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STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING FOOD GRAIN PRODUCTION Formulation of Krishi Karman Award at Acharya Jagdish Chandra Bose Hall , Krishi Bhawan New Delhi on 30 th Oct.-2012 Department of Farmer Welfare and Agriculture Development Madhya Pradesh. 1.
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STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING FOOD GRAIN PRODUCTIONFormulation of Krishi Karman Award atAcharya Jagdish Chandra Bose Hall , Krishi Bhawan New Delhion30th Oct.-2012 Department of Farmer Welfare and Agriculture Development Madhya Pradesh 1
Fourth advance Estimates yield Rates based upon Crop Cutting experiments
Expenditure (2011-12) Incurred under FoodGrain Development Schemes
New Innovation/ Initiatives for enhancing Agriculture Production • Policy Initiatives by State Govt. • Krishi Cabinet constituted for ensuring better coordination among the Departments of Agriculture, Power, Irrigation, Cooperative (Fertilizer and Credit) • Credit to farmers for crop loan at 0 % interest through cooperative Banks. • Incentives to grow more by giving Bonus on wheat procurement @ Rs. 100/- per Qtl. & for Paddy @ Rs. 50/- per Qtl. • Direct transfer of subsidy to the farmers' Bank account. • State scheme for fully reimbursing the expenditure on interest and rent to the cooperatives for advance storage of fertilizer. • Balram Talab Scheme for providing life saving irrigation with maximum subsidy upto Rs.1.00 Lakh. • Top up subsidy of (30%) on sprinkler, drip, rain gun, etc. for promotion of judicious use of water.
Policy Initiatives by State Govt. • Substantial increase in area and production of Hybrid Maize by providing 90% subsidy to the SC/ST farmers. • Distribution of Soil health cards - 8.90 lakh (No.) • Organic policy launched in since 2011. State is leading in the organic farming with 44% of the total organic certified area of the country. • 850 custom hiring centers established to facilitate Farm Mechanisation. • 25% top up subsidy for promoting hand drawn , bullock drawn and power drawn implements. • Promotion of deep ploughing practice by providing assistance of Rs. 1500 per ha. to all categories of farmers under Haldhar Yajana. • Implementation of Yantradoot scheme on pilot basis for increasing production and productivity in selected villages through 100% farm mechanisation . Cont………..
Cont……….. • Production Enhancement Initiatives • Popularization of high yielding varieties and weekly monitoring of input supply. • 1217 Co-operative Seed Growing Societies formed for augmenting availability of certified seed in the State. • 83% of seed treatment achieved. • Compared to the year 2001, SRR in wheat increased from 5.64% to 30.24%. SRR in paddy increased from 3.30% to 16.85% whereas the same in soybean increased from 6.35% to 31.91%. • Substantial increase in the application of micro nutrient specially zinc. • Promoting IPM and INM technology
Cont……….. • Production Enhancement Initiatives • Establishment FFS on large Scale and also large scale demonstration on Production/Production Technology (at least one demonstration per village) • Transfer of technology on large scale through Kisan Mitra (52000) & Kisan Didi (52000) • Promotion of hybrid paddy through SRI and composite nurseries. • Systematic planning for replacing the practice of sowing by broadcasting by Line Sowing in 11 lakh ha. in Bundelkhand and Baghelkhand region.
Cont……….. • Production Enhancement Initiatives • Promotion of pulses in upland paddy area and other fallow land . • In the previous year only 9.76 lakh ha. area was irrigated in Rabi Season from irrigation project. In year 2011-12, Record 16.35 lakh ha. area was irrigated. • Effective coordination with the Water Users Societies in Command Area for achieving higher production by suitable crops rotation. • Agriculture Credit (Crop Loan) • Crop Loan given by cooperative banks increased from Rs. 5845.62 crores in 2010-11 to Rs. 7629.27 crores (30.5% increase) in the year 2011-12. • Kisan Credit Cards given to the farmers increased from 64.96 lakhs in the year 2010-11 to 76.23 lakhs in the year 2011-12.
Energisation in Agriculture • Rs.6543.66 crores tariff subsidy given by State Govt. to State Electricity Companies for providing electricity in reduced rates to Agriculture consumers from 2009-10 to 2012-13. • Feeder separation in progress for providing quality and continuous supply of electricity for 8 hours for agricultural operations. • Own your transformer scheme launched from 2011-12 benefited 4245 farmers. • Provision for subsidy, on an average, upto Rs. 1 lakh per connection to the Electricity Companies helped increase the number of permanent connections from 8950 in the year 2009-10 to 19542 (increase by more than 200%) in the year 2011-12. • 29,73,732 temporary connections provided during last 3 years to meet the demand during Rabi season.
Inter Departmental Coordination State level :- • Weekly coordination meetings with Departments of Power, Irrigation, Cooperative, Markfed and Fertilizer companies for timely availability of inputs under the chairmanship of Agriculture Production Commissioner. • Monthly review meeting with Departments of Revenue , Statistics & Planning and Commissioner Land Records for streamlining the collection and dissemination of Agriculture Statistics • Weekly Video Conferencing by the Director of Agriculture for Divisional and District level officers of Agriculture and Allied Sectors. Divisional level :- • Weekly input meeting under the chairmanship of Commissioner. • Review meetings at the divisional level are organized twice a year for the planning for the next crop season under the chairmanship of Agriculture Production Commissioner District level :- • Weekly input meeting by the Collector • Water Utilization Samiti meeting by the Collector in every season
Future Prospects for Food grain production • State Cabinet to review the strategy for sustaining the present level of Agriculture Growth in each meeting. • Govt. has resolved to increase the area under irrigation by 5 lakh ha. through irrigation projects and other sources by the year 2012-13. • Reinforcement of Barawandi and Osrawandi for optimum and timely use of irrigation water • State Micro Irrigation Scheme for providing subsidy for Agriculture crops launched in the year 2012-13 • Crop Loan through Cooperative Banks to increase from Rs.7629.27 crores to Rs. 8500 crores in 2012-13. • State Govt. scheme for establishing Private Custom Hiring Centers through Bank loan with maximum subsidy of Rs. 10 lakhs launched.
Future Prospects for Food grain production • The contract appointees under the ATMA to be in place by November, 2012. • 40% of area under paddy cultivation to be brought under SRI during next 2 years. • Area under hybrid Maize to be increased by 1 lakh ha. in the next Kharif season by providing 90% subsidy to SC/ST farmers. • Intensive planning for promotion of summer Moong, Urad, Corn & Vegetables as third crop in all the command area. • Establishment of Organic Council for promotion and marketing of organic produce. • Seed and Fertilizer Lab to be established at all the Divisional Head Quarters to ensure quality of inputs. • New Food Processing Policy formulated on the strength of the State is in place to promote Agri business.