NATIOANAL CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURE FOR RABI CAMPAIGN STRATEGIES FOR RABI AND SUMMER CROPS : GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS Haryana Jammu & Kashmir Nagaland Punjab Rajasthan Tripura Uttar Pradesh

AWARENESS CAMPAIGN States HaryanaAwareness camps at District HQ Capacity building of farmers at each Block PunjabAwareness training organized RajasthanRabi Abhiyan Uttar PradeshApni Mitti Pahchano Sept-Oct, 2012

SEED AVAILABILITY StatesAdequateRemarks HaryanaSRR: +1.5% in wheat, +0.5% in Gram +10% in Three distt. Bhiwani, Mewat and Panchkula PunjabSRR: 36% in wheat, 70% in barley Adequate availability RajasthanAdequate seed of wheat/mustard Gram seed inadequate, tied up with NSC-truthfully labelled Uttar PradeshSRR: 41% in wheat, 20% in gram lakh qtls of wheat seed arranged Adequate availability Replacement of PBW 343 TripuraAdequate seed of riceInadequate of hybrids Jammu & KashmirAdequate seedPotato in short supply YR resistant var. for Hills Oats seed inadequate-tied up with NSC NagalandAll seeds in deficitTied up with NSC/SFCI Truthfully labeled from State’s Farms

PRE-POSITIONONG OF FERTILIZERS StatesPosition HaryanaHalf of stock will be pre-positioned by 1 st October, 2012 Adequate micronutrients available PunjabAdequate stocks of urea, DAP, K fertilizers pre-positioned RajasthanFertilizers in short supply Uttar PradeshFertilizer distribution to be increased by 8.58% Pre-positioning of 4.83 lakh tons of P –fert. TripuraAdequate Jammu & KashmirAdequate NagalandComfortable in Urea, DAP is always in short supply

EARLY/TIMELY SOWING States Haryana80% sowing by 30 th Nov PunjabTimely sowing ( 4 th week of October to 20 th November) RajasthanEarly sowing of gram and oilseeds Uttar Pradesh75% sowing of wheat by 25 th November remaining by 5 th December TripuraTimely sowing envisaged

ADDITIONAL AREA UNDER PULSES/OILSEEDS States Haryana Gram +0.5 lakh ha summer mung +1.0 lakh ha Oilseeds+0.65 lakh ha Berseem ha, Oats 1580 ha Spring maize 7000 ha Punjab Summer mung lakh ha Marginal increase in rabi pulses/oilseeds Rajasthan +4 lakh over normal in gram +3 lakh ha in Mustard Uttar Pradesh 2.0 lakh ha summer mung TripuraMarginal increase in boro, pulses and oilseeds Jammu & KashmirStatic as last year NagalandStatic as last year

YELLOW RUST MANAGEMENT States Haryana Promotion of YR Resistant varieties, Surveillance, awareness campaign, Supply of Fungicide at 50% cost Punjab YR Resistant Var.-PBW 550, 621, 502 Supply of fungicide at 50% cost Jammu & Kashmir YR resistant varieties for plains available in adequacy For hills ( HS 240 and HS375 not available)

CREDIT MANAGEMENT States Punjab7.3% increase in KCCs 8.3% increase in Credit Rajasthan58% target achieved (Rs cr) lakh KCCs issued Uttar PradeshCrop Loan increased by 34.09% 9.24 lakh KCCs

GOOD AGRICULTURE PRACTICES StatesGAP Haryana100% seed treatment, dense planting of wheat at 18 cm rows apart Zero tillage on 6 lakh ha, FIRB Laser Land Leveller, Straw reeper Water Management-UGPL, Sprinklers ha in , drip in sugarcane 100% soil health cards by 2013, Green manuring with Dhaincha (4.25 lakh ha) Punjab Timely sowing ( 4 th week of October to 20 th November) Bi-directional sowing of wheat. Zero tillage (approx 4.5 lakh ha), Fertilizer use on soil testing Judicial use of weedicides. 100% Seed Treatment. Rajasthan Water management, Diggies through MGNREGA and RKVY convergence Drip Irrigation in Plantations-collaborations with Israel

GOOD AGRICULTURE PRACTICES StatesGAP Uttar Pradesh100% seed treatment 20 lakh ha wheat –line sowing Weed free campaign in wheat Micro-irrigation in bundelkhand region Trichoderma for Wilt and NPV for Pod borer Zero-tillage and seed drills Tripura100% seed treatment SRI-1.0 lakh ha, Hybrids Rice ha Nursery raising in Banana pulp Jammu & KashmirVegetable clusters NagalandSettled cultivation-Plantations in Jhum Areas

ISSUES States Seed 1. Relaxation of age limitRajasthan 2. Truthfully labeled seedsRajasthan for Gram 3. Non availability of seed of Yellow Rust Resistant VarietiesJammu & Kashmir 4. Development of Yellow rust resistant varietiesHaryana, Punjab 5. Seed of Stress tolerant varietiesU.P. 5. Inadequate availability of seed of hybrid rice and maizeU.P NFSM All districts and all crops under NFSMHaryana, Punjab, Tripura, UP Seed subsidy of wheat to be raised to Rs. 700/qtlHaryana, Punjab Funds for SC category to be based on actual Population farmers involved in agriculture Haryana, Punjab Fund releases-NFSMU.P. Enhance subsidy on rotavators, sprinklers and power tillerJ&K, Tripura NFSM-Pulses and MilletsNagaland

ISSUES States RKVY Funds releaseUP, Rajasthan NMMI Ceiling of 5 ha may be removedRajasthan Automation of fertigation should part of NMMIRajasthan Insurance Crop Product for weather based insuranceRajasthan Actuarial to assess the premium, claims and crop product of insurance company Rajasthan All automated weather Stations under IMDRajasthan NHM Strawberry to be includedRajasthan Research-SAUs/ICAR Development of Yellow Rust resistant, heat/water logging tolerance varieties Punjab, Haryana

ISSUES States Fertilizers Adhere to supply plansAll States Railways to allocate adequate rakesHar, Punjab Postpone the work of renovations of NFL, Panipat Har Supply from local units of fertilizer manufacturers NFL, Panipat-Haryana Chambal Fertilizers-Rajasthan Procurement Procurement of oilseeds and pulsesPunjab