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Gujarat State contingency Plan kharif-2016

CONTINGENCY PLAN

FOR

CROP PRODUCTION

KHARIF – 2016

GUJARAT STATE

DIRECTORATE OF AGRICULTURE, GUJARAT STATE,

KRISHIBHAVAN, SECTOR 10-A, ‘CH’ ROAD, GANDHINAGAR

Gujarat State contingency Plan kharif-2016

CONTINGENCY CROP PLANNING FOR KHARIF-2016

GUJARAT STATE

INDEX

Sr.

No. Subject

Page

No.

1 Introduction 1

2 Why Contingency Plan? 1

3 Gujarat Climate 1

4 Soils of Gujarat 2

5 Rain 2

6 Agro-Climatic Zones of Gujarat State 3

7 Drought 6

8 CONTINGENCY PLAN – KHARIF - 2016 8

1. Normal Onset of Monsoon (16th June to 1st July) 8

2. Delayed onset of Monsoon (1st July to 15th July) 10

3. Normal onset of Monsoon followed by Long Dry Spell 12

4. Early Withdrawal of Monsoon (before 31st August) 13

5. Delay withdrawal of Monsoon or Prolonged Monsoon Season (After 20th

September) 13

6. Contingency Plan for Heavy Rainfall 14

9 Judicious Use of Water 14

10 Locust Control Measures: 17

11 Appendix –I : Region wise contingency crop planning of State 18

12 Appendix – II : Requirement and Availability of certified seed /quality seed for

Kharif-2016 19

13 Appendix –III: Fertilizer requirement for Kharif-2016 20

14 Appendix –IV : Availability of pesticide/Weedicide/Fungicide/Rodenticide and

its requirement in the state during the Kharif-2016 21

15 Appendix –V : List of District Agriculture officer (D.A.O) of Gujarat State 22

16 APPENDIX-IV: Gujarat State Seed Corporation, Gandhinagar Branch office

Contact No 23

Gujarat State contingency Crop Planning Kharif-2016

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CONTINGENCY PLAN – KHARIF - 2016

Introduction: The Gujarat state situated at 200 1’ and 240 7’ N Latitude and 680 4’ and 740 4’ E

longitude. The total geographical area of the state is 196 lakh hectares which is 6% of the total

area of country. At present, out of Total geographical areas of Gujarat State about 88% is under

arid and semi-arid types of climate. In most parts of Gujarat State except South Gujarat, have

arid and semi-arid climate, due to this situation, uncertain, uneven and erratic rainfall arises in

the state. Around 90% of pearl millet, 60% of sorghum and cotton, 80 to 90% of groundnut and

more than 50% of pulses produced from this area. Due to uncertain and erratic rainfall, the

production per unit area is low along with non-satisfactory yields of the crops.

Why Contingency Plan?

Indian Agriculture is primarily rain-dependent. While the onset progress and withdrawal

of the monsoon decide the crop planning, the temporal and spatial variability in the monsoon

decide the crop planning, the temporal and spatial variability in the monsoon activity influences

the crop productivity and requires contingent planning on regular basis.

Contingency planning refer to mitigate any unexpected, unusual, unfavorable and hence

unwanted accidental weather situation as well as Alnino like weather situation occurring at

any time without prior knowledge at any time before the crops are sown or even after the crop

are sown. The contingency crop planning therefore is proposed to mitigate such situation

through the choice of appropriate crop and varieties, cropping systems or other necessary

relevant farm practices.

In vagaries of monsoon many technologies are developed to sustain the Agricultural

Production, but farmers are not acquainted with these information. Even every year farmers

suffer due to vagaries of monsoon and breaks of varying duration of rain is common. To

overcome these situations, contingency plan is useful to mitigate the situation.

Gujarat Climate:

Gujarat weather, an inevitable part of the geography of Gujarat, has certain

characteristics that mark it special among the other western regions of India. Gujarat weather is

marked by an arid and dry climate, with a little bit of rain during the monsoons.

Gujarat weather shows two distinctive traits. In the northern region, Gujarat weather is

marked by a dry and arid climate; whereas in the south, one can find a moist weather owing to

the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Cambay.


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Normally, the Gujarat weather is divided into four major seasons:

The winter season (November - February)

The summer season (March - May)

The monsoon season (June - September), and

The autumn season (October)

Winters in Gujarat are mild, pleasant and dry. The day temperature in winter is around

83° F and at night is 53° F. Summers are extremely hot, with the day time temperature being

115° F, and the night temperature being 90° F. In Gujarat, monsoon is generally hot and utterly

humid. The temperature at day is 100° F but at night it falls down to 80° F. Sometimes severe

flood also occurs in some parts during monsoon.

Soils of Gujarat:-

The major group of soils such as deep black, alluvial soils, laterite soils, medium black

soils, sandy loam soils, sodic soils, hilly soils, desert soils and forest soils, the details of areas

include in different groups are given in soil map.

Rain :-

The monsoon is, indeed, a characteristic feature of the Gujarat weather because the other

parts of the western India is devoid of any rainfall. Studying the geography of Gujarat, one can

find that the rainfall in Gujarat varies from place to place - the average rainfall varies from 39 to

136 centimeters. The northern region receives average rainfall 67 centimeters; whereas the

southern region receives 136 centimeters of rainfall.


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YEARWISE RAINFALL DATA (mm)

Rainfall in the southern regions of Saurashtra and the Gulf of Cambay is low compared

to the other parts of Gujarat. The arid regions around the Rann of Kutch faces an acute scarcity

of water, due to lack of rainfall in these areas. Last ten years rain data as follows.

