1. PRODUCTION OF FOODGRAINS IN 2010-11 A RECORD HARVEST IN PUNJAB A RECORD HARVEST IN PUNJAB DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

2. ABOUT PUNJAB:  Area (geographical) : 5.04 m ha  Net sown area: 4.2 m ha  Irrigated area: 4.04 m ha(96%) Canals : 1.10 m ha (27%) Tubewells : 2.92 m ha (73%) through 1.3 million tubewells  Total cropped area: 7.9 m ha  Cropping intensity: 189%  Cropping Systems :  Rice-Wheat;  Cotton-Wheat; and  Maize-Wheat

3. 7305 3927 11921 4853 19223 5673 25324 6282 25215 6326 25313 26818 27328 26949 27890 6300 630164586500 6523 19883 5726 FOUR DECADES OF FOODGRAIN PRODUCTION

4. YearProduction of Food grains (Million MT) Production (%) Procurement (Rice + Wheat) (Million MT) PunjabIndiaPunjab 2001-0224.885212.8511.6917.162 2002-0323.490174.7713.4416.877 2003-0424.728213.1911.6017.902 2004-0525.670198.3612.9418.116 2005-0625.215208.612.0915.801 2006-0725.313217.2811.6514.612 2007-0826.818230.7811.6217.902 2008-0927.328234.4711.6619.278 2009-1026.949218.212.3519.049 2010-1127.890212.8511.6919.561 TOTAL PRODUCTION OF FOOD GRAINS  Highest ever food-grain production during 2010-11  Food-grains production about 11-12% of the country  Highest ever procurement during 2010-11

5. WHEAT: RESULTS OF CROP CUTTING EXPERIMENTS RABI 2010-11 S. No. DistrictCrop Cutting ExperimentsArea (000 ha) Yield (kg/ha) Production (000 MT) PlannedAnalyzed 1Amritsar118 1854306796 2Barnala72 1154970571 3Bathinda164 25445831164 4Faridkot76 1174946579 5F.G.Sahib56 854911417 6Ferozepur258 39346361822 7Gurdaspur150 2284045922 8Hoshiarpur98 1514460673 9Jalandhar94 1674650777 10Kapurthala72 1094422482 11Ludhiana160 25849221270 12Mansa112 1684865817 13Moga116 1775010887 14Mohali32 544405238 15Mukatsar128 20749291020 16Patiala156 23447951122 17Ropar42 633893245 18Sangrur186 28751251471 19SBS Nagar48 744698348 20TarnTaran124 1864590854 State2262 3512469116475

6. Year PunjabIndia Production (million MT) Procurement (million MT) Production (million MT) Procurement (million MT) 2001-0215.499.8869.6819.58 2002-0314.178.9372.7716.00 2003-0414.499.2465.7617.16 2004-0514.709.0172.1615.27 2005-0614.506.9468.649.22 2006-0714.596.7869.3511.19 2007-0815.729.9469.8126.04 2008-0915.7310.7278.5727.93 2009-1015.179.7780.6822.07 2010-1116.4711.0284.2026.65 PRODUCTION AND PROCUREMENT OF WHEAT  Highest Ever Production: 164.75 LMT, Previous : 159.10 LMT in 1999-2000  Highest Contribution to Central Pool: 110.2 LMT, Previous : 107.2 LMT in 2008-09

7. Scheme 2007-082008-092009-102010-11Total NFSM Receipt3174.334321.666271.444416.3918183.82 Expenditure2421.294172.075611.534362.6116567.50 RKVY Receipt3605875243231791234592.00 Expenditure3605875240231051726897.00 MMWP Receipt1282.671372.922124.351173.325953.26 Expenditure1167.52761.841855.061144.14928.52 ATMA Receipt563.811000.13816.09776.723156.75 Expenditure282.6435.46644.18416.551778.79 UTILIZATION OF FUNDS UNDER DIFFERENT SCHEMES 2007-08 to 2010-11 Utilization of funds during 2007-11 : 81.07% (Lac Rs.)

8.  Larger plot size and better water use efficiency  Better crop stand and lesser weeds  Better nutrient use efficiency  Uniform water application CONSERVATION OF IRRIGATION WATER THROUGH LASER LAND LEVELING YearCumulative Area Covered (ha) 2005-061312 2006-0725900 2007-08116150 2008-09280172 2009-10608165 2010-111264112 Source: CSISA, Ludhiana New Initiatives …..

