GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

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GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE National Conference on
Agriculture Kharif Campaign February 21-22,
2006 Presenter Dr.Supong Keitzar Director
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• STATE AT A GLANCE
• Population (Census 2001)
• Total population 19,88,636
• Rural population 16,35,815
• 2.Total Geographical area- 16,579 Sq km
• Total cultivable area 7, 22, 464 ha
• Gross cropped area 3, 24, 429 ha
• Net cropped area 2, 70, 135 ha
• Net irrigated area 63, 800 ha
• 3. Food grain production 4,05,500 MT

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OUTLOOK ON AGRICULTURE

• Agriculture is the backbone of the states
  economy. It is the main contributor to the Net
  State Domestic Product (NSDP), which is about 27
  . It is also the largest employer of the
  workforce.
• Agriculture was, and is still the mainstay of
  the people of Nagaland. So, agriculture continues
  to be the main source of livelihood and food
  security as well.

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ACHIEVEMENT DURING KHARIF 2005
Crops Area (000 Ha) Area (000 Ha) Production (000 MT) Production (000 MT) Production (000 MT)
Crops Target Achievement Target Achievement Achievement
Cereals 247.00 230.50 408.80 375.34 91.82
Pulses 16.74 16.60 15.86 14.93 94.14
Total food grain 263.74 247.10 424.66 390.27 91.90
Oil seeds 32.85 32.50 36.35 36.07 99.23
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TARGET FOR KHARIF 2006
Crops Area (000 Ha) Production (000 MT) increase over 2005
Cereals 255.40 485.30 18.71
Pulses 19.50 17.10 7.82
Total food grain 274.90 502.40 18.31
Oil seeds 35.30 38.40 5.64
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STRATEGY FOR 4 GROWTH IN AGRICULTURE
PRODUCTION The first step taken towards strategy
for 4 growth in agricultural production is the
declaration of the Year of Farmers 2006 with
Theme Empowering the Farmers This year long
celebration will be concluded with Festival of
Rice in December 2006 The main objective is to
increase productivity and to make agriculture a
sustainable business venture

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• APPROACHES TO ACHIEVE OBJECTIVE AND TARGET
• Agriculture must be Demand Driven rather than
  Supply Driven.
• Agriculture must be more of Participatory
  approach rather than Top-down approach.
• Community should be increasingly involved in the
  decision making process
• Perfect harmony should be maintained between
  Research-Extension linkages

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Changing the mind-set of the people through
capacity building Strengthen the Extension
services towards more of the community oriented
rather than public extension
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• QUALITY INPUT SUPPORT
• PROVIDING IMROVED CERTIFIED SEEDS
• TO THE FARMERS
• PROMOTING ORGANIC CULTIVATION
• (Chemical free)
• PROMOTE INTEGRATED PEST
• MANAGEMENT
• PROMOTE INTEGRATED NUTRIENT
• MANAGEMENT

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• INTENSIFY DOUBLE CROPPING IN THE POTENTIAL
  AREAS WITH
• ASSURED IRRIGATION FACILITY
• RELAY CROPPING SYSTEM
• FARM MECHANIZATION

• JHUM INTENSIFICATION
• IMPROVED WITHIN THE SYSTEM
• LOCAL INNOVATION
• MORE LEGUMES IN MIXED CROPPING
• IMPROVED FALLOW MANAGEMENT

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POST HARVEST MANAGEMENT AND MARKET LINKAGES

• STORAGE
• PROCESSING
• VALUE ADDITION
• QUALITY CONTOL
• PACKAGING
• MARKET LINKAGES

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