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REVIEW OF AGRICULTURE SECTOR

REVIEW OF AGRICULTURE SECTOR. 26th May, 2009. Assam’s Perspectives.. STATUS & INITIATIVES. 26 th May, 2009. ASSAM AGRICULTURE – GENERAL PROFILE. ASSAM AGRICULTURE – GENERAL PROFILE (contd.). AGRICULTURAL GROWTH IN ASSAM.

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REVIEW OF AGRICULTURE SECTOR

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  1. REVIEW OF AGRICULTURE SECTOR 26th May, 2009. Assam’s Perspectives.. STATUS & INITIATIVES 26th May, 2009

  2. ASSAM AGRICULTURE – GENERAL PROFILE

  3. ASSAM AGRICULTURE – GENERAL PROFILE(contd.)

  4. AGRICULTURAL GROWTH IN ASSAM • Growth in Agriculture in 10th Plan was -0.27% against 1.13% during 8th Plan.

  5. NORMAL AREA, PRODUCTION & PRODUCTIVITY OF CROPS IN ASSAM

  6. SWOT ANALYSIS STRENGTHS

  7. WEAKNESSES • Low per capita holding (1.15 hectare) restricts investment capacity. • Poor soil health. • Inadequate availability of quality inputs. • Low level of farm mechanization and lack of irrigation facility. • Lack of post harvest, processing and marketing facilities. • Dependence on imported seeds for Oilseeds, Wheat and Pulses. • Inadequate credit for agricultural operations. • High cost of infrastructure maintenance due to recurring floods. • Low SRR and VRR.

  8. OPPORTUNITIES • Huge potential for horticultural production. • Availability of new technologies and farming practices. • Rising demand for diversified agriculture and horticulture product. • Increasing acceptability of Public-Private-Partnership. • Focused area of Central and State Govt. • Willingness of the farmer to experiment. • Improved communication infrastructure. • Vast mono-crop area with ground / surface water for double cropping. • Commercialization and globalization of agriculture.

  9. THREATS • Natural calamities. • Deteriorating soil health and ground water. • High humidity – low self-life. • High cost of cultivation. • Competition from other States / Countries. • Shortage of labour. • Frequently changed government policies. • Pressure of urbanisation and infrastructural development.

  10. STRATEGY FOR FUTURE • Targeting 2% Annual Growth in Agriculture and Allied Sectors. • Increasing cropping intensity to 200%. • Increasing SRR and VRR. • Increasing Productivity to the national level. • Increasing assured irrigation to 50% net area. • Increasing mechanization to achieve national average. • Focusing on area based horticulture production. • Promoting demand driven production. • Creating infrastructure for post harvest management & value addition.

  11. STRATEGY FOR FUTURE • Promoting specialized cultivation in potential crops. • Promoting crops targeting food and fodder security. • Promoting crop and varietal diversification. • Promotion of composite farming practices. • Soil Health Mapping and management. • Encouraging credit flow through formal channel. • Ensuring availability of affordable technology and inputs. • Strengthening extension network.

  12. CROP DEVELOPMENT AREA UNDER CROPS FROM 2006-07 TO 2008-09.

  13. CROP DEVELOPMENT AREA UNDER CROPS FROM 2006-07 TO 2008-09.

  14. ADDITIONAL AREA BROUGHT BETWEEN 2006-07 & 2008-09. (Area in lakh hectare)

  15. CROP DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTIVITY OF CROPS FROM 2006-07 TO 2008-09.

  16. CROP DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTIVITY OF CROPS FROM 2006-07 TO 2008-09.

  17. CROPWISE PRODUCTIVITY TREND DURING 2006-07, 2007-08 & 2008-09.

  18. Crop Cutting Experiments on Winter Rice conducted during 2007-08 • Deficiencies detected in conducting Crop Cutting Experiments – • Crop Cutting Experiments on Rice cover only 6% villages. • A large number of plots have shown zero yield in 2007-08 Crop Cutting Experiment. • In two districts of Cachar & Morigaon, zero yield was recorded in 71 experiments (33% of total experiments). • In Cachar district 47% of the area produced ‘Zero’ yield. • Cachar district recorded 814 Kg. against normal productivity of 2014 Kg. per hectare and Morigaon district 618 Kg. against normal productivity of 1115 Kg. per hectare. • Decisions taken - • To cover 12% of the total villages under Crop Cutting Experiments from 2009-10 Kharif season. • Zero yield will be recorded after joint verification of the field with Agriculture Department. • Additional fund and manpower will be provided to strengthen statistical system in the State.

