AgriWatch

6th Global Summit on Pulses

Need to consume more pulsesNeed to consume more pulses

S. Chandra, Director ISAP

Value of pulses

1. Source of nitrogen to farm crops

2. Risk mitigation under adverse agroclimatology

3. Source of crop diversification sustainable agriculture and farming systems

and balanced ecological support for survival and socio-economic and balanced ecological support for survival and socio-economic

implications

4. Land use diversification, integrated farming, overcoming desertification

5. Source of protein for humans, important to combat child / mother

malnutrition

6. Sustained energy, micronutrients, anti-oxidants

Production / Utilization Potentials

1. Potentials as high for grain yield as for cereals, higher for biological yield

2. Adaptation to conditions not fit for most other crops

3. Risk mitigation under adverse agroclimatology

4. Large diversity of food uses

5. Hidden demand veiled by affordability factors

6. Not possible to reverse declining percapita consumption, but

7. Vegetarianism an expanding phenomenon - supported by pulses

What is expected as government support

Capacity and capability building through PPP: Value chain to involve multiple players, collaborative strength of public and private players -more formal strategic alliance (with or without equity participation) to raise productivity

Crop-situation specific thrust: Pulses canvas is wide - disaggregate thrust areas/

action plans,focus on specific crops / groups of crops. Intercrops and catch crops have an entirely different agronomic scenario as compared to pure crops.

Educate, enthuse and empower the farmer: Address current barriers to pulse

cultivation, facilitatie engagement platforms to demonstrate benefits of pulse cultivation

Reviving the Dal Milling Industry: Dal mills have old technology (high losses) low

domestic availability of pulses, high working capital. large number of intermediaries

R&D for improving yields for pulses: Yield improvement high yield / hybrid / treated

/ pest&disease-resistant , drought resistant, etc., including GMO

Unit Cost

(Rs)

Cost to

Farmer gr

(Rs)per

unit

Project

cost

(Rs)per

unit

Total

project

cost (Rs)

-all units

45,000 20% 36,000 144,000

25000 20% 20,000 80,000

640,000

Two crop seed drill one per block per distt 4

Pulse thresher one per block 4

Developing/upgrading water harvesting

ponds on a demo basis - one per district

4 200,000 20% 160,000

Capex (one time expense for sustainability of project results preferably during first year)

Equipment/Machine No of units*

25000 20% 20,000 80,000

90000 20% 72,000 288,000

80000 20% 64,000 256,000

40000 20% 32,000 64,000

200,000 20% 160,000 640,000

40000 20% 36,000 160,000

2,272,000

(Rupees one crore, forty lakhs thirty two thousands only)

Cost for 2 years of recurring and non-recurring items : Rs 14,032,000

Storage silos 4

Total non-recurring cost to project during 2 years

Vermicompost facility 4

Organic pesticide facility 4

Briqetting machine 4

Pulse thresher one per block 4

Dal mills one per block 4

PROJECT SHARE

Joint Initiative of Monsanto and

Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals

(ISAP)www.isapindia.org

Threshing of Pulse Crops :

IIPR Vertical Pulse Thresher

IIPR Dal Chakki :

• For domestic and cottage scale pulse

milling

• Stationary rubber and rotating steel

disk

• Water pretreatment • Water pretreatment

• Cyclone separator remove husk and

powder

• Capacity 75-125 kg/h

• First machine commercialized

• Over 150 units sold

The visitors from Morocco Ms Fatiah (next to field board), Dr Rachid (with peak cap right ofMs Fatiah), and Dr Gharrous (sitting with dark shirt below the field board) at tur (arhar) field of Mansur Patil (other side of field board) with group farmers and ISAP functionaries.

• Technology of pigeonpea production

• Dibbling

• Transplanting

• Micro-irrigation

• Sulfur, Boron, Zinc, and Iron supplementation

• Flower drop control• Flower drop control

• IPM

• INM

• Post harvest management

• Linkage to credit, market

• Literally from grey to green

Points for Action

The less complicated the plan the better.

1.Best varieties suited to agroclimatic zone the nucleus and breeder seeds

2.Seed villages, for planned production and distribution network, primarily through

farmer-participatory approach.

3.The provisions of cluster demo approach of NFSM for pulses need to be extended if

necessary to identified districts and should not be limited to pre-identified districts.

4.May not be confined to NFSM but may also implemented under RKVY too so as to

overcome some of the inherent limitations of NFSM.

5. Intercrop pigeonpea in Banswara, Chittor, Dungarpur, Baran, Jhalawar, karoli, sawai

madhopur, bundi, bhilwara, jaipur, sikar, etc. to obtain 2 – 5 million tonnes from 10 million

ha of maize / bajra intercrop, adding Rs 8000 (-20,000) crores to farm gnd annually

6.Summer mungbean / urdbean in UP, Punjab and rabi mungbean / urdbean in Andhra

and T. N. to add equal amount of production and value (2 - 3 million tonnes, Rs 7000 -

15,000 crores

Maxizing yield potential at the farm

Generating side employment and income generation at farm

Residue Pellets Briquette Silo Pellet Stove

Water is the heart of sustainable agriculture

Deploying water resources

for maximum efficiency of

farm land use

Sustaining water

resources

farm land use

Value addition at farm gate

Biotechnology helps enhance any desired nutrients in vermicast.

Self Help Group at Sakera, Adilabad

Exposure visit

Kisan Mela,

Pre & Post Harvest Training at Yenda, Utnoor