National Conference on Agriculture forZaid/Summer Campaign 2019

POTENTIAL CROPS AND PROSPECTS FOR ZAID / SUMMER 2019

IN TAMIL NADU

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURETAMIL NADU

Government of Tamil Nadu has made a significant impact in

production and productivity of major agricultural crops through

❖ Farmer-oriented policies & initiatives

❖ Dissemination crop oriented front end technologies.

Area Coverage Normal and Zaid in Tamil Nadu

Crop Normal Area L. ha. %Annual Zaid

Coarse Cereals-Maize 3.433 0.220 6Nutri Cereals 4.580 0.237 5Pulses 7.530 1.689 22Oil Seeds 4.000 0.212 5Total 19.543 2.358 12

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SeasonNormal

Rainfall

Actual Rainfall (mm)

2016 2017 2018 2019

Winter Season

(Jan –Feb)31.3 2.9 39.1 16.7 0.0

Summer season

(March- May)128.0 112.8 122.6 154.1 -

South West Monsoon

(June – Sep)321.2 261.0 414.3 282.9 -

North East Monsoon

(Oct.– Dec)440.4 168.3 399.0 336.5 -

Total 920.9 545.0 975.0 790.2 -

Season and Rain fall details

Crop Annual Target

Area Coverage Programme Zaid 2019

Normal Area

Additional Area

Total % Increase over Normal

AreaCoarse Cereals- Maize 3.228 0.220 0.099 0.319 +45

Nutri Cereals 5.772 0.237 0.074 0.311 +31Pulses 9.400 1.689 1.291 2.980 +76Oilseeds 5.000 0.212 0.315 0.527 +149Total 23.400 2.358 1.779 4.137 +75

Area Programmed for Zaid-2019

Crop

Zaid 2019

AreaL. Ha.

ProductionL. MT

ProductivityKg/Ha

Coarse Cereals – Maize 0.319 2.548 7,986

Nutri Cereals

Cholam 0.099 0.252 2,553

Cumbu 0.080 0.182 2,277

Ragi 0.132 0.132 0.490

Other Millets - - -

Total Nutri Cereals 0.311 0.924

Grand Total 0.630 3.472

Area, Production and Productivity Programme

Coarse and Nutri Cereals

Crop

Zaid 2019

AreaL. Ha.

ProductionL. MT

ProductivityKg/Ha

Blackgram 1.786 1.362 763

Greengram 1.005 0.608 605

Other. Pulses 0.189 0.098 523

Total 2.980 2.068 693

Area, Production and Productivity Programme Pulses

Crop

Zaid 2019

AreaL. Ha.

ProductionL. MT

ProductivityKg/Ha

Groundnut 0.205 0.554 2700

Gingelly 0.300 0.189 630

Sunflower 0.017 0.020 1150

Castor 0.005 0.002 310

Total 0.527 0.765 1452

Area, Production and Productivity Programme Oil Seeds

➢ Drought Tolerant varieties Distribution

➢ Soil health improvement : Bio-inoculants Azospirillum, Rhizobium and Phosphobacteria.

➢ Line Sowing / optimum plant population.

➢ Life saving Irrigation at critical stages - Mobile sprinkler & Raingun.

➢ Support for Processing and value addition machineries - Collective Farming/ MSDA. So far 48 Units distributed and 150 Unit under progress.

➢ Demonstration on INM, IPM, IWM Practices.

➢ Crop Specific FIG, FPG & FPO formation Through Collective Farming ( So far 75 No of FPOs formed )

➢ Water Stress Management Measures Foliar Application of MOP, PPFM (Pink Pigmented Facultative Methylotroph) and Pusa Hydrogel.

Salient Strategies Adopted for Increasing Production and Productivity of Zaid Crops

Availability of Critical InputsFor Zaid 2019

Critical Inputs Availability

Seed (MT) 4,378

Fertilizers (L.MT) 3.42

MN Mixture (MT) 946

Bio Fertilizers

Carrier (MT) 2,197 Liquid ( Lakh Ltrs.) 3.14

Mission on Sustainable Dryland Agriculture (MSDA)An Exclusive Scheme

➢ MSDA - implemented in three phases from 2016-2017➢ Total outlay Rs.802.90 Crore ➢ 10 lakh ha of dry land area covering 25 Districts on cluster basis. ➢ 1,000 dry land clusters are being identified with 1,000 ha. Each

Activities being implemented ➢ Base Line survey➢ Farmers Club➢ Capacity Building➢ Entry point activities➢ Water harvesting structure➢ Agronomical intervention➢ Value addition machineries➢ Custom hiring centre of Machineries➢ Animal Husbandry activities

MSDA Impact: Increase in area 2017-18 Millet 22%, Pulses 18% & Oilseeds 16.2%

➢ Organizing Small and Marginal farmers into groups for promoting

❖ Better adoption of technology

❖ Facilitate effective forward and backward linkages.

❖ Credit mobilization

➢ FIG-FPG-FPO Formation.

➢ Corpus Fund of Rs. 5 Lakh / FPG -Farm Machineries.

➢ 2017-18

Rs. 100 Cr- 2,000 FPG- 8,920 Farm Machineries purchased

➢ 2018-19

Rs.100.42 Cr.- 2,000 FPG Formed –for purchase of machineries

➢ Special Thrust extended to Dray land Farmers

Collective Farming

Name of Farmer Koppaiah S/o. Sethuramalingam

Thoothukudi

District Thoothukudi District

Crop Green Gram , 1 ha. Technology ➢ Certified seed of Green Gram

CO (Gg) 912 with seed rate of 20 Kg / ha.

➢ Seed treatment Imidacloprid (5ml/1kg seed).Pulses

➢ MN Mixture (5Kg/ha) and Pusa Hydro gel (250gm/ha).

➢ Line sowing of pulses seeds

➢ Application of 2 % DAP solution at the time of flowering and 15 days after 1st spray.

➢ IPM Practices

Activities Traditional Practices

Improved practice

Yield (Kg / ha) 410 620

Sale Value (Rs.) 24600 37200

Input Cost (Rs.) 10100 8900

Labour Cost (Rs.) 3500 3200

other Cost (Rs.) 2500 2100

Total cost of cultivation (Rs.)

16100 14200

Net Profit (Rs.) 8500 23000

SUCCESS STORY

Name of Farmer Kandasamy S/o. Palaniyappan

ThalavaipattiDistrict Salem DistrictCrop Groundnut , 1 ha.Technology

➢ Seed treatment Biofertizer➢ Combined Nutrient Spray➢ Gypsum application➢ Soil Moisture conservation➢ IPM Practices

Activities Traditional Practices

Improved practice

Total cost of cultivation (Rs.)

19000 22000

Net Profit (Rs.) 32500 65200

SUCCESS STORY

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