NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURE FOR RABI CAMPAIGN -2004

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NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURE FOR RABI
CAMPAIGN -2004

• GUJARAT STATE

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Agriculture Scenario In Gujarat

• The total geographical area of the state is
  196.12 lakh hectares
• Reported area is 188.12 lakh hectares
• The net cultivated area is about 94.99 lakh
  hectares.
• Out of which about 36.27 lakh hectares are under
  irrigation.

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• There is a wide annual variation in rainfall.
• Erratic rainfall affecting the productivity of
  the crops.
• Out of 225 talukas of the state, as many as 56
  talukas are drought-prone which suffer from
  drought or scarcity condition at regular
  interval.
• Draught, Flood and Cyclone raise after some
  interval badly affect agriculture of the state
  and also economy of the farmers.

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Agriculture Scenario In Gujarat

• Our natural resources base of land, water and bio
  diversity is under severe stress and threat of
  erosion and depletion. Thus, some of which are
  formidable .
• Two third of population in Gujarat is engaged in
  agriculture and earn livelihood directly from
  this occupation

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Agriculture In GujaratCurrent Season

• State received quite insufficient and erratic
  rain during the month of July 2004,
• Only few district of State received life saving
  rainfall for crops.
• As a result state suffered a semi drought
  condition and crop condition of kharif crop badly
  affected.

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Agriculture In GujaratCurrent Season

• Heavy rain during the last week of July 2004 and
  also continued in second week of August in the
  south Gujarat Agriculture
• Crops badly affected due to flood, soil erosion
  water logging in some parts of the districts.
• Second dry spell in September, may affect the
  crops at critical stage like flowering and may
  resulted in lower production.

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Agriculture In GujaratCurent Season

• Heavy rainfall and Flood, destroyed the standing
  crops.
• Crops like sugarcane, paddy, tur, cotton, ragi,
  jowar maize etc are affected in South and
  middle Gujarat.
• Problem of Leptospiroses disease in human being
  arise in some parts of South Gujarat during 3rd
  week of August.

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• CROP-WISE
• AREA AND PRODUCTION
• TARGET
• AND
• LIKELY ACHIEVEMENT FOR
• KHARIF 2004

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CROP-WISE AREA AND PRODUCTION TARGET AND LIKELY
ACHIEVEMENT FOR KHARIF 2004
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CROP-WISE AREA AND PRODUCTION TARGET AND LIKELY
ACHIEVEMENT FOR KHARIF 2004
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CROP-WISE AREA AND PRODUCTION TARGET AND LIKELY
ACHIEVEMENT FOR KHARIF 2004
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CROP-WISE AREA AND PRODUCTION TARGET AND LIKELY
ACHIEVEMENT FOR KHARIF 2004
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CONSTRAINS FOR ACHIEVEMENT OF AREA AND PRODUCTION
TARGET KHARIF-2004

• Stress, Shortfall of rainfall during initial crop
  growing stage affected the crop growth.
• Heavy rain after long dry spell also affect the
  standing crops and also soil erosion .
• Even though, after sufficient rainfall, only 62
  of the live stock irrigation water in major and
  medium irrigation project is available till
  today.
• North Gujarat will be affected in coverage of
  irrigation due to less availability of irrigation
  water.

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CONSTRAINS FOR ACHIEVEMENT OF AREA AND PRODUCTION
TARGET KHARIF-2004

• Two main crop of state Groundnut and cotton are
  affected due to stress, will be resulted in lower
  production .
• Due to poor irrigation facilities, restrict
  sustainable agriculture development even though
  states efforts for strengthen sustainable
  agriculture by optimum use of resources.
• Crops also suffered from dry spell in September ,
  will be create possibility of lower production.

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SOME GOOD EFFORTS OF STATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT OF
AREA AND PRODUCTION TARGET IN KHARIF-2004

• State has been made and implemented village wise
  crop plan during kharif season
• State Agriculture Department prepared and
  implemented contingency plan during stress and
  flood condition.
• State provides subsidy for seed to the farmers
  which suffered from stress and flood condition.
• Extension functionary play an importance role
  for given technical guidance to the farmers at
  proper time.
• Farmers also benefited under different
  agriculture development scheme.

