RABI ASSESMENT – FOODGRAINS STATESAREA (LAKH HA) AREA (LAKH HA) PRODN (LAKH TONS) PRODN (LAKH TONS) AP KARNATAKA PUNJAB HARYANA RAJASTHAN GUJARAT

RABI ASSESSMENT-OILSEEDS STATES AREA (LAKH HA) AREA (LAKH HA) PRODN (LAKH TONS) PRODN (LAKH TONS) AP KARNATAKA PUNJAB HARYANA RAJASTHAN GUJARAT

KHARIF PROSPECTS STATES FOODGRAINSOILSEEDS AREA (LAKH HA) PRODN (LAKH TONS) AREA (LAKH HA) PRODN (LAKH TONS) AP (42.74 ) ( ) ( 19.56) ( ) KARNATAKA48.50 (44.76) (80.09) (13.94) (8.49) PUNJAB28.15 ( ) ( ) 0.15 (0.11 ) 0.09 ( 0.06 ) HARYANA (19.66) (44.96) 0.1 (0.08) 0.08 (0.06) RAJASTHAN (86.42) (73.58) (15.95) ) GUJARAT (24.20) (27.39) (26.13) (35.18)

State average Yield levels (kg/ha) STATES WHEATRICECOARSE CEREALS PULSESOILSEEDS AP KARNATAKA PUNJAB HARYANA RAJASTHAN GUJARAT

NFSM Districts yield levels statesRiceWheatPulses (RABI) AP HARYANA RAJASTHAN GUJARAT

INM- Status of Soil Testing STATESNo. of Soil Testing Laboratories No. of samples tested – (No. lakh) No. of samples to be tested – (No. lakh) AP KARNATAKA PUNJAB HARYANA RAJASTHAN GUJARAT

NFSM / RKVY Utilization of funds under NFSM satisfactory. The yield levels by and large show increasing trend. RKVY, utilization of funds is satisfactory. For some States, funds allocated to Animal Husbandry are lower than the agri.GDP Yield Gaps among the states still persist Yield is highly susceptible to climatic variations

Fertilizer -status AP-Opening stocks are meagre, Stocks may be positioned by 15 April, Owing to price problem of complexes, units stopped production. Major allocation of DAP, Complex fertilizers may be made to local manufacturing units Karnataka- Likely shortage of Complex fertilizers Punjab- The supply of DAP during rabi was constrained Rajasthan-There is a gap of 2.19 lakh MT of DAP against agreed plan by the manufacturers Haryana and Gujarat- Situation is satisfactory

Best Practices Andhra Pradesh - Effective conduct of Farm Field Schools – 7677 in 3 years, Best farmer or farmwoman is considered as Facilitators, crop loans at 3% to farmers - Every village has its soil health map displayed and all farmers are educated on the soil health management - DNA finger printing and latest seed testing laboratories to check and ensure genetically pure seeds for farmers - Information Boards in the village displaying contact details of concerned agriculture officers - AGRISNET-IT support to Farmers Entire Portal in Telugu. - DAATT Centers in all districts -70 Scientists deployed

Best Practices Andhra Pradesh Village as a unit of crop insurance in all districts Rs 5000 incentive to prompt crop loan payee farmers – Rs crores disbursed to 37 lakh farmers

Best Practices Karnataka - Convergence with all line departments at Sub-block level through multidisciplinary centers called as Raitha Sampark Kendras - International Exposure Visits to 525 farmers (China) - Organic Farming Mission to promote organic farming – oath taken by farmers - Crop loans to farmers at 3% (State to subsidize the remaining interest) - Intercropping of pulses in maize and sugarcane - Farm Women Empowerment-147 Lady officers deployed

Best Practices Punjab Agriculture Machinery Service Centres to provide custom hiring services Clean cultivation of cotton to control mealy bug – yield levels restored to 710 Kg/ha Modern livestock houses houses at a subsidy of 35% Law to control use of sub-soil water for paddy

Best Practices Haryana EDUSAT System for Tele Conferencing with field level officers once in a month GIS application in agriculture for balanced use of fertilizers – soil fertility status maps along with micronutrient status, water quality maps and ground- water status maps Krishi Sanvad magazine in all villages (24 dedicated pages on agriculture) Promoting of mechanization of sugarcane farming Application of remote sensing technique

Best Practices Rajasthan Empowerment of women through special support to higher education Promotion of Date palm and Olive through PPP Kharif Abhiyan (15 th May to 30 th June) and Rabi Campaign (15 th September to 15 th October) covering all the 9189 Panchayats Soil health enhancement –soil health cards and soil fertility mapping PPP in Extension through corporate houses

Best Practices Gujarat Krishi Mahotsav- convergence and mass contact strategy Agri-horti-vety kits, soil health cards, kisan credit cards, animal vaccination, irrigation schemes etc implemented during the mahotsav Golden Goals Increase aggregated average SRR of self pollinated varieties by 50% Cover all operational land holders under soil health card programme Each village to have minimum one vermi-compost unit

ISSUES Issue of model code of conduct is affecting implementation of ongoing schemes in all the states Fertilizer companies have stopped production of fertilizer complexes in absence of policy decision by the Deptt. Of Fertilizer. Insufficient grant in ISOPOM compared to approved Action Plans The time of release of funds should coincide with the crop season, preferably in the month of April and September

The issue of operation of schedule III & IV of FCO (related to Bio-fertilizers/organic fertilizer) Lack of extension staff affecting programme implementation in the States. Uniformity in cost and technical norms of the different schemes of the Ministry Advance stocking of DAP. Karnataka has provided Rs400 crore as revolving fund to MARKFED for the purpose. AP has provided Rs500 crore to MARKFED

Researchable Issues Mealy bug in cotton- Tolerant varieties required Wheat- Terminal heat tolerant varieties required Mustard- Frost tolerant varieties required Brown Plant Hopper- Tolerant rice varieties required Blackgram and greengram yellow mosaic virus resistant varieties required Impact of Bt refugia not being adopted by farmers to be assessed

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