Farmer Welfare and Agriculture Development Madhya Pradesh National Conference on Agriculture for Kharif Campaign -2015 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

M.P. IN INDIA State received three times Krishi Karman Award. In 2011-12 & 2012-13 for Total Food grain Production & In 2013-14 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. 2011-12 19.85% 2012-13 20.16% 2013-14 24.99% (Provisional)

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

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 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 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

Area, Production, Yield - Rabi Pulses Area in 000 Ha.,Prod. In 000 M Tonne, Yield in Kg./Ha. Crop 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 ( 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

Area, Production, Yield – Total Pulses Area in 000 Ha.,Prod. In 000 M Tonne, Yield in Kg./Ha Crop 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 ( 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

Seed Replacement Rate (%) Crops 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 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

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

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.

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 2015 . A campaign regarding Kharif Pulse Production would be incorporated with Krishi Mahotsav . 15000 Demonstrations on intercropping with Kharif Pulses is proposed under NFSM Pulses.

Summer Pulses The area under third crop (summer) in year 2011-12 was 22000 ha which has increased to 3 lakh ha in year 2014-15. 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.

SUMMER MUNG Dist. Harda

Success Story – Summer Moong District-Harda Name – Krishna Kumar Muraliya Village - Khidki District - Harda Area - 2.4 ha Varity - Hum -12 Row to Row Distance - 30 cm Plant to Plant Distance - 5 cm Production -17.25 q/ha Cost of Cultivation - Rs. 32750/ha Total Income - Rs. 89700/ha Net Income - Rs. 56950/ha

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)

INTER CROPPING MOONG WITH SUGARCANE

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 sulfur @ 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.

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