0. 11th Meeting of General Council (GC) of
National Food Security Mission (NFSM)
Ashutosh Sarker
ICARDA South Asia & China Regional Program
Date: 26 August, 2015 – Krishi Bhawna, New Delhi

1. Projects under NFSM-Pulses
Enhancing lentil production in Eastern and North- Eastern States for nutritional security and sustainable rice-based production system in India
Sanctioned vide CPS No. 5-2/2013-NFSM dt
Enhancing Grasspea production in Eastern and North- Eastern States for animal feed, safe human food and for sustainable rice-based production system in India
Sanctioned vide CPS No. 5-8/2013-NFSM dt

2. Project-1
Enhancing lentil production in Eastern and North-eastern states for nutritional security and sustainable rice-based production system in India

3. Project implementation (2013-14 and 2014-15)
State
District
Collaborators
Covered (ha)
No. of villages
No. of farmers
Assam
Kamrup
Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Kamrup, AAU, Jorhat
305 37
763
Bihar
Aurangabad
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Aurangabad (BAU)
287 34
513
Jehanabad
ICARDA, New Delhi
297 56
766
Manipur
Thoubal
ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region Manipur Centre
120 23
189
Meghalaya
West Garo Hills
Krishi Vigyan Kendra ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region
140 59
520
Tripura
West Tripura
State Agriculture Research Station Agartala
125 25
484
Uttar Pradesh
Hamirpur
Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur
144 15
360
West Bengal
Birbhum
Pulses & Oilseeds Research Station, Directorate of Agriculture, Govt. Of West Bengal, Berhampore
250 49
1116
Burdwan
Madhyamgram Eco-friendly Sustainable Agriculture Development Mission (MESADM), Chinsurah, Hooghly
302 26
1296
Total
1970
324
6007
First time lentil growers , Seed kits distributed = 403, Rice-fallow area covered = 1025 ha
Total Quality seed produced: q

4. Yield advantage over farmers’ practice across project sites (2013-14 and 2014-15)

5. Lentil in farmer’s fields

6. Lentil grown in Rice-fallow
Kamrup
Manipur

7. Capacity development No. of capacity development Male Female Total 506
16694
1972
18666

8. Participation of State Department of Agriculture
District
Details
Kamrup
Mr. M. P. Rawniar, DAO, Nalbari; Mr. Ramen Deka, Agril. Devt. Officer; Mr.Kishore Talukdar, Agril. Devt. Officer; Mr. Shaptadwipa Bhattacharjee, Asstt. Seed Certification Officer
Aurangabad
Seed certification officers
Jehanabad
Seed certification and capacity development
Thoubal
Training, monitoring and management is being done in collaboration with the Scientists and Subject Matter Specialist of the Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Thoubal district of the State Agriculture Department.
West Garo Hills
Smt Meera M Sangma, District Agriculture Officer, Tura; Shri Shekhar Sangma, District Agriculture Officer, Ampati; Smt Beronica Sangma, SDAo, Dadenggre in Selection of village, farmers, seed distribution, training ,demonstration ,field visit etc
West Tripura
Mission Director (NFSM) / PI, Joint Director, Deputy Director, Assistant Director, Agriculture Officer, Agri Inspector, Village level Workers (Agri Asstt)
Hamirpur
State Seed Certification Agency involved in seed production
Birbhum
State Department of Agriculture - capacity development and seed production.
Burdwan
In all Field and awareness camps and capacity building camps were attended by the Asstt. Director of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Govt. of West Bengal Ausgram 1 Block and Asstt. Director of Agricuture, Department of Agriculture, Govt. Of West Bengal, Ausgram 2 Block. The Deputy Director of Agriculture (Admn.), Department of Agriculture, Govt. of West Bengal, Burdwan District attended Capacity Building Camps.

9. Project-2
Enhancing Grasspea production in Eastern and North- Eastern States for animal feed, safe human food and for sustainable rice-based production system in India

10. Improved production technologies promoted
Quality seed of low-ODAP varieties
Seed treatment with fungicide, insecticide and rhizobium to protect against root diseases
Appropriate seed rate under relay cropping and normal sowing
Pest Control: Metasystox to control aphids & pod borer; SAAF foliar fungicide spray to control fungal diseases
Growth promoter: Application of urea
Note: Site specific technologies have been provided

11. Low ODAP varieties promoted
Variety ODAP-level
Ratan %
Prateek %
Mahateora %
Nirmal %
(ODAP level of local varieties : 0.5% to 2.5%)

12. Details of project implementation (2013-14 and 2014-15)
State
District
Collaborators
Area covered (ha)
No. of villages
No. of farmers
Assam
Nagaon
AAU, Nagaon
152 32
733
Bihar
Patna
ICARDA , New Delhi
222 19
377
Chhattisgarh
Bilaspur
State Department of Agri., Bilaspur
200 10
136
Durg
IGKVV, Raipur
316 54
186
Uttar Pradesh
Jhansi
IGFRI, Jhansi 50
162
West Bengal
Cooch Behar
UBKVV, Cooch Behar
255 45
798
Bankura, 24 South Parganas and Nadia
BCKV, Kalyani
300 87
1376
Murshidabad
PORS, Berhampore
250 28
1049
Total 
1745
285
4817
Quality seed produced: q

