A Presentation for Krishi Karman Award, Government of Assam Date : 14 th October, 2014

Growth of Agriculture Sector Growth in (Adv. Estimate) : 4.5%

Achievements in Production of Foodgrains & Oilseeds Sl. No. Crop Production (Thousand MT) 1Rice Wheat40.4 3Maize77.0 4Pulses Small Millets 3.3 Total Foodgrains : Rapeseed & Mustard Sesamum8.60 8Linseed3.90 9Niger Castor0.50 Total Oilseeds :

Sl.Strategy 1. Area expansion and adoption of HYV & Hybrid  Hybrid Rice area increased from 0.97 lakh ha. to 2.03 lakh ha. 10 thousand ha. of additional area brought under HYV Rice.  Additional 9,000 ha. brought under Pulses cultivation.  Covered 23,200 ha. under Hybrid Maize cultivation. 2. Productivity increasing inputs  Distribution of quality seeds (4.24 lakh quintals)  Varietal replacement (20% of Crop area).  Area Expansion under assured irrigation increased from 6.13 lakh ha. to 7.05 lakh ha.  Farm power enhanced from 1.02 HP per ha. to 1.14 HP per ha.  Soil health Management (4.38 lakh Ha.) Strategy & Measures taken to enhance production during

Sl. No. Initiative 1 Submergence tolerant variety  Introduction of submergence tolerant Rice variety (Swarna Sub-1) in chronically flood affected area. Highly encouraging results. 2 Organic Farming  To popularize organic farming 90 nos. of farms (50 ha. each) established in 90 LACs. 3 Installation of Piezometer  208 Piezometer have been installed to monitor the ground water level on real time basis in all the plain districts. 4 Formation of FPOs  Farming community mobilized to form 25 no. of FPOs for securing better produce price. during New innovation / initiative adopted by State, lesson learnt & experiences in scaling up the same during

Lesson learnt  Inadequate seed availability of Swarna Sub-1.  Certification hurdle of organic product.  Awareness building need on FPOs. Scaling up the same :  Tied up with IRRI for seed security.  Agricultural University has been requested to take up the certification aspect.  Tied up with KVKs / Farm Schools for awareness building on FPOs.

Expenditure under various schemes during (Rs. in lakh) Sl. No. Scheme Fund available during the year Fund utilized % utilized 1NFSM-Rice % 2NFSM-Pulse % 3A3P % 4BGREI % 5RADP % 6NVIUC % 7NutriFarm % Total : %

Collaborative efforts with line departments A. POWER :  Coordination with Power Department has helped to install 67, 500 Electrical Pump Sets during last 3 years ( to ) B. IRRIGATION :  Better co-ordination with Irrigation Department to harness irrigation water for double / multiple cropping in command areas. C. FERTILISER :  Ensuring availability & pre stocking of fertilisers with companies / dealers. Also emphasis has been laid on production of bio-fertilisers at local level. D. CREDIT : D. CREDIT :  Bankers are assisted by Agriculture Department through VLEWs for identification of farmers.  Regular interaction through SLBC and NABARD.

Districtwise Status of data entry under NFSM (Rice & Pulse) Sl. No. District No. of beneficiary & input supply details filled ( ) 1Baksa3861 2Barpeta2246 3Bongaigaon2302 4Darrang911 5Dhemaji2307 6Dhubri1961 7Goalpara1338 8Jorhat2000 9Kamrup829  All Data for uploaded  Data for being updated.

Districtwise Status of data entry under NFSM (Rice & Pulse) Sl. No. District No. of beneficiary & input supply details filled ( ) 10 Karbi Anglong Kokrajhar Kokrajhar Lakhimpur Lakhimpur Morigaon Morigaon Nagaon Nagaon Nalbari Nalbari Sonitpur Sonitpur Tinsukia Tinsukia Udalguri Udalguri34 Total : Total :33,683

Future Strategies for achieving higher production  Vision document enlisting future strategies got prepared by Assam Agricultural University.  Plan to cover 1.50 lakh ha. mono cropped area in & 4.5 lakh ha. by under double cropping.  Extension of Hybrid Rice cultivation to 10% of total Rice area (present 8%).  Extension of submergence tolerant Kharif Rice cultivation chronically flood prone areas (4.93 lakh ha.) in phase manner.  Extension of submergence tolerant Kharif Rice cultivation to cover chronically flood prone areas (4.93 lakh ha.) in phase manner.  Targeting char (riverine) areas for extensive cultivation of Pulses & Oilseeds.  Boosting Maize production through area expansion under hybrid.

Road Map  Tie-up with IRRI.  Technological support from SAU for effective cultivation in vast sand and silt deposited areas.  Self sufficiency in quality seed production & certification. Revitalizing Assam Seed Corporation.  Emphasis on Summer Rice, Mustard & Rabi Pulses on Mission mode.  Establishing Maize as one of major foodgrain crops through area expansion.  Bringing more areas under assured irrigation.  Capacity building of farmers & field officers for absorption of new technology in collaboration with IRRI & AAU.  Providing Soil Health Card to 1 lakh farmers.  Leveraging modern Post Harvest Technology.  Increasing irrigation potential through RIDF.se of Solar Pump Sets to minimise irrigation cost.  Increasing irrigation potential through RIDF. Also use of Solar Pump Sets to minimise irrigation cost.  Establishing Markets with market linking roads and also E-marketing Platforms & Kisan Mandis.