‘Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India’

1. ‘Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India’ Sub scheme of RashtriyaKrishiVikasYojana supplementing crop husbandry programs in Eastern Indian States Status of BGREI Implementation in Preparatory meeting of 26th July 2012

2. Objective • Increased and assured supply of rice production to meet the growing demand • Reduce climate change related risks by widening production base and fast tracking development of high potential production area • Remove regional imbalance in production • Self sufficiency in major consuming areas • Economies of logistics • Preserve natural resources • Sustainable production in appropriate agro ecologies

3. Potential of Eastern Region • The region is endowed with climatic conditions particularly congenial temperature regime suitable for year round cropping • Vast unexploited agricultural potential • increasing cropping intensity • Increasing crop productivity • The region witnesses high annual rainfall and is rich in utilizable surface and ground-water resources

4. Ground Water Availability and Utilization

5. Land use Area in ‘000 hectares

6. The productivity levels of rice and rice-based cropping systems are about the lowest in the region when compared with that in other states

7. Rice Yields in 2011-12

8. Rice Area affected by different stresses in eastern India (lakh ha) Rainfed rice production is low and unstable mainly due to abiotic stresses

9. Strategy • Promote stress tolerant varieties • Submergence tolerant • Swarna-Sub1 : Assam, UP, Bihar, WB, Orissa • Samba Mahsuri-Sub1 : UP, • IR 64-Sub1 : UP, Orissa, WB • Drought tolerant • Sahbhagi dhan : UP, Bihar, Orissa, Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh • Salinity tolerant • CSR-36 : UP & Bihar • Promote recommended package of practices suitable for different rice ecologies • Upland rice • Rainfed Low land rice • Rainfed Deep water rice • Irrigated rice

10. Recommendations Flood/ water logging, poor drainage, Salinity/alkalinity, Arsenic contamination Lower Gangetic Plains Region (WB other than Purulia and hill districts) Middle Gangetic Plains Region (Eastern U.P. and Bihar) Increasing the fertilizer use Use Leaf colour charts for Nitrogen and promote PSB Taking care of widespread deficiency of zinc and boron. Promotion of short to medium duration high yielding varieties and hybrids of rice and maize Promotion of maize cultivation especially in Rabi Promotion of early maturing varieties of sugarcane Development of on-farm irrigation resources especially efficient use of ground water • Submergence tolerant varieties of Rice need to be promoted • Scope for utilizing kharif rice fallows for cultivation of rabi pulses and oilseeds • Reduce upland rice areas with more suitable crops like pulses and oilseeds • Development of on-farm irrigation resources especially efficient use of ground water(except Arsenic Prone areas)

11. Recommendations Moisture stress, drought and Soil acidity, Iron toxicity Salinity, Water management, Poor nutritional status of soil, saline lands Eastern Plateau & Hills Region (Parts of Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh) East Coast Plains & Hills (Part of Orissa) High yielding varieties for water logged areas and upland areas needs to be propagated Discouraging the cultivation of rice in marginal lands and diversifying in favour of oilseeds and pulses Utilization of rice fallows for increasing the crop area under pulses and oilseeds Rice-fish culture Improving soil drainage • Promote rainwater harvesting and storage for increasing crop productivity • Promotion of medium duration High yielding varieties/hybrids of rice • Improvement in seed supply so as to increase the SRR • Improvement in productivity of crops in acidic soils through soil treatment with liming materials available in the region

12. Program 2010-11 2011-12 Technology promotion in compact blocks of 1000 hectares – 391 Rice ecology specific technologies Emphasis on line sowing/transplantation, land preparation Hybrid rice promotion Promotion of resource conservation technologies for wheat crop Involvement of Progressive farmers Asset building Water source development Shallow tube wells – 29,500 Borewells and dugwells – 9,000 Water pump sets – 4,200 Zero till seed drills – 2,000 Site specific local needs - 18 % of funds Crops included rice, wheat, maize, sugarcane, oilseeds & pulses. C: Number of crops; PT: Production Technology; WH: Water Harvesting; WU: Water Utilization; SM: Stress Management/Soil amelioration.

13. Program for 2012-13

14. Steps initiated by GoI

15. Funds Rs in crores

16. Rice Production In lakh tonnes

17. Technical Backstopping • CRRI, Cuttack assigned the Nodal responsibility of monitoring. • Nomination of Scientist for each BGREI States by CRRI. • Out of 125 districts, 25 districts of Assam(4), Bihar(1), Chhattisgarh(6), Jharkhand (3) and Odisha (11) were covered by CRRI during 2011-12. • Response from other associated institutions was weak during the year. • Organised awareness meetings and State level workshops • planning, monitoring, documentation, technical support in implementation and in organizing crop cutting experiments etc.

18. Key feed backs • Noteworthy initiatives; • Bihar and Jharkhand promoted SRI with rice hybrids • Involvement of NGOs for Line transplantation- Odisha and UP • Drum seeders/seed drills in Chhattisgarh and UP • Shallow tube well linked promotion of Boro Rice season in Assam • Increase in adoption of hybrid rice and sub-mergence/drought tolerant varieties; • Increased demand for farm machinery- self propelled reaper/combine harvester etc. • Demand for marketing, processing and procurement support

19. Impact Evaluation • To assess the efficacy of the programme implemented up to March 2012, impact evaluation study assigned to Agriculture Economic Research Centres (AERCs) of BGREI States • Consolidated report is expected by end November, 2012. • The report received in respect of Chhattisgarh, Odisha and West Bengal reveals. • Comprehensive input package with cluster demonstration resulted significant increase in productivity of rice, • which narrowed down the yield gap from 31.81% to 12.67% in Chhattisgarh and from 24.71% to 19.12% in West Bengal • Perceived by farmers as one of the best programme in terms of adequacy of input package and technology dissemination • Progressive farmers were found most viable links between extension machinery and beneficiary farmers. • Problem of marketing and low market price still persists across States

20. Lessons Learnt for Improvement • Involve State Agriculture University/KVKs • Identifying yield gaps and planning key interventions • Crop monitoring through the crop cycle • Document the field observations and analyse the results on what worked and what didn’t • Ensure field presence • Converge staff across domains, supplement by NGOs • Deliver technology and not cash • Fill gaps in farmers’ practice • Launch specific campaigns on key interventions • Integrated services to farmers • Coordinate with marketing, finance, power, water and revenue departments through out the crop cycle

21. Sum up • Eastern India Initiative has returned spectacular results in 2011-12 with sharp increase in crop productivity • Gap identification by involvement of scientists would help to better address the constraints • Committee of Chief Ministers would provide a forum for coordination across departments Thank you !