1. KRISHI KARMAN AWARD 2014-2015 FOR FOODGRAIN PRODUCTION
TAMIL NADU BY
DR. M. RAJENDRAN, IAS.,
DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE

2. ACHIEVEMENTS OF TAMILNADU IN FOODGRAINS AND OILSEEDS PRODUCTION – 2014-2015
(4th ADVANCE ESTIMATE)
Sl. No
CROP
AREA (L.Ha)
PRODUCTION (L.MT)
YIELD (Kg/Ha) 1
Rice
18.30
79.14
4325
MILLETS 2
Jowar
4.25
8.43
1981 3
Bajra
0.59
1.71
2894 4
Ragi
1.14
3.86
3389 5
Maize
3.42
27.29
7977 6
Korra
0.01
472 7
Varagu
0.02
0.05
2118 8
Samai
0.18
0.19
1060 9
Other cereals
0.09
538
Total Millets
9.71
41.58
2222
Sl. No
CROP
AREA (L.Ha)
PRODUCTION (L.MT)
YIELD (Kg/Ha)
PULSES 10
Bengal gram
0.06
0.04
647 11
Red gram
0.81
0.83
1026 12
Green gram
2.33
1.84
788 13
Black gram
4.06
3.41
841 14
Horse gram
0.98
0.72
731 15
Other Pulses
1.16
0.40
341
Total Pulses
9.40
7.24
770
Total Food grains
37.41
127.96
3420
OILSEEDS 16
Groundnut
3.35
9.05
2697 17
Gingelly
0.69
0.53
763 18
Castor
0.02
312 19
Sunflower
0.09
0.13
1549
Total Oilseeds
4.19
9.73
2322

3. PERFORMANCE OF TAMIL NADU AS PER EXISTING CRITERIA – TOTAL FOODGRAINS
Production (L.MT)
Yield
(kg./ Ha.)
Procurement (L.MT)
Productivity over all India average (Kg./Ha.)( )
% Expenditure on Crop development schemes
Best Year
110.02
( )
3167
32.63 L.MT procured as against L.MT of Production
2120
Rs crores incurred as against Rs crores
127.96
3420
% of increase 16 8
26 (% of procurement) 61 97

4. MEASURES TAKEN FOR INCREASING THE PRODUCTION
INVIGORATING AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION MACHINERY
Fixed schedule visits by extension functionaries
385 blocks segmented as micro groups
2117 Extension worker covers all the allocated villages in a fortnight
Technical skill of Extension Workers Enriched every fortnight
NUTRIENT CONSERVATION AND FARM SOIL PRESERVATION
individual Farm wise soil sampling and analysis of lakh farmers
Farmers Integrated Hand Book (FIHB), an information digest on soil nutrient status distributed
Eco-friendly sustainable agricultural practices
5 model organic villages ; 150 model IPM Villages
7 Liquid Biofertilizers Laboratories – 2.5 Lakh litres/year
2 New Organic Fertilizer analysing laboratories
Increasing Organic Content of the Soil
State Sponsored Schemes for distribution of Green Manure seeds, Blue Green Algae, Azolla, Pleurotus Kits, and Demonstrations cum training on Vermicomposting

5. MEASURES TAKEN FOR INCREASING THE PRODUCTION
WATER USE EFFICIENCY
Augmenting Water Harvesting Resources
70,000 new farm ponds by dovetailing MGNREGS
497 Recharge Shafts established
973 Farm ponds deepened
Increasing Water Use Efficiency
Precision farming in 2500 acres of redgram
Crop Specific Technologies
System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in 51% of the total paddy area)
3000 whole villages L.Ha.
2000 System of Pulses Intensification (SPI) villages L.Ha.
Micro Irrigation in Millets and Pulses
ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE SEED DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Exclusively for Seed Production activities
Ensuring farmers preferred quality certified seeds, and fixation of uniform procurement and sale price
INCREASING THE NET CULTIVABLE AREA UNDER FOOD GRAINS
12500 Acres of fallow lands brought back to Millets and Pulses cultivation
Special scheme for Kuruvai (June-July) Paddy cultivation (Additional area of 1.5 lakh Ac. covered)
12 hours uninterrupted 3 phase power supply,
Distribution of seedlings raised through community nursery and Inputs at free of cost
AGRO ECOSYSTEM ANALYSIS (AESA) BASED INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Refined Plant Protection approach based on defender pest ratio and other eco parameters
10926 MT Technical grade Pesticides drastically reduced to 2142 MT (80%) over a period of 30 years

