Rabi Campaign 2013 – 14 Group III Strategies for Resource Management for Better Input Use efficiency

States and UT Participated Dadra & Nagar haveli Gujarat Himachal Pradesh Odisha Punjab Sikkim Tamil Nadu

Inputs Considered Fertilizer (Soil Health) Water Energy Plant Protection Knowledge Management

Classifying the strategies High Cost, Long Term Low Cost, Long Term High Cost, Short Term Low Cost, Short Term More detailed classification needed High Cost, Short Term High Cost, Long Term Low Cost, Long Term Low Cost, Short Term Time Cost

Soil Health and Fertility Management Soil Testing & Health Cards – LC, LT Leaf Colour Charts – LC, ST Soil Ameliorants – HC, LT Neem / sulfur coated fertilizer briquettes – HC, LT Phosphorus solublising Bio-fertilizers, compost and recycling farm waste – LC, LT Organic farming – new paradigm – LC, LT Precision farming – new paradigm – HC, LT

Water Use Efficiency Land development – levelling, contour forming – HC, LT Raised bed and furrow, mulching – LC, LT Short duration variety, crop alignment, early sowing, SRI, SSI – LC, LT Rainwater harvesting, farm ponds – HC, LT MIS – HC, LT

Energy and Farm Power Farm Mechanization, Renewable Energies – HC, LT Separate grid for agriculture – HC, LT Custom Hiring Centers – HC, LT Manual Implements – LC, ST

Plant Protection IPM – LC, ST E - Pest Surveillance, pest scouts – HC, LT Bio pesticides, bio control agents – LC, LT Mobile Plant health Clinics – HC, LT Pest Resistant Varieties – LC, LT Ensuring quality pesticides – HC, LT

Knowledge Management Demonstrations - HC, LT Trainings and Farmer Field Schools – HC, LT SMS and MMS – LC, ST Print and Electronic media – HC, ST Kissan Call Centers – HC, ST SAUs, KVKs and ICAR – LT

General Recommendations States may identify the issues in detail May choose one Short Term and one Long Term strategy May choose the strategies with care Departments to be facilitators and umpires than to be players

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