CSISA STAKEHOLDERS WORKSHOP

R.K.MALIK AND ANDREW McDonald

CISISA- BIHAR

EXPERIENCES OF FIRST PHASE

• CA reduces the cost of cultivation.

• High cost of fertilizer and diesel cancels out the gains.

• Farmers prefer no risk theory

• Productivity must increase to sustain

• Correct the bad sequencing of RWCS

Issues• Prone to floods or even drought LIKE (

2009, 2012)in the rainy season• More number of small farmers at any

site• Marketing infrastructure even for

wheat and rice is poor. Some times farmers get less than MSP

• Lack of better-directed spending on fertilizer with more focus on phosphorus in both rice and wheat

• Time of seeding or transplanting is single largest manageable constraint.

• CBH enjoyed a big labour cost advantage which is not the case now

• Water is the single largest POLICY BASED constraint on productivity growth of cereals

Area and productivity of rice in Bihar

2008-2009-Area-3.6 mhProductivity 1.6 t/ha

Direct seeded rice (DSR), Machine transplanted unpuddled rice (MTUPR) and puddled transplanted rice (PTR)

Pooled analysis (2010 & 2011)

Establishment method

Paddy Yieldt/ha

No. of Demos. Std. Deviation

DSR5.322 563 .8325

MTUPR6.776 145 1.2101

PTR5.162 43 .6128

Total5.594 751 1.0760

Varietal Spectrum in EIGPEUP Bihar West Bengal

MTU-7029 MTU-7029 MTU-7029

Swarna Sub-1 Swarna Sub-1 BPT-5204

BPT-5204 Rajender Mansoori Shatabadi(IET-4786)

Sarju-52 Rajender Bhagwati Ratna

Rajender Mansoori MTU-1008 MTU-1081

MTU-1008 Jalnidhi Radhuni Bhog

Hybrids BPT-5204 Sita Bhog

Hybrids Badshah Bhog

Hybrids

Performance of hybrids and varieties in PTR and DSR in Bihar

PTR DSR

Nitrogen Use in Hybrids

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Polynomial relationship between sowing time and grain yield of wheat under ZT and

CT

ZT CT

Interventions

Targets

Gains Area%

1. Laser Land Levelling Water 05

2. Early Transplanting –MTUPR/ community nursery Yield 05

3. Power tillers based ZT machines Yield 05

4. Conventional Till Direct seeded Rice (CTDSR) Water 02

5. Hybrid rice with less N-use Profits 15

6. Area expansion in Kharif and spring maize Water 02

7. Intercropping with Rabi Maize, summer moong and ZT soybean Profits 10

8. Yield premium -Early wheat sowings Yield 15

9. Zero tillage wheat and lentil-ResiduesSustainability 10

10. Yield premium-Long duration wheat varieties Yield 25

TEN POINT PROGRAM (TPP)

FIVE POINT PROGRAM- CAPACITY BUILDING ( FPP-CP)

Interventions

• Women farmers IN AGRICULTURE

• Augment employability of skilled workers with service providers

• Capacity building- TOT, PG students, Interns

• Training of farmers-training camps, travel seminars

• Entrepreneurships-Tools and machinery, seeds and inputs

What we need as a group?.Need farmers credibility, trained in demonstration , adult

education skill• Requirement: awareness of what farmers need and its opportunities

and conditions• Knowledge and skills embodied in the workforce including private

sector and farmers ( including champion farmers) to improve efficiency

• Win the confidence of farmers: operated through shared knowledge, expertise, skills. and motivation

• Identification of priorities based on the consultations and workshops- develop consensus between different agencies

• Participatory adaptation- linkage of research and extension• Practical and updated agronomic skills from seed to seed• Adult education skills and skills to work with social groups.• Mutual benefits

THANKS