1. Conference on Agriculture
National
Conference on Agriculture
Rabi
24-25 Sep. 2008

2. Area under Kharif Crops
Kharif assessment 2008
Area under Kharif Crops
Area in lac ha
5 Yrs
Avg.
02-03 to 06-07
2007
Ach
2008
Target
L Ach
Cereals
64.84
68.95
65.70
59.91
Pulses
22.07
26.05
27.25
26.51
Oilseeds
12.81
14.99
15.95
17.32
Cotton
3.98
3.69
4.00
2.23
Guar-seed
20.06
29.10
23.00
27.72
Total incl. Others
129.45
147.44
140.60
137.93

3. Production under Kharif Crops
Kharif assessment 2008
Production under Kharif Crops
Production in lac Mt/ lac bales
5 Yrs
Avg.
2007
Ach
2008
Target
L Ach
Cereals
49.10
68.41
68.00
60.56
Pulses
6.07
9.51
13.73
13.03
Oilseeds
12.31
18.34
22.15
24.09
Cotton
6.71
8.62
11.00
6.80
Guar-seed
5.56
12..44
11.50
13.63

4. Productivity : Kharif Crops
Kharif assessment 2008
Productivity : Kharif Crops
Productivity in kg/ha
5 Yrs
Avg.
2007
Ach
2008
Target
L Ach
Cereals
757
992
1035
1011
Pulses
275
365
504
492
Oilseeds
961
1223
1389
1391
Cotton
286
397
468
519
Guar-seed
277
427
500

5. Rainfall Rajasthan As on 19th Sept. 2008 Rainfall in % Ganga Nagar
Hanumangarh
Churu
Jhunjhunu
Bikaner
Alwar
Sikar
Bharatpur
Nagaur
Jaisalmer
Jaipur
Dausa
Dholpur
Jodhpur
Karauli
Ajmer
Tonk
Sawai madhopur
Barmer
Pali
Bundi
Bhilwara
Raj
samand
Baran
Jalore
Chittor
garh
Kota
Rainfall in %
20 to 60 %
- 20 to 2 %
- 20 to –60 %
Sirohi
Jhalawar
Udaipur
Excess : 13 Distt.
Normal : 13 Distt.
Deficit : 7 Distt.
Pratap
garh
Dungarpur
Banswara

6. Rabi Prospects 2008-09: Area lac Ha. 5 yrs Average 21.21 1.97 9.39
26.40
2..04
Ach.
25.92
2.49
12.31
24.58
0.38
Target
26.00
3.50
13.00
27.00
1.40
WHEAT
BARLEY
GRAM
MUSTARD
TARAMIRA

7. Rabi Prospects 2008-09: Production
lac MT
5 yrs
Average
60.16
4.64
6.35
31.76
0.74
Ach.
71.25
5.39
5.74
23.52
0.10
Target
78.00
9.29
10.39
34.49
0.73
WHEAT
BARLEY
GRAM
MUSTARD
TARAMIRA

8. Rabi Prospects 2008-09 : Productivity
Kg per Ha
5 yr. avg
(10th Plan)
2836
2355
676
1203
Ach
2749
2165
466
957
Target
3000
2654
800
1277
WHEAT
BARLEY
GRAM
MUSTARD

9. National Food Security Mission
Rabi
Wheat- 15 districts, Pulses -15 districts
SFSMEC & DFSMECs have been constituted
consultants hired
75000 qtls extra seed of Wheat distributed as compared to last year
Progress :
Rs. in lacs
Provision
Release
Expenditure
Wheat
Pulses
853
64.587
Publicity
105.00
32.144
Issues:
Inclusion of coarse cereals for more comprehensive food security
Inclusion of more districts in NFSM
Wheat-9 districts, Rabi Pulses-11, Rice- 4, Kharif Pulses-5
Additional subsidy on seeds, micronutrients, etc to be extended to non NFSM districts so as to have common pricing of these inputs throughout the State

