Department of Agriculture Tamil Nadu

Crop ( 3 rd Forecast Estimate) Projection APYAPYAPYAPY Rice Coarse Cereals Pulses Food grains Area: L.Ha., Production : L.MT., Yield : Kg/Ha.

Crop ( 3 rd Forecast Estimate) APYAPYAPY Rice Coarse Cereals Pulses Food grains Area: L.Ha., Production : L.MT., Yield : Kg/Ha.

Technology Intervention Scheme Intervention Extension Intervention through ICT System of Rice Intensification Promotion of Minor Millets System of Pulses Intensification – Redgram Transplantation RKVY NFSM – Rice & Pulses Village Level Campaigns Fixed Schedule Visits to Villages Use of Tablet PCs for Crop Health Monitoring Pico Projector and Touch Screen Kiosk for technology dissemination Crop Doctor for self learning

Narrowing down the yield Gap Bridging the Knowledge Gap Providing timely information on Technology, inputs,etc Shifting of approach from Crop based to Farm based Addressing the factors of production - Land and Water Constraints identification and providing possible and suitable interventions on participatory approach Dynamic advisories to individual farmers - Text and Voice Increasing the productivity and income

Total Farm Holdings Lakhs Total Field level Functionaries (Including ATMA)  Assistant Agricultural Officers 2319 Nos.  Block Technology Managers 385 Nos  Assistant Technology Managers 770 Nos ICT Infrastructure Provided Computers and Accessories along with Broadband net connectivity provided to State Headquarters, 31 Districts and 385 blocks Tablet PCs 10" Tablet PCs with 3G SIM and GPS enabled with Specialized Android Software working in offline mode

PLANNING Micro level zonation Baseline Asset mapping Soil Health Mapping Crop Matrix INTERVENTION PRODUCTION LED Complete Hand-holding Fixed Schedule Visit by Extension workers Continuous Crop Health monitoring Mobile Advisories Online Benefit tracking system

Tamil Nadu grouped in to seven Macro Agro Climatic Zones based on rainfall This broader grouping is not precise to provide bouquet of options to farming Micro Weather parameters obtained from Automatic weather stations located at block level - to delineate the Micro Agro Climatic zone

Baseline asset mapping contains Personnel, Contact, Bank, Group, land, Plantation, Farm Machineries, Wells, Micro Irrigation, Fodder crop, Sericulture details and Farm animals, Fisheries, agro forestry details and other information for integrating the Farming System Of the total Lakhs farm families in Tamil Nadu baseline asset mapping of about 68 Lakhs farm families done Kisan call Centers are integrated with Farm Crop Management System to facilitate farmers to update the information on Land, Crop, Variety and Date of Sowing/planting so as to receive the advisories on critical stages of crop growth

Soil type - individual farm soil characteristics - physical and nutritional Soil samples collected from all the farm lands in the last 3 years 68 lakhs Soil sample collected, tested and uploaded in the FCMS portal During about 8 lakh soil samples collected, tested and the data being uploaded The data are also being entered in farmer portal for preparation of Soil Fertility Maps PLANNING

Development of crop matrix - particularly based on the Climate, Asset and Soil – physical and nutritional status Season wise crop matrix - for most desirous Agricultural and Horticultural crops BouquetBouquet of options provided to farmers in descending order- based on profitability and resource availability Crop-wise, season-wise matrix provide –Technology, Cultivation practices, Input requirement Requirement of critical inputs at the farm level consolidated timely availability ensured by integration with input agencies PLANNING

Field level functionaries monitor crop health periodically and upload the data using Tablet PCs enabled with 3G, GPS, GPRS, 5MP back camera Constant interaction by the field level functionaries through Scheduling of visits to each revenue village on specified days Farmers may know the date and place of contact of the Extension functionaries using USSD Pest and Disease Monitoring Biometric observation Yield assessment Personalized Advisories on Crop Plan, input, interventions required at critical stages and Market information by integrating SMS Portal

INTERVENTION Field functionaries of agriculture and horticulture wing are visiting the villages on fixed days PICO projector used for effective dissemination of path breaking technologies to homogeneous Commodity Group – 174 Nos. distributed Linking KVKs/Research stations for knowledge sharing through Video Conferencing facilities created in Tablet PCs Mobile advisories – text and voice on critical activities as per crop plan and it is the gate way to interact with the server All in one touch kiosk- general information, maximum yield, potential yield, technologies, crop plan for his field, input dealers, success stories- 125 Nos. distributed TOUCH SCREEN

Crop Doctor Crop Doctor – helps farmer himself to diagnose the crop health related issues and the solutions there of Five crops covered were deployed Paddy, Ragi, Sugarcane, Coconut and Banana These information are available in PACCS, Panchayat Union and Panchayat office Expert Advise on crop health management Farmers can upload the affected symptoms photo for remedial advisories from the experts in research stations and TNAU scientists INTERVENTION

Transparent identification of most desirable beneficiaries Tracking the impact of benefits accrued Capturing the demonstrating effects All the 880 Agricultural Extension Centres in the State went online INTERVENTION

Sl. No. ActivityCost (Rs. in Crores) 1Site Preparation * Training Centres Connectivity Charges Project Monitoring Unit0.120 Total3.508 * Includes crores GOI share of 55% and crore State Share of 45%