OILSEEDS- VISION-2020-21 IN TAMILNADU.

In Tamil Nadu, Oilseed crops

Normal area : 3.86 lakh ha

Normal Production : 9.04 lakh MT

Normal Productivity : 2,340 Kg/ha

Groundnut, Gingelly, Sunflower & Castor are Major Oilseed

crops.

Groundnut contribute 84 % area and 96 % production of

Oilseeds.

Gingelly is next important one which contributes 12 % area &

3% of production.

In Productivity, Tamil Nadu stands first at National level,since

2011-12.

Introduction

Popular Oilseed varieties

Sl.No. Name of the crop

Less than 10 year var.

More than 10 year var.

1 Groundnut Dharani TMV 7

TMV 14 K 6

ICGV 00350 K 9

ICGV 00351 VRI 2

VRI (Gn)8 JL 24

CO 6 TMV (Gn) 13

CO 7 VRI (Gn) 6

GJG 9 VRI (Gn) 7

GJG 31 GG 7

GJG 22 Western 44

Popular Oilseed varieties

Sl.No. Name of the crop Less than 10 year var.

More than 10 year var.

2 Gingelly TMV 7 TMV 3

VRI 3 SVPR 1

VRI (SV)2

VRI 1

3 Sunflower CO H 3 CO (SFV)5

Hybrid CO 2 CO 4

DRSH 1

KBSH 1

4 Castor YRCH 1 TMV 5

YRCH 2 TMV 6

CO 1

Groundnut varieties – Salient features

Variety Characters Season Preferred districts

TMV 14 Bunch type, 95-100 days,

Higher yield, Less incidence of

Spodoptera, Thrips and Leaf

miner. Suitable to rainfed.

All seasons. (Summer,

Kharif & Rabi)

All districts except

Kanyakumari

Dharani Bunch type,High yielding

Suitable for Rainfed & Irrigated

All seasons. (Summer,

Kharif & Rabi)

All districts except

Kanyakumari

CO 7 Bunch type,Tolerant to Drought

& High oil content.

All seasons. (Summer,

Kharif & Rabi)

All districts except

Kanyakumari

VRI 8 Bunch type,High yielding

Suitable for Rainfed & Irrigated

Kharif & Rabi All districts except

Kanyakumari

TMV Gn 13 Bunch type,Red kernel, high

yielding & tolerant to terminal

drought.

Kharif & rabi Tiruvallur and

Tiruppur

Contd..

Variety Characters Season Preferred districts

Kadiri 6 Bunch type, Suitable for rainfed.Tolerant to leaf spots.

All seasons. (Summer, Kharif & Rabi)

All districts except Kanyakumari

Kadiri 9 Bunch type,High yielding Tolerant to Pest &diseases.

Kharif & Summer All districts except Kanyakumari

ICGV 00350

Bunch type,Tolerant to LLS,rust & stemrot.

All seasons. (Summer, Kharif & Rabi)

All districts except Kanyakumari

VRI 2 Bunch type,High yielding Suitable for Rainfed & Irrigated Prefered for table purpose & oil

Kharif & Rabi Cuddalore, Vellore, Villupuram, Tvmalai, Salem, Thanjavur, Namakkal, Ramnad and Thoothukudi.

TMV 7 Bunch type, Withstand intermittent drought. High yielding. Preferedfor table purpose & oil

All seasons. (Summer, Kharif & Rabi)

All districts except Kanyakumari

JL 24 Bunch type. Bold seeded & prefered for Burfy.

Summer & Kharif Cuddalore & Pudukottai.

Gujarath varieties - GroundnutVariety Characters Season Preferred districts

GJG 9 Bunch type, Suitable for rainfed & high yielding. Tolerant to stem rot,Jassids & Thrips.

Summer All districts except Kanyakumari

GJG 31 Bunch type,Higherkernel yield(2460 kh/ha) & Oilyield.Tolerant to Pest &diseases.

Kharif & Summer

All districts except Kanyakumari

GJG 32 Bunch type,Tolerant to LLS,rust & stemrot.

All seasons. (Summer, Kharif & Rabi)

Darmapuri, Krishnagiri,Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Sivagangaand Virudhunagar

GJG 22 Suited to Kharif, spreading Groundnut area.Tolerant to collar rot & high oil content.

Kharif Cuddalore, Villupuram, Erode, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur , Darmapuri, Krishnagiri & Ariyalur.

GG 7 Bunch type.100 days. Large Pods & seeds are attractive pink colour. High yielding & suitable

Kharif & Rabi Cuddalore, Villupuram, Erode, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur & Ariyalur.