Agro-Climatic Zones of Gujarat State

Gujarat’s agro climate can be categorized as very heterogeneous and it constitutes about

20 per cent of arid and 9 per cent semi-arid areas of the country (Next to Rajasthan). Vast area

of Saurashtra Kutch and North Gujarat falls under arid to Semi-arid. It comprises low and

erratic rainfall where, even Kharif crops requires one or two Life Saving irrigation.


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The winter is mild cold, whereas summer is hot. Agro climate of the state divided in to

eight sub regions in respect of rainfall, temperature, humidity and geographical situation.

The detail information is as under.

Agro-Climatic Zones of Gujarat State

Sr.

No Sub Region District

Rainfall in

mm Types of Soil

1 Southern Hills Dang, Valsad, Navsari 1500 and

above

Deep black with patches

of costal alkali Lateritic

and medium black Soil.

2 South Gujarat Surat , Bhrauch, Narmada 1000 to

1500 Deep black clayey Soils

3 Middle Gujarat Panchmahal, Dahod, Vadodara,

Kheda, Anand

800 to

1000

Deep black to Loamy

Sand (Goradu)

4 North Gujarat Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Patan,

Sabarkantha, Bansantha, Mehsana 625 to 875

Sandy Loan to Sandy

Soils.

5 North Arid Zone Kutch 250 to 500 Sandy and Saline Soils.

6 North Saurastra Bhavnagar, Jamnagar,

Surendranagar, Amreli, Rajkot 400 to 700

Shallow medium black

Soils.

7 South

Saurashtra Junagadh and Porbandar 645 to 700

Shallow medium black

& Calcareous Soils

8 Bhal & Costal

Area

Khambhat, Bhal Costal area of

Suret & Bhrauch Olpad, Vagra,

Hansot, Alater, Khabhat, Dholka,

Dhanduka, Vallbhipur,Bhavnagar

& Limbdi Talukas.

625 to

1000

Medium black poorly

drained and Saline Soil.


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Marginal, 37%

Small, 29%

Semi Medium, 22%

Medium, 11%

Larger, 1%

Operational Farm Land Holder

Marginal Small Semi Medium Medium Larger

Operational holding

The total population of Gujarat was in the year 2011 is 60,383,628 among them male are

31,482,282 and Female are 28,901,346 included. The population rate of the state is 308 per sq.

kilometer. There are about 48.85 lakh operational holders operating about 98.98 lakh ha land as

per the agri-census 2010-11. Out of total 48.85 lakh operational holders, 18.06 lakh Marginal

(37%), 14.29 lakh small (29%), 10.80 lakh semi Medium (22%), 5.13 lakh (11%) medium and

0.49 lakh large (1%) operational holders.

Crops and Cropping pattern:-

State has distinguished agriculture seasons broadly arae Kharif, Rabi and summer

season. Out of 125.82 lakhs ha. of gross cropped area, 70 % area is cultivated under Kharif

crops, 25 % area cultivated under Rabi crops and 5 % area is being cultivated under Summer

crops. Most of the Kharif crops are depends on rainfall however; back up supports of one or two

life supporting irrigation is crucial due to erratic nature of rain. Rabi and summer crops are life

supporting irrigation except in “Bhal” and other low laying area.

The areas under Non-food crops, (Oil seeds, commercial and horticultural crops) is

higher than food crops (Cereals and Pulses). The major crops are listed below.

Kharif : Cotton, Groundnut, Sesame, Castor, Paddy, Bajara, Maize, Tur,

Green Gram, Sugarcane

Rabi / Summer : Wheat, Rice, Maize, Mustard, Gram, Groundnut, Bajara

Horticultural Crops : Mango, Sapota, Banana, Guava, Aonla, Ber, Date – Palm, Custard

apple, Cumin, Fennel, Isabgul, and Vegetables.


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Gujarat is largest producer of Castor, Cotton, Sesame, Groundnut and Spices in the Country

along with monopoly crops like Dates, Kesar Mango, and durum wheat, Fennel, Cumin and

Isabgul.

Cropping System based on rainfall and water availability period :-

Rainfall

(mm) Soils

Water

Availability

Periods (Weeks)

Potential Cropping System

350-600 Alfisols & Shalow

Vertisols 20 Single kharif cropping

350-600 Aridisols & Entisols 20 Single kharif cropping

either in kharif or rabi

350-600 Deep Vertisols 20 Single kharif cropping

600-750 Alfosols, Vertisols &

Entisols 20-30 Intercropping

750-900 Entisols, Deep Vertisols,

Alfosols & Inceptisols More than 30

Double Cropping with

monitoring

Above 900 Entisols, Deep Vertisols,

Alfosols & Inceptisols More than-30 Assured Double Cropping

Drought:

The moisture deficit which results when the amount of water available in the soil

is not sufficient to meet the demand of potential evapotranspiration.

Drought is natural hazard that differs from other hazards as it has a slow onset,

evolves over months or even years and affects small pockets to a large regional expanse.

Its onset and severity are often difficult to determine. As a result there is a lack of

urgency in response. Like other hazard, the impacts of drought span economic,

environmental and social sectors and can be reduced through mitigation and

preparedness. Because droughts are a normal part of climate variability for virtually all

regions. Characterized by extended periods of water shortage, it is important to develop

contextual plans to deal with them in a timely, systematic manner as they evolve.

Drought is just not the scarcity or lack of rainfall, but an issue related to water

resource management.


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Contingency plan for crop production:-

The contingency plan for the Kharif is worked out to minimize the risk and to protect

crop from major failures.

For avoiding crop losses due to adverse effect of irregular and erratic monsoon the

contingent planning should be based on the following points.

