GROUP – IV PRESENTATION NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURE FOR RABI CAMPAIGN 2016 (16th September, 2016) ROAD MAP FOR AUGMENTING PULSES PRODUCTION GROUP – IV PRESENTATION

PARTICIPATED STATES ANDHRA PRADESH GUJARAT J&K MADHYA PRADESH MAHARASHTRA RAJASTHAN UTTAR Pradesh ODISHA WEST BENGAL and TELANGANA 2

CONSTRAINS IN PULSE PRODUCTION Inadequate availability of Certified Seed Moisture Stress at critical stages of Crop Growth Majority area is under Rain fed Deficiency of Micronutrients in Soils Lack of Varieties Suitable for Rice Fallows and Summer Inadequate Storage Facility Vulnerability of Pulse Crop to Blue Bulls / Wild animals Losses due to Pests & Diseases Pulses are grown in Low and Marginal fertile lands Lack of Procurement Facilities

STRATEGIES Increasing the area Increasing the Productivity Rice fallow Pulse Summer Pulse Pre Kharif Pulse crop Before Paddy Increasing area on Rice and Commercial Crop Bunds Enhancing area under intercropping and Poly Cropping Increasing the Productivity Varietal Replacement Life Saving Protective Irrigation by Rain Guns, Sprinklers etc., Promotion of resource conservation Techniques ( Broad Bed Furrow) Encouraging Farm Ponds for Rain water harvesting Foliar application of 2% Urea / DAP Saving the crop by spraying 1% K No3 under prolonged dry spells Seed Production through FPOs / CMSS (Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh)

Marketing and Value Addition Increasing Infra Structure Facilities for Storage and Godowns Promotion of Processing units like mini dal mills Formation of FPO / FPC for capacity building, Marketing Linkage and Value addition Procurement of Pulses if the Market Price is below MSP by opening Procurement Centres in major Pulse growing Districts

Approaches for enhancing production of different pulses (Short term) Target for next five year Productivity enhancement From existing 764 kg/ha to 900 kg/ha. Increasing the area of cultivation 3.5 million ha additional area (bringing total area to 27.0 mha) Promotion of mung bean in spring/summer season in north India Inclusion of mung bean/lentil/chickpea in rice fallows Intercropping of chickpea/lentil in autumn planted and mung bean/urd bean in spring planted sugarcane Reducing post-harvest and milling losses Post-harvest and milling losses to be reduced

Potential crop/cropping systems/niche Action plan for area expansion of Pulses Potential crop/cropping systems/niche Specific area Present Area (m ha) 2016 Target area by 2021 (m ha) Intercropping Mungbean with Sugarcane in irrigated and with Cotton & millets in rainfed Western U.P., Central U.P., Eastern U.P., Bihar, Maharashtra, A.P. and T.N. 0.10 0.40    Pigeonpea with soybean, millets, cotton, and groundnut (rainfed upland) A.P., Malwa Plateau of M.P., Vidarbha of Maharashtra, North Karnataka, T.N. 0.20 0.30 Chickpea with mustard, linseed and safflower (rainfed) South East Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, U.P., Bihar, Vidarbha of Maharashtra Chickpea/lentil with autumn planted /ratoon sugarcane Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar 0.60 Catch crop Mungbean spring/ summer Western U.P., Central U.P. Haryana, Punjab, Bihar, West Bengal 0.50

Rice fallows   Chickpea Eastern U.P., Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, W.B. 0.10 0.20 Urdbean/mungbean A.P., Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Karnataka Lentil Eastern U.P., Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand Lentil/fieldpea North-Eastern hill region 0.02 Kharif fallow Urdbean/mungbean in Bundelkhand U.P., M.P. 0.40 0.50 Filedpea UP, Punjab, Haryana, Bihar, MP 0.1 Total 1.52 3.70

DROUGHT PROOFING MEASURES Protective irrigation through rain guns Mandal wise mapping was done of frequent drought mandals based on the data base of last 12 years. 13,334 each of rain guns and sprinkles, 8053 oil engines and 3.5 lakh water carrying pipes. Water supplying equipment is procured by Government investing Rs.160.54cr 20,000 lit of water was provided which is equivalent to 5-7mm rainfall for each acre. During 1st phase 4.69 lakh acres (up to 5-9-2016) and during 2nd phase 0.56 lakh acres was given protective irrigation of groundnut, redgram, blackgram, greengram, maize and chilies 80% of the cost of water trasport through tankers and the cost of diesal for oil engine is born by the Government and only 20% of the cost is paid by the farmer.

Providing protective irrigation Rain gun Tank irrigation with bullocks

ISSUES IN PULSE PRODUCTION Seed Rolling Plan Increasing Seed Subsidy from Rs.25 to Rs.50 Per Kg Marketing : Creation of Marketing Linkage Procurement : Timely Procurement of Pulses and Opening of Procurement centers in all Pulse growing States Control of Blue Bulls and Stray Animals Protective Life Saving Irrigation at Critical Stages of growth Productive Technology for Paira / Relay Cropping

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