Availability Of Certified/Quality Seeds Kharif-2014

Kharif’2014 Zonal Seed Review Meeting Outcome Seed requirement: lk Qtls Seed Availability: lk Qtls Seed Shortage: Soybean: 6.96 lk Qtls Mothbean: 0.1 lk Qtls, Cowpea & Guar State to be careful: Jharkhand (shortage in most of the crops, poor seed village program)

Steps to Meet shortfall in Soybean seed  Off season soybean seed production by MSSC (700 ha) and NSC (216 ha) in summer season.  Awareness campaign for use of own/farm saved seeds.  Identify / locate availability of farm saved seeds.  Rationalise SRR (Kharif-2013 was 51%, can be reduced to 33%).  Use of seed planters and dibblers for sowing to economise on seed rate (from 75kg/ha to 55 kg/ha) – Maharashtra has proposed, other States can adopt

El-nino I.El-nino factor reported, chances of less rainfall II.Action plan to salvage agricultural production: Prepare alternative crop plan with short /medium duration varieties Take up production of seeds of short duration varieties in Rabi-summer season, wherever possible Assess/Tie up availability of fodder seeds, farm saved seeds, short duration variety seeds Prepare Crop plan for early Rabi Pre-positioning of fertilizer with seeds

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Availability of Certified/Quality Seeds Kharif CEREALS QTY. IN QTLS. Crop NameRequirementAvailabilityDeficit/ Surplus PADDY MAIZE BAJRA JOWAR RAGI TOTAL MILLET TOTAL CEREALS

Availability of Certified/Quality Seeds for Kharif PULSES QTY. IN QTLS. Crop NameRequirementAvailabilityDeficit/ Surplus ARHAR COWPEA MOONG URD MOTH BEAN HORSE GRAM INDIAN BEAN TOTAL PULSES

Availability of Certified/Quality Seeds for Kharif OILSEEDS & OTHERS QTY. IN QTLS. Crop NameRequirementAvailabilityDeficit/Surplus GROUNDNUT CASTOR SESAME SOYBEAN SUNFLOWER NIGER TOTAL OILSEEDS COTTON JUTE SUNNHEMP DHAINCHA GUAR GRAND TOTAL

Crop-Wise Availability of Short & Medium Duration Seeds - Kharif-2014 Qty. in Qtls. CropShortMediumTotal PADDY BAJRA JOWAR MAIZE RAGI ARHAR URD MOONG GSSC has offered to produce seeds of Til and Bajra for the indenting States during Rabi- summer season

Crop-Wise Availability of Short & Medium Duration Seed - Kharif-2014 Qty. in Qtls. CropShortMediumTotal MOTH13800 HORSE GRAM270 GROUNDNUT SOYBEAN SESAME SUNFLOWER2400 CASTOR