HYBRID RICE IN CROP RODUCTION (YEAR ) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR

STATE PROFILE Lakh Ha Geographical Area 93.60Gross Cropped Area 77.65Net Cropped Area 56.63Area Sown More than once 21.02Net Irrigated Area 35.29Area under Rice 35.00Area under Wheat 24.00Area under Pulses 7.00

FEATURES OF ACZs FeaturesZone-IZone-IIZone-III A &B ClimaticTropical humid Tropical monsoon humid Sub-humid & dry than Zone I & II Soil Alluvial sandy loam Sandy loam & Silty Loam Clay & Clay Loam Temperature (Min.- Max °C) °C °C °C R H (%) 7 AM-2 PM Annual Rainfall (mm) June to Sept Sept-Oct Dec- Feb March-May

ACZDISTRICTS ZONE-I East champaran, West Champran, Siwan, Saran, Gopalganj, Sitamarhi, Sheohar, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga, Madhubani, Samastipur, Vaishali, Begusarai, ZONE-II Khagaria, Purnea, Katihar, Saharsa, Supaul, Araria, Madhepura, Kishanganj. ZONE-III A Bhagalpur, Banka, Jamui, Munger, Lakhisarai, Sheikhpura, ZONE –III B Nawada, Nalanda, Patna, Jehanabad, Gaya, Aurangabad, Arwal, Buxar, Rohtas, Kaimur, Bhojpur.

Target of production

INITATIVES GREEN MANURING SRI TECHNIQUE HYBRID RICE 3 Lakh Ha 3.5 Lakh Ha 4 Lakh Ha

Hybrid rice program YEAR DEMONSTRATION ( in No./Acre) SEED MINIKITS ( in No.) SEED DISTRIBUTION ( in qtl.) nil

Varieties NAMEDURATIONYEILD (qtl/ha) PA PA PRH PRH DRRH DRRH CRHR CRHR

Continued…………… NAMEDURATIONYEILD (qtl/ha) JKRH CORH JK DRH PAC PAC US PHB

INPUT DISTRIBUTION  SEED 1200/ Acre  FARMER’S CHOICE OF VARIETY  TECHNICAL INPUT  OTHER INPUTS ON SUBSIDY

PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN  INAUGURATED BY HON’BLE CHIEF MINISTER  WIDE PUBLICITY IN PRINT & ELECTRONIC MEDIA  PUBLIC REPRESESNTATIVES IN BLOCK CAMP  PRESENCE OF HIGHER AUTHORITIES  HAND HOLDINGS BY OGOs  RATH YATRA

TRAINING CAMPAIGN DISTRICT NODAL OFFICERS AGRICULTURE OFFICERS SUBJECT MATTER SPECIALISTS KISAN SALAHKARS PROGRESSIVE FARMERS LIVE TRAININGS IN FARMS

MONITORING  SRI TRAINIGS  NURSERY BED  FIELD VISITS  CROP CONDITIONS  CROP CUTTING EXPERIMENTS  YIELD DATA

FEED BACK ONLINE REPORTING REVIEW OF DISTRICT NODALS PUBLIC REPRESESNTATIVES VISIT OF GOI OFFICIALS

RESULT  HIEGHER YIELD IN EVERY DISTRICTS  STATE TARGET ACHIEVED  HIGHEST RICE YIELD RECORDED  FELICITATION BY HON,BLE CM

FELICITATION

YIELD ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE CROP CUTTINGS (No) AVERAGE YIELD (Qtl/Ha) HIGHEST FREQUENCY YIELD SRI TECHNIQUE HYBRID RICE IPP (CONTROL) YIELD : Qtl/Ha)

Rice Production

Rice Productivity * 3 RD ESTIMATE

ISSUES ICAR AND RAU INVOLVEMENT FOR SCREENING AND CONDUCTING TRIALS. INCREASE IN SUBSIDY CEILING. RECOMENDATION OF SUITABLE RICE HYBRIDS. REGULATION OF PRICE.