Implementation of New Initiatives on Region specific, Crop specific strategies

Status Review

New Initiatives Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India

Increasing productivity of Rice based cropping system

Watershed centric Integrated Development of 60,000 pulses and oilseeds villages in rainfed areas Watershed plus activities

Accelerated Pulses Production Program En bloc technology promotion in 1000 units of

1000 hectares each in two years for five main pulses crops

Eastern India Initiative Six Eastern States: West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar,

Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Eastern part of Uttar Pradesh Assam included recently

Green Revolution - Crop Husbandry Addressing underlying constraints

Soil, water, Energy, small holdings, pests and diseases Bridging the yield gaps

Technology Promotion

Steps taken by Government of India Expert group

Finalizing the Strategy Plan Workshop to adopt the plans

Monitoring Structure 3 tier structure CRRI as nodal institution

Task Forces Water resources

1st meeting held on 10th August Power

1st meeting held on 20th July Hybrid Rice Promotion

Plan to cover 3 million hectares by 2012 Increase in MSP for Pulses

NAFED to set up purchase centres in seven key States Timely release of Funds

Provisional Releases

Bihar

Focus on Pulses with 21 % funds 63.94 crores

Chhattisgarh

60 % rainwater harvesting ; Innovative and Direct 67.15 crores

Jharkhand

29.6 croresFocus on Rainwater harvesting, Wheat dev, Non NFSM Districts

Orissa

79.67 CroresFocus on Hybrids, pulses and SRI; E pest surveillance

Eastern UP

57.27 CroresSTW for summer rice is the focus

West Bengal

102.37 croresBalanced in key areas

Monitoring Structure

Central Steering Committee

Considers reports of SLMTs Meets once in three months

State Level Monitoring Teams

Visits the assigned State once a month Reviews the progress Considers the reports of KVKs

District Level Monitoring Teams

Visits the projects in the Districts Verifies the quality of service delivery Prepares reports in prescribed formats

Central Rice Research Institute

Nodal Agency for Monitoring Identifies partner institutions for SLMTs Assigns scientific resources for district

level projects Prepares formats for reporting Documentation of outcomes

State Level Teams

State AS/JS(Leader of

SLMT)

Technical Expert

StateRepresentative

Nodal Instt representing

CRRIOrissa Sh. G.C. Pati,

Addl. SecretaryDr. S. Selvaraj ,DC(RFS)

Director Agriculture of the Respective State Government

OUAT,Bhubaneshwar(Scientist + VC)

Jharkhand Sh. A. Thakur,Addl. Secretary

Dr. D. Kumar, DC ( INM)

BAU,Ranchi(Scientist + VC)

Chhattisgarh Sh. Subhash Garg,Joint secretary

Dr. A.P.Singh, DC(TMOP)

IGAU,Raipur(Scientist + VC)

Uttar Pradesh Sh. R. K. Tiwari,Joint Secretary

Dr. C.M.Pandey, DC(NRM)

BHU, Varanasi(Scientist + VC)

West Bengal Sh. Sanjeev Chopra, Joint Secretary

Dr. S.K.Biswas,DJD, Kolkata

BCKVV, Mohanpur,

Nadia (Scientist + VC)

Bihar Sh. Pankaj Kumar, Joint Secretary

Dr.M.C.Diwakar, DRD,Patna

RAU, Samastipur(Scientist + VC)

Status Kharif Season affected by drought in the

Region Additional area under Pulses as intercrops would

act as a mitigating measure Most activities planned for Rabi season

Water and soil conservation Wheat, rabi maize, seed production

Monitoring system to support delivery Involvement of CRRI and KVKs

Integrated development of pulses and oilseeds villages

Water shed centric, dryland farming

Plan and Allocation

Sl.No

State Allocation Release Units Districts Villages

1 Andhra Pradesh 33.00 16.50 660 19 66002 Gujarat 27.00 13.50 540 25 54003 Karnataka 33.00 16.50 660 12 66004 Madhya Pradesh 72.00 36.00 1440 50 144005 Maharashtra 51.00 25.50 1020 25 102006 Rajasthan 57.00 28.50 1140 All 114007 Uttar Pradesh 27.00 - 540 71 5400Total 300.00 136.50 6000 60000