1. Late onset of monsoon.

2. Dry spell during crop period or long dry spell in the monsoon.

3. Early withdrawal of monsoon.

For the purpose of contingent crop planning for the above said three situations the state

can be broadly classified in to three agro climatic zones based on the previous experience

1. Middle and South Gujarat,

2. North Gujarat, Kutch and

3. Saurashtra region.


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Normally monsoon starts in the second week of June in South and Middle Gujarat region

and it extends to North Gujarat by late third and fourth week of June. The monsoon withdraws

by the end of September in most parts of the state.

Due to large variations in the rainfall, the contingency plan to meet aberrant conditions

especially in drought prone areas is very much necessary. The farmers are to be guided very

urgently, so that the risk can be minimized by implementing the proposed programmed.

The broad outline for growing alternate crops, crop management etc. in the event of

above said three climatic situations for three broad based agro climatic condition of the state are

given in Appendix-I.

The information regarding availability of certified seed/quality seed for Kharif-2016 is

tabulated in Appendix-I which shows sufficient availability of seed during the season

The information regarding the requirement of fertilizers is in Appendix-II for Kharif-2016

Contingent Plan of Kharif -2016

Steps needed to derive full benefit from

I. NORMAL ONSET OF MONSOON ( 16TH JUNE TO 1ST JULY)

When rains is normal, the following steps are needed to derive full benefit.

(A) General Practices

1. Land shaping and soil conservation including contour bunding should be practiced on a

watershed basis.

2. Adequate water harvesting and water storage practices should be adopted for use at later

stages as supplementary irrigations.

3. Land preparation operations should be completed before on-set of monsoon so that

timely sowing can be done with soaking rains.

4. Set rows if practiced should be across the general slope of the field.

5. Organic manure like F.Y.M. and compost manure and recommended dose of fertilizer

should be applied.

6. Sowing of groundnut, pearl-millet, sorghum and cotton with the onset of monsoon is

quite necessary. Proper plant stand establishment will help in making full use of limited

water available for the crops.

7. Inter-culturing and weeding should be done timely.

8. Seed treatment and timely plant protection measures should be adopted.

9. Mixed/inter-cropping practices are profitable.


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(B) Choice of crops and its varieties

Following crops are suggested for normal rains

1. Pearl millet : GHB-577, GHB-558, GHB-538, GHB 719, GHB 732, GHB 744 MH-179,

2. Sorghum - Hybrid : GSH-1, CSH-5 and CSH-6 and CSH-11, GJ-35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 and 41

3. Cotton Hybrid : Hy.cotton-6, 8, 10 and 12, AHH-468 as well as Govt. approved Bt Cotton

G.Cot Hy-6 Bt, G.Cot Hy-8 Bt, G.Cot Hy-12 Bt Variety etc.

Deshi cotton : Guj. Deshi Cot-7, Guj. Deshi Cot-9, G. Cot-13, G. Cot-21, G. Cot-23,

G.Cot-25, Anand Deshi -2, G.Cot-12, V-797

4.

Groundnut :

Bunch type : GG-2, GG-4, GG-5, GG-6 and GG-7, GG-8, GJG-9, TAG-37-A, 24,

TPG-41, TG-38

Spreading type : GAUG-10, GG-11, GG-12, GG-13, GJG-17

Semi Spreading : GG-20, GJG-22

5. Castor : GAUCH-1, GCH-2, GCH-4, GCH-5, GCH-7

6. Green gram : Gujarat Moong- 3, GM-4, Meha and K-851

7. Black gram : T-9, Gujarat black gram 1 and TAU-1

8 Cowpea Gujarat Cowpea-1, 2 & 4

9. Sesame : Gujarat Til-1, Gujarat Til-2, Gujarat Til-3 and Gujarat Til-4

10

. Pigeon pea

: BDN-2, GT-1, GT-100, ICPL-87, GT-101, AGT-2, GUJARAT

ANAND TUR-102, BSMR-853 (VAISHALI)

11 Maize : GM-4, GM-6, Narmada Moti, Ganga Safed-2, HQPM-1, GM-2,

12

.

Paddy :

Early maturing : GR- 3, GR- 4, GR-6, GR-7, I.R-28, Sukhvel, Purna

Medium Late

Maturing

: GR-11, GR-12, Jaya, IR-22, Gurjari, Dandi, Gujarat Anand Rice-13,

GNR-2, GNR-3, NAUR-1 & 3

Late Maturing : MASURI, GR-101, GR-102, GR-103 & GR-104 and Narmada, JAYA,

GNR-4 and Narmada

Drilled Paddy : Sathi-34-36, Sukhvel-20, GR-5, GR-8, GR-9, GR-12, Ashoka-200F,

I.R.-28, ADR-1, Purna

13 Sugarcane

: CON-91132 (Guj.cane-1), CON-85134 (Guj.cane-2),

CON-95132 (Guj.cane-3), CON-03131 (Guj.cane-4),

CON-05751 (Guj.cane-5), CON-05072 (Guj.cane-6),

CON-04131 (Guj.cane-7)

14 Soybean Gujarat Soyabean-1, 2, 3 JS-335, JS-9305, JS-97-52, NRC-37


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(C) Other suggestions

1. To minimize risk under sole crop of groundnut inter-cropping of groundnut and castor in

3:1 ratio of crop rows in retentive soils should be followed.

2. Mixed/inter-cropping system should be included in the farm planning

3. Excessive inter culturing does not help in increasing crop yields so, does not do this

operation frequently

II. DELAYED ONSET OF MONSOON (1ST JULY TO 15TH JULY)

To manage with the possible situation due to late on-set of monsoon, farmers of arid and

semi-arid region, as well as of the tribal areas of the sub-humid region, where rainfall is

normally assured but crops are raised under rainfall conditions, are being advised to adopt dry

farming technology. Farmers are advised to conserve rain water in situ conditions especially by

adopting cultivation practices across the slope and forming a deep furrow at an interval of 10”-

12” in lines.

