NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURE FOR RABI COMPAIGN - 2013-14 Dated 24-25 Sep. 2013 At PUSA Complex, ICAR, New Delhi PRESENTED BY Sh. Suresh Kumar, IAS, Financial Commissioner Development, Govt. of Punjab, Chandigarh.

About Punjab: Area (geographical) : 5.04 m ha Net sow area: 4.2 m ha Total cropped area: 7.9 m ha Net Irrigated area: 4.07 m ha(97.9%) Tubewells irrigated: 2.95 m ha (73%) through 13.81 lakh tubewells Canals irrigated : 1.12 m ha (27%) Cropping intensity: 189.6% Major Cropping Systems : Rice-Wheat; Cotton-Wheat; and Maize-Wheat.

Kharif Assessment

Estimated Area and Production (Kharif 2013) State achieved record production of rice in kharif 2009 Area 000 hect. Production ‘000 M.T./Bales S. No. Crop 2012-13 2013-14(Targets) 2013-14 (Estimated) Area Production 1. Rice 2845 11374 2750 11000 2373 10815 2. Maize 129 475 150 540 152 562 3. Bajra 3 5 4. K.Pulses 9 23 19 15 11 Kharif Food grains 2986 11861 2928 11564 2945 11393 5. Ground Nuts 6. Sesamum 2 10 4 6 7. Sugarcane 83 5919 95 6840 96 6720 8. Cotton 481 1627 520 1958 505 1635

Rabi Prospects

ESTIMATES OF AREA & PRODUCTION (Rabi Crops) No. CROP 2012-13 2013-14(Target) Area ‘000’ Hect. Production ‘000’ M.T. Area ‘000’ Hect. 1. Wheat 3512 16591 3470 16300 2. Barley 13 47 20 70 3. Pulses* 54 45 85 75 Rabi Foodgrains 3579 16683 3575 16445 4. Rabi Oilseeds 32 41 50 65 5. Sunflower (P) 24 25 Including Summer Moong. State achieved 179.82 lac M.Tonnes record production of wheat during 2011-12

AREA, YIELD AND PRODUCTION OF WHEAT S. No. Year Area ( ‘000’hact.) Yield (Kg./hact.) Production (‘000’M.T) 1. 2001-02 3420 4532 15499 2. 2005-06 3469 4179 14497 3. 2006-07 3467 4210 14596 4. 2007-08 3488 4507 15720 5. 2008-09 3526 4462 15733 6. 2009-10 3520 4307 15161 7. 2010-11 3510 4693 16472 8. 2011-12 3528 5097 17982 9. 2012-13 3512 4724 16591 10. 2013-14(T) 3470 4700 16300 State surpassed all previous records of wheat production during 2011-12.

AREA & PRODUCTION OF FOOD GRAIN S.No. Year Area (‘000’ hect.) Production (‘000’ M.T.) 1. 1980-81 4853 11921 2. 1990-91 5673 19223 3. 2005-06 6326 25215 4. 2008-09 6458 27328 5. 2009-10 6501 26946 6. 2010-11 6587 27928 7. 2011-12 * 6550 29131 8. 2012-13* 6565 28544 9. 2013-14 (T)* 6503 28009 * Including Summer Moong.

Area, Av.Yield & Production of Pulses in Punjab. Year Kharif Pulses Rabi Pulses Total Pulses Area (000 hect.) Production (000 Tonnes) (000 M.T) 2001-02 37 21 17 15 54 36 2005-06 23 18 09 07 32 25 2006-07 19 08 27 2007-08 30 2008-09 22 2009-10 16 13 05 2010-11 82 68 98 81 2011-12* 50 46 63 55 2012-13* 10 45 64 53 2013-14* 80 76 103 95 * Including summer moong

Area, Av.Yield & Production of Oilseed Crops in Punjab. Year Kharif Oilseeds Rabi Oilseeds Total Oilseeds Area (000 hect.) Production (000 Tonnes) (000 M.T) 2001-02 25 12 58 71 73 83 2004-05 14 08 77 93 91 101 2005-06 06 64 79 76 85 2006-07 07 57 78 2007-08 10 05 49 72 59 2008-09 11 51 62 2009-10 09 54 80 63 2010-11 46 65 55 2011-12 43 50 68 2012-13 45 52 70 2013-14(T) 13 75 110 88 119