Gingelly varieties – Salient featuresVariety Characters Season Preferred districts

TMV (SV)7

High yielding,Suitablefor rainfed & irrigated. Tolerant to rootrot.

All seasons. (Summer, Kharif & Rabi)

All districts except Kanyakumari

VRI 3 High yielding and white seeds. Suitable for Irrigated

Masi pattam All districts except Kanyakumari

VRI (SV)2

High yielding and high oil content.Suitable for rainfed & irrigated.

All seasons. (Summer, Kharif & Rabi)

All districts except Kanyakumari

TMV 3 High yielding Suitable for Rainfed & Irrigated. Tolerant to drought.

Kharif & Rabi All districts except Kanyakumari

SVPR 1 White seeds and high oil content.Suitable for rainfed & irrigated.

Kharif & rabi Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Salem, Erode,Tiruvarur and Pudukottai.

Groundnut Seed farm programme 2020-21

Sl.No Variety B seed to be

received

Seed farm to be arranged (ha)

Procurementprogramme(MT)

F seed

C seed

Total F seed C seed Total

1 TMV 14 9000 4 45 49 4 45 49

2 VRI 8 20000 44 80 124 44 80 124

3 CO 7 3000 21 57 78 21 57 78

4 BSR 2 4500 45 90 135 45 90 135

5 CO 6 3000 52 136 188 52 136 188

6 Dharani 40000 80 1071 1151 80 1071 1151

7 GJG-31 6000 60 120 180 60 120 180

8 GJG-32 5000 50 100 150 50 100 150

9 ICGV 350 12000 27 43 70 27 43 70

10 K 9 15000 12 390 402 12 390 402

11 K 6 10000 85 369 454 85 369 454

12 ICGV 91114 2000 20 40 60 20 40 60

13 Others _ 513 1500 2013 513 1500 2013

TOTAL 129500 1013 4042 5055 1013 4042 5055

Seed farm programme 2020-21

Sl.No Variety B seed to be

received

Seed farm to be arranged (ha)

Procurementprogramme(MT)

F seed

C seed

Total F seed C seed Total

GINGELLY

1VRI 3 50 10 50 60 5 25 30

2TMV 7 200 60 74 134 30 37 67

3Gujarat Til 4 5 1 10 11 1 5 6

4Others _ 20 77 97 10 39 49

TOTAL 255 91 211 302 46 106 151

SUNFLOWER

1CO SFV 5 100 10 10 20 4.8 4.8 9.6

2Others _ 10 30 40 4.8 14.4 19.2

TOTAL 100 20 40 60 9.6 19.2 28.8

CASTOR

YRCH 2 50 5 5 10 1.2 1.2 2.3

YTP 1 50 5 5 10 1.2 1.2 2.3

Others _ 4 4 8 0.9 0.9 1.8

TMV 741%

Kadiri 615%

Dharani16%

TMV 1313%

Kadiri 95%

VRI 83%

Co 61%

ICGV 00350

1%

Co 71%

Others4%

Variety Area

coverage (ha) %

TMV 7 123622 41

Kadiri 6 43373 15

Dharani 48492 16

TMV 13 39298 13

Kadiri 9 15230 5

VRI 8 8062 3

Co 6 4333 1

ICGV 00350 2953 1

Co 7 2666 1

Others 11971 4

Total 300000 100

Variety

Area

coverage

(ha)

%

TMV (SV) 7 8191 40

TMV 4 4227 21

TMV 3 4002 19

SVPR 1 1883 9

VRI (SV) 2 1715 8

Others 582 3

Total 20600 100

TMV (SV) 7

40%

TMV 421%

TMV 319%

SVPR 19%

VRI (SV) 28%

Others3%

1. Groundnut

The varieties namely Dharani, VRI 8, TMV 14, CO7, BSR 2 and ICGV 00350 may be promoted forless than 10 year old varieties.

All the above varieties are Bunch type and suitablefor all seasons.

Gujarath varieties namely GJG 9,GJG 31 and GJG 32are high yielding and prefered by farmers ofCuddalore, Ariyalur, Thanjavur, Thiruvarur, Villupuram, Thiruvannamalai and Trichy districts.

Gujarath varieties may be introduced to otherdistricts on trial basis. Those varieties are highyielding and high oil content.

Seed Drill sowing

Groundnut- Contd.

The varieties namely TMV 7, VRI 2, K 6, K 9 and JL 24are Popular varieties may be promoted for more than 10year old varieties.

TMV 7 is the farmers prefered variety , withstandintermittent drought, high yielding and high oil content &suitable for table purpose .

VRI 2 variety is also famous for table purpose & Burfypreparation. Bunch type & drought resistant.

JL 24 is bold seeded, prefered for Burfy.