6. Government Sops to Farmers
100% subsidy for micro irrigation to small and marginal farmers
50 to 55% premium subsidy for enrollment under NAIS
State support for price realisation- incentive over & above MSP announced by GOI
Rs.5 lakhs cash prize to the farmer obtaining highest yield adopting SRI
Interest free advance of Rs. 150 crores to TANFED
Waiver of 4% VAT on sale of chemical fertilizers
Exemption of 5% VAT on Naphtha to sustain urea production
Massive Rodent Pest Management demonstration – 1844 village Panchayats ; crores rat burrows covered –
Farmers training in all blocks in co-ordination with Animal Husbandry Dept. – Dairy Farming, Goat Rearing, Desi-bird rearing, Pisci culture, cocoon production, etc.,

7. NEW INNOVATIONS/INITIATIVES
FOODGRAIN MISSION
Express Plan Approach
Integrated package of three sub-missions to bridge the yield gap at farm level
Farm Level Planning
Strategies adopted based on Yield gap
Systematic Yield Monitoring
Micro level planning uploaded in FCMS and monitored
Paddy
Interventions
Community Nursery in 1743 acres and transplantation in acres
Direct sowing in 8.47 lakh acres
Productivity enhancing Inputs
Liquid Bio-fertilizers for the first time in acres
MN Mixture, Zinc Sulphate , Gypsum , Plant Protection chemicals
Mechanisation
Mechanized Planting in acres
Assistance for
Custom hiring of Transplanters & Combined harvesters
Power weeder, Rotovator, Paddy Thresher, Self propelled Paddy transplanter
Solar pumpset linked with micro irrigation
Varietal Replacement
Promotion of Less than 10 year old Paddy varieties
Flood tolerant variety Swarna Sub-1 tried for the first time in 1500 acres
Impact - Swarna Sub-1 – average rice yield was 5239 kg / ha

8. NEW INNOVATIONS/INITIATIVES
Millets
Interventions
Seed drill sowing ; Community sowing
Intercropping with pulses ; Micro irrigation
Cluster Demonstration involving NGOs acres (including remote villages)
Impact – Increase in area ; % 18% Yield increase in millets
Productivity enhancing Inputs
Liquid biofertilizer, Maize booster / plant growth regulator & Biopesticides
Water use Efficiency
Digging of micro farm ponds (5x5 x1.5 m)- 162 units
Installation of portable mobile sprinklers
Mechanisation
Rotary cleaner cum grader, Destoner, Dehuller and packaging units to 100 commodity groups
Pulses
Interventions
Redgram transplantation lakh acres
Precision farming acres
Area Expansion
Cluster and cropping system based Demonstrations acres
Bund cropping & bush cropping – 5.00 lakh seedlings
Promotion of Rice fallow Pulses (Jan-Feb)
Productivity enhancing Inputs
Pusa Hydrogel, DAP 2% Foliar spray
Water use Efficiency
Sprinklers, mobile rain guns and pipes
Value addition & Marketing
Farmer clusters and Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) formed
Mini Dhall Mills
Pulses Procurement through Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation

9. NEW INNOVATIONS/INITIATIVES
IT based Service deliverance
Automation of the scheduled visit by the extension functionaries to establish a virulent extension machinery
Ensuring service to farmers by cluster approach.
Facilitating farmers to contact extension workers
Online fertilizer and seed stock monitoring
All private and co-operative dealers are mapped
Stock update through mobile application
Soil Fertility Mapping
Online generation of soil test based Soil Health cards
Comprehensive Input Supply Management System (CISMS) / Online Billing
Integrated input supply chain
Transparency in Benefits availed
Information on Availability of inputs
Module to monitor the seed stock position on real time basis and mobilization to needy places
Online tracking of farm machinery distribution under different schemes
Stimulating Group Farming
Empowerment of Farm Women in the whole gamut of agricultural activities Food Security groups formed