13. Yield advantage over local across project sites (2013-14 and 2014-15)

14. Grasspea in rice fallow in Sundarban island of West Bengal

15. Grasspea with farmers
Bihar
West Bengal
Assam

16. Glimpses of capacity development
No. of capacity development
Male
Female
Total
211
7105
1699
8804

17. Participation of State Department
District
Details
Nagaon
Mr. P. Rongpi, District Agricultural Officer
Mr. Saroj Kalita, SDAO, Raha, Department of Agriculture, Govt. of Assam
Md. Ansar Ali, Asst. Seed Certification Officer, ASSCA, Govt. of Assam
Mr. Ranjan Deka, Senior Agricultural Development Officer, Department of Agriculture, Govt. of Assam
Mr. Babul Baruah, VLEW, Sub-divisional Agricultural Office, Raha
Mr. Durgeswar Dadhara, VLEW, Sub-divisional Agricultural Office, Samguri, Nagaon
Mr.Upen Borah, VLEW, Sub-divisional Agricultural Office, Nagaon
Mr. Lakheswar Baruah, VLEW, Sub-divisional Agricultural Office, Dhing, Nagaon
Patna
- Shri B. N. Singh, Joint Director (Agri), Patna participated in capacity development
-Dr. Pramod Kumar, Deputy Director of Agriculture (Plant Protection), participated in capacity development
- Dr. Sanjay Kumar Singh, Asst. Agri. Director (Chemical), Patna
-Shri Braj Kishore, Asst. Agriculture Director (Planning), Zonal Office, Patna participated in capacity development
-Seed certification officers involved in seed production and also in capacity development programme
Bilaspur
Shri J. S. Kakoriya, Deputy Director Agriculture. Shri M.K. Gupta, Senior Agriculture Development Officer, Block- Masturi. Shri U.P. Singh, Agriculture Development Officer, Block- Masturi. Dr. R. S. Chande, Block Technology Manager, ATMA Project, Block- Masturi. Data collection, coordination with farmers
Durg
Shri. Nirmam, JDA, Bilaspur; Shri R.L.Khare, DDA, Durg; Shri Naidu, ADA, Durg; Shri Pandey, SADO, Patan; Shri Likhesh Verma, RAEO, Patan; Shri Yogesh Verma, RAEO, Patan in Training capacity development and extension
Jhansi
Local Panchayat Office bearers
Cooch Behar
Deputy Director of Agriculture, Dept. of Agriculture, Govt. of West Bengal as one of the Resource Persons during Training Programme [Capacity Development Programme]
Assistant Director of Agriculture (Seed Certification), Dept. of Agriculture, Govt. of West Bengal as one of the Resource Persons during Training Programme [Capacity Development Programme]
Bankura, 24 South Pargana and Nadia
Mr. Vivekananda Bag, Assistant Director of Agriculture, West Bengal
Mr. Bidyut Das, Officer in- Charge, Seed Certification Officer
Mr. Sushanta Naskar, Seed Certification Officer
Mr. Ashok Jana, Krishi Karmadhyaksha, Sagar Block
Mr. Amarendranath Mondal, Krishi Karmadhyaksha, Sagar Block
Ms. Gouri Mondal, Panchayat Pradhan
Ms. Arati Nath, Panchayet Member
Murshidabad
Dr. S. Singh, Economic Botanist- II, W.B.; Mr. G. Man, Asstt. Director of Agriculture (Seed Certification); Dr. P. K. Dey, Asstt. Pathologist; Dr. S. Sahoo, Asstt. Entomologist; Dr. K. Mitra, Asstt. Pathologist; Dr. K. Mondal, Asstt. Botanist; Mr. H.S. Das, Asstt. Botanist and Dr. P. Sur, Asstt. Chemist

18. Intervention in Rice-fallows

19. Rice Lentil Sesame/Mung bean Fallow after rice
Jul-Oct
Lentil
Nov - Feb
Sesame/Mung bean
Mar - May
Fallow after rice
Nov - June
Example: Birbhum district, West Bengal

20. New pattern: Aman rice -Pulses- Boro rice
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Aman rice
Boro rice
Pea, Grasspea, Super-early lentil

21. Experiences Gained…. Farmers sell seeds immediately after harvest
Farmers are keen to expand cultivation of lentil and grasspea
House-hold consumption and straw for animal feed
Remunerative
Farmers are unaware of improved varieties and technologies
Farmers need exposure and training
Ensure availability of inputs in time
Varieties released for a particular state performd well in other state (s)
Varieties released for similar agro-ecologies should be tested
Example: HUL-57, Moitree, NDL-1, etc.
Quality seed of improved varieties are insufficient
Establishment of village Seed Hubs
Local seed storage and packaging facilities
Farmers sell seeds immediately after harvest
Buy-back of seed
Ensure local market, MSP
Conservation Agriculture can be promoted
Machineries should be available
Custom-hiring
Scope to establish pulses in rice fallow lands
Appropriate varieties and production technologies
Involvement of local govt/pachyats
Farmers in new areas are keen to grow the crops
Need massive demonstration and motivation
Remote areas to be considered
Proper monitoring and evaluation
Independent body & involvement of State Department
Follow-up on suggestions
Zero-tillage in Aurangabad

22. Thank You