PULSE PRODUCTION PROGRAMME IN PUNJAB presented by Gurdial Singh Joint Director Agriculture Punjab Department of Agriculture, Punjab Chandigarh
Basic Agricultural Characteristics of the Punjab State Total population: 27.5 million Population in rural areas: 66% Geographical area: 5.03 m ha Net sown area: 4.2 m ha Cropping intensity: 189% Irrigated area: 97% -Through groundwater:74% Per capita income: Rs 35,700 Punjab is the food basket of India producing about 20% of country’s wheat and 9% rice with 1.5% geographical area. Punjab is the food basket of India producing about 20% of country’s wheat and 9% rice with 1.5% geographical area.
AREA, PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY OF PULSES IN PUNJAB Year Area (’000’hac.) Production (‘000’MT) Productivity (Kg./hac.) *
AREA UNDER SUMMER MOONG DURING Sr. No. DistrictArea in ha. Sr. No. DistrictArea in ha. 1Amritsar700011Faridkot1600 2Tarn Taran850012Fatehgarh Sahib940 3Gurdaspur720013Jallandhar1500 4Hoshiarpur600014Kapurthala1200 5Ferozepur450015Mansa3000 6Sangrur800016Mukatsar1500 7Barnala140017Nawan Shahar2050 8Ludhiana Patiala3500 9Ropar120019Moga Mohali70020Bathinda1800 Total77090
CROP-WISE AREA SOWN POSITION OF KHARIF PULSES DURING KHARIF 2011 Name of the pulses crop Target Area (000 ha.) Sown Area (000 ha.) (Tentative) Diffrence 123(3-2) Pigeon pea45+1 Green Gram810+2 Mash33-
CROP-WISE PRODUCTION OF KHARIF PULSES DURING KHARIF 2011 Name of the pulses crop Prod. Target (000 mt) Prod. (000 mt) (Tentative) Diffrence 123(3-2) Pigeon pea46+2 Green Gram710+3 Mash12+1
CROP-WISE AREA SOWN POSITION OF KHARIF PULSES DURING RABI Name of the pulses crop TARGET FOR Area (000 ha.) Prod. (000 mt) Yield (Kg/ha) Area (000 ha.) Prod. (000 mt) Av.Yield (Kg/ha) Gram Lentil Field Peas
AREA UNDER SUMMER MOONG DURING Name of the pulses crop Target Area (000 ha.) Prod. (000 mt) Yield (Kg/ha) Area (000 ha.) Prod. (000 mt) Yield (Kg/ha) Summer Moong
PROGRESS OF PULSE PRODUCTION SCHEMES All the pulse production schemes are implemented for promotion of summer moong. Under Seed Village Scheme 100 villages shall be covered during for the production of quality seed. During the no. of villages was 64.
REQUIREMENT OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS Five units under A3P may be allocated for the promotion of summer moong for the year A sum of Rs crore is required for this purpose.