K 6 & K 9 are less than 15 year varieties, suitable forrainfed and high yielding.

2. Gingelly

The varieties namely TMV (SV) 7 and VRI 3 may bepromoted for less than 10 year old varieties.

TMV (SV) 7 is high yielding ,suitable for all seasons andall districts.

VRI 3 is white seeded and suitable for irrigated condition.

The varieties namely TMV 3, TMV 4, VRI 2, VRI 1 andSVPR 1 are popular varieties among farmers and may bepromoted for more than 10 year old varieties.

TMV 3 is high yielding , tolerant to drought and suitablefor all seasons.

SVPR 1 prefered for white seeds and high oil contentalso.

Sunflower- The variety CO SFV 5 and hybrid COH 3 maybe promoted.

Castor- YRCH 1 & YRCH 2 varieties may be promoted.

Seed Drill sowing

Trend of Area:

Last 10 years, Oilseeds area has decreased from 4.95lakh ha to 3.93 lakh ha.

Production trend:

Production of Oilseeds are maintained in the sametrend of 9 lakh Mt. The main reason is enhancingthe productivity.

Last 10 years, Productivity is increased from1911 Kg/ ha to 2312 Kg/ha. (21%)

Oilseeds Scenario in Tamil Nadu

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Oilseeds Scenario in Tamil Nadu (Contd…)

Year Area

Lakh

ha

Production

Lakh MT

Yield

Kg /ha

2009-10 4.95 9.461911

2010-11 4.49 9.33 20782011-12 4.49 11.14

24792012 -13 3.90 8.16

20922013-14 4.08 9.61 23552014-15 4.15 9.85 2376

2015-16 4.06 9.32 2294

2016-17 3.23 6.04 18712017-18 3.80 10.38

2729

2018-19 3.93 9.09 2312

Source: Season & Crop Report , TN DES

** - Final Estimate

4.954.49 4.49

3.9 4.08 4.15 4.063.23

3.8 3.93

9.469.33

11.14

8.16

9.61 9.859.32

6.04

10.38

9.09

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2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

La

kh

Production (Lakh MT )

Area Lakh ha

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

19112078

2479

2092

2355 23762294

1871

2729

2312

Yield (Kg /ha )

1. Area expansion

Focus on fallow lands in to cultivable lands.

Focus on Rice fallow Groundnut/Gingelly in potentialdistricts.

Intensification of Sunflower & Castor as pure crop.

Intercropping Groundnut with Redgram and Castoras bundcrop.

2. Focus on Productivity to increase Production.

Encouraging farmers to go for high yieldingCertified seeds.

Maintenance of optimum Plant Population.

Demonstration of yield enhancing technologies inGroundnut.

Adoption of high yielding inputs.

Seed Drill sowing

3. Focus on Special Problems

Farm Mechanization to overcome the labour scarcity.

Timely & uniform Plant protection measures effectivelycontrol Pests & Diseases.

Focus on bringing more area under Irrigated Oilseeds byPMKSY scheme.

Protection of crops from wild boar.

Value addition of products to fetch more income.

Seed Drill sowing

1. Area expansion

Special package of assistance to bringother fallow land to cultivateGroundnut and Gingelly crop.

An area of about 2,000 ha can be broughtunder Oilseeds cultivation as additionalarea.

To promote Rice fallowGroundnut/Gingelly crops inThanjavur, Erode & Trichy districts.

It is proposed to promote Sunfloweras pure crop in selected districts in anarea of 1,000 Ha

To promote Castor as pure crop inselected districts in an area of 1,000 Ha

Seed Drill sowing

SUNFLOWER

GINGELLY

2.Focus on Productivity to increaseProduction

Motivate farmers for production of goodquality Certified seeds by providingProduction incentives.

Encouraging farmers to go for highyielding Certified seeds.

Seed drill sowing to maintain optimumPlant population.

Demonstration of high yieldingTechnologies in Groundnut – 5000 ha.

Adoption of High yielding Inputs

1. Mass promotion of Bio Fertilizerapplication

2. Combined Nutrient Spray

Seed Drill sowing

SEED DRILL SOWING

Combined Nutrient Spray

3.Application of Gypsum for better podformation in Groundnut.

4. Mn mixture application.

Mechanized harvesting- Purchaseof Groundnut Harvester/Digger.

To avoid acute labourshortage, assistance for Customhiring charges of groundnutHarvester/ Digger.

The above Strategies will beimplemented through NFSM-Oilseeds, TRFA and NADPschemes.

Seed Drill sowing

Combined Nutrient Spray

SPRINKLER IN GROUND NUT CROP

GROUNDNUT HARVESTER