The farmers are also advised for a contingent crop planning to adopt the following basic

recommendations.

1. Sown early maturity crop

2. Transplant crop which seedling is ready

3. Watershed approach in conservation of soil and water.

4. Conservation of runoff water in farm pond.

5. Preparation of land in advance of monsoon.

6. All agronomic practices do across the slope.

7. Maximum use of farm yard manure.

8. Application of fertilizer as per recommendation.

9. Sowing of groundnut, Bajra, Jowar and Cotton in Kharif immediately on the onset of

monsoon.

10. Complete control of weeds.

11. Maintenance of maximum plant population in a unit area.

12. Timely plant protection.

13. Adoption of inter cropping to reduce the risk.

14. Adoption of recommended variety especially short duration High yielding variety

(HYV).

15. Conservation of moisture by timely inter-culturing and use of plastic as mulch.

16. Adoption of relay cropping in late rainfall conditions.

17. Farmers are advised to recharge their wells & tube wells during monsoon season so

that in case of scarcity water from wells & tube wells can be utilized.

18. For paddy crops if nursery is not raised , germinated seed should be utilized with SRI

method


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The following recommendations are also advised to the farmers of arid and semi-arid

region through T&V system and transfer of technology approach.

1. Adoption of proper seed rate of different crops.

2. Seed treatment to protect seeds from disease / pest.

3. Supplementary irrigation at the time of critical stages of moisture especially to the

groundnut crop. Similarly for other crops also depending upon the demand and

availability of water.

4. Effective use of scarce water during crop sowing and adopting alternates furrow

irrigation; using modern technique of irrigation wherever possible.

5. To reduce the cost as well as the risk in dry farming, it is advised for timely sowing,

gap filling, weeding and fertigation.

6. Adoption of HYVs having short duration and resistant to water scarcity condition.

Steps suggested are as under:

A. When there is a failure of rain during June and early part of July but normal rains received

during late July, crops suggested are :

(a) Sorghum : CSH-6, CFS-4, 5, GFAS-11

(b) Black gram : T-9, Gujarat Black gram 1 and 2

(c) Green gram : Gujarat-2, GM-4

(d) Sesame : Purva-1

(e) Castor : GAUCH-1, GCH-2, GCH-6 , and GCH-7

Pigeon pea : BDN-2 & GT-100, 101, GT-1, AGT102, 2 VAISHALI

Under delayed rainfall conditions, sorghum is better than pearl millet.

B. If rain is delayed beyond the end of July, then following crops should be sown.

(1) Sesame : Purva-1

(2) Castor : GCH-2, GCH-4, GCH-5 and GCH-7

(3) Sorghum : Fodder type : CSV-21F, S-1049, Gundari, C-10, GFS-4,

(4) Maize :- African Tall

C. If rain is delayed till last week of July, it is not suggested to sow groundnut, pearl millet

or sorghum (Grain purpose).


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III. NORMAL ONSET OF MONSOON FOLLOWED BY LONG DRY SPELL

Under this type of situation, if the first crop fails, the following crops can serve as mid-

season corrections.

(i) Sorghum Grain purpose :- GJ-38, GJ-39, GJ-40, GJ-41

(ii) Sorghum fodder purpose :- CSH-6, GFS-4, GFS-5, GAFS-11

(iii) Sunflower :- EC-68414, Modern GS-1, 2 & 3

(iv) Sesame :- Gujarat sesame –1, 2, 3 & 4

(v) Castor :- GAUCH-1, GCH-2, GCH-4, 5, 6 & GCH-7

After a long gap, if rainfall is received towards the end of August or early September, following

crops can be taken.

(i) Sesame : Semi rabi (Purva-1)

(ii) Sorghum : Solapuri, GFS-4 (fodder type)

(iii) Safflower : Bhima, Tara

(iv) Sunflower : EC-68414, modern

(v) Pigeon pea : BDN-2, Vaishali As a relay crop in groundnut

(vi) Horse gram : chaffa, Guj Gram-2

Other Suggestions:

(i) As per the availability of irrigation water, life-saving irrigation should be given to the

crop in alternative furrow. Moreover drip or sprinkler irrigation system to irrigate the

crop at critical crop growth stages should be used.

(ii) Pest and disease infected plants should be removed.

(iii) Mulching should be used (organic or Plastic)

(iv) Frequent soil mulching should be follow in black soil.

(v) Frequent light inter-culturing operation should be done to avoid the evaporation

losses of soil moisture.

(vi) In Castor crop, the leaves from the plant should be reduced

(vii) Keep the crop in weed free condition


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IV. EARLY WITHDRAWAL OF MONSOON (BEFORE 31ST AUGUST)

Steps are suggested as under

(1) Thinning the plant population

(2) Minimize evaporation losses through complete removal of weeds.

(3) Soil cracks should be closed by inter-culturing operations.

(4) Apply supplementary irrigation at critical stages if water available

(5) Harvest at intervals as the plants show physiological maturity.

(6) Run-off collections in the early part of the monsoon can be used for supplemental

irrigation in the later part of the crops life cycle.

V. DELAY WITHDRAWAL OF MONSOON OR PROLONGED MONSOON SEASON

(AFTER 20TH SEPTEMBER)

Rainfall received during extended monsoon season can be utilized to take a rabi crop.

Some-times, satisfactory late rains are received during end of September or in early October. To

take advantage under such situations, it is recommended to adopt the following practices.