10. PERFORMANCE AS PER EXISTING CRITERIA – RICE
Production (L.MT)
Productivity (kg./ Ha.)
Procurement (L.MT)
Productivity over all India average (Kg./Ha.) ( )
% Expenditure on Crop development schemes
Best Year
74.59
( )
4123
( )
28.43 L.MT procured as against L.MT of Production
2416
Rs crores incurred as against Rs crores
79.14
4325
% of increase 6 5
36 (% of procurement) 79 94

11. PERFORMANCE AS PER EXISTING CRITERIA – COARSE CEREALS
Production (L.MT)
Productivity (kg./ Ha.)
Product of production share of State and changeover of highest production
Productivity over all India average (Kg./Ha.)
( )
% Expenditure on Crop development schemes
Best Year
32.73
3642
( )
(9.6%share X 27% increase)
1717
Rs crores incurred as against Rs crores
41.58
4282
% of increase 27 18
259
149 95
PERFORMANCE AS PER EXISTING CRITERIA - PULSES
Best Year
6.14
( )
752
(3.8%share X 18% increase)
764
Rs crores incurred as against Rs crores
7.24
770
% of increase 18 2 68 1 94

12. PERFORMANCE OF TAMIL NADU AS PER EXISTING CRITERIA – OILSEEDS
Production (L.MT)
Productivity (kg./ Ha.)
Product of production share of State and changeover of highest production
Productivity over all India average (Kg./Ha.)
( )
% Expenditure on Crop development schemes
Best Year
11.14
( )
2479
(3% share)
1092
Rs crores incurred as against Rs crores
9.73
2322
% of increase
113
>100

13. EXPENDITURE UNDER VARIOUS SCHEMES SUPPORTING FOOD GRAIN PRODUCTION
Rs. in Crores
S. No.
Schemes
Allocation
Total release incl. unspent
Exp incurred
% Achmt. wrt release I
NFSM 1
Rice
27.34
25.04 92 2
Pulses
33.74
29.58 88 3
Pulses - Additional Area coverage
6.12
5.86 96 4
Coarse Cereals
8.58
7.94 5
Commercial Crops
0.61
0.59 97
Total
76.38
69.01 90 II
NADP
Production Growth Activities
Kuruvai package
5.06
100
Paddy Mission
8.57
Millets Mission
3.64
Pulses Mission
15.10
Promoting Redgram Cultivation for Nutritional Security
18.52
Total activities for food grain production
50.89
S. No.
Schemes
Allocation
Total release incl. unspent
Exp incurred
% Achmt. wrt release 5
Oilseed Mission
3.26
100
Total Production Growth Activities
54.16
Grand Total NADP (including all other activities)
87.64
87.63
III
NMOOP 1
MM I Oilseeds
10.01
6.74
9.80
> 100 2
MM II Oilpalm
3.97
2.63
1.62 62 3
MM III TBO
0.42
0.32
0.23 72
Total
14.40
9.69
11.65
Grand Total (NFSM, NADP & NMOOP)
178.43
173.71
168.29 97

