1. Certified/Quality Seeds
Availability Of
Certified/Quality Seeds
Kharif-2014

2. 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)

3. 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

4. El-nino El-nino factor reported, chances of less rainfall
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

5. Thank you

6. Requirement Availability Deficit/ Surplus
Availability of Certified/Quality Seeds Kharif CEREALS QTY. IN QTLS.
Crop Name
Requirement
Availability
Deficit/
Surplus
PADDY
779847
MAIZE
796479
876613
80134
BAJRA
224776
232733
7957
JOWAR
136474
162317
25843
RAGI
28848
32430
3582
TOTAL MILLET
2543
4110
1567
TOTAL CEREALS
898930

7. Availability of Certified/Quality Seeds for Kharif-2014 2. PULSES. QTY
Availability of Certified/Quality Seeds for Kharif PULSES QTY. IN QTLS.
Crop Name
Requirement
Availability
Deficit/
Surplus
ARHAR
262721
270733
8012
COWPEA
32622
31277
-1345
MOONG
231822
257626
25804
URD
180633
241987
61354
MOTH BEAN
-11200
HORSE GRAM
7734
8119
385
INDIAN BEAN
230
TOTAL PULSES
747047
830232
83185

8. TOTAL OILSEEDS 5699012 5037415 -661597 GRAND TOTAL 14565924 14946094
Availability of Certified/Quality Seeds for Kharif OILSEEDS & OTHERS QTY. IN QTLS.
Crop Name
Requirement
Availability
Deficit/Surplus
GROUNDNUT
14492
CASTOR
71535
85256
13721
SESAME
23487
29037
5550
SOYBEAN
SUNFLOWER
18259
19014
755
NIGER
855
906 51
TOTAL OILSEEDS
COTTON
217445
257016
39571
JUTE
45353
61304
15951
SUNNHEMP
32482
37125
4643
DHAINCHA
88000
94230
6230
GUAR
74450
67708
-6742
GRAND TOTAL
380171

9. Crop-Wise Availability of Short & Medium Duration Seeds - Kharif-2014 Qty. in Qtls.
Total
PADDY
BAJRA
160901
21903
182804
JOWAR
126839
4300
131139
MAIZE
510898
59532
570430
RAGI
8814
125
8939
ARHAR
47818
143010
190828
URD
149199
2457
151656
MOONG
116311
14363
130674
GSSC has offered to produce seeds of Til and Bajra for the indenting States during Rabi- summer season

10. Crop-Wise Availability of Short & Medium Duration Seed - Kharif-2014 Qty. in Qtls.
Total
MOTH
13800
HORSE GRAM
270
GROUNDNUT
378068
40204
418272
SOYBEAN
18293
SESAME
9854
2440
11294
SUNFLOWER
2400
CASTOR
47200
33205
80405