(1) Relay cropping of safflower, sunflower, fodder type of sorghum and mustard.

(2) Second crop like safflower, sunflower, gram and mustard after harvesting of early

Kharif crops.

(3) Ratooning of hybrid sorghum

(4) Crops possessing deep root system, less water requirement, early maturing and

minimum risk involving should be selected. Crops like

Chickpea Guj. Chickpea-1, Guj. Gram—2, Dahod Yellow chaffa

Fodder sorghum GJ-9, CSH-8, S-1049, GFS-4, FS-35

Fodder maize African Tall

VI. CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR HEAVY RAINFALL

Due to heavy rainfall, crops, which were sown as a pre monsoon Kharif crops, fruit, &

vegetable crops were lost or heavily damaged. In this situation the resowing of Kharif crops in

flood affected area is required. There by re-sowing is recommended as per Agro-climatic region-

wise contingency plan are as under:

1. Immediately drain out excess water from field.

2. Sowing of pulses crops like Tur, Udid, and Soya bean should be under taken when

Vapsa condition set in soil.

3. Transplanting of Paddy in areas where paddy seedling are available.

4. Drill paddy & Coarse cereals crops to be sown as early as possible.

5. To improve drainage system in vegetable crops.


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6. Timely transplanting of vegetable seedling should be done.

In some area rice beds are filled with water & seedling are not ready in this situation farmers are

advised to broadcast pre-germinated paddy, paddy seeds after puddling in rice beds.

Judicious Use of Water:-

State receives rainfall from middle of June to September, since the state is located at

peripheral boundary of the main South West monsoon; the distribution of rainfall has been

extremely uneven and irregular. The amount of rain and its distribution during the monsoon

season also varies to a great extent from year to year at all places. Hence it is difficult to

maintain and increase, the per hectare production, without irrigation, as water resources in the

state are limited as compared to the total requirement of various crops especially in case of early

withdrawal of monsoon, when the crop require one or two protective irrigation to avoid crop

failure.

The status of irrigation potential and its utilization.

Irrigation facility is a key factor in increasing agriculture production. The ultimate

irrigation potential through surface water as per the latest estimate is assessed at 42.37 lakh

hectares, which includes 17.92 lakh hectares to be irrigated through Sardar Sarovar (Narmada)

project. The ground water resources are relatively limited and some of the ground water

resources are almost fully exploited in different parts of the state to the point of ecological

degradation. There is an urgent need to curb the over exploitation of water and the only

alternative left is augmentation of water resources through surface water.

Some important activities carried out by the State Government for the Development of

after resources are as under:-

Water requirement of crop at different stages, Different crops have different requirement

for water. Some required water throughout the life cycle, while others need relatively less

amount of water and even some crops need different Quantity of water at various growth stages.

For better utilization of water, proper irrigation practices of crops must be viewed as per water

requirement of each stage of plant growth.

Growth of all plants can be broadly divided into three stages with regards to irrigation

practices for vegetative, flowering & fruiting. For most of crops, there are different critical

periods in the growing season, when high moisture level must be maintained for high yield. If

there is enough moisture for germination and for the development of any adequate stand, the


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critical period almost always secured at the later part of season. When water supply is limited

knowledge of critical stage of crop growth either respects to moisture is essential for judicious

practices of water application.

As each crop had certain critical stages, it is better to take care of these stages under short supply

of water for irrigation to obtain increase water use efficiency. The critical stage of Kharif crops

is given in Table.

Table: Critical Stages of Different Crops:

Sr. No. Name of crop Most critical stages

1 Paddy Initiation of ear head and milking stages.

2 Jower Boot stage & milking stage

3 Groundnut Flowering stage, peg & pod formation

4 Bajra Flowering stage & milking stage

5 Maize Silking & milking stage

6 Tur (Pigeon pea) Pod formation

7 Cotton Ball formation

8 Tobacco Growth stage

9 Sugarcane Tillering & Maximum vegetative growth stage

10 Castor Flowering pod formation and seed setting stages

11 Pulses Flowering pod formation stage

12 Sesame Tillering, flowering capsule formation

Net Area Irrigated by Different irrigation Sources

(000' Hectares)

PARTICULARS 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

A Canals

1. Major and Medium Schemes 885.89 843.80 782.36 809.66 871.53 663.52

2. Saradar Sarovar 69.38 82.83 119.06 164.24 186.53 187.15

3. Minor Irri. Schemes 54.79 43.20 43.75 43.88 56.49 18.19

B Tanks 82.59 81.32 86.88 86.62 88.60 66.50

C Wells (Tube Wells) 75.71 73.28 71.43 66.13 62.93 60.71

D Other Sources

1. Check dams 43.79 47.91 55.83 63.93 62.74 62.50

2. L.I. Schemes 3.99 3.72 3.75 3.84 3.98 4.63

TOTAL 1216.13 117

6.08 116

3.06 123

8.29 133

2.80 106

3.19

Source: https://guj-nwrws.gujarat.gov.in/


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District wise Storage condition of different Dams of Gujarat State up to 08/04/2016

Sr. Name of District Designed Storage

in MCM Present Storage in

MCM % Storage

No.

