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Rabi Campaign 2013 – 14 Group III Strategies for Resource Management for Better Input Use efficiency. States and UT Participated. Dadra & Nagar haveli Gujarat Himachal Pradesh Odisha Punjab Sikkim Tamil Nadu. Inputs Considered. Fertilizer (Soil Health) Water Energy Plant Protection
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Rabi Campaign 2013 – 14Group IIIStrategies for Resource Management for Better Input Use efficiency
States and UT Participated • Dadra & Nagar haveli • Gujarat • Himachal Pradesh • Odisha • Punjab • Sikkim • Tamil Nadu
Inputs Considered • Fertilizer (Soil Health) • Water • Energy • Plant Protection • Knowledge Management
Classifying the strategies • High Cost, Long Term • Low Cost, Long Term • High Cost, Short Term • Low Cost, Short Term • More detailed classification needed High Cost, Short Term High Cost, Long Term Low Cost, Short Term Low Cost, Long Term Cost Time
Soil Health and Fertility Management • Soil Testing & Health Cards – LC, LT • Leaf Colour Charts – LC, ST • Soil Ameliorants – HC, LT • Neem / sulfur coated fertilizer briquettes – HC, LT • Phosphorus solublising Bio-fertilizers, compost and recycling farm waste – LC, LT • Organic farming – new paradigm – LC, LT • Precision farming – new paradigm – HC, LT
Water Use Efficiency • Land development – levelling, contour forming – HC, LT • Raised bed and furrow, mulching – LC, LT • Short duration variety, crop alignment, early sowing, SRI, SSI – LC, LT • Rainwater harvesting, farm ponds – HC, LT • MIS – HC, LT
Energy and Farm Power • Farm Mechanization, Renewable Energies – HC, LT • Separate grid for agriculture – HC, LT • Custom Hiring Centers – HC, LT • Manual Implements – LC, ST
Plant Protection • IPM – LC, ST • E - Pest Surveillance, pest scouts – HC, LT • Bio pesticides, bio control agents – LC, LT • Mobile Plant health Clinics – HC, LT • Pest Resistant Varieties – LC, LT • Ensuring quality pesticides – HC, LT
Knowledge Management • Demonstrations - HC, LT • Trainings and Farmer Field Schools – HC, LT • SMS and MMS – LC, ST • Print and Electronic media – HC, ST • Kissan Call Centers – HC, ST • SAUs, KVKs and ICAR – LT
General Recommendations • States may identify the issues in detail • May choose one Short Term and one Long Term strategy • May choose the strategies with care • Departments to be facilitators and umpires than to be players