  19. TARGET OF AREA & PRODUCTIVITY OF CROPS FOR BALANCE PERIOD OF 11th PLAN

  20. TARGET OF AREA & PRODUCTIVITY OF CROPS FOR BALANCE PERIOD OF 11th PLAN

  21. CROPWISE PRESENT & PROJECTED AREA BY 2011-12.

  22. CROPWISE PRESENT & TARGETED PRODUCTIVITY BY 2011-12.

  23. CROPWISE STRATEGY Rice • Coverage of 95% area under HYV. • Expansion of Summer Rice area to 10.00 lakh hectare. • Covering 10% rice area under Hybrid Rice. • Promotion of varietal diversification. • Increasing Seed Replacement Rate to 35%. • Ensuring seed availability through Seed Village Programme. • Introduction of short duration varieties for pre & post flood situation. • Ensuring availability of fertilisers. • Popularizing new technologies like SRI, weed control methods. • Emphasis on Soil Health Management.

  24. CROPWISE STRATEGY Oilseeds & Pulses • Adding additional area of 1.00 lakh hectare under Pulses and 2.00 lakh hectare under Oilseeds. • Increasing SRR & VRR. • Promoting life saving irrigation through sprinkler / flow method. • Promotion of new technologies / practices. • Introduction of rabi pulse as intermediate crop under irrigated condition. • Utilising riverine / char area for rabi pulse cultivation. • Creating processing facilities. • Focus on pest management. • Seed production of popular varieties to meet requirement. • Targeting low flood affected areas.

  25. CROPWISE STRATEGY Horticultural Crops • Targeting high land / low paddy productive land. • Utilisation of homestead land. • Promotion of area based crop production. • Promotion of Agriculture Production Management Groups. • Creation of private nurseries to meet requirement of planting materials. • Introduction of exotic fruits & promotion of specialised cultivation. • Mix cropping for regular income. • Creation of post harvest processing infrastructure. • Bring in more areas under buy back arrangement. • Emphasis on branding and marketing of produce. • Strengthening processing and marketing infrastructure. • Creation of storage / cold storage facilities.

  26. CROPWISE STRATEGY UTILIZATION OF RICE FALLOW & CULATIVABLE WASTELAND • Rice fallow – 15.49 lakh hectare. Cultivable waste – 0.77 lakh hectare. • The Rice fallow & Cultivable Wasteland will be covered by adding additional area under different crops. • Summer Rice–6.00 lakh hectare. • Oilseeds– 2.00 lakh hectare. • Pulses– 1.00 lakh hectare. • Maize, Wheat & other foodgrain crops–2.10 lakh hectare. • Rabi Vegetables–1.60 lakh hectare. • Other horticultural crops–1.00 lakh hectare.

  27. FARM MECHANISATION & IRRIGATION DURING LAST THREE YEARS (2006-07 to 2008-09).

  28. FARM MECHANIZATION – Strategy

  29. IRRIGATION - Strategy

  30. SEED Seed Replacement Rate (2006-07 to 2008-09).

  31. SEED Variety Replacement Rate (VRR) during last three years

  32. SEED Requirement & Availability of Certified Seeds (2006-07 to 2008-09).

  33. SEED Seed Infrastructure

  34. SEED -Strategy

  35. SEED -Strategy REQUIREMENT OF CERTIFIED SEEDS DURING NEXT THREE YEARS

  36. SEED - Strategy PRODUCTION TARGET OF CERTIFIED SEEDS TO MEET REQUIREMENT DURING NEXT THREE YEARS • Required quantity of certified seeds of Wheat, Maize, Pea, Lentil & Vegetables will be made available from outside sources.