Gross Live Gross Live Gross Live

A GUJARAT REGION

(a) NORTH GUJARAT

1 Banaskantha 586.51 559.08 142.26 114.83 24.26% 20.54%

2 Mehsana 813.14 745.63 269.27 201.76 33.11% 27.06%

3 Sabarkantha 104.70 90.22 17.89 6.52 17.09% 7.23%

4 Aravalli 417.91 379.84 91.19 53.17 21.82% 14.00%

1922.26 1774.77 520.61 376.28 27.08% 21.20%

(b) CENTRAL GUJARAT 5 Kheda 3.18 2.62 0.00 0.00 0.00% 0.00%

6 Panchmahal 710.67 671.65 185.25 146.23 26.07% 21.77%

7 Dahod 1414.18 1336.85 523.66 446.72 37.03% 33.42%

8 Mahisagar 41.88 36.22 29.00 23.34 69.25% 64.44%

9 Chhotaudepur 181.56 171.70 13.48 3.63 7.42% 2.11%

2351.47 2219.04 751.39 619.92 31.95% 27.94%

(c) SOUTH GUJARAT

10 Narmada 566.81 542.78 161.27 137.24 28.45% 25.28%

11 Bharuch 29.84 27.67 11.53 9.36 38.64% 33.83%

12 Surat 43.19 41.73 4.87 3.41 11.28% 8.17%

13 Valsad 524.86 478.09 207.10 160.33 39.46% 33.54%

14 Navsari 48.63 46.81 2.89 1.07 5.94% 2.29%

15 Tapi 7418.09 6733.70 2437.30 1752.91 32.86% 26.03%

8631.42 7870.78 2824.96 2064.32 32.73% 26.23%

(A) TOTAL OF GUJ 12905.15 11864.59 4096.96 3060.52 31.75% 25.80%

B Kachchh Region

16 Kachchh 332.02 300.66 73.98 44.56 22.28% 14.82%

(B) TOTAL 332.02 300.66 73.98 44.56 22.28% 14.82%

C Saurashtra Region

17 Amreli 146.39 138.72 19.69 12.93 13.45% 9.32%

18 Bhavnagar 435.48 421.24 64.87 51.46 14.90% 12.22%

19 Jamnagar 313.90 293.26 0.53 0.06 0.17% 0.02%

20 Junagadh 139.59 125.72 10.96 5.13 7.85% 4.08%

21 Porbandar 89.00 83.78 1.59 0.10 1.79% 0.12%

22 Rajkot 618.93 586.86 63.28 42.00 10.22% 7.16%

23 Surendranagar 122.57 115.07 25.09 20.57 20.47% 17.88%

24 Botad 105.07 95.53 1.95 0.00 1.86% 0.00%

25 D.B.Dwarka 128.66 117.47 0.20 0.00 0.16% 0.00%

26 Morbi 273.23 264.48 25.46 19.40 9.32% 7.34%

27 Gir Somnath 153.77 141.43 63.73 51.39 41.45% 36.34%

(C) TOTAL 2526.59 2383.56 277.35 203.04 10.98% 8.52%

TOTAL (A+B+C) 15763.76 14548.81 4448.29 3308.12 28.22% 22.74%

SARDAR SAROVAR (NARMADA DAM)

Narmada 5265.84 1565.84 4132.42 432.42 78.48% 27.62%

TOTAL 21029.60 16114.65 8580.71 3740.54 40.80% 23.21% Note: There are no State Irrigation Schemes in Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Patan, Anand, Vadodara and Dang Districts.

Source: https://guj-nwrws.gujarat.gov.in/


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Locust Cotrol Measures: Govt. Of India has been established LOCUST WARNINIG ORGANISATION (WLO)

The head quareter of WLO is situated at Faridabad (Haryana) and Field Head

quwarter at Jodhpur (Rajasthan)

detail address as below

Head Quarter Faridabad (Haryana) Field Head quwarter at Jodhpur (Rajasthan)

Plant Protection Adviser

Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine

and Storage,

NH-IV, Faridabad-121001(Haryana)

Tel. No. 0129-2413985, Fax No. 0129-

2412125

e-mail: [email protected]

Deputy Director (E)

Locust Warning Organization (LWO),

Field Headquarter, Air force Road,

Opposite Satimata Ka Than,

Beside Women Working Hostel,

Jodhpur (Rajasthan) Pin: 342011

Tel No.: 0291-2439749 (O)

e-mail : [email protected] [email protected]

Total 10 Circle Office is estblishe in the country among them two are in Gujarat which is

Bhuj and Palanpur

Bhuj office adress Palanpur Office address

Plant Protection Officer (E)


Circle Office, Near R.T.O. Check Post,

Ambaji Highway, Opposite Adarsh Niwasi

School, Palanpur (BK) (Gujarat) Pin:

385001

Tel. No. 02742-245142

e-mail : [email protected]

Plant Protection Officer (E)


Circle Office, Old Ummed Nagar,

Garabi Chowk,

District Bhuj (Kutch) (Gujarat) Pin: 370001

Tel. No. 02832-227260

At the time of Locust problem Monitoring and the custom highering of vehicle, pesticide

procurement, facility of aircraft etc are arranged by above two organisation.

mailto:[email protected]





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APPENDIX-I

Region wise contingency crop planning of Sate

Monsoon/Rainfall

situation. Crop Variety suggested as a contingency measure.

(i) June to mid-July

Bajra GHB-558, GHB 732, , GHB 744, GHB-905, GHB-538, GHB 719,

GHB-757MH-169,

Jowar CSH-5,6, GJ-35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40,41 GSH-1.