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• CROP-WISE
• AREA AND PRODUCTION
• TARGET
• FOR
• RABI - SUMMER-2004

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CROP-WISE AREA AND PRODUCTION TARGET FOR
RABI/SUMMER 2004-2005.
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CROP-WISE AREA AND PRODUCTION TARGET FOR
RABI/SUMMER 2004-2005.
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STRATEGIES FOR ACHIEVING THESE RESULT

• (i)  The entire production programmed has been
  designed according to natural resources
  available in various Agro climatic zones.
• (ii)  To increase the coverage under quality
  seeds/planting material.
• (iii)  To increase crop planting density with
  the help of latest technologies
• (iv)  Bridging the gap between demonstrated
  yield and average yield. Encouraging the shift
  from high volume low value crop to low volume
  high value crop.

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STRATEGIES FOR ACHIEVING THESE RESULT

• Judicious use of irrigation potential.
• Saving of 30 irrigation water by adopting drip
  and sprinkler irrigation system and there by
  increasing the irrigation intensity.
• Easy ,assured and timely availability of quality
  agricultural inputs especially in remote and
  tribal areas.
• Encouraging plant protection through integrated
  pest management.

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STRATEGIES FOR ACHIEVING THESE RESULT

• Promoting the use of biotechnology and organic
  farming for enhanced value addition.
• Facilitating high tech agriculture with
  greenhouse, tissue culture, drip irrigation etc.
• To disseminate information of modern technology
  and related infrastructure through transmission
  of creative real time agricultural practices
  though mass media.
• Direct link to farmers by the means of video
  conferencing. Regularly press notes about current
  issues for crop production given in vernacular
  news papers by agriculture department.

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STRATEGIES FOR ACHIEVING THESE RESULT

• Focused special programs for tribal area and for
  small and marginal farmers to raise their income
  level above poverty line.
• Coordination with non-Government organization.
• Giving Soil Health Card to individual farmer. So
  that farmer can aware about soil, fertility
  status use of fertilizer by this way, knowing
  about soil, farmer of Gujarat should planned for
  crop in advanced. It will be helpful for planning
  for rabi crops.
• Village wise crop planning for rabi crops has
  been made.

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FERTILIZER REQUIREMENT AND AVAILABILITY FOR
RABISUMMER
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SEED REQUIREMENT AND AVAIBILITY FOR RABISUMMER
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NEW INTERVENTION
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NEW INTERVENTION-SOIL HEALTH CARD

• Looking to the importance of soil analysis State
  Government has implemented soil health card
  programme under Macro Management Scheme.
• Under this project 10 soil samples per village
  were collected from 18218 villages.
• Soil health card include the information like,
  name of farmers, holding survey number, soil
  analysis data, fertilizer to be applied,

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NEW INTERVENTION-SOIL HEALTH CARD

• Samples are analyzes and soil health card had
  been given to the 1.80 lakh farmers.
• Based on the soil analysis report farmers will be
  advised about requirement of fertilizer, as well
  as the alternative cropping pattern, for Rabi
  season.
• Village wise crop planning has been made for
  Kharif season and also progressive in rabi.

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NEW INTERVENTION-SOIL HEALTH CARD

• This programme will be continued in full form
  and state has planned for phase wise covered 37
  lakh farmers under this programme.

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NEW INTERVENTION-SOIL HEALTH CARD

• The master data bank will be created at State
  level and helpful in village level cropping
  planning, increasing productivity with balanced
  use of fertilizer.
• For strengthening SOIL HEALTH CARD programme ,
  request to sanctioning extra fund for
  strengthening soil testing laboratories and
  Information technology for creating E-data bank
  Gujkrishinet under Macro management scheme.

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NEW INTERVENTIONVILLAGE WISE CROP PLANNING

• During kharif 2004, village wise crop wise
  planning has been made on the basis of Soil
  Health Card with the help of Agriculture
  Scientists to get the maximum net return from
  unit area.
• District and Taluka wise Agriculture Scientists
  are nominated for giving technical guidance
  directly to the farmers in crop sowing, package
  of practices, disease and pest management ,
  balanced use of fertilizer use, efficient use of
  irrigation and with other latest technology
  available in agriculture.
• Technical man powers in agriculture field is
  nearer to the farmers now due to Soil Health Card
  Programme and Village Wise Crop Plan.

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NEW INTERVENTION- VILLAGE WISE CROP PLANNING
BASED ON SOIL ANALYSIS

• The aim is that the farmers get better knowledge
  for crop production technique and
  diversification.
• Similarly for next rabi season, village wise crop
  wise planning is being done on the basis of Soil
  Health Card .
• Strengthen crop diversification with law value
  added to high value added crops with the use of
  soil health card programme.
• Farmers data bank would be created under this
  programme.

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Thank youõ
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• AGRICULTURE
• AND
• COOPERATION DEPARTMENT
• GUJARAT STATE,