10. National Food Security Mission

11. National Food Security Mission

12. National Food Security Mission

13. National Food Security Mission

14. Rastriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
Rs crores released during
For the year GOI has allocated Rs crores under RKVY. Out of which GOI has also released 1st installment of Rs crores
SLSC constituted- 3 meetings held so far ( 1st March, 22nd July & 18th Aug.)
Department-wise projects sanctioned in :
S.No.
Department/Organisation
Amount
Rs. in lac 1
Agriculture 2
Horticulture 3
Fisheries
222.50 4
RCDF
607.00 5
MPUAT, Udaipur
875.00 6
RAU, Bikaner
96.00
TOTAL

15. Rastriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
Department-wise projects sanctioned in :
S.No.
Department/Organization
Amount
Rs. in lac 1
Agriculture 2
Horticulture 3
Fisheries 4
RCDF 5
MPUAT, Udaipur 6
RAU, Bikaner 7
Animal Husbandry 8
Cooperative 9
Higher Education 10
Water Resources 11
Sadguru (NGO)
TOTAL
Progress:
Against released amount of Rs lacs ( lac), financial sanction of Rs lacs has been issued. Out of this, an amount of Rs. 17 crores has been utilized so far.
Issues: Against sanctioned projects of Rs lacs, GOI has released only Rs lacs. Therefore, GOI may kindly consider early release of funds under stream I

16. Extension System Reforms: ATMA
Status of ATMA scheme in Rajasthan in 2008 – 09
SREP of 22 districts has been approved by GOI
SREP of remaining 10 districts has been vetted and approved by MANAGE and is under final printing
Partial SEWP of 3.66 crores for organizing the Agriculture and Farmers’ Development Workshop - cum - Exhibition has been approved by GOI
Final SEWP of about crores is under preparation and would be sent to GOI before the end of September 2008
Proposed out lay for by GOI is 12.5 crores
Expenditure incurred Rs lacs (upto 15th September 08)
No fund has been released by GOI in 2008 – 09

17. Extension System Reforms
Kharif Abhiyan 2008 –pre Kharif Panchayat level campaign to reach out to farmers with special focus on productivity enhancement
“Kheti Ri Batan” a live daily Radio program with farmer-friendly format-phone-in, success stories, farmers interviews etc.
Agro ecological situation wise PoP prepared and distributed
Inter-state 165 exposure visits are being organized
Beneficiary trainings ( Software ) included in implementation of components ( hardware ) viz. seed production, agri. implements, sprinkler, drip, pipe line etc.
Kisan Call Centre 2nd highest calls in the country

18. Extension:New Initiatives
Action Research Project prepared for Drip in Cotton:
95 Trials laid out
(Ajmer-17, Jodhpur-15, Bhilwara-3, Chittore-6, Banswara-6, Ganganagar-30, Hanumangarg-18)
During kharif 2008, projects prepared and executed for analysis, estimation and enhancement of the following productivity determinants:
- Bio Fertilizer Use Rate
 - Bio Agent Use Rate
- Bio Pesticides Use Rate
- Micro Nutrient Use Rate
- Gypsum Use Rate
This will help in popularizing low cost inputs among farmers leading to sustainable development of agriculture.

19. Seed: Enhanced Production & Distribution
Increased lifting of Breeder Seed – Rabi
Year (tgt)
in Qtls
Increased Certified Seed Distribution – Rabi
Year (tgt)
lac Qtls
Increased Certified Seed Distribution – Total
lac Qtls
New Seed Scheme – Involvement of Private Sector in Seed Production and distribution
Minikit distribution scheme refined as seed production scheme for self-use
Quality control measures enforced strictly

20. Seed Arrangements : Rabi
in lac Qtls.
5 years Average
(02-03 to 06-07)
distribution
Targets
Wheat
3.48
6.73
9.10
Barley
0.24
0.51
1.00
Gram
0.28
0.48
0.97
Mustard
0.54
0.80
0.92
Total
4.54
8.52
11.99

21. Seed Replacement Rate in rabi crops (SRR%)
Mustard
85.00
81.50
60.10
47.81
44.55
35.00
wheat
25.98
Barley
19.42
19.12
28.57
15.86
12.42
20.30
11.69
15.13
10.00
Gram
5.25
3.96
3.91
3.13

