PULSE PRODUCTION PROGRAMME IN PUNJAB

presented by

Gurdial SinghJoint Director Agriculture

Punjab

Department of Agriculture, Punjab

Chandigarh

Basic Agricultural Characteristics of the Punjab State

• Total population: 27.5 million

• Population in rural areas: 66%

• Geographical area: 5.03 m ha

• Net sown area: 4.2 m ha

• Cropping intensity: 189%

• Irrigated area: 97%

-Through groundwater:74%

• Per capita income: Rs 35,700

Punjab is the food basket of India producing about 20% of country’s wheat and 9% rice with 1.5% geographical area.

Punjab is the food basket of India producing about 20% of country’s wheat and 9% rice with 1.5% geographical area.

AREA, PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY OF PULSES IN PUNJAB

Year

Area

(’000’hac.)

Production

(‘000’MT)

Productivity

(Kg./hac.)

1970-71 414 308 743

1980-81 341 204 598

1990-91 149 111 745

2000-01 61 44 750

2005-06 32 25 781

2006-07 32 27 875

2007-08 28 23 721

2008-09 28 25 892

2009-10 64 59 917

2010-11 107 98 920

2011-12* 125 115 925

AREA UNDER SUMMER MOONG DURING 2010-11

Sr. No.

District Area in ha.

Sr. No.

District Area in ha.

1 Amritsar 7000 11 Faridkot 1600

2 Tarn Taran 8500 12 Fatehgarh Sahib 940

3 Gurdaspur 7200 13 Jallandhar 1500

4 Hoshiarpur 6000 14 Kapurthala 1200

5 Ferozepur 4500 15 Mansa 3000

6 Sangrur 8000 16 Mukatsar 1500

7 Barnala 1400 17 Nawan Shahar 2050

8 Ludhiana 17400 18 Patiala 3500

9 Ropar 1200 19 Moga 4600

10 Mohali 700 20 Bathinda 1800

Total 77090

CROP-WISE AREA SOWN POSITION OF KHARIF PULSES DURING KHARIF 2011

Name of the pulses crop

Target Area (000 ha.)

Sown Area (000 ha.)

(Tentative)

Diffrence

1 2 3 (3-2)

Pigeon pea 4 5 +1

Green Gram 8 10 +2

Mash 3 3 -

CROP-WISE PRODUCTION OF KHARIF PULSES DURING KHARIF 2011

Name of the pulses crop

Prod. Target (000 mt)

Prod.(000 mt)

(Tentative)

Diffrence

1 2 3 (3-2)

Pigeon pea 4 6 +2

Green Gram 7 10 +3

Mash 1 2 +1

CROP-WISE AREA SOWN POSITION OF KHARIF PULSES DURING RABI 2011-12

Name of the

pulses crop

2010-11 TARGET FOR 2011-12

Area (000 ha.)

Prod.(000 mt)

Yield(Kg/ha)

Area (000 ha.)

Prod.(000 mt)

Av.Yield(Kg/ha)

Gram 5 5.75 1150 5 6 1200

Lentil 2 1.25 625 3 2 660

Field Peas

4 4.60 1150 5 6 1200

AREA UNDER SUMMER MOONG DURING 2011-12

Name of the

pulses crop

2010-11 Target 2011-12

Area (000 ha.)

Prod.(000 mt)

Yield(Kg/ha)

Area (000 ha.)

Prod.(000 mt)

Yield(Kg/ha)

Summer Moong

77 65 850 100 95 950

PROGRESS OF PULSE PRODUCTION SCHEMES

All the pulse production schemes are implemented for

promotion of summer moong.

Under Seed Village Scheme 100 villages shall be covered

during 2011-12 for the production of quality seed. During

2010-11 the no. of villages was 64.

REQUIREMENT OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS

Five units under A3P may be allocated for the

promotion of summer moong for the year 2011-12

A sum of Rs. 2.73 crore is required for this purpose.