PRODUCTION OF FOODGRAINS IN A RECORD HARVEST IN PUNJAB A RECORD HARVEST IN PUNJAB DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

ABOUT PUNJAB:  Area (geographical) : 5.04 m ha  Net sown area: 4.2 m ha  Irrigated area: 4.04 m ha(96%) Canals : 1.10 m ha (27%) Tubewells : 2.92 m ha (73%) through 1.3 million tubewells  Total cropped area: 7.9 m ha  Cropping intensity: 189%  Cropping Systems :  Rice-Wheat;  Cotton-Wheat; and  Maize-Wheat

FOUR DECADES OF FOODGRAIN PRODUCTION

YearProduction of Food grains (Million MT) Production (%) Procurement (Rice + Wheat) (Million MT) PunjabIndiaPunjab TOTAL PRODUCTION OF FOOD GRAINS  Highest ever food-grain production during  Food-grains production about 11-12% of the country  Highest ever procurement during

WHEAT: RESULTS OF CROP CUTTING EXPERIMENTS RABI S. No. DistrictCrop Cutting ExperimentsArea (000 ha) Yield (kg/ha) Production (000 MT) PlannedAnalyzed 1Amritsar Barnala Bathinda Faridkot F.G.Sahib Ferozepur Gurdaspur Hoshiarpur Jalandhar Kapurthala Ludhiana Mansa Moga Mohali Mukatsar Patiala Ropar Sangrur SBS Nagar TarnTaran State

Year PunjabIndia Production (million MT) Procurement (million MT) Production (million MT) Procurement (million MT) PRODUCTION AND PROCUREMENT OF WHEAT  Highest Ever Production: LMT, Previous : LMT in  Highest Contribution to Central Pool: LMT, Previous : LMT in

Scheme Total NFSM Receipt Expenditure RKVY Receipt Expenditure MMWP Receipt Expenditure ATMA Receipt Expenditure UTILIZATION OF FUNDS UNDER DIFFERENT SCHEMES to Utilization of funds during : 81.07% (Lac Rs.)

 Larger plot size and better water use efficiency  Better crop stand and lesser weeds  Better nutrient use efficiency  Uniform water application CONSERVATION OF IRRIGATION WATER THROUGH LASER LAND LEVELING YearCumulative Area Covered (ha) Source: CSISA, Ludhiana New Initiatives …..

 Each AMSC equipped with: i)Laser Land Leveler; ii)Happy Seeder; iii)Rotavator; iv)Raised Bed Planter; v)Zero-till-drill; and vi)Other implements AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY SERVICE CENTRES  Propagation of New Technologies  Reduced investment due to availability on custom hiring basis  Generation of employment in rural areas FARM MECHANIZATION New Initiatives … AMSC SET-UP PA CS Pri vat e

Crop Seed Replacement Rate* Paddy Maize Kh. Pulses Wheat Gram Barley IMPROVED SEED REPLACEMENT AND ITS TREATMENT * Source: Zonal Conferences for Kharif and Rabi  100% Seed replacement in three years  Campaign for Seed Treatment during the sowing season.  50% wheat seed treated – Emphasis on farm saved seed treatment  Seed Dressing Drums distributed – at least one for each Panchayat  Fungicide for 2.0 Lac quintals of seed was provided. SEED TREATMENT New Initiatives …..

RELAY PLANTING OF WHEAT IN COTTON New Initiatives ….. No. of trails : 30 Sowing : days advance Av. Yield advantage: 5 quintals/ha

 Yellow rust reduced the productivity of wheat during  Better monitoring led to early detection of incidence  Timely supply of fungicide to Control of yellow rust at 50% cost  Damage restricted to kandi area and that to district Ropar only.  Surveillance also helped in checking the micro-nutrient deficiencies. Zinc Sulphate and Manganese Sulphate distributed on 50% subsidy  Effective control followed by good weather contributed to record production. SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING FOR YELLOW RUST SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING FOR YELLOW RUST New Initiatives …..

Green manuring  In-situ Crop Residue Management through zero/minimum tillage  Strengthening of Soil Testing Laboratories.  Issue of Soil Health Cards.  Promotion of Green Manuring and Summer Moong. MANAGEMENT OF SOIL FERTILITY New Initiatives ….. Use of Happy Seeder to plant in crop residues

CONSERVATION OF IRRIGATION WATER  Enactment of “Punjab Preservation of Sub-soil Water Act, 2009  To ensure timely transplanting of paddy  Promotion of conjunctive use of water  Community Underground Pipelines Systems  Promotion of Sprinkler and Drip irrigation Year Area (ha) Up to Year Area (Ha.) No. of beneficiaries New Initiatives …..

Agriculture Resource Centre, Abul Khurana Fish Pond Milk Processing Unit Farm Machinery Centre Soil Testing Lab Class Room Hands on Training in:  Dairy and milk processing  Operation and maintenance of agricultural machinery  Fish production  Bee-keeping  Crop production technology PPP IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION PPP IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION  Soil and Water Testing Lab M/s. IMT Technologies, Pune  Agriculture Machinery Service Centre M/s. Zimindara Farm Solutions, Fazilka  Diagnostic Lab for Fisheries, Department of Fisheries  Training Centre – Agriculture and allied departments New Initiatives …..

EXPANSION OF AREA UNDER SUMMER MOONG New Initiatives …..  Additional Crop  Additional Income  Improves Soil Fertility

INTER DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION Excellent coordination with:  Department of Fertilizers, GoI and State handling agencies (Markfed, PAIC) for pre- positioning and distribution of fertilizers (Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Sh. S.K. Jena, while speaking in the parliament on , appreciated Punjab for its good fertilizers management.)  Department of Irrigation, power as well as BBMB. A Committee has been constituted under Principal Secretary, Agriculture for effective coordination, monitoring the availability and utilization of canal water and power for Agriculture purposes. During drought like situation in kharif 2009, the State achieved record production of paddy.  State Level Banker ’ s Committee and financial institutions. Scales of finance for different crops revised regularly.

FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR FOOD GRAIN PRODUCTION Our Mission: Sustainably increase the production of foodgrains  Strategic Initiatives :  Replacement of varieties of wheat (PBW-621, HD-2967) and rice (improved PAU-201)  Area Expansion under Summer Moong  Improvement in SRR and 100% Seed Treatment  Reclamation of Soil  Propagation of Resource Conservation Technologies for NRM  Bridging the regional gaps in productivity  Partnerships:  More emphasis on PPP  Better coordination with DAC, SAU and other institutions.  Enhance delivery:  Capacity building of field functionaries and farmers  Ensuring timely and adequate availability of inputs.  Promotion of INM and IPM