22. National Horticulture Mission
Provision
Progress
Upto Aug.08
Out lay (Rs. In lacs)
466.66
Nursery development (Nos.) 42 44 28 7
New gardens (ha.)
13897
7365
16540
4062
Water resources (Nos.)
114
215
300 40
IPM (ha.)
10085
5850
10000
245
Organic farming (ha.)
825
235
2500 70
Vermi-compost units (nos.)
155
535
600 72
Bee- Keeping (Nos.)
6940
Cold storage (Nos.) - 16 20

23. Initiatives PHM & MARKETING:
Food Processing training centre at Kota through SIAM for developing technologists, managers & entrepreneurs in food processing through courses
Terminal market
o be set up in the State through collaboration with SOI and private sector.
Capacity building of all categories of agricultural personnel through NIAM for upgradation and attitudinal change for PHM & Marketing
Capacity building for price risk management for selected crops by promotion of futures trading through MCX & NCDEX.
Kishan Bhawan has been proposed at each district. H.Q.

24. Marketing Reforms
Terminal Market : at Muhana - Completed and developing also for flower Mandi
By inserting a new section 14 A in the Raj. Agriculture Produce Marketing Act 1961 provision of single licence in the State has been inserted. By which a trader can trade in more than one market with a single licence.
The reservation of 10% shops/ plots for Agriculturist increased to 20% on has been reserved only for agriculturist women. Out of them 30% reservation for SC/ST agriculturist women.

25. Marketing Reforms…..
Development of 20 Commodity - Specific mandis e.g. Henna (mehendi) in subyard Sojatcity (Sojat Road) flower mandi in Pushkar & Ajmer (F & V), Cumin (Jeera) mandi in Jodhpur (Grain) and Mertacity, & Pea(Matar) mandi in Basedi total Project cost Rs Crores.
Agri Export Zones for Coriander and Cumin established -
Activities for improving quality & enhancing productivity started.
APMC Act amended (21st Nov, 2005) for contract farming, direct purchase & private mandies.
Crop Produce
Company
Cotton
Cotton Corporation of India
Soyabean, Wheat, Maize, Bajra, Mustard, Barley
ITC Ltd (Agro Divn)
SAB - Miller & CARGILL India Ltd (H.O. Gurgaon) (KOTA)
All Mandies computerized
AWB Krishi Suvidha - Parisad (Kota) Pvt. Ltd., vill. Aktasa (Bundi)

26. Fertilizer Arrangements : Rabi
in lac M.T.
Consumption
Last 5 yrs avg.
03-04 to07-08
Arrangement
DAP
2.22
2.10
2.41
3.00
UREA
7.54
8.47
8.17
9.50
SSP
0.79
0.94
0.61
1.10
Others
0.45
0.55
0.26
0.81
Total
11.00
12.06
11.45
14.41
Continuously wide spread rains in whole state
Rabi area & production likely to be high
All time high demand of DAP/ Urea expected
Demand of DAP for Oct.08 is 1.50 lac MT whereas allocation by DOF is only 0.60 lac MT
Advance procurement of 1.50 lac MT DAP from IPL
As per DOF instructions till to date, no placement of DAP for rabi by IPL
Buffer stock of MT of urea has not been replenished by CFCL till date.

27. Soil Health Enhancement through INM
Massive increase in distribution of soil health cards
lac in , lac soil samples analyze and 1.28 lac distributed during (till Aug. 2008)
Micro nutrient testing facility available in 32 labs - Micronutrient testing done for samples in and samples analyzed in so far
Special software being used to generate Computerized soil health cards – recommendations in terms of fertilizer materials for 4-8 important crops.
28.04 lac village soil health cards of villages were distributed for the first time in
32.07 lac village package of practice – soil health cards were distributed and villge-wise trainings were organized in villages as special campaing from 10th April to 25th May, 2008, lac farmers benefitted.
Block-wise fertility maps prepared
Fertility maps on GIS –Maps of 09 districts displayed on GIS. Rest to be completed by
Stress on Precision Farming - PoP as per Agro Ecological Situations have been prepared in Rabi 2007 and Kharif 2008.
Large scale (4 lac ha area) use of Gypsum in Oilseeds and Pulses as source of nutrient