Tur BDN-2, GT-100, 101, AGT-102, 2 BSMR-853 (VAISHALI), ICPL-

87

Castor GCH-2, GCH-4, GCH-5, GCH-7

Green

Gram GM-4, K-851. MEHA

Udid T-9, Guj Urad-1

Math Guj-1, 2

Guvar HG-75,Malosan, Guj.Guar-1, Guj. Guar-2

Groundnut GAUG-10, GG-2, 5, 7, 11, 13, 20, GJG-17, 22 9, 31

Maize G.Maize-6 , Narmda Moti Ganga-S-2

Cotton HY-, 8, 10, V-797, G.Cot-13, 21, 23,

Approved All BT Variety of cotton for central zone

Paddy Sathi-34, 36, SK-20, IR-28, Masuri, Gurjari, GR-3,4,7, 11, GR-12,

13

Soyabeen Guj. Soyabeen 1, 2, JS-335

(ii) Mid-August

Bajra GHB-538, GHB-719, GHB-757

Sesamum Sesamum Guj-1, 2, 10

Sun flower Modern,EC-68414,Guj sunflower-1,

Jowar Jowar grain Gj-35,36,37

Green

Gram GM-4, K-851, MEHA

Bidi

Tobacco GT-4, 5, 9, GT-1

(iii) Mid-

September

Jowar Jowar for grain purpose CSH-5,8 (For Rabi) Guj Jowar S-1049, C-

10,2, S-1 Gundari, GFS-4, FS-35 for fodder purpose

Maize Maize for fodder Guj-2,3 Farm Sameri Maize- NarmadaMoti, GM-

6, for fodder purpose : African tall

Tobacco Tobacco-Anand-2, 119, GT-4,5,6,7,8,,8,9,

Sesamum Pruva-1

Early Rabi crops such as Mustard, Sorghum (GU CSH-8) as well as

Safflower (Bhima and Tara) can be taken.


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APPENDIX-II

Requirement and Availability of certified seed / quality seed for Kharif-2016

(In quintals)

Sr. No.

Crop Requiremen

t Kharif-2016

Source wise availability

Total Availability Shortage/ Surplus

GSSCA GUJCO/UNI NSC Pvt.

Certified

Quality

Certified

Quality

Certified

Quality

Certified

Quality

Certified

Quality

Total

1 PADDY 93000 13586 0 943 0 800 0 27249 51022 42578 51022 93600 600

2 MAIZE 84000 650 0 0 0 0 0 1154 82296 1804 82296 84100 100

3 BAJARA 17200 3 0 0 200 0 0 12 17385 15 17585 17600 400

4 MOONG 12400 6940 0 150 0 0 0 5610 0 12700 0 12700 300

5 URID 9240 931 0 114 0 0 0 8355 0 9400 0 9400 160

6 ARHAR 18200 1481 0 0 0 0 0 3867 13052 5348 13052 18400 200

7 GROUNDNU

T 360375 34875 16500 1650 0 0 260 21983

285132

58508 30189

2 360400 25

8 SESAME 5250 2898 0 397 0 0 0 3605 0 6900 0 6900 1590

9 CASTOR 37500 9060 0 1405 0 0 0 44335 6500 54800 6500 61300 23800

10 Hy.COTTON/ 44100 0 111 0 23 0 0 340 43751 340 43885 44225 125

11 COTTON

(Var.) 36400 0 0 0 0 0 0 1872 34528 1872 34528 36400 0

12 SOYA BEAN 62380 8807 0 0 0 4500 0 65893 0 79200 0 79200 13720


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APPENDIX-III

Fertilizer requirement for Kharif-2016 (Quantity in metric tons)

MONTH UREA DAP MOP AS 20:20:0 15:15:15 24:24:0 12:32:16 10:26:26 Total

Complexes S.S.P. Total

Apr. 16 100000 40000 9000 10000 12000 1900 1100 6000 3500 24500 1000 193500

May 16 120000 80000 13000 11000 20000 2000 1600 30000 5000 58600 22000 304600

Jun. 16 150000 85000 18000 14000 31000 2200 1600 35000 4000 73800 26000 366800

Jul. 16 250000 40000 16000 18000 25000 1500 2500 12000 2000 43000 15000 382000

Aug. 16 250000 30000 12000 14000 22000 1000 1600 13000 1500 39100 12000 357100

Sep. 16 130000 25000 12000 13000 20000 1400 1600 14000 4000 41000 15000 236000

TOTAL 1000000 300000 80000 80000 130000 10000 10000 110000 20000 280000 100000 1840000


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APPENDIX-IV STATEMENT SHOWING PRODUCT WISE AVAILABILITY & REQUIREMENT OF

REGISTERED CHEMICAL PESTICIDES DURING 2016-17

Sr. No Name of Pesticide Requirement Availability

A Insecticide

1 Acephate 120 150

2 Acetamiprid 28 35

3 Carbaryl 30 35

4 Carbofuran 94 105

5 Cartap Hydrocloride 41 50

6 Cypermethrin 88 95

7 Chloropyriphos 120 140

8 Dichlorvos 32 40

9 Emamectin Benzote 25 30

10 Fenvalarate 34 40

11 Fipronil 53 60

12 Imidacloprid 60 70

13 Malathion 23 30

14 Methyl parathion 62 70

15 Monocrotophos 47 55

16 Phorate 90 100

17 Profenophos 47 55

18 Quinalphos 47 55

19 Trizophos 31 35

B FUNGICIDE

20 Carnendazim 41 50

21 Copper Oxychloride 40 45

22 Hexaconazole 41 45

23 Mancozeb 50 55

24 Sulphur 66 80

C WEEDICIDES

25 Atrazine 8 10

26 Butachlor 11 15

27 Glyphosate 13 20

D RODENTICIDE AND FUMIGANTS

28 Methyl bromide 3 3

29 Zinc Phosphide 2

2


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APPENDIX-V List of District Agriculture officer (D.A.O) of Gujarat State

Sr. No

Name of District Agriculture officer

District Agriculture officer

Office Tel. No. Mobile No. Fax No.

