NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURE FOR RABI COMPAIGN - 2013-14 Dated 24-25 Sep. 2013 At

1. NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURE FOR RABI COMPAIGN - 2013-14 Dated 24-25 Sep. 2013 At PUSA Complex, ICAR, New Delhi PRESENTED BYSh. Suresh Kumar, IAS, Financial Commissioner Development, Govt. of Punjab, Chandigarh.

2. About Punjab: Area (geographical) : 5.04 m ha Net sow area: 4.2 m ha Total cropped area: 7.9 m ha Net Irrigated area: 4.07 m ha(97.9%) Tubewells irrigated: 2.95 m ha (73%) through 13.81 lakh tubewells Canals irrigated : 1.12 m ha (27%) Cropping intensity: 189.6% Major Cropping Systems : Rice-Wheat; Cotton-Wheat; and Maize-Wheat.

3. Kharif Assessment

4. Estimated Area and Production (Kharif 2013)State achieved record production of rice in kharif 2009Area 000 hect. Production ‘000 M.T./Bales

5. Rabi Prospects

6. ESTIMATES OF AREA & PRODUCTION (Rabi Crops) • Including Summer Moong. • State achieved 179.82 lac M.Tonnes record production of wheat during 2011-12

7. AREA, YIELD AND PRODUCTION OF WHEAT State surpassed all previous records of wheat production during 2011-12.

8. AREA & PRODUCTION OF FOOD GRAIN * Including Summer Moong.

9. Area, Av.Yield & Production of Pulses in Punjab. * Including summer moong

10. Area, Av.Yield & Production of Oilseed Crops in Punjab.

11. 50 % Financial assistance on Drip/Sprinkler irrigation & UGPS on 24000 hectares area by providing subsidy. Treatment shall be carried out in Catchment area of Flood Prone River-Ghaggar; Supplementary irrigation shall be generated in 4000 hectares; Soil & water conservation works shall be carried out on 1000 hectares. Awareness Camps and demonstrations shall be carried out for promoting Efficient use of irrigation water. Micro Irrigation 2013-14

12. Strengthening of Agriculture Machinery under Macro Management Scheme 2013-14. Annual Plan of Rs. 263.75 lac during FY 2012-13but due to non release of funds by State Govt. utilized Rs. 242.53 lac .Annual Plan of Rs. 5163.00 lac FY 2013-14 under Crop Diversification Plan. There are some other implements to provide on subsidy under this scheme

18. SEED-VILLAGE SCHEME (Wheat)

19. SEED AVAILABILITY AND REPLACEMENT

20. SEEDS TESTING

21. FERTILIZER CONSUMPTION & REQUIREMENT RABI 2013-14 (In terms of nutrients)( Qty-M.T.)

22. REQUIREMENT AND AVAILABILITY OF FERTILIZERS Kharif 2013-14(Qty.in M.T.)

23. REQUIREMENT OF DAP AND UREA RABI : 2013-14 (Qty. in M.T.)

24. PROMOTION OF INM AND IPM • Balanced use of nutrients for improving factor productivity. • Distribution of Zinc Sulphate and Manganese Sulphate on 50% subsidy. • Supply of bio fertilizers on pulses crop. • Campaign for Termites control. • Timely availability of Micronutrients and gypsum.

25. CONSUMPTION AND PROJECTED DEMAND OF PESTICIDES (Qty MT Tech. Grade)

26. Control of yellow rust • Promotion of Yellow Rust Resistant Varieties like PBW-550 , PBW-621, HD2967 and PBW-502. • Replacement of PBW-343 in semi-hilly areas to arrest the incidence of yellow rust. • Supply of fungicide at 50 % cost for the Control of yellow rust. • Monitoring Teams are being constituted at State as well as District Level

27. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana • Main Objectives • To maintain at least 4% growth in Agriculture sector • To reduce yield gaps in important crops • To increase public investment in Agriculture & Allied sectors • To maximize returns to the farmers. Allied Sectors involved Crop husbandry, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy development, Fisheries, agriculture marketing, Soil & water conservation, Agriculture Research and Education etc. Status of funds under RKVY:- (Rs. in crore)

28. EXTENTION – NETWORK • Farmer training camp • District level training camp –40 (One each in Kharif & Rabi) • Block level training camp - (Minimum 282) • No. of Village level training camp –(Minimum 4600) • Free Agriculture literature being distributed in these camps • Free Agri.Clinics have been opened in the State. • Mass media TV & Radio support to Agriculture Extension Programme Kissan Call center • Total No. of 5.77 lakh calls of the farmers have been responded from 2005 • to August 2013 and further average 20000 farmer calls are responded per • month.

29. Agriculture Credit Position in Punjab. (Amount in Crores) Registrar Cooperative Societies Pb.

30. ISSUES AND PROBLEMS • Under NFSM ,percentage share of SC component . • Non –procurement of other alternate crops i.e oil seed and pulses at MSP. • Climate change. • Degradation and over exploitation of natural resources i.e soil and water. • Lack of storage facilities for food grains. • Water logging and salinity in south- western districts. • Declining arable land area . • Technology fatigue . • Insufficient Migratory labour in Agriculture sector . • Environmental Pollution

31. Suggestions • Provision of adequate funds for research and development in crop improvement ,natural resource management and climate change adaptation . • Strengthening of scientific storage facilities and cold chain infrastructure. • Establishment of Agro- processing units in Rural Sector. • Assured procurement of diversified crops at MSP to promote diversification.

32. STRATEGIES FOR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR BETTER INPUT USE EFFICIENCY

33. NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT • Promoting use of bio-fertilizers to reduce dependence on chemical fertilizers • Promotion of crop residue based mulches - enhance water use efficiency and weed management • Promotion of conjunctive use of brackish and good quality water and for management of brackish water in S-W Punjab

34. RATIONAL USE SALINE AND SODIC WATER About 42% underground waters are of poor irrigation quality • Soil test based gypsum application • Use technology for use of poor quality water and organic manures • Incorporation of crop residue

35. MANAGEMENT OF RAIN WATER IN KANDI TRACT - Recharging Leveling the undulating fields Proper bunding of the fields Short duration crops/varieties cultivation Early sowing of crops Mulching with locally available biomass Rain water harvesting in small ponds

36. Use Happy Seeder machine for sowing of wheat in combine harvested paddy fields without any straw burning or removal. In heavy soils, sow wheat on beds with bed planter. Use of leaf colour chart (LCC) for need based fertilizer nitrogen application. For efficient use of irrigation water, make 8 plots per acre in heavy textured soils and 16 plots peer acre in light textured soils. Wheat

37. Ridge and bed planting give significantly higher grain yield and water use efficiency than flat sown. Drip irrigation saves about 40% irrigation water as compared to flood irrigation. Application of straw mulch @ 6 t/ha results in saving of 18-20 cm of irrigation water. Use of leaf colour chart (LCC) for need based fertilizer nitrogen application. SPRING MAIZE

38. PULSES • Sow two rows of gram on raised beds, after rice particularly on heavy soils. • Inoculate the seed of gram with Mesorhizobium culture / Mesorhizobium and Rhizobacterium cultures at the time of sowing for getting higher productivity of gram.. • Treat the lentil seed before sowing with the recommended Rhizobium culture

39. THANKS