Certified/Quality Seeds Availability Of Certified/Quality Seeds Kharif-2014

Kharif’2014 Zonal Seed Review Meeting Outcome Seed requirement: 145.65 lk Qtls Seed Availability: 149.46 lk Qtls Seed Shortage: Soybean: 6.96 lk Qtls Mothbean: 0.1 lk Qtls, Cowpea & Guar State to be careful: Jharkhand (shortage in most of the crops, poor seed village program)

Steps to Meet shortfall in Soybean seed Off season soybean seed production by MSSC (700 ha) and NSC (216 ha) in summer season. Awareness campaign for use of own/farm saved seeds. Identify / locate availability of farm saved seeds. Rationalise SRR (Kharif-2013 was 51%, can be reduced to 33%). Use of seed planters and dibblers for sowing to economise on seed rate (from 75kg/ha to 55 kg/ha) – Maharashtra has proposed, other States can adopt

El-nino El-nino factor reported, chances of less rainfall Action plan to salvage agricultural production: Prepare alternative crop plan with short /medium duration varieties Take up production of seeds of short duration varieties in Rabi-summer season, wherever possible Assess/Tie up availability of fodder seeds, farm saved seeds, short duration variety seeds Prepare Crop plan for early Rabi Pre-positioning of fertilizer with seeds

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Requirement Availability Deficit/ Surplus Availability of Certified/Quality Seeds Kharif-2014 1. CEREALS QTY. IN QTLS. Crop Name Requirement Availability Deficit/ Surplus PADDY 6473015 7252862 779847 MAIZE 796479 876613 80134 BAJRA 224776 232733 7957 JOWAR 136474 162317 25843 RAGI 28848 32430 3582 TOTAL MILLET 2543 4110 1567 TOTAL CEREALS 7662135 8561065 898930

Availability of Certified/Quality Seeds for Kharif-2014 2. PULSES. QTY Availability of Certified/Quality Seeds for Kharif-2014 2. PULSES QTY. IN QTLS. Crop Name Requirement Availability Deficit/ Surplus ARHAR 262721 270733 8012 COWPEA 32622 31277 -1345 MOONG 231822 257626 25804 URD 180633 241987 61354 MOTH BEAN 25000.00 13800.00 -11200 HORSE GRAM 7734 8119 385 INDIAN BEAN 6435.00 6665.00 230 TOTAL PULSES 747047 830232 83185

TOTAL OILSEEDS 5699012 5037415 -661597 GRAND TOTAL 14565924 14946094 Availability of Certified/Quality Seeds for Kharif-2014 3. OILSEEDS & OTHERS QTY. IN QTLS. Crop Name Requirement Availability Deficit/Surplus GROUNDNUT 2155818 2170310 14492 CASTOR 71535 85256 13721 SESAME 23487 29037 5550 SOYBEAN 3429058 2732891 -696167 SUNFLOWER 18259 19014 755 NIGER 855 906 51 TOTAL OILSEEDS 5699012 5037415 -661597 COTTON 217445 257016 39571 JUTE 45353 61304 15951 SUNNHEMP 32482 37125 4643 DHAINCHA 88000 94230 6230 GUAR 74450 67708 -6742 GRAND TOTAL 14565924 14946094 380171

Crop-Wise Availability of Short & Medium Duration Seeds - Kharif-2014 Qty. in Qtls. Total PADDY 2428487 2371268 4799755 BAJRA 160901 21903 182804 JOWAR 126839 4300 131139 MAIZE 510898 59532 570430 RAGI 8814 125 8939 ARHAR 47818 143010 190828 URD 149199 2457 151656 MOONG 116311 14363 130674 GSSC has offered to produce seeds of Til and Bajra for the indenting States during Rabi- summer season

Crop-Wise Availability of Short & Medium Duration Seed - Kharif-2014 Qty. in Qtls. Total MOTH 13800   HORSE GRAM 270 GROUNDNUT 378068 40204 418272 SOYBEAN 1188770 18293 1207063 SESAME 9854 2440 11294 SUNFLOWER 2400 CASTOR 47200 33205 80405