CSISA STAKEHOLDERS WORKSHOP
R.K.MALIK AND ANDREW McDonald
CISISA- BIHAR
EXPERIENCES OF FIRST PHASE
• CA reduces the cost of cultivation.
• High cost of fertilizer and diesel cancels out the gains.
• Farmers prefer no risk theory
• Productivity must increase to sustain
• Correct the bad sequencing of RWCS
Issues• Prone to floods or even drought LIKE (
2009, 2012)in the rainy season• More number of small farmers at any
site• Marketing infrastructure even for
wheat and rice is poor. Some times farmers get less than MSP
• Lack of better-directed spending on fertilizer with more focus on phosphorus in both rice and wheat
• Time of seeding or transplanting is single largest manageable constraint.
• CBH enjoyed a big labour cost advantage which is not the case now
• Water is the single largest POLICY BASED constraint on productivity growth of cereals
Area and productivity of rice in Bihar
2008-2009-Area-3.6 mhProductivity 1.6 t/ha
Direct seeded rice (DSR), Machine transplanted unpuddled rice (MTUPR) and puddled transplanted rice (PTR)
Pooled analysis (2010 & 2011)
Establishment method
Paddy Yieldt/ha
No. of Demos. Std. Deviation
DSR5.322 563 .8325
MTUPR6.776 145 1.2101
PTR5.162 43 .6128
Total5.594 751 1.0760
Varietal Spectrum in EIGPEUP Bihar West Bengal
MTU-7029 MTU-7029 MTU-7029
Swarna Sub-1 Swarna Sub-1 BPT-5204
BPT-5204 Rajender Mansoori Shatabadi(IET-4786)
Sarju-52 Rajender Bhagwati Ratna
Rajender Mansoori MTU-1008 MTU-1081
MTU-1008 Jalnidhi Radhuni Bhog
Hybrids BPT-5204 Sita Bhog
Hybrids Badshah Bhog
Hybrids
Performance of hybrids and varieties in PTR and DSR in Bihar
PTR DSR
Nitrogen Use in Hybrids
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Polynomial relationship between sowing time and grain yield of wheat under ZT and
CT
ZT CT
Interventions
Targets
Gains Area%
1. Laser Land Levelling Water 05
2. Early Transplanting –MTUPR/ community nursery Yield 05
3. Power tillers based ZT machines Yield 05
4. Conventional Till Direct seeded Rice (CTDSR) Water 02
5. Hybrid rice with less N-use Profits 15
6. Area expansion in Kharif and spring maize Water 02
7. Intercropping with Rabi Maize, summer moong and ZT soybean Profits 10
8. Yield premium -Early wheat sowings Yield 15
9. Zero tillage wheat and lentil-ResiduesSustainability 10
10. Yield premium-Long duration wheat varieties Yield 25
TEN POINT PROGRAM (TPP)
FIVE POINT PROGRAM- CAPACITY BUILDING ( FPP-CP)
Interventions
• Women farmers IN AGRICULTURE
• Augment employability of skilled workers with service providers
• Capacity building- TOT, PG students, Interns
• Training of farmers-training camps, travel seminars
• Entrepreneurships-Tools and machinery, seeds and inputs
What we need as a group?.Need farmers credibility, trained in demonstration , adult
education skill• Requirement: awareness of what farmers need and its opportunities
and conditions• Knowledge and skills embodied in the workforce including private
sector and farmers ( including champion farmers) to improve efficiency
• Win the confidence of farmers: operated through shared knowledge, expertise, skills. and motivation
• Identification of priorities based on the consultations and workshops- develop consensus between different agencies
• Participatory adaptation- linkage of research and extension• Practical and updated agronomic skills from seed to seed• Adult education skills and skills to work with social groups.• Mutual benefits
THANKS