1. Rabi Campaign 2013 – 14 Group III Strategies for Resource Management for Better Input Use efficiency

2. States and UT Participated
Dadra & Nagar haveli
Gujarat
Himachal Pradesh
Odisha
Punjab
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu

4. Inputs Considered Fertilizer (Soil Health) Water Energy
Plant Protection
Knowledge Management

5. Classifying the strategies
High Cost, Long Term
Low Cost, Long Term
High Cost, Short Term
Low Cost, Short Term
More detailed classification needed
High Cost,
Short Term
High Cost,
Long Term
Low Cost,
Short Term
Low Cost,
Long Term
Time

6. Soil Health and Fertility Management
Soil Testing & Health Cards – LC, LT
Leaf Colour Charts – LC, ST
Soil Ameliorants – HC, LT
Neem / sulfur coated fertilizer briquettes – HC, LT
Phosphorus solublising Bio-fertilizers, compost and recycling farm waste – LC, LT
Organic farming – new paradigm – LC, LT
Precision farming – new paradigm – HC, LT

7. Water Use Efficiency
Land development – levelling, contour forming – HC, LT
Raised bed and furrow, mulching – LC, LT
Short duration variety, crop alignment, early sowing, SRI, SSI – LC, LT
Rainwater harvesting, farm ponds – HC, LT
MIS – HC, LT

8. Energy and Farm Power Farm Mechanization, Renewable Energies – HC, LT
Separate grid for agriculture – HC, LT
Custom Hiring Centers – HC, LT
Manual Implements – LC, ST

9. Plant Protection IPM – LC, ST
E - Pest Surveillance, pest scouts – HC, LT
Bio pesticides, bio control agents – LC, LT
Mobile Plant health Clinics – HC, LT
Pest Resistant Varieties – LC, LT
Ensuring quality pesticides – HC, LT

10. Knowledge Management Demonstrations - HC, LT
Trainings and Farmer Field Schools – HC, LT
SMS and MMS – LC, ST
Print and Electronic media – HC, ST
Kissan Call Centers – HC, ST
SAUs, KVKs and ICAR – LT

11. General Recommendations
States may identify the issues in detail
May choose one Short Term and one Long Term strategy
May choose the strategies with care
Departments to be facilitators and umpires than to be players

12. THANKS