Concept Watershed plus activities in developed watersheds

Crop development Management and maintenance of community rainwater

harvesting and water conservation structures Programs to supplement efforts under ongoing

schemes Creation of tangible assets in rainfed areas Empowering watershed areas for utilization of water

Convergence Crop development schemes

NFSM, ISOPOM, MMA Watershed development schemes

IWMP, MMA, NREGS

Strategy Ridge furrow planter identified as the key intervention

to reduce water stress - moisture or flooding To reduce incidences of diseases

Machinery for dry land areas to improve efficiency Prime movers

Tractors, Power tillers Field operations

Seed cum fertilizer drills, rotavators Promoting custom hiring at subsidized rate

Increased reach Affordable to large numbers of small and marginal farmers Optimal utilization of machinery

Agri business agri clinics to service contracts Focused working in the identified villages

Priority under NFSM, ISOPOM and A3P Involvement of Watershed societies, Power companies, Irrigation

department

FAQs Inefficient management of community assets

States like MP, Punjab already running custom hiring centres

Outsourcing possible to ABACs or to progressive farmers with condition to serve farmers in the area at subsidized rate

Individual beneficiary program already available Other interventions like seeds are more important

Yes, but those are available under other schemes as well

No freedom to States No proposal on imaginative alternatives received

Use of solar water pumps? Lining the constructed farm ponds? Construction of diggis?

Status No implementation in Kharif Season Villages identified in all the States as also the

implementing agencies at watershed level Watershed wise planning in AP

Machinery would be in place before sowing operations in AP, Maharashtra, Gujarat and UP Potential Bundelkhand region in UP and MP

Procurement process still not completed in MP and Karnataka

Deviance from recommended measures Rajasthan plans to implement seed minikits and other

inputs free of cost to individual farmers (A3P pattern) MP promoting Machinery to individual farmers on the

MMA subsidy pattern apart from setting up custom hiring centres departmentally

Accelerated Pulses promotion program

Promotion of critical inputs in large number of compact blocks

Program• Selection of Districts as per area under five crops

Red gram, Green Gram, Black Gram, Bengal Gram and Lentils States to identify the blocks, villages and the farmers in the allotted districts

to cover 1000 hectares of area under these crops for each unit Supplying kits of critical inputs free of cost seeds, nutrients and plant protection chemicals to all the farmers in

1000 units Financial limit of Rs. 5400 per hectare for each kit Kit of nutrient and chemicals for 2 hectare per farmer to all the farmers Cost of one Technical Assistant for six months per unit Contingencies for mobility Composition of kits to be decided as per recommendations of

respective SAUs Type and quantity of nutrients and chemicals may differ More units could be planned from savings More items could be planned under the kit

Crop Insurance Seed minikits supplied by GoI for 0.4 hectares per farmer For multiplication of recommended varieties to cover entire area by

next season

A3P crops in 2010-11

Implementation Status

NCIPM Units

Prospects Higher area coverage of pulses in Kharif and good

rains in September augur well for the targeted production of 16.5 million tons of pulses this year

Good work reported by Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Maharashtra and Gujarat under A3P Line sowing Intercrops and on bunds Pest surveillance

Need to associate with 6000 block demonstrations by KVKs ICRISAT and ICARDA for chick pea and lentil

promotion

Sum up Quick grounding

Fine tune planning during implementation Complete roll out feasible during Rabi season

Eastern India program planned well but hit by drought Role of KVKs and CRRI for monitoring Assam to prepare plan for Boro Rice

A3P has progressed very well Protocol for pest management Training of technical assistance on pest surveillance

Pulses and Oilseeds Villages program generally lagging Not confident of ‘service’ model Procurement process

Consolidation needed Reporting system for tracking progress of interventions across

different schemes Incentive through top up funds for completing watershed

programs

A grand opportunity to contribute with flexible and customized programs

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