1. GROUP – IV PRESENTATION
NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURE
FOR RABI CAMPAIGN 2016
(16th September, 2016)
ROAD MAP FOR AUGMENTING
PULSES PRODUCTION
GROUP – IV PRESENTATION

2. PARTICIPATED STATES ANDHRA PRADESH GUJARAT J&K MADHYA PRADESH
MAHARASHTRA
RAJASTHAN
UTTAR Pradesh
ODISHA
WEST BENGAL and
TELANGANA 2

3. CONSTRAINS IN PULSE PRODUCTION
Inadequate availability of Certified Seed
Moisture Stress at critical stages of Crop Growth
Majority area is under Rain fed
Deficiency of Micronutrients in Soils
Lack of Varieties Suitable for Rice Fallows and Summer
Inadequate Storage Facility
Vulnerability of Pulse Crop to Blue Bulls / Wild animals
Losses due to Pests & Diseases
Pulses are grown in Low and Marginal fertile lands
Lack of Procurement Facilities

4. STRATEGIES Increasing the area Increasing the Productivity
Rice fallow Pulse
Summer Pulse
Pre Kharif Pulse crop Before Paddy
Increasing area on Rice and Commercial Crop Bunds
Enhancing area under intercropping and Poly Cropping
Increasing the Productivity
Varietal Replacement
Life Saving Protective Irrigation by Rain Guns, Sprinklers etc.,
Promotion of resource conservation Techniques ( Broad Bed Furrow)
Encouraging Farm Ponds for Rain water harvesting
Foliar application of 2% Urea / DAP
Saving the crop by spraying 1% K No3 under prolonged dry spells
Seed Production through FPOs / CMSS (Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh)

5. Marketing and Value Addition
Increasing Infra Structure Facilities for Storage and Godowns
Promotion of Processing units like mini dal mills
Formation of FPO / FPC for capacity building, Marketing Linkage and Value addition
Procurement of Pulses if the Market Price is below MSP by opening Procurement Centres in major Pulse growing Districts

6. Approaches for enhancing production of different pulses (Short term)
Target for next five year
Productivity enhancement
From existing 764 kg/ha to 900 kg/ha.
Increasing the area of cultivation
3.5 million ha additional area (bringing total area to 27.0 mha)
Promotion of mung bean in spring/summer season in north India
Inclusion of mung bean/lentil/chickpea in rice fallows
Intercropping of chickpea/lentil in autumn planted and mung bean/urd bean in spring planted sugarcane
Reducing post-harvest and milling losses
Post-harvest and milling losses to be reduced

7. Potential crop/cropping systems/niche
Action plan for area expansion of Pulses
Potential crop/cropping systems/niche
Specific area
Present Area
(m ha)
2016
Target area
by 2021 (m ha)
Intercropping
Mungbean with Sugarcane in irrigated
and with Cotton & millets in rainfed
Western U.P., Central U.P., Eastern U.P., Bihar, Maharashtra, A.P. and T.N.
0.10
0.40   
Pigeonpea with soybean, millets, cotton, and groundnut (rainfed upland)
A.P., Malwa Plateau of M.P., Vidarbha of Maharashtra, North Karnataka, T.N.
0.20
0.30
Chickpea with mustard, linseed and safflower (rainfed)
South East Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, U.P., Bihar, Vidarbha of Maharashtra
Chickpea/lentil with autumn planted /ratoon sugarcane
Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar
0.60
Catch crop
Mungbean spring/ summer
Western U.P., Central U.P. Haryana, Punjab, Bihar, West Bengal
0.50

8. Rice fallows
Chickpea
Eastern U.P., Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, W.B.
0.10
0.20
Urdbean/mungbean
A.P., Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Karnataka
Lentil
Eastern U.P., Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand
Lentil/fieldpea
North-Eastern hill region
0.02
Kharif fallow
Urdbean/mungbean in Bundelkhand U.P., M.P.
0.40
0.50
Filedpea
UP, Punjab, Haryana, Bihar, MP
0.1
Total
1.52
3.70

9. DROUGHT PROOFING MEASURES
Protective irrigation through rain guns
Mandal wise mapping was done of frequent drought mandals based on the data base of last 12 years.
13,334 each of rain guns and sprinkles, oil engines and 3.5 lakh water carrying pipes.
Water supplying equipment is procured by Government investing Rs cr
20,000 lit of water was provided which is equivalent to 5-7mm rainfall for each acre.
During 1st phase 4.69 lakh acres (up to ) and during 2nd phase 0.56 lakh acres was given protective irrigation of groundnut, redgram, blackgram, greengram, maize and chilies
80% of the cost of water trasport through tankers and the cost of diesal for oil engine is born by the Government and only 20% of the cost is paid by the farmer.

10. Providing protective irrigation
Rain gun
Tank irrigation with bullocks

11. ISSUES IN PULSE PRODUCTION
Seed Rolling Plan
Increasing Seed Subsidy from Rs.25 to Rs.50 Per Kg
Marketing : Creation of Marketing Linkage
Procurement : Timely Procurement of Pulses and
Opening of Procurement centers in all Pulse growing States
Control of Blue Bulls and Stray Animals
Protective Life Saving Irrigation at Critical Stages of growth
Productive Technology for Paira / Relay Cropping

12. Thank you.....