28. Best Practices - Kharif Campaign- 2008
Kisan Mahotsava campaign from 15th May to 30th June 2008
Convergence of Agri. services at the door step
Disseminate appropriate technology & practices for Kharif crops
Arranged availability of inputs for Kharif through Beej Raths
Coverage -all 9189 Gram Panchayat H.Q
Encouraging people’s participation lac farmers
Major Achievements:
Soil samples collected lac
Soil Health Cards distributed lac
Village Soil Health Cards distributed lac
Seed minikits distributed lac
Applications prepared lac
Farmer Friendly literature dist lac booklets, lac pamphlets

29. Best Practices :District and crop specific projects
Kharif
Projects for Productivity Enhancement
Operation 150% for Pulses , Castor, Til
Target 20+ for Soybean
Projects for Increasing SRR
Target 35% Castor, Til Target 28% Moong
Target 20% Urd Target 10% Moth
Target 25% Arhar Target 18 % Guar
 Target 25% Soybean Target 30% Maize
Seed Treatment- Target 100%
Remark-Impact assessment of crop specific projects undertaken during kharif 2008 through M&E unit by organizing crop cutting experiments and analyzing the yield increase.

30. Best Practices : Quality control
Targeted Sampling - ABCD analysis of PP chemicals, Fertilizers & Seed producers on the basis of past quality performance. Targeted sampling with more samples drawn from poor performers
Sampling at manufacturing units - Control at source
Special Campaign – to draw samples from dealers from whom no samples taken in last 5 years or with dubious track record
Pre season Quality Control Campaigns
% of failed samples decreased
% Active ingredient increased in failed samples
Year wise samples taken:
Year
Fertilizers
Pesticides
Seed
Total Samples

31. Best Practices- Women Empowerment
Sanction in the name of women – women beneficiaries likely to increase from 9% ( ) to about 70 % during c.f.y
To encourage girl students to choose Agriculture as subject the Stipend started --- Rs.3000/- for 10+2, Rs.5000/- for Post graduation and Rs for Ph. D Students
Special training for women farmers - a State effort
Popularization of drudgery reduction equipments for women farmers.
Distribution of seed minikits to women farmers

32. New Initiative: Pesticide Residue Testing Laboratory
One Pesticide Residue Lab established and become operational
Standard operating procedures for cumin, coriander, wheat, moong has een prepared and 15 samples analysed so far.
Trial testing for vegetables & other agricultural comodities are under process.

33. Best Practices- Rabi 2008-09 :Efficient extension delivery system
Krishi Yojanaen –Apke Dwar ( Pre-Rabi Campaign)
Period- 15 th Sep. to 15th Oct. 2008
Camps in all Gram Panchayats
Service delivery at doorstep of farmers i.e. availability of inputs, transfer of latest technology through trainings & literature etc.
collection of soil samples, Soil Health Cards distributed for already collected samples.
Applications are prepared for individual beneficiary activities.
Minikits distributed.
Easy & transparent execution of schemes with people’s participation (PRIs/ input
manufacturers/public etc)
On the spot processing of applications of individual beneficiary schemes.
Disbursement of subsidy for already processed applications.
Discussions on productivity enhancement, quality improvement,cost reduction etc.
Distribution of farmer friendly literature- Capacity Building of farmers
Social Audit of beneficiaries of previous years / season.

34. Issues for Consideration
Agriculture-
Settlement of claims under National Agriculture Insurance Scheme (NAIS)- Release of balance amount of crop compensation by GOI for Kharif 2005 (Rs crore ) and Rabi (Rs crore) total amounting to Rs crore.
NFSM-
1.Inclusion of coarse cereals for more comprehensive food security
Inclusion of more districts in NFSM
(Wheat-9 districts, Rabi Pulses-11, Rice- 4, Kharif Pulses-5)
Advance stock building of DAP avoided crisis. But, this system placed an huge burden on the state finances. GOI should provide assistance for advance stock building.
Propositioning of DAP for rabi as per DOF instructions
Horticulture-
Expansion of National Horticulture Mission in all the districts
Inclusion of all horticultural crops including vegetable under NHM
Change in cost norms of green house, flower area expansion:
Credit link Projects
Increase the subsidy upto 50% under PHM activities
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