  37. SEED - Strategy REQUIREMENT OF BREEDER & FOUNDATION SEEDS FOR PRODUCTION OF CERTIFIED SEEDS DURING NEXT THREE YEARS.

  38. FERTILISER Requirement & Availability of Fertiliser (2006-07 to 2008-09). Consumption of Bio-fertiliser (2006-07 to 2008-09).

  39. Soil & Fertiliser sample testing (2006-07 to 2008-09). PESTICIDE Consumption of Pesticides (2006-07 to 2008-09).

  40. Fertiliser & Pesticide Infrastructure

  41. FERTILISER CONSUMPTION DURING NEXT THREE YEARSStrategy • Enhancing consumption of fertiliser from to 100 Kg. per hectare. • Promotion of balance use of fertiliser. • Increasing use of bio-fertilisers. • Increasing retail outlets. • Creating storage facilities at block level. • Increasing use of micronutrients. • Soil Health Mapping covering all districts. • Issuance of Soil Health cards to every farmers.

  42. PESTICIDE CONSUMPTION DURING NEXT THREE YEARS Strategy • Gradual decrease in chemical pesticide use. • Emphasis on IPM. • Increasing use of bio-pesticides.

  43. NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT • Ongoing project : 65 no. watersheds. • Major components : • a. National Resource Management in arable land and non-arable land. • b. Production system / Land Use activities for land owning families. • c. Non-land base activities for landless • d. Protect land from degradation • e. Rectify already degraded land to make arable.

  44. AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION Agricultural Extension Reforms through ATMA

  45. AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION - Strategy • One Kisan Bandhu in each village. • Formation of FIACs in 84 blocks under RKVY. • Setting up of 40 nos. of Kisan Vikash Kedras (KVKs) at sub-division level. • Organising Regional Workshop / Kisan Mela. • Best performing farmers / best performing district award. • 5 KVKs to demonstrate composite faming practices / technologies. • Documentation & publication of successful case studies. • Developing entrepreneurial skills and competencies of farmers through exposure visits and training. • Convergence of activities of line departments through ATMA / KVKs.\ • Capacity building of extension workers. • Addressing problem of manpower shortage in extension system.

  46. AGRICULTURAL MARKETING • The AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKET COMMITTEE (APMC) Act has been amended in 2006 and adopted. • The concept of Contract Farming & Market Boards power to levy cess have been incorporated in the Act. Market Infrastructure

  47. MARKETING -Strategy • Crop planning on the basis of market demand for production of large volume of marketable surplus. • Formation of producers groups / grower societies. • Contract farming with linkages to processing sector. • Development of rural hats / markets. • Creation of pockets of particular crop so that competition among buyers increases. • Emphasis on long term planning to find out market trend rather than short term price information. • Capacity building of farmers. • Facilitate market study by farmer groups for micro planning. • Improving rural connectivity for better market access. • Developing dedicated storage facilities. • Promotion of agro-processing units for value addition. • Strengthening market network through IT to empower producers.

  48. CREDIT AVAILABILITY • Average crop loan per farmer : Rs. 448.00 • Average crop loan per hectare : Rs. 307.00 • Issues : • Crop loan disbursement is too small for the State. • Reluctance of the bank network in issuing Kisan Credit Cards. • High dependence on informal credit.

  49. CREDIT AVAILABILITY • Strategy • Focus on covering all eligible farmers under KCC. • Implementation of revival package for co-operatives. • Improve coordination with banks through SLBC / DLBC. • 2% interest subsidy to increase formal credit coverage. • Implementation of credit linked schemes.

  50. IMPLEMENTATION OF SCHEME CENTRALLY SPONSORED / CENTRAL SECTOR SCHEME

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