9.  Each AMSC equipped with: i)Laser Land Leveler; ii)Happy Seeder; iii)Rotavator; iv)Raised Bed Planter; v)Zero-till-drill; and vi)Other implements AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY SERVICE CENTRES  Propagation of New Technologies  Reduced investment due to availability on custom hiring basis  Generation of employment in rural areas FARM MECHANIZATION New Initiatives ….. 1167 AMSC SET-UP - 92 5 PA CS - 24 2 Pri vat e

10. Crop Seed Replacement Rate* 2008-092009-102010-11 Paddy212740 Maize919899 Kh. Pulses253145 Wheat263037 Gram363741 Barley265758 IMPROVED SEED REPLACEMENT AND ITS TREATMENT * Source: Zonal Conferences for Kharif and Rabi  100% Seed replacement in three years  Campaign for Seed Treatment during the sowing season.  50% wheat seed treated – Emphasis on farm saved seed treatment  15360 Seed Dressing Drums distributed – at least one for each Panchayat  Fungicide for 2.0 Lac quintals of seed was provided. SEED TREATMENT New Initiatives …..

11. RELAY PLANTING OF WHEAT IN COTTON New Initiatives ….. No. of trails : 30 Sowing : 20-44 days advance Av. Yield advantage: 5 quintals/ha

12.  Yellow rust reduced the productivity of wheat during 2008-09  Better monitoring led to early detection of incidence  Timely supply of fungicide to Control of yellow rust at 50% cost  Damage restricted to kandi area and that to district Ropar only.  Surveillance also helped in checking the micro-nutrient deficiencies. Zinc Sulphate and Manganese Sulphate distributed on 50% subsidy  Effective control followed by good weather contributed to record production. SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING FOR YELLOW RUST SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING FOR YELLOW RUST New Initiatives …..

13. Green manuring  In-situ Crop Residue Management through zero/minimum tillage  Strengthening of Soil Testing Laboratories.  Issue of Soil Health Cards.  Promotion of Green Manuring and Summer Moong. MANAGEMENT OF SOIL FERTILITY New Initiatives ….. Use of Happy Seeder to plant in crop residues

14. CONSERVATION OF IRRIGATION WATER  Enactment of “Punjab Preservation of Sub-soil Water Act, 2009  To ensure timely transplanting of paddy  Promotion of conjunctive use of water  Community Underground Pipelines Systems  Promotion of Sprinkler and Drip irrigation Year Area (ha) Up to 2005-065101 2006-071423 2007-084187 2008-093209 2009-104605 2010-114925 Year2007200820092010 Area (Ha.)2516324236253684 No. of beneficiaries 243620282504605 New Initiatives …..

15. Agriculture Resource Centre, Abul Khurana Fish Pond Milk Processing Unit Farm Machinery Centre Soil Testing Lab Class Room Hands on Training in:  Dairy and milk processing  Operation and maintenance of agricultural machinery  Fish production  Bee-keeping  Crop production technology PPP IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION PPP IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION  Soil and Water Testing Lab M/s. IMT Technologies, Pune  Agriculture Machinery Service Centre M/s. Zimindara Farm Solutions, Fazilka  Diagnostic Lab for Fisheries, Department of Fisheries  Training Centre – Agriculture and allied departments New Initiatives …..

16. EXPANSION OF AREA UNDER SUMMER MOONG New Initiatives …..  Additional Crop  Additional Income  Improves Soil Fertility 5020 23240 40830 77090

17. INTER DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION Excellent coordination with:  Department of Fertilizers, GoI and State handling agencies (Markfed, PAIC) for pre- positioning and distribution of fertilizers (Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Sh. S.K. Jena, while speaking in the parliament on 12-03-2010, appreciated Punjab for its good fertilizers management.)  Department of Irrigation, power as well as BBMB. A Committee has been constituted under Principal Secretary, Agriculture for effective coordination, monitoring the availability and utilization of canal water and power for Agriculture purposes. During drought like situation in kharif 2009, the State achieved record production of paddy.  State Level Banker ’ s Committee and financial institutions. Scales of finance for different crops revised regularly.

18. FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR FOOD GRAIN PRODUCTION Our Mission: Sustainably increase the production of foodgrains  Strategic Initiatives :  Replacement of varieties of wheat (PBW-621, HD-2967) and rice (improved PAU-201)  Area Expansion under Summer Moong  Improvement in SRR and 100% Seed Treatment  Reclamation of Soil  Propagation of Resource Conservation Technologies for NRM  Bridging the regional gaps in productivity  Partnerships:  More emphasis on PPP  Better coordination with DAC, SAU and other institutions.  Enhance delivery:  Capacity building of field functionaries and farmers  Ensuring timely and adequate availability of inputs.  Promotion of INM and IPM