NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY MISSION Performance review Presentation to the 3 rd General Council meeting of the National Food Security Mission on 7 th December 2009 at 3 PM under the Chairmanship of Union Agriculture Minister

Demand Supply Gap Crop Projected Demand Projected Production Surplus/ Shortfall Projected Demand Projected Productio n Surplus/ Shortfall Projected Demand* Rice (99.15) Wheat (80.58) Coarse Ceareals (39.48) Pulses (14.66) Foodgrai ns (233.88) Oilseeds (28.16)

Wheat Targets

Rice Targets

Pulses Targets

Impact on productivity of Wheat State<0<10>10 and <20>20(blank)Total % -ve Rajasthan Haryana WB Maharashtra UP Bihar MP Punjab Gujarat 44 0 Grand Total Productivity increase in the No. of NFSM Districts in over

Impact on productivity of Rice State<0<10>10 and <20>20(blank)Total% -ve Jharkhand TN Chhattisgarh Orissa Bihar WB AP UP Maharashtra Assam MP Gujarat 22 0 Karnataka Kerela Grand Total Productivity increase in the No. of NFSM Districts in over

Impact on Productivity of Pulses State<0<10>10 and <20>20(blank)Total % -ve MP Bihar Maharashtra Haryana Punjab AP Orissa Rajasthan UP Chhattisgarh Gujarat 11 0 Karnataka 13 0 WB Grand Total Productivity increase in the No. of NFSM Districts in over

IMPACT OF DROUGHT Loss of crop production in Kharif of the 300 drought declared districts are covered by NFSM

Area coverage of Kharif Rice,2009 Area in Lakh ha. Normal Area Area CoveredChange over 2008 % of Normal /-%

Area coverage of Kharif Rice,2009 Area CoveredChange over /-% NFSM Non-NFSM Total Area CoveredChange over /-% NFSM Non-NFSM Total BIHAR Uttar Pradesh Area in Thousand

Impact on targets Loss of about 13 million tons of kharif rice and about 0.3 million tons of pulses as per first advance estimate In Rabi and Summer seasons the Rice production can be enhanced by about 3 million tons and pulses by 1 million ton Overall, therefore the rice production could be short by 5 million tons as compared to base year of to reach 88 million tons Pulses could achieve the target of additional 1.5 million tons as compared to base year to reach 15.3 million tons In Wheat if the climate conditions remain favourable an increase of about 2 million tons is possible to reach 82.6 million tons, making the overall production of food grains reaching the demand levels for the year

RICE Additional strategies for production

Reducing Risks of Rice production Increased production in good season for maintaining food buffer stocks Promotion of Hybrid Rice; Strategies to enlist Private sector participation, and adapting Chinese experience of production of public bred hybrids Reaching out to low capacity rice farmers Promotion of SRI; Inclusion of NGOs for individualized service to farmers especially for rainfed rice Develop technologies on drought and submergence tolerance Partnering IRRI for active promotion of STRASA

Constraints in Hybrid Rice Promotion Inadequate availability of breeder and certified seed Seed Production limited to very specific region Non –synchronous flowering of A & R lines in North India-Main cause for low seed setting Private sector is not keen for seed certification- not eligible for assistance under NFSM Higher cost and less comparative advantage in high productivity areas High cost of seed and limited supply of quality seeds in the areas of demand

Impact of Hybrid rice seed Minikit Farmers were very happy to see the performance of public rice hybrid because of shorter duration than private hybrid during this drought year. This year rice hybrid minikits have been distributed no (6 kg each) against no allotted. Some states have utilized hybrid seed minikit as demonstration under SRI.

Area in SRI under NFSM & Non-NFSM State 2006 (base year) NFSM- State * Non- NFSM State Total *Information is still awaited from some states

Challenges in SRI promotion Changing mind sets of the scientists and the farmers – Adoption and its continuation by Farmers – More documentation by researchers Refining technology to make it easier for adoption – Nursery raising – On farm moisture conservation to address dry spells in rainfed rice areas Labour problem in rural areas – Availability of Conoweeders – Approval for Power weeders – Development of Precision mechanised farming (single seedling multi line transplanter Availability of Farm Yard Manure – Promoting Green manure

IRRI partnership Popularizing Suvarna sub 1, submergence tolerance variety Fast tracking release of drought and salinity tolerant varieties developed by IRRI Common areas of interest – low productivity districts are rainfed and flood prone MoU with IRRI for time bound delivery of services to the farmers

WHEAT Stabilizing the production

Coping with the climate change Promotion of Conservation Agriculture Zero till seed drill machines and Laser aided land levellers Regulations for timely planting of rice crops System of wheat intensification; scaling up Bihar model Promotion of terminal heat tolerant varieties Seed minikits of PBW 550, DW 17 varieties Strategic research for developing new varieties Timely sowing of wheat in Eastern India Flood control measures for early vacation of fields

PULSES Realizing the yield potential and area expansion

Addressing yield gaps Merger of ISOPOM with NFSM Large scale Block demonstrations with nutrient and plant protection centric approach Converging with Rainfed area development programs for providing protective irrigation Pilot projects with ICRISAT on identifying promotional strategies, control of pests and hybrids Controlling the blue bull menace by de regulation of its status under wild life legislation

Area expansion Potential for summer moong in Punjab, Haryana, Western UP in view of the water use regulation Developing rice fallows in Central and Eastern India through promotion of rice hybrid-chickpea/lentil/lathyrus line sown farming system Intercrops with soybean Inclusion of Jharkhand and Assam under NFSM for intensive pulses promotion

Sum up NFSM has done very well in its first two years of operation with achievement of the production targets Drought this year and the climatic factors for wheat requires additional strategies to reduce the associated risks and stabilize the production Pulses promotion approach is being revamped with strengthening of NFSM through the proposed merger of ISOPOM pulses components All the stake holders including the non governmental organizations and the private sector need to be included in the mission programs to deepen its reach New partnerships are being forged for capacity building of the extension teams in the States