) (000 ha.) (000 MT)
2005-06
13
7
23
18
2006-07
(Target)
22
11
50
40
NATIONAL HORTICULTURE MISSION
Sr.No
Activities/Projects
Amount
Remarks
(Rs. In Crores)
1.
Establishment of New Gardens,
Floriculture, Modern Nurseries,
Vegetable Seed Production,
Protected Cultivation of Fruit,
Spices and Aromatic Plants,
Pollination through bee-keeping
and exhibitions.
21.83
In 11 districts namely
Ferozepur, Mukatsar,
Bhatinda, Amritsar,
Hosiharpur, Gurdaspur,
Kapruthala, Patiala,
Jalandhar, Ludhiana
and Fathegarh Sahib
2.
Post Harvest Management
2.40
PAU, Ludhiana
3.
De- bittering Technology (Plant)
2.00
Punjab Agro Industries
Corpn.
4.
Back Ended Subsidy Projects
0.32
5.
Setting up of Cold Storage
1.50
Punjab Agro Industries
and Marketing Board.
Subsidy for 3 units in
Private Sector
Livestock,
34.21
Fisheres,
0.84
Forest &
Others,
1.18
Agriculture,
63.77
Share of Agriculture and Allied in GDP =38.23%
AVIALABILITY OF CERTIFIED SEED
(QTLS.)
Sr. Crop
No
.
Requirement
of Seed
(2006-0 7)
Availability
(2006-07)
1. Paddy
48500
2. Cotton
Seed Replacement Rate
(%age)
2004-05
2005-06
122011
15
20
8125
8821
15
22
3. Maize
16000
22957
57
71
4. Pulses
450
940
16
38
FERTILIZER REQUIREMENT
(000 MT)
Name of
Fertilizer
Consumption
Kharif 2005
Requirement
Kharif 2006
Urea
1203.4
1250.0
DAP
204.4
240.0
SSP
6.9
10.0
NPK
18.3
25.0
MOP
52.7
55.0
CAN
2.4
2.5
NEW INITIATIVES
• Agriculture Diversification and Development Fund with a
corpus of Rs.20.00 set-up to undertake research on new crops,
their processing and marketing.
• Four special purpose vehicles (SPV) i.e. Council for Citrus
Juices, Council for Value Added Horticulture, Council for
Viticulture and Council for Organic Farming set-up to provide
impetus to diversification efforts.
• Punjab State Farmers Commission has been set-up to prepare
a blue print for diversification of State Agriculture and
improvement of socio-economic statues of farmers.
NEW INITIATIVES
• Contact Farming of basmati, maize, summer moong etc. has
been undertaken during kharif and hoyla, durum wheat in rabi.
• University of Animal Sciences being set-up to ensure
diversification to allied activities like dairy and fisheries.
• Super Thermal Power Plant being set-up at Coal Pit Head in
Chhatissgarh by NTPC to dedicate 1500 MW of power.
• Legislation for Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) is
proposed to regulate the working of water users associations
for efficient O&M of surface irrigation systems.
AGRICULTURE EXTENSION REFORMS
•
Organization of Farmer Training Programme on Scientific Crop Production at
district, block and village level. KVKs being actively involved in training and
FLDs’.
•
SEWP of 2005-06 prepared and approved by Govt. of India. The scheme being
implemented in the State.
•
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY at State level and
ATMAS’ at district level has been registered to implement the scheme. Second
installment distributed to districts.
•
SREP of district Amritsar and Patiala prepared and for the remaining two
districts to be submitted shortly.
•
Response to KCC is encouraging. Farmers demand accessibility to 1551 from
mobile phones. Need to increase existing lines at level-1 from 3 to 6. The
provision of cell phones with incoming facility to the experts at level II is
required for escalation of calls to level II.
•
Two crop seminars organized under Mass Media Support to Agriculture by DD
Jalandhar.
AMENDMENT OF APMC ACT
• APMC act has been amended to permit
setting up private marketing infrastructure.
• The rules to regulate such markets and
incentives to be provided to such investors
are being finalized.
RISK MANAGEMENT
• ICICI Lombard has insured the farmers crop for
weather risk in 5 districts during kharif 2005 (Paddy)
as well as in 8 districts during rabi 2005-06 (Wheat).
Farmers
Covered
Area
Covered
(acres)
Premium
(Rs.)
Sum
Insured
(Rs.)
Compensation
paid
(Rs.)
797
3194
12,77,573
1,27,76000
2,18,000
138
381
1,42,688
15,22,000
----
Efforts will be made to cover more farmers during
2006-07 in collaboration with AIC of India by
providing assistance in premium Under Work Plan
for Macro Management of Agriculture .
UTILIZATION OF FUNDS UNDER CSS
(Rs. IN LACS)
SR. NAME OF SCHEME
NO.
1.
2.
INTENSIVE
COTTON DEV.
PROG. (75.25 )
MACRO
MANAGEMENT
WORK PLAN
(90:10)
3.
AGRICULTURAL
CENSUS (100)
4.
ISOPOM (75:25)
FUNDS
RELEASED
GOI
SHARE
637.30
477.98
REMARKS
981.80
FUNDS LIKELY TO
BE UTILIZED BY 31ST
MARCH, 2006.
21.80
22.10
16.87
----
316.61
RELEASE UNDER
CONSIDERATION
1035.33
THANKS