1. Department of Agriculture, Bihar Agriculture Scenario in Eastern India -Review & Future Prospects New Delhi, 06 th April, 2015

2. Agriculture Road Map: Goals Increase in Farmers Income Food Security Nutritional Security Growth with justice On farm and off farm employment Sustainable development Agriculture Road map 2012-17

3. Crop & Horticulture Animal and Fishery resources Cooperatives Water Resources Energy Land Management Plantation & Forest Rural Road Processing, Marketing & Storage Agriculture Research & Education Second Agriculture Road Map: Sectors Agriculture road map- Rainbow revolution

4. Targets: Crop & Horticulture Crop Productivity (Lakh MT) 2011-12(Achiev.)2016-17 (Target) Rice1.63.0 Wheat2.33.1 Maize2.84.2 Pulses0.81.0 Foodgrains1.11.2 Oilseeds13.518.6 Fruits23.6228.6 Road Map: Thrust Areas

5. Crop & Horticulture: Major interventions Production and Use of quality Seed and Planting material. Organic Farming: Vermi compost, Green Manure and Bio fertilizers Farm mechanization Emphasis on productivity enhancing technologies e.g SRI, Zero tillage etc. Extension and capacity building Quality control at every step: Seed, Fertilizer, Pesticide, Soil etc.

6. Road Map: Fin. Requirements Financial Requirements of Road map S.No.Item2012-17 Public SectorPrivate Sector Total 1Agriculture Production(Crop & Hort.) 137510 2A.H., Dairy & Fishery1202527712302 3Ajivika Mission7000 4Water Resources271600 5Minor Water resources114600 6Energy7504291910423 7.Land Resource Management6620 ….Contd. In Rs.Crores

7. S.No.Item2012-17 Public SectorPrivate Sector Total 8Plantation & Environment24710 9Storage414441098253 10Processing27851114013925 11Marketing200120804081 12Cooperative40690 13Approach Road384520 14Agriculture Research & Education 21500 TOTAL12933420525149859 Financial Requirements of Road map In Rs.Crores Road Map: Fin. Requirements

8. Department of Agriculture, Bihar Production: Lakh MT

9. Department of Agriculture, Bihar Productivity: Q/Ha

10. Department of Agriculture, Bihar Productivity: Q/Ha RICE Productivity in Assured Irrigated Distts. (2012-13)

11. Department of Agriculture, Bihar Production: Lakh MT Fruit Production

12. Department of Agriculture, Bihar Plan Expenditure on Agriculture Crore Rs. 2007-2008 Pre road map 2011--2012 Post 1 st road map 2014--2015 Mid of 2 nd road map

13. Bihar Agriculture: Major Challenges ahead Lack of Quality Seed & Planting Material Climatic changes : Flood and Drought Agriculture Marketing, Value addition and Storage Lack of assured irrigation particularly during summer months Small & fragmented holding Inadequate road connectivity in rural areas Department of Agriculture, Bihar

14. Issues to be addressed Technical Issues: SRI in rice is a high producing technique, but labour intensive. Mechanized transplantation and power weeder esp. for this technique needs to be developed. Taking into account the availability of 250-300 bright Sunshine days/ year and low availability of electricity in rural areas, suitable LOW COST farming tools/techniques specially irrigation methods needs to be developed and popularized.

15. Department of Agriculture, Bihar Local production of Hybrid seed, particularly in rice and maize on large scale. Short duration hybrids will help, particularly in mitigating the effect of floods (starting from end of August especially in the low land ecologies). Low availability of Pulses & oilseed certified seeds. Short duration varieties for Arhar (Pigeon pea) so that at least 2 crops can be taken in a year. Technical Issues…contd.

16. Department of Agriculture, Bihar Provision of seed bank for contingent crop varieties including millets that can be used during adverse climatic condition. Development of terminal heat tolerant wheat varieties/ hybrids and moisture stress tolerant rice varieties. Technical Issues…contd.

17. Department of Agriculture, Bihar Administrative Issues: Issues to be addressed No implement testing facilities in Bihar. A branch of FMTTI (Farm Machinery Training & Testing Institute) is sought. High end Labs for pesticide testing needed- RPTL (Regional Pesticide Testing Laboratory ) Reduction in assistance from GOI in major flagship programmes viz. NFSM, RKVY etc

18. Department of Agriculture, Bihar Administrative Issues…contd. Issues to be addressed Road map targets for a storage capacity of 65 LMT by 2017 whereas we could reach only 12.48 LMT by 2014. Much assisstance needed to fulfill the targets. Rationalization of subsidy in mechanisation schemes- Different in SMAM and BGREI/NFSM. Coarse cereal programmes to be extended to all districts. Intercropping of coarse cereals with pulses is the need of hour.

19. Department of Agriculture, Bihar Administrative Issues: Fertilizers Issues to be addressed  Only 9.00 Lakh MT Urea is allocated for Kharif 2015 keeping 1.00 Lakh MT reserve. - Need to increase allocation to 10.00 LMT + 1.00 LMT reserve  Farmers are using more N fertilizer due to increased rate of P & K fertilizers affecting soil health - Need to rationalize the MRP of N,P & K fertilizers  June – July are peak period for P & K application and July to September are peak period for N application in the State. In this period rake congestion/ restriction and unavailability of rakes badly hinders the supply plan. - Priority for fertilizer dispatches at peak periods.  Barauni Fertilizer Unit should be started soon.

20. Department of Agriculture, Bihar Administrative Issues: Horticulture Issues to be addressed 1.Inclusion of all districts (remaining 15 districts also) under MIDH (NHM) scheme. 2.Unit cost enhancement and change of subsidy norms under OFWM scheme. 3.Inclusion of Vegetable seed replacement programme under ongoing central scheme 4.Need to establish research center for Banana in State.

21. Department of Agriculture, Bihar