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Strategy for contingency plan in the event of aberrant South - West monsoon. GROUP – III. Department of Farmer Welfare and Agriculture Development, Madhya Pradesh. Agro Climatic Zones in Madhya Pradesh. CONTINGENT ROADMAP. 63 % arable area comes under Rain fed agriculture.
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Strategy for contingency plan in the event of aberrant South - West monsoon. • GROUP – III Department of Farmer Welfare and AgricultureDevelopment, Madhya Pradesh
CONTINGENT ROADMAP • 63 % arable area comes under Rain fed agriculture. • District contingency plan is prepared. These plans are based on predominant farming situations within the district as any contingency situation arise. • Strategies envisaged for operationalization of Contingency Plan by Continues Monitoring of situation through IMD forecast, Agro met Advisory of ICAR/SAU's. • District level of officers of line departments meeting held at weekly basis to review preparedness for ensuring kharif season inputs etc. • State and district wise Seed rolling plan is prepared and emphasis is given on varietal replacement. • Seed producing societies have been formed to ensure production and distribution of quality seed. • A component on foliar spray of KCl or KNO3 will be covered under GoI as well as state Schemes.
Large scale demonstrations of climate resilient agronomic practices such as direct seeding of rice, inter cropping etc. will be taken as cluster demonstrations. Deep summer ploughing taken under Haldhar Scheme (71000 ha land deep ploughed during is being promoted and zero till seed drill made available a2013-14) • Zero tillage practice t subsidy. • Soybean cultivation is promoted in ridge furrow and raised bed system to ensure adequate drainage (1.8 lakh ha during Kharif 2013). 40% area being targeted. • custom hiring center established for promotion of farm implements. 267 Private custom hiring centers established and many proposals are in under pipeline to ensure farm implements availablity.
Pest surveillance and diagnostic teams are formed at district level for monitoring and control of pest out breaks.In the event of aberrant rainfall situation arising in the districts the measures in the contingency plan and advisories issued by ICAR/SAU are consider for implementation.