National Conference on Agriculture for

Kharif Campaign, 2018

Date : 25th -26th April, 2018

Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY & COOPERATIVES

GOVERNMENT OF JHARKHAND

Innovations/ Best Practices/ Strategies in the Jharkhand Agriculture and Issues before the State

National Conference on Agriculture for Kharif Campaign, 2018

Area in Lakhs Ha

* Total Geographical Area : 79.71

• Total Cultivable Land : 38.00

Kharif 28.00

Rabi 11:00

* Net Sown Area : 28.36

* Current Fallow : 04.01

* Other Fallow : 06.75

* Forest : 23.28

* Barren Lands : 05.74

* Non – Agricultural Use : 06.86

* Pasture and Other Grazing Land : 01.97

* Cultivable Waste Land : 02.74

• Cropping Intensity : 125%

• Average Normal Rain fall : 1200-1300mm

• Rainfall during June- Sept : 80% of total rainfall

Snap shot of Jharkhand State Agriculture Profile

Snap shot of Jharkhand State Agriculture Profile

Season wise Major Crops of Jharkhand Kharif Rabi

Cereals Paddy Wheat Maize Ragi

Jowar Bajra

Pulses Arhar Begal Gram Urad Lentil (Masur)

Green Gram Field Peas Horse Gram

Oilseeds Ground Nut Mustard Sesamum Linseed Soybean

Sunflower Niger Castor

Within Farm Gate

Low Productivity

Reducing farm holding

Quality Seed availability

High Cost of Cultivation

Low crop diversification

Irregular rain fall

Specific issues in Jharkhand Agriculture

Specific Issues in Jharkhand Agriculture

Irrigation

Cropping Intensity

Seed replacement

Fertilizer consumption

Post harvest loss

Integrated farming

Beyond Farm Gate

Post harvest loss

Storage

Value addition

Market availability

Market information

Low price realization

lack of MSP operation for Pulses

Cold storage

Primary processing of agriculture

produce- private investment

Real time Price dissemination to

farmers on Agri produce

Marketing of NTFP ( Non timber

Forest produce) like Mahua, Saal

seed, Chironji & Tamarind

Specific issues in Jharkhand Agriculture and Current Status against national average

Current status of certain parameters (Jharkhand Vs National Average)

Jharkhand

National

Jharkhand

National

Jharkhand National

National

Jharkhand

Seed

Benchmarking/Current status of certain parameters (Jharkhand Vs National Average)

Jharkhand Vs India Productivity (Kg/Hect)

S.No Crop Jharkhand India

1 Paddy 2896 2462

2 Wheat 2123 3117

3 Maize 2092 2500

4 Pulses 1020 689

5 Oil seed 663 1168

6 Mangoes 1014 1113

7 Vegetable 1742 1783

Major Food Grains- Productivity

State has been innovating certain measures and also adopting best practices to sort out the issues for achieving the objective towards doubling the farmers’ income

Specific measures/practices/innovations/adopted to achieve the set objective……

To provide benefits of all schemes to the farming community through Door

Step delivery, 200 single window centers has been established at Block Level across the State and remaining 60 centers will be established during

current year

During 2017-18, 95000 hec fallow land has been converted into cropped

area

So far 1.15, 855 hec of Rice fallow land is being converted into double

cropped area. During 2017-18, total 55855 hec have been covered

SINGLE WINDOW CENTERS CONVERSION OF FALLOW

LAND INTO CROPPED AREA DOUBLE CROPPING RICE

FALLOW SCHEME

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Specific Strategies- (Agriculture)

Bringing Green Revolution in Eastern India

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sichayai Yojana

Soil Health Card Scheme

Under BGREI- introduction of Paddy in 1.10 lakhs hec and wheat in 17094 hec.

Simultaneously 719 threshing floor, 25271 pumpsets, 177 rotavator, 181

Mini Rice Mill and 3632 sprayers have been distributed on 50% subsidy

So Far 28028 Hec of land Micro Irrigation system has been

implemented like Drip Irrigation systme, Mini Sprinkler System and

Sprinkler irrigation system on subsidy

During 17-18, 1544 Hec has been covered

Since 2015,For Need based use of balanced fertilizer, under Soil Health

Card Scheme 9.22 lakhs Soil health card has been distributed to farmers against 3.79 lakhs soil samples. Target is cover

25 lakhs farmers in the state

3164Mrida Parikshak (Mini Lab) have been distributed to Krshak mitra for

door step soil testing

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Other Strategies- (Agriculture) Specific Strategies- (Agriculture)

Since 2016-17,So far 637 seed village ( Beej Gram) in all 24 districts have been established for certified seed production . Total area under seed village is 10378 Hec

Total 4498 seed producing farmers have been registered

During 17-18 , 3 lakh quintals of certified Paddy Seed has been produced

3 days intensive- Kisaan mela sah Prakhand Krishi Jagriti Abhiyaan was organized in all 24 districts of

state to provide benefits of all scheme to the beneficiaries at their door step.