Physical and Financial progress of Micro Irrigation 2013-14. 50 % Financial assistance on Drip/Sprinkler irrigation & UGPS on 24000 hectares area by providing subsidy. Treatment shall be carried out in Catchment area of Flood Prone River-Ghaggar; Supplementary irrigation shall be generated in 4000 hectares; Soil & water conservation works shall be carried out on 1000 hectares. Awareness Camps and demonstrations shall be carried out for promoting Efficient use of irrigation water. Physical and Financial progress of Micro Irrigation 2013-14. S. No. Year Financial (Rs. In lac) Physical (Hect.) NABARD No. of benefici-aries Target Ach. 1. 2011-12 2399.58 1462.46 7000 4909 1065.35 7.52 1674 2. 2012-13 1977.33 1207.07 2635 2790 2015.76 1758.25 2707 3. 2013-14 (upto August 2013) 2500.00 - 5000 257.51

Strengthening of Agriculture Machinery under Macro Management Scheme 2013-14. Annual Plan of Rs. 263.75 lac during FY 2012-13 but due to non release of funds by State Govt. utilized Rs. 242.53 lac . Annual Plan of Rs. 5163.00 lac FY 2013-14 under Crop Diversification Plan. Sr.No. Name of Machinery/Implement Achievement 2012-13 (No. of Imps.) Proposal/Target 2013-14 (No. of Imps.) 1. Self Propelled Reaper Blinder 10 50 2. Potato digger 125 152 3. Straw Reaper 369 200 4. Maize Thresher 2 126 5. Zero Till Drill 107 380 6. Multi Crop Planter 6 7. Rotavator 591 2500 8. Happy Seeder 8 170 9. Automatic/Semi Potato planter 121 150 10. Self Propeller Fodder 3 There are some other implements to provide on subsidy under this scheme There are some other implements to provide on subsidy under this scheme

NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY MISSION (Wheat) Punjab (in lacs) Sl. No. Inrerventions Approved Rate of Assistance Unit Achievement 2012-13 Approved Action Plan 2013-14 Physical Financial 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Cluster Demonstration Rs. 12500/-per ha. nos. 3000 375.000 12000 1500.000 Distribution of Certified Seeds of improved varieties. Rs. 500/-per qtl. qtl. 212900 1064.500 300000 Need based Plant/Soil Management   a) Micronutrients Rs. 500/- per ha. ha. 120000 600.000 150000 750.000 b) Gypsum 9600 48.000 20000 100.000 c) Plant Protection Chemicals & Bio-agents 10000 50.000 40000 200.000 Sub Total 698.000 1050.000 Resource Conservations Machineries/Energy Management a) Knap Sack Spryers Rs. 3000 per machine Nos. 706 18.000 700 21.000 b) Zero Til Seed Drills Rs. 15000 per machine 353 52.950 500 75.000 c) Multi Crop Planters 44 6.600 d) Seed Drills 55 8.250 300 45.000 e) Zero Til Multi Crop Planters f) Ridge Furrow Planters g) Rotavators Rs. 30000 per machine 450 135.000 1250 h) Laser Land Leveller Rs.150000 per machine 25 37.500 70 105.000 271.500 621.000

NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY MISSION (Wheat) Punjab (in lacs) Sl. No. Interventions Approved Rate of Assistance Unit Achievement 2012-13 Approved Action Plan 2013-14 Physical Financial 5 Cropying System based trainings Rs .14000/- Training Nos. 200 28.000 6 Miscellaneous Expenses   a) Project Management Team & Other Miscellaneous Expenses at District level Rs. 6.38 lakh per Distt. No. of distt. 10 63.800 b) Project Management Team & Other Miscellaneous Expenses at State level Rs.13.87 l akh per State. No. of state 13.100 1 13.870 Sub Total 77.670 7 Local initiatives 0.000 100.000 TOTAL FINANCIAL (1-7) 2450.100 4876.670

NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY MISSION (Pulses) Punjab (in lac.) Sl. No. Inrerventions Approved Rate of Assistance Unit Achievement 2012-13 Approved Action Plan 2013-14 Physical Financial 1 Distribution of Certified Seeds   a) For varieties less than 10 years Rs. 2200/- Qtl. qtl. 0.000 500 11.000 b) For varieties more than 10 years old Rs. 1200/- Qtl. 5000 60.000 Sub Total 71.000 2 Demonstration on improved Technologies a) Cluster Demonstration Rs. 5000 per ha. ha. 700 35.000 3 Integrated Nutrient Management: a) Micro Nutrients Rs. 500 per ha. 10000 50.000 20000 100.000 b) Rizobium culture/ PSB Rs. 100 per ha. 1.100 2000 2.000 b) Lime/Gypsum 80 % wg saulphar 9600 72.000 51.100 174.000 4 Integrated Pest Management IPM a) IPM package Rs. 750 per ha. 100 0.750 4000 30.000 b) Distribution of NPY Rs.250 per ha. 1.250 C) Distribution of PP Chemicala 125 0.630 20.000 d) Weedicides 10.000 11.380 101.250

NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY MISSION (Pulses) Punjab (in lac.) Sl. No. Interventions Approved Rate of Assistance Unit Achievement 2012-13 Approved Action Plan 2013-14 Physical Financial 5 Source Conservation Technology Tools   a) Knap Sack Sprayers Rs. 3000 per Machine nos 588 15.000 500 b) Zero Til Seed Drills Rs. 15000 per Machine 263 39.450 75.000 c) Multi Crop Planters 16 2.400 d) Seed Drills 68 10.200 200 30.000 e) Zero Til Multi Crop Planters 7 1.050 f) Ridge Furrow Planters 6 0.900 g) Rotavators Rs. 30000 per Machine 350 105.000 700 210.000 h) Laser Land Leveller Rs.150000 per Machine 20 40 60.000 Sub Total 204.000 390.000 Cropping System based trainings Rs 14000/- Traing 10 1.400 Miscllaneous Expenses 21.200 a) District Level Rs 4.47 lakh per Distt. No. of distt. 31.290 b) State Level Rs. 6.28 lakh per State. No. of state 1 6.280 c) state for other districts ( District of ISOPOM) Rs. 1.00 lakh per distt. 13 13.000 50.570 8 Local initiatives 200.00 TOTAL FINANCIAL (1-8) 289.080 1023.22

Accelerated Pulse Production Program (A3P) Punjab-2013-14 No.   Interventions Approved Rate of Assistance Unit Achievement 2012-13 Approved Action Plan 2013-14 Physical Financial 1 Summer Moong (Zaid 2013-14) 4.80 Lakh per unit 100 hac each unit  100  432.00 25 120.00

SEED-VILLAGE SCHEME (Wheat) Year No. of adopted villages No. of Farmers Quantity of Wheat Seed Distributed (Qtl.) Area Covered (Hac.) Seed Produced 2011-12 1546 154650 30930 927900 2012-13 1600 163850 32770 983100 2013-14* 1610 164500 33000 1000000

SEED AVAILABILITY AND REPLACEMENT No. Crop 2012-13 2013-14 Seed Replacement Rate (%age) Requirement Of seed (Qtl) Availability Likely Seed Replacement Rate (%) 1. Wheat 36 1156600 1255906 2. Barley 70 10000 13380 89 3. Rabi Pulses 68 2225 3795 95 4. Rapeseed & Mustard 81 695 1655 88

SEEDS TESTING Type of Sample 2011-12 2012-13 (Upto 31-3-2013) Samples Analyzed (Nos.) Failed Sample (Nos.) Certification 12112 1713 9271 1576 Service Samples 4033 1059 4875 1057 Seed Law Enforcement 3930 250 4445 170 Bunt Samples 441 14 679 60 Total 20516 3036 19270 2863

S. NO FERTILIZER CONSUMPTION RABI 2012-13 REQUIREMENT RABI 2013-14 1. FERTILIZER CONSUMPTION & REQUIREMENT RABI 2013-14 (In terms of nutrients) ( Qty-M.T.) S. NO FERTILIZER CONSUMPTION RABI 2012-13 REQUIREMENT RABI 2013-14 1. NITROGENUS 793643 771486 2. POSPHATIC 267861 270000 3. POTASIC 6537 46000 TOTAL 1068041 1087486

REQUIREMENT AND AVAILABILITY OF FERTILIZERS. Kharif 2013-14 (Qty. in M REQUIREMENT AND AVAILABILITY OF FERTILIZERS Kharif 2013-14 (Qty.in M.T.) Fertilizer Requirement Kharif 2013 Availability Kharif 2013 (upto 16.9.2012) Urea 1325000 1284629 DAP 550000 445516 (DAP+MAP+TSP) SSP 25000 2452 MOP 40000 24424 CAN 3000 00 NPK Complexes 50000 12280 A/S 10000 113 TOTAL 1953000 1769414

REQUIREMENT OF DAP AND UREA RABI : 2013-14 (Qty. in M.T.) S.NO. MONTH DAP UREA 1. OCTOBER-13 315000 300000 2. NOVEMBER-13 60000 3. DECEMBER-13 10000 4. JANUARY-14 275000 5. FEBRUARY-14 70000 6. MARCH-14 TOTAL 415000 1315000

PROMOTION OF INM AND IPM Balanced use of nutrients for improving factor productivity. Distribution of Zinc Sulphate and Manganese Sulphate on 50% subsidy. Supply of bio fertilizers on pulses crop. Campaign for Termites control. Timely availability of Micronutrients and gypsum.

