NATIOANAL CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURE FOR RABI CAMPAIGN

2012-13

NATIOANAL CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURE FOR RABI CAMPAIGN

2012-13

STRATEGIES FOR RABI AND SUMMER CROPS : GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS

HaryanaJammu & Kashmir

NagalandPunjab

RajasthanTripura

Uttar Pradesh

AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

States

Haryana Awareness camps at District HQCapacity building of farmers at each Block

Punjab Awareness training organized

Rajasthan Rabi Abhiyan 2012-13

Uttar Pradesh Apni Mitti Pahchano Sept-Oct, 2012

SEED AVAILABILITY

States Adequate Remarks

Haryana SRR: +1.5% in wheat, +0.5% in Gram

+10% in Three distt. Bhiwani, Mewat and Panchkula

Punjab SRR: 36% in wheat, 70% in barley

Adequate availability

Rajasthan Adequate seed of wheat/mustard

Gram seed inadequate, tied up with NSC-truthfully labelled

Uttar Pradesh SRR: 41% in wheat, 20% in gram39.90 lakh qtls of wheat seed arranged

Adequate availability Replacement of PBW 343

Tripura Adequate seed of rice Inadequate of hybrids

Jammu & Kashmir Adequate seed Potato in short supplyYR resistant var. for HillsOats seed inadequate-tied up with NSC

Nagaland All seeds in deficit Tied up with NSC/SFCITruthfully labeled from State’s Farms

PRE-POSITIONONG OF FERTILIZERS

States Position

Haryana Half of stock will be pre-positioned by 1st October, 2012Adequate micronutrients available

Punjab Adequate stocks of urea, DAP, K fertilizers pre-positioned

Rajasthan Fertilizers in short supply

Uttar Pradesh Fertilizer distribution to be increased by 8.58%Pre-positioning of 4.83 lakh tons of P –fert.

Tripura Adequate

Jammu & Kashmir

Adequate

Nagaland Comfortable in Urea, DAP is always in short supply

EARLY/TIMELY SOWINGStates

Haryana 80% sowing by 30th Nov

Punjab Timely sowing ( 4th week of October to 20th November)

Rajasthan Early sowing of gram and oilseeds

Uttar Pradesh 75% sowing of wheat by 25th November remaining by 5th December

Tripura Timely sowing envisaged

ADDITIONAL AREA UNDER PULSES/OILSEEDS

States

Haryana Gram +0.5 lakh ha summer mung +1.0 lakh ha Oilseeds+0.65 lakh haBerseem 17664 ha, Oats 1580 haSpring maize 7000 ha

Punjab Summer mung +0.50 lakh haMarginal increase in rabi pulses/oilseeds

Rajasthan +4 lakh over normal in gram+3 lakh ha in Mustard

Uttar Pradesh 2.0 lakh ha summer mung

Tripura Marginal increase in boro, pulses and oilseeds

Jammu & Kashmir Static as last year

Nagaland Static as last year

YELLOW RUST MANAGEMENTStates

Haryana •Promotion of YR Resistant varieties,•Surveillance, awareness campaign,•Supply of Fungicide at 50% cost

Punjab •YR Resistant Var.-PBW 550, 621, 502•Supply of fungicide at 50% cost

Jammu & Kashmir •YR resistant varieties for plains available in adequacy•For hills ( HS 240 and HS375 not available)

CREDIT MANAGEMENT

States

Punjab 7.3% increase in KCCs8.3% increase in Credit

Rajasthan 58% target achieved (Rs. 28829 cr)75.40 lakh KCCs issued

Uttar Pradesh Crop Loan increased by 34.09%9.24 lakh KCCs

GOOD AGRICULTURE PRACTICES States GAP

Haryana •100% seed treatment, dense planting of wheat at 18 cm rows apart

•Zero tillage on 6 lakh ha, FIRB•Laser Land Leveller, Straw reeper•Water Management-UGPL, •Sprinklers-26500 ha in 2012-13, drip in sugarcane•100% soil health cards by 2013, •Green manuring with Dhaincha (4.25 lakh ha)

Punjab •Timely sowing ( 4th week of October to 20th November)•Bi-directional sowing of wheat.•Zero tillage (approx 4.5 lakh ha), •Fertilizer use on soil testing •Judicial use of weedicides.•100% Seed Treatment.

Rajasthan •Water management, Diggies through MGNREGA and RKVY convergence• Drip Irrigation in Plantations-collaborations with Israel

GOOD AGRICULTURE PRACTICES

States GAP

Uttar Pradesh •100% seed treatment•20 lakh ha wheat –line sowing•Weed free campaign in wheat•Micro-irrigation in bundelkhand region•Trichoderma for Wilt and NPV for Pod borer•Zero-tillage and seed drills

Tripura 100% seed treatmentSRI-1.0 lakh ha, Hybrids Rice 75000 haNursery raising in Banana pulp

Jammu & Kashmir Vegetable clusters

Nagaland Settled cultivation-Plantations in Jhum Areas

ISSUESISSUES States

Seed 1. Relaxation of age limit Rajasthan

2. Truthfully labeled seeds Rajasthan for Gram

3. Non availability of seed of Yellow Rust Resistant Varieties Jammu & Kashmir

4. Development of Yellow rust resistant varieties Haryana, Punjab

5. Seed of Stress tolerant varieties U.P.

5. Inadequate availability of seed of hybrid rice and maize U.P

NFSM

All districts and all crops under NFSM Haryana, Punjab, Tripura, UP

Seed subsidy of wheat to be raised to Rs. 700/qtl Haryana, Punjab

Funds for SC category to be based on actual Population farmers involved in agriculture

Haryana, Punjab

Fund releases-NFSM U.P.

Enhance subsidy on rotavators, sprinklers and power tiller J&K, Tripura

NFSM-Pulses and Millets Nagaland

ISSUESISSUES States

RKVY

Funds release UP, Rajasthan

NMMICeiling of 5 ha may be removed Rajasthan

Automation of fertigation should part of NMMI Rajasthan

InsuranceCrop Product for weather based insurance Rajasthan

Actuarial to assess the premium, claims and crop product of insurance company

Rajasthan

All automated weather Stations under IMD Rajasthan

NHM

Strawberry to be included Rajasthan

Research-SAUs/ICAR

Development of Yellow Rust resistant, heat/water logging tolerance varieties

Punjab, Haryana

ISSUESISSUES States

Fertilizers

Adhere to supply plans All States

Railways to allocate adequate rakes Har, Punjab

Postpone the work of renovations of NFL, Panipat

Har

Supply from local units of fertilizer manufacturers

NFL, Panipat-HaryanaChambal Fertilizers-Rajasthan

Procurement

Procurement of oilseeds and pulses Punjab