14. INTER-DEPARTMENTAL CO-ORDINATION
POWER - TNEB
12 hrs continuous 3-phase power supply
Extension of free electricity to Agricultural Consumers-
Upgradation of transformer load for agriculture connection
CREDIT – NATIONALISED BANKS & COOPERATIVES
Ensuring Higher allocation for Agriculture in ACP - Facilitating credit linkage for various agricultural activities & infrastructure
Disbursement of financial benefits to farmers
Enrolment of farmers under NAIS
IRRIGATION - PWD
Enhancing the ayacut area through land and water resources development
Desilting of major irrigation resources
Scheduling of Irrigation
CO-OPERATIVES
Stocking & Distribution of Inputs
Rental of farm machineries
Interest free crop loan
Interest free loan to TANFED for fertilizers
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
70,000 Farm Ponds under MGNREGS
Desilting minor channels
Land Development activities
Compartmental bunding work
STATISTICS
Purification of crop statistics
Crop area reconciliation
Yield & Production Estimates
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
Integrated Farming System (IFS) - distribution of milch animals and small ruminants
Ensuring green fodder availability
Supply of Straw from Agricultural Farms to Animal Husbandry
Animal Health Campaigns
REVENUE
Crop area reconciliation
Monthly Farmers Grievance Redressal
Implementation of welfare schemes
Disaster management & damage assessment
SmartArt custom animation effects: vertical box list
(Intermediate)
To reproduce the SmartArt effects on this slide, do the following:
On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click Layout, and then click Blank.
On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, click SmartArt. In the Choose a SmartArt Graphic dialog box, in the left pane, click List. In the List pane, click Vertical Box List (first row, fourth option from the left), and then click OK to insert the graphic into the slide.
Press and hold CTRL, and then select the third pair of rectangles from the top (both the smaller, first-level rectangle and the larger, second-level rectangle). Under SmartArt Tools, on the Design tab, in the Create Graphic group, click the arrow next to Add Shape, and then click Add Shape After.
Select the graphic, and then click one of the arrows on the left border. In the Type your text here dialog box, enter text. (Note: To create a bullet below each heading, select the heading text box in the Type your text here dialog box, and then under SmartArt Tools, on the Design tab, in the Create Graphic group, click Add Bullet. Enter text into the new bullet text box.)
Select the graphic. Under SmartArt Tools, on the Format tab, click Size, and then do the following:
In the Height box, enter 5.92”.
In the Width box, enter 6.67”.
Under SmartArt Tools, on the Format tab, click Arrange, click Align, and then do the following:
Click Align to Slide.
Click Align Middle.
Click Align Center.
On the Design tab, in the Themes group, click Colors, and then under Built-in click Civic. (Note: if this action is taken in a PowerPoint presentation containing more than one slide, the color scheme will be applied to all of the slides.)
Under SmartArt Tools, on the Design tab, in the SmartArt Styles group, do the following:
Click Change Colors, and then under Accent 1 click Colored Fill – Accent 1 (second option from the left).
Click More, and then under 3-D click Polished (first row, first option from the left).
Press and hold CTRL, and then select the four larger, second-level rectangles. Under SmartArt Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shapes group, click Change Shape, and then under Rectangles click Rounded Rectangle (second option from the left).
On the Home tab, in the Font group, select Franklin Gothic Book from the Font list, and then select 24 from the Font Size list.
Under SmartArt Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click the arrow next to Shape Fill, point to Gradient, and then click More Gradients. In the Format Shape dialog box, in the left pane, click Fill, select Gradient fill in the Fill pane, and then do the following:
In the Type list, select Linear.
Click the button next to Direction, and then click Linear Up (second row, second option from the left).
Under Gradient stops, click Add or Remove until two stops appear in the drop-down list.
Also under Gradient stops, customize the gradient stops as follows:
Select Stop 1 from the list, and then do the following:
In the Stop position box, enter 0%.
Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click White, Background 1, Darker 35% (fifth row, first option from the left).
Select Stop 2 from the list, and then do the following:
In the Stop position box, enter 100%.
Click the button next to Color, and then click Black, Text 1, Lighter 25% (fourth row, second option from the left).
Also in the Format Shape dialog box, in the left pane, click 3-D Format, and then do the following in the 3-D Format pane:
Under Bevel, click the button next to Top, and then under Bevel click Circle (first row, first option from the left). Next to Top, in the Width box, enter 4 pt, and in the Height box, enter 4 pt.
Under Depth, in the Depth box, enter 1 pt.
Under Surface, click the button next to Material, and then under Standard click Plastic (third option from the left). Click the button next to Lighting, and then under Special click Flat (first option from the left).
On the slide, press and hold CTRL, and then select the four smaller, first-level rectangles. On the Home tab, in the Font group, select Franklin Gothic Medium from the Font list, and then enter 26 in the Font Size box.
Select the top first-level rectangle. Under SmartArt Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click the arrow next to Shape Fill, point to Gradient, and then click More Gradients. In the Format Shape dialog box, in the left pane, click Fill, select Gradient fill in the Fill pane, and then do the following:
Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Teal, Accent 3, Darker 50% (sixth row, seventh option from the left).
Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Teal, Accent 3, Darker 25% (fifth row, seventh option from the left).
Select the second first-level rectangle. Under SmartArt Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click the arrow next to Shape Fill, point to Gradient, and then click More Gradients. In the Format Shape dialog box, in the left pane, click Fill, select Gradient fill in the Fill pane, and then do the following:
Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Brown, Accent 4, Darker 50% (sixth row, eighth option from the left).
Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Brown, Accent 4, Darker 25% (fifth row, eighth option from the left).
Select the third first-level rectangle. Under SmartArt Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click the arrow next to Shape Fill, point to Gradient, and then click More Gradients. In the Format Shape dialog box, in the left pane, click Fill, select Gradient fill in the Fill pane, and then do the following:
Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Green, Accent 5, Darker 50% (sixth row, ninth option from the left).
Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Green, Accent 5, Darker 25% (fifth row, ninth option from the left).
Select the fourth first-level rectangle. Under SmartArt Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click the arrow next to Shape Fill, point to Gradient, and then click More Gradients. In the Format Shape dialog box, in the left pane, click Fill, select Gradient fill in the Fill pane, and then do the following:
Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Orange, Accent 6, Darker 50% (sixth row, 10th option from the left).
Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Orange, Accent 6, Darker 20% (fifth row, 10th option from the left).
To reproduce the animation effects on this slide, do the following:
On the Animations tab, in the Animations group, click Custom Animation.
On the slide, select the graphic. In the Custom Animation task pane, do the following:
Click Add Effect, point to Entrance, and then click More Effects. In the Add Entrance Effect dialog box, under Subtle, click Expand.
Under Modify: Expand, in the Speed list, select Fast.
Also in the Custom Animation task pane, select the animation effect. Click the arrow to the right of the animation effect, and then click Effect Options. In the Expand dialog box, on the SmartArt Animation tab, in the Group graphic list, select One by one.
Also in the Custom Animation task pane, click the double arrow under the animation effect to expand the contents of the list of effects, and then do the following:
Press and hold CTRL, and then select all of the animation effects. Under Modify: Expand, in the Start list, select With Previous.
Press and hold CTRL, and then select the second, fourth, sixth and eighth animation effects (expand effects for the larger, second-level rectangles). Click Change, point to Entrance, and then click More Effects. In the Change Entrance Effect dialog box, under Moderate, click Compress.
Press and hold CTRL, and then select the third, fifth, and seventh animation effects. Under Modify: Expand, in the Start list, select On Click.
To reproduce the background effects on this slide, do the following:
Right-click the slide background area, and then click Format Background. In the Format Background dialog box, click Fill in the left pane, select Gradient fill in the Fill pane, and then do the following:
Click the button next to Direction, and then click Linear Down (first row, second option from the left).
Also under Gradient stops, customize the gradient stops that you added as follows:
In the Stop position box, enter 63%.
Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Black, Text 1 (first row, second option from the left).
Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Black, Text 1, Lighter 50% (second row, second option from the left).