During this campaign, 11500 quintla of Kharif crop seed was distributed, 66000 soil samples collected, 32600 hec land covered under Medhbandi Scheme and 1.91 lakhs of soil health cards were distributed

Kisaan Mela –sah- Krishi Jagriti Abhiyaan- 2017

Seed Village (Beej Gram) Programme

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Specific Strategies- (Agriculture)

New Initiatives

Area under crop production has increased by 32% and Food production increased by 33% during2016-17 over 2013-14

Area

Production

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Outcomes of strategies

Jharkhand awarded with Krishi Karman

Award for pulses

production

Area & Production of pulses increased by 35% & 47% respectively over 2013-14

Area & Production for Oilseeds increased by 28% & 38% respectively over 2013-14

Specific Strategies- (Horticulture)

Horticulture Central Sponsored Scheme From Achievement National Horticutlrue Mission So Far Nursery establishement No.) 2005-06 146 Vegetable Seed Production (Hec) 2005-06 2238 Hybrid Vegetable Production (Hec) 2017-18 3750 Fruit Tree Plantation (Hec) 2005-06 89932 Flower Production (Hec) 2005-06 6580 Spices Prodcution (Hec) 2005-06 12700 Cashew Plantation (Hec) 2005-06 20449 Mushroom Production (Unit) 2005-06 6 Water source establishment (Unit) 2005-06 780 Protected Cultivation Green House (Hec) 2005-06 35.64 Shed Net House (Hec) 2005-06 3808 Plastic Mulching (Hec) 2005-06 4336 Bee Keeping (Unit) 2005-06 19512 Pack House (Unit) 2005-06 1018 Cold Storage (Unit) 2005-06 3 Preservation Unit 2005-06 1112 Training to Farmers (Nos) 2005-06 14074

Implementation of Schemes

Vegetable Processing Unit

Organic Farming

Baagwan Mitra

A vegetable processing unit (Safal Plant of Mother dairy) has been established by NDDB with assistance of Government Jharkhand at

Nagari for realization of better price to farmer

Under OFAJ, since 2012 organic farming is being promoted in 13 Tribal Districts.

So far, on 26310 hec land organic farming and certification work is under progress

Against target of 5000 volunteer Baagwan Mitra, 5216 Baagwan mitra has been

selected and 3400 were trained

Specific Strategies- (Horticulture)

New initiatives taken

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Outcomes of strategies

Vegetable seed production including hybrid vegetable seed production has

increased by 142% during the last three years

Cashew nut production increased by 50% during the last three years

Organic farming and certification has taken paradigm shift and farmers are

realizing better price for their produce and Jharkhand is also trying to position itself

for Organic farming state.

employment creation by adding volunteer- “Bagwan Mitra” for horticulture

development, reaching to door step of farmers

Jharkhand has postioned itself for Vegetable states with surplus of 18 lakhs tons

of vegetable annualy and catering to neighboring markets like- Kolkata, Patna,

Bhubneswar and even New Delhi for Brocoli, french beans & raw jack fruit.

Frozen green peas and Jack fruit chips are packed at Mother dairy plant and

helping farmers for better price

• So far, 3676 government ponds/Private rejuvenated

• During 2017-18, total 808 ponds rejuvenated

• In result, approx 36760 hec land brought under irrigation

Pond Renovation

(Since 2012-13)

• So far 3160 group have been given small Agril implements and during 2017-18, 2368 group were covered.

Farm Mechanization for Women Self Help Group

(Since 2016-17)

• So far, 205 farmers producers group have given Agril Implement for custom hiring.

• During 2017-18, total 54 farmers producers group were covered.

Establishment of Village level Implement bank

(SMAM)

(Since 14-16)

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Specific Strategies- (Soil Conservation)

• So far, 2111 percolation tank have been constructed and 1892 deep boring have completed

• As a result, on 6114 hec of land additional irrigation facilitates have been provided

Jal Nidhi Yojana

(Since 2015-16)

• So far, 77444 Dobhas have been constructed

• Dobha construction is helping in irrigation of Rabi crop and raising of water table. ( Mainly for life saving irrigation)

Water Harvesting/Dobha

Construction

(Since 2016-17)

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Specific Strategies- (Soil Conservation)

From 2017-18, Dobha Construnction taken over by Rural Development Department

• At LAMPS/PACS level, 189 godwons of 18900 MT capacity has been constructed Warehousing

• Rs 1800 crores deposit

• Improvement services like CBS/RTGS/NEFT/AEPS/APBS/Business Correspondents/Micro Payment system/ATM/KCC loans/Personal Loans are being provided to members

• 1000 Baking correspondents have been included

Cooperative bank

• 6000 members have been trained under skill development programme for Vermi Compost/Vegetable seed production, Lac handicraft/Fish rearing/Tera Kota/Stiching, Bent, Jute cratf making

Skill Development

• So far more than 15 lakhs farmers have been covered under crop insurance and target is to cover 25 lakhs farmers by this year end.

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Specific Strategies- (Cooperative)

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5 new colleges has been started. 3 Agriculture College, 1 Forestry & 1 Dairy 356 new admissions under various UG courses

Specific Strategies- (Strengthening Institution)

Agriculture University

Mukhyamantri Kishan Rahat Helpline Cell

A 24X7 helpline for assisting famers for various types of farm related issues Accelerated service at door delivery of farmers within 3 days So far 29,438 calls have been received and approx. 20000 complains have been sorted out.

In record time of 6 months approx. 30 Lakhs farmers have been adhaar seeded for payment through DBT mode

•To achieve this, a massive DBT campaign was organized for continuous 10 days

•More than 100000 lakh farmers have been benefited through DBT mode

1 2

DBT Mission 3

•So far 2492 E POS has been distributed among fertilizer retailers

No sale of fertilizer has been recorded without E- POS

4 DBT in Fertilizer

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Specific Strategies- Reforms

Implementation of E- NAM Scheme- 19 markets have already been functional under E- NAM scheme

Jharkhand Agriculture Policy- To streamline the reforms and set the framework for activity, Jharkhand Agriculture Policy has been drafted and hopefully it will come into force within few months

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