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SIXTH MEETING OF NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY MISSION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Department of Agriculture , Punjab. About Punjab:. Area (geographical) : 5.04 m ha Net sown area: 4.2 m ha Total cropped area: 7.9 m ha Irrigated area: 4.04 m ha(97.4%)
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SIXTH MEETING OF NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY MISSION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Department of Agriculture , Punjab
About Punjab: • Area (geographical) : 5.04 m ha • Net sown area: 4.2 m ha • Total cropped area: 7.9 m ha • Irrigated area: 4.04 m ha(97.4%) • Tubewells irrigated: 2.92 m ha (73%) through 12.10 lakh tubewells • Canals irrigated : 1.10 m ha (27%) • Cropping intensity: 189% • Major Cropping Systems : Rice-Wheat; Cotton-Wheat; and Maize-Wheat.
Accelerated Pulse Production Programme • A3P will be implemented on summer moong in Zaid -2010-11 • A cluster of 1,000 hac has been planned in Jagraon block of Ludhiana • District • Selection of Farmers has been initiated
AREA, PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY OF IDENTIFIED DISTRICTs UNDER NFSM – WHEAT
AREA, PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY OF WHEAT IN NON-NFSM DISTRICT
SUCCESS STORIES 1. Summer Moong in Punjab during Zaid -2010
2. Control of Yellow-Rust in Wheat • Large area affected by Yellow-Rust in 2008-09 • Incidence is very high in foot-hill areas • The yield of wheat reduced significantly • Propiconazole 25 EC distributed on 50 % subsidy in 2009-10 • under Local Area Initiative of NFSM-Wheat • 2.41 lac. hac. treated for yellow rust
Online submission of progress • All the District Agricultural Officers have been instructed for online submission of data under NFSM
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