Department of Agriculture, Bihar

Agriculture Scenario in Eastern India

-Review & Future Prospects

New Delhi, 06th April, 2015

Agriculture Road Map: Goals

Increase in Farmers Income

Food Security

Growth with justice

On farm and off farm employment

Sustainable development

Agriculture Road map 2012-17

Crop & Horticulture

Animal and Fishery resources

Cooperatives

Water Resources

Energy

Land Management

Plantation & Forest

Rural Road

Processing, Marketing & Storage

Agriculture Research & Education

Second Agriculture Road Map: Sectors

Agriculture road map- Rainbow

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Targets: Crop & Horticulture

Crop  Productivity (Lakh MT) 2011-

12(Achiev.)2016-17 (Target)

Rice 1.6 3.0Wheat 2.3 3.1Maize 2.8 4.2Pulses 0.8 1.0

Foodgrains 1.1 1.2

Oilseeds 13.5 18.6Fruits 23.62 28.6

Road Map: Thrust Areas

Road Map: Thrust Areas

Crop & Horticulture: Major interventions

•Production and Use of quality Seed and Planting material.

•Organic Farming: Vermi compost, Green Manure and Bio fertilizers

• Farm mechanization

•Emphasis on productivity enhancing technologies e.g SRI, Zero tillage etc.

•Extension and capacity building

•Quality control at every step: Seed, Fertilizer, Pesticide, Soil etc.

Road Map: Fin. Requirements

Financial Requirements of Road map

S.No. Item 2012-17Public Sector Private

SectorTotal

1 Agriculture Production(Crop & Hort.)

13751 0 13751

2 A.H., Dairy & Fishery 12025 277 123023 Ajivika Mission 700 0 7004 Water Resources 27160 0 271605 Minor Water resources 11460 0 114606 Energy 7504 2919 10423

7. Land Resource Management 662 0 662….Contd.

In Rs.Crores

S.No. Item 2012-17Public Sector Private

SectorTotal

8 Plantation & Environment 2471 0 24719 Storage 4144 4109 8253

10 Processing 2785 11140 1392511 Marketing 2001 2080 408112 Cooperative 4069 0 406913 Approach Road 38452 0 3845214 Agriculture Research &

Education2150 0 2150

TOTAL 129334 20525 149859

Financial Requirements of Road mapIn

Rs.Crores

Road Map: Fin. Requirements

Department of Agriculture, Bihar

Production: Lakh MT

Rice Wheat Maize Pulses0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

44.7349.75

18.57

4.73

83.22

61.74

27.56

5.43

67.2661.95

20.47

4.45

2007-20082012-20132014-2015(2nd Adv Est.)

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Productivity: Q/Ha

2007-2008 2012-2013 2014-2015(2nd Adv Est.)

National Avg.2012-13

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

12.88

25.2322.51 24.62

23.34

27.97 28.631.18

28.23

39.7536.99

25.52

8.1410.52

12.127.86

RiceWheat MaizePulses

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Productivity: Q/Ha

RICE Productivity in Assured Irrigated Distts.

(2012-13)

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16

18

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2.23 2.56 2.57

8.7

13.6314.84

13.29

17.0217.91

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Production: Lakh MT

Fruit Production

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1000

1500

2000

2500

123.18

657.19

2458.15

Plan Expenditure on AgricultureCrore Rs.

2007-2008Pre road map

2011--2012Post 1st road map

2014--2015Mid of 2nd road map

Bihar Agriculture: Major Challenges ahead

•Lack of Quality Seed & Planting Material

•Climatic changes : Flood and Drought

•Agriculture Marketing, Value addition and Storage

•Lack of assured irrigation particularly during summer months

•Small & fragmented holding

•Inadequate road connectivity in rural areas

Department of Agriculture, Bihar

Department of Agriculture, Bihar

Issues to be addressed Technical Issues:

•SRI in rice is a high producing technique, but labour intensive. Mechanized transplantation and power weeder esp. for this technique needs to be developed.

• Taking into account the availability of 250-300 bright Sunshine days/ year and low availability of electricity in rural areas, suitable LOW COST farming tools/techniques specially irrigation methods needs to be developed and popularized.

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• Local production of Hybrid seed, particularly in rice and maize on large scale . Short duration hybrids will help, particularly in mitigating the effect of floods (starting from end of August especially in the low land ecologies).

• Low availability of Pulses & oilseed certified seeds.

• Short duration varieties for Arhar (Pigeon pea) so that at least 2 crops can be taken in a year.

Technical Issues…contd.

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• Provision of seed bank for contingent crop varieties including millets that can be used during adverse climatic condition.

•Development of terminal heat tolerant wheat varieties/ hybrids and moisture stress tolerant rice varieties.

Technical Issues…contd.

Department of Agriculture, Bihar

Administrative Issues:

Issues to be addressed

•No implement testing facilities in Bihar. A branch of FMTTI (Farm Machinery Training & Testing Institute) is sought.

•High end Labs for pesticide testing needed- RPTL (Regional Pesticide Testing Laboratory )

•Reduction in assistance from GOI in major flagship programmes viz. NFSM, RKVY etc

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Administrative Issues…contd.

Issues to be addressed

•Road map targets for a storage capacity of 65 LMT by 2017 whereas we could reach only 12.48 LMT by 2014. Much assisstance needed to fulfill the targets.

• Rationalization of subsidy in mechanisation schemes- Different in SMAM and BGREI/NFSM.

• Coarse cereal programmes to be extended to all districts. Intercropping of coarse cereals with pulses is the need of hour.

Department of Agriculture, Bihar

Administrative Issues: Fertilizers

Issues to be addressed

Only 9.00 Lakh MT Urea is allocated for Kharif 2015 keeping 1.00 Lakh MT reserve.

- Need to increase allocation to 10.00 LMT + 1.00 LMT reserveFarmers are using more N fertilizer due to increased rate of P & K fertilizers affecting soil health

- Need to rationalize the MRP of N,P & K fertilizers June – July are peak period for P & K application and July to September are peak period for N application in the State. In this period rake congestion/ restriction and unavailability of rakes badly hinders the supply plan.

- Priority for fertilizer dispatches at peak periods.Barauni Fertilizer Unit should be started soon.

Department of Agriculture, Bihar

Administrative Issues: Horticulture

Issues to be addressed

1. Inclusion of all districts (remaining 15 districts also) under MIDH

(NHM) scheme.

2. Unit cost enhancement and change of subsidy norms under OFWM

scheme.

3. Inclusion of Vegetable seed replacement programme under ongoing

central scheme

4. Need to establish research center for Banana in State.

Department of Agriculture, Bihar

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