CONSUMPTION AND PROJECTED DEMAND OF PESTICIDES (Qty MT Tech. Grade) Pesticides Consumption (Rabi 2012-13) Projected Demand (Rabi 2013-14) Insecticides 584 600 Weedicides 1116 1200 Fungicides 155 350 Total 1855 2150

Control of yellow rust Promotion of Yellow Rust Resistant Varieties like PBW-550 , PBW-621, HD2967 and PBW-502. Replacement of PBW-343 in semi-hilly areas to arrest the incidence of yellow rust. Supply of fungicide at 50 % cost for the Control of yellow rust. Monitoring Teams are being constituted at State as well as District Level

Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana Main Objectives To maintain at least 4% growth in Agriculture sector To reduce yield gaps in important crops To increase public investment in Agriculture & Allied sectors To maximize returns to the farmers. Allied Sectors involved Crop husbandry, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy development, Fisheries, agriculture marketing, Soil & water conservation, Agriculture Research and Education etc. Status of funds under RKVY:- (Rs. in crore) Year Total Budget Allocated Fund released Expenditure 2011-12 145.87 136.60 2012-13 156.83 86.83 26.83 2013-14 (August 2013) 206.94 117.19 -

EXTENTION – NETWORK Farmer training camp District level training camp –40 (One each in Kharif & Rabi) Block level training camp - (Minimum 282) No. of Village level training camp –(Minimum 4600) Free Agriculture literature being distributed in these camps Free Agri.Clinics have been opened in the State. Mass media TV & Radio support to Agriculture Extension Programme Kissan Call center Total No. of 5.77 lakh calls of the farmers have been responded from 2005 to August 2013 and further average 20000 farmer calls are responded per month.

Agriculture Credit Position in Punjab. (Amount in Crores) S. No. Season 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 (Projected) 1. Kharif (Total) 4589.46 5412.69 5910.00 Cash 3823.97 4446.23 4137.00 Kind 765.49 966.46 1773.00 2. Rabi (Total) 4870.29 5307.82 3970.92 4212.05 899.37 1095.77 3. Total Credit (Kharif + Rabi) 9459.75 1072.51 11820.00 7794.89 8658.28 8274.00 1664.86 2062.23 3546.00 Registrar Cooperative Societies Pb. Registrar Cooperative Societies Pb.

ISSUES AND PROBLEMS Under NFSM ,percentage share of SC component . Non –procurement of other alternate crops i.e oil seed and pulses at MSP. Climate change. Degradation and over exploitation of natural resources i.e soil and water. Lack of storage facilities for food grains. Water logging and salinity in south- western districts. Declining arable land area . Technology fatigue . Insufficient Migratory labour in Agriculture sector . Environmental Pollution

Suggestions Provision of adequate funds for research and development in crop improvement ,natural resource management and climate change adaptation . Strengthening of scientific storage facilities and cold chain infrastructure. Establishment of Agro- processing units in Rural Sector. Assured procurement of diversified crops at MSP to promote diversification.

STRATEGIES FOR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR BETTER INPUT USE EFFICIENCY

NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Promoting use of bio-fertilizers to reduce dependence on chemical fertilizers Promotion of crop residue based mulches - enhance water use efficiency and weed management Promotion of conjunctive use of brackish and good quality water and for management of brackish water in S-W Punjab

RATIONAL USE SALINE AND SODIC WATER About 42% underground waters are of poor irrigation quality Soil test based gypsum application Use technology for use of poor quality water and organic manures Incorporation of crop residue

MANAGEMENT OF RAIN WATER IN KANDI TRACT - Recharging Leveling the undulating fields Proper bunding of the fields Short duration crops/varieties cultivation Early sowing of crops Mulching with locally available biomass Rain water harvesting in small ponds

Wheat Use Happy Seeder machine for sowing of wheat in combine harvested paddy fields without any straw burning or removal. In heavy soils, sow wheat on beds with bed planter. Use of leaf colour chart (LCC) for need based fertilizer nitrogen application. For efficient use of irrigation water, make 8 plots per acre in heavy textured soils and 16 plots peer acre in light textured soils.

SPRING MAIZE Ridge and bed planting give significantly higher grain yield and water use efficiency than flat sown. Drip irrigation saves about 40% irrigation water as compared to flood irrigation. Application of straw mulch @ 6 t/ha results in saving of 18-20 cm of irrigation water. Use of leaf colour chart (LCC) for need based fertilizer nitrogen application.

PULSES Sow two rows of gram on raised beds, after rice particularly on heavy soils. Inoculate the seed of gram with Mesorhizobium culture / Mesorhizobium and Rhizobacterium cultures at the time of sowing for getting higher productivity of gram.. Treat the lentil seed before sowing with the recommended Rhizobium culture