01 Mr. H. V. Gosai Rajkot 0281-2440890 0281-2445598

02 Mr. H. D. Vadi Surendranagar 02752-285902 98251 84276 02752-285902

03 Mr. D. B. Gajera Morbi 02822-222709 99985 46369 02822-222709

04 Mr. J. B. Mathasolia Jamanagar 0288-2550286 94274 54535 0288-2556119

05 Mr. J. B. Mathasolia Devbhumi Dwarka

---- 94274 54535 ----

06 Mr. Y. I. Shihora Kutch 02832-221155 94264 19265 02832-221155

07 Mr. H. D. Vaghela Mahesana 02762/222316 94263 98818 02762/222316

08 Mr. S. S. Patel Patan 02766-224489 94270 06352 02766-224489

09 Mr. M. P. Chauhan Banaskanatha 02742-252634 99245 54032 02742-252634

10 Mr. H. J. Pandya Sabarakantha 02772-240359 9979132185 02772-240359

11 Mr. J. J. Patel Aravalli 02774-240760 94278 54625 02774-240760

12 Mr. J. H. Suthar Vadodara 0265-2433641 94273 83923 0265-2431078

13 Mr. P. M. Acharya Chhota Udepur ---- 99250 45103 ----

14 Mr. B. S. Faldu Panchamahal 02672-253371 97269 92767 02672-253371

15 Shri K. N. Parmar Mahisagar 02674-250195 98799 36090 ----

16 Shri M. P. Bagda Dahod 02673-239107 98984 40102 02673-239108

17 Shri N. J. Bhatt Narmada 02640-220080 98791 17034 02640-220080

18 shri K. S. Patel Bharuch 02642-261611 9427385080 02642-240951

19 shri L. R. Sadiya Junagadh 0285-2633046 9426786298 0285-2633046

20 Shri S. K. Joshi Gr Somnath 02876-249080 98242 49252 ----

21 Shri D. G. Rathod Amreli 02792-223324 85111 24946 02792-223168

22 Shri N. J. Gohil Bhavanagar 0278-2439931 9426978929 0278-2510470

23 Shri N. J. Gohil Botad ---- 9426978929 ----

24 Shri V. P. Korat Porbandar 0286-225289 ---- 0286-225289

25 Shri B. V. Vasoya Ahemedabad 079-25506874 94269 40488 079-25506874

26 Shri K. N. Parmar Kheda 0268-2557421 9879936090 0268-2557421

27 Shri C. N. Patel Ananad 02692-258102 98252 52993 02692-258102

28 Shri N. J. Gamit Surat 0261-2425751 -55 '9978354901 ----

29 Shri C. D. Chaudhari Navsari 02637-233030 94276 07123 ----

30 Shri C. C. Garasiya Valsad 02632-253891 9909971329 ----

31 Shri P. R. Chaudhari Tapi 02626-220365 9426869039 ----

32 Shri B. B. Kanade Dang 02631-220444 9427177247 ----

33 Shri M. D. Vaghela Gandhinagar 079-23222779 90992 77799 ---


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APPENDIX-VI Gujarat State Seed Corporation, Gandhinagar Branch office Contact No.

Branch Name Address Email Area Of

Operation

Contact

Details

AMRELI

Nagnath Complex;

Near Nagnath Mandir,

Amreli

[email protected]

Amreli,

Bhavnagar

02792-

223816

BARODA

Model Farm, Sarabhai

Char Rasta, Alembic

Road., Vadodara

[email protected]

Vadodara,

Narmada,

Bharuch

0265-

2280866

BHUJ Near. Arya Samaj

Vadi, Lal Tekari, Bhuj [email protected] Kutchh

02832-

222190

GANDHINAGAR Beej Bhavan, Sector

10A, Gandhinagar [email protected]

Ahmedabad,

Gandhinagar

079-

23256690

GODHRA

Near Maize research

centre, Dholakua,

Dahod Road, Godhra

[email protected]

Panchmahal,

Dahod

02672-

240169

HIMATNAGAR

Mahalaxmi Market,

Nr. New Market Yard,

Khedtasiya Road.,

Himmatnagar

[email protected] Sabarkantha 02772-

229086

JAMNAGAR

Sagar Market, Potari

Gali,Outside Tran

Darvaja,near Grein

market

Jamanagar

0288-

2670014

JUNAGADH Nilam Bag, Nr. Sardar

bag, Junagadh [email protected]

Junagadh,

Porbandar

0285-

2630278

MEHSANA

Umiya Shopping

Center, Near Maniyar

Chamber, State High-

way, Mahesana

[email protected] Mehsana, Patan 02762-

251494

NADIAD

4, Ashok Nagar

Society, Opp : Jilla

Panchayat, Out of

Khodiyar Nala,

Nadiyad

[email protected] Kheda, Anand 0268-

2556592

PALANPUR

Rachana Building,

Opp : Jilla Pancyayat,

Palace Road.,

Palanpur

[email protected] Banaskantha 02742-

254246

RAJKOT

Lati Plot, Street No.

1/6, Sadgurunagar,

Near Parevada

Chowk, Kuvadava

Road., Rajkot

[email protected]

Rajkot,

Jamnagar

0281-

2459719

SHIHOR Nagar Panchayat, Nr.

Town Hall, Shihor [email protected] Bhavnagar

02846-

222116

SURENDRANGAR

Bus Stand Road., Near

Bus Stand, Opp : I.T.I.

Street, Surendranagar

bm_surendranagar@gurabini.

com

Surendranagar 02752-

225109

VYARA

Sahakar Bhavan, 1st

Floor, Apana Bazar,

Near Bus Stand, Vyara

[email protected]

Surat, Valsad,

Navsari,

Dang,Tapi

02626-

220320
















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