1. Farmer Welfare and Agriculture Development Madhya Pradesh
National Conference on Agriculture for Kharif Campaign at New Delhi 7th – 8th April 2015
Group – II: Promotion of pulses through Inter-cropping in Kharif season
Farmer Welfare and Agriculture Development Madhya Pradesh

2. M.P. IN INDIA
State received three times Krishi Karman Award. In &
for Total Food grain Production & In for
Wheat Production Category.
M.P. ranks first in Pulse & Gram production, second in Lentil
& third in Pigeonpea.
Double digit growth rate in agriculture sector. % %
% (Provisional)

3. State Profile : Agriculture
Area in lakh ha.
S. No.
Particulars
Area 1
Net Cultivable area
154.55 2
Fallow land
8.68 3
Area sown - Kharif
124.65 4
Area sown - Rabi
112.15 5
Double cropped area
77.78 6
Gross cropped area
232.33 7
Cropping intensity (%)
150.00 8
Gross Area under Irrigation (%)
38.54 9
Rainfed Area (%)
61.46

4. Area, Production, Yield - Kharif Pulses Area in 000 Ha. , Prod
Area, Production, Yield - Kharif Pulses Area in 000 Ha., Prod. In 000 M Tonne, Yield in Kg./Ha.
Crop
Area
Prod
Yield
Prod.
Tur
458
319
692
464
332
713
521
392
752
Urad
624
256
411
585
219
374
862
454
527
Moong 73 29
375 90 40
438
163 85
522
Kulthi 16 7
421 15 8 17 11
670
Other 4 1
326
348
Total
1176
611
520
1157
600
518
1563
943
603

5. Area, Production, Yield - Rabi Pulses
Area in 000 Ha.,Prod. In 000 M Tonne, Yield in Kg./Ha.
Crop
( Provisional)
Area
Prod.
Yield
Gram
2722
3321
1221
3482
2555
809
2933
4509
1537
Peas
210
130
619
309
295
957
853
1021
1197
Lentil
511
297
581
530
338
638
Other 5 3
676 6
558
Total
3517
3799
1080
4384
3220
735
3786
5530
1461

6. Area, Production, Yield – Total Pulses
Area in 000 Ha.,Prod. In 000 M Tonne, Yield in Kg./Ha
Crop
( Provisional)
Area
Prod.
Yield
Kharif
1176
611
520
1157
600
519
1563
943
603
Rabi
3517
3799
1080
4384
3220
734
3786
5530
1461
Total
4693
4410
940
5541
3820
689
5349
6473
1210

7. Seed Replacement Rate (%)
Crops
Kharif
Urd
10.61
14.35
15.14
10.62
Moong
30.44
37.89
31.87
22.61
Arhar
15.54
21.98
17.62
18.23
Rabi
Gram
12.22
12.86
15.78
13.44
Pea
8.77
11.22
11.32
10.00
Lentil
3.77
4.05
5.98
5.88

8. Old Varieties & New Alternative Varieties
Crop
Old Varieties
Alternative Varieties
Mungbean
Pusa 105, PDM11, BM 4, JM 721
BM 4, JM 721, Meha, Pusa 9531,
PDM 139, TJM-3 (Synchronus maturity)
Urdbean
RBU38, TPU 4, JU 2
JU 3, PU 31, PU 40, Azad U 3, JU8-6, KU96-3
Pigeon pea
JA-4
RVICPH-2671 (Hy), JKM -189,
TJT-501

9. Constraints in Pulse Production
Most of Pulses are grown in low fertility, problematic soils.
More than 87 % of the area under Pulses in rainfed .
Drought & Heat stress may reduced seed yields by 50%.
Poor drainage/ Water logging during the rainy season
causes heavy losses .
Farmers treat Pulses as secondary crops. As a result, Pulses
continue to the grown on poor soils with low inputs.
Lack of policy support and post harvest innovations related
to pulse crops.
Poor Availability of quality seed of improved varieties and
other inputs.

10. Interventions
Kharif Pulses occupy about 20% of Total Pulse Production.
Krishi Mahotsav an intensive extension programme is to be started in the month of MAY
A campaign regarding Kharif Pulse Production would be incorporated with Krishi Mahotsav .
Demonstrations on intercropping with Kharif Pulses is proposed under NFSM Pulses.

11. Summer Pulses
The area under third crop (summer) in year was ha which has increased to 3 lakh ha in year
This expansion is achieved mainly in moong.
In sugarcane growing areas farmers adopted Sugarcane: Moong intercropping instead of sole crop.
They are advised to use water saving devices & distributed the same under NFSM.

12. SUMMER MUNG
Dist. Harda

13. Success Story – Summer Moong District-Harda
Name – Krishna Kumar Muraliya
Village - Khidki
District - Harda
Area ha
Varity - Hum -12
Row to Row Distance cm
Plant to Plant Distance cm
Production q/ha
Cost of Cultivation - Rs /ha
Total Income Rs /ha
Net Income Rs /ha

14. Major intercropping systems
Pigeonpea + Soybean (2:4/2:1)
Pigeonpea + Moong (2:1)
Sorghum + Pigeonpea (2:2)
Urd + Pigeonpea (2:1)
Cotton + Pigeonpea (4:2)
Moong + Maize (2:1)
Sorghum + Moong/Urd (1:2)
Pigeonpea + Soybean (6:1)

15. INTER CROPPING MOONG WITH SUGARCANE

16. Future Strategies
In hilly areas like Dindori, Sidhi, Shahdol upland paddy is
cultivated having very low productivity. These areas can be
replaced with pulses.
Sole crop of cereals and oil seeds are grown, pulses can very well
be intercropped.
In rice growing areas bunds can be utilized for cultivation of
medium duration varieties of pigeonpea.
Implementation for adoption of suitable agronomic practices.
ex. Pigeonpea yet sown with very high seed rate with narrow
spacing in many areas.
Supplementation of 20kg/ha through gypsum
ones in two years is to be promoted in sulfur deficit areas.
Promotion of ridge planting in black cotton soil region.

17. Thanks

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