15. POST HARVEST MANAGEMENT & MARKETING SUPPORT
28 Farmer Producer Organization (FPO)
Post Harvest Infrastructure
277 Regulated Markets, 179 Farmers Markets
Market complexes for paddy,
10 rural business hubs
99 cold storage units
585 storage godowns and 1998 drying yards
100 Integrated Agricultural Extension Centres
30 AGMARK laboratories
Pledge loan issued to farmers & 467 traders – Rs crores
Agro Marketing Intelligence and Business Promotion Centre (AMI&BPC) - Crop advisory and Market price information to lakh farmers
e- Auctioning facility for and maize

16. FUTURE STRATEGIES & ROAD MAP FOR ACHIEVING HIGHER PRODUCTION
State Seed Farms as Model Farms
Identification and development of fallow lands
Ecologically based principles and farming practices
paired row cultivation of Green manure with paddy
Intensification of Bio-pesticide production
On-farm soil fertility enrichment in sugarcane - bio- compost using Bio-mineraliser
Group farming to promote inter-personal relationships
Rainfed Area Development through community based approach
Pulses intensification through technology adoption
State Balanced Growth Fund to remove the regional imbalances and the disparities in per capita income
Integrated Farming including animal husbandry and Farm pond allied activities for sustainable livelihood
Strategic Input Management System
Fertilizer Enforcement Management Information System (FEMIS)
Seed Production Enforcement & Certification System (SPECS)
Micro Irrigation Management Information System (MIMIS)
Farm Management System (FARMS)
Linking of AADHAR number in AGRISNET – FCMS farmer Database

17. THANKS