A Presentation for Krishi Karman Award, 2013-14 Government of Assam Date : 14th October, 2014 Growth of Agriculture Sector 3.29% (2010-11) 4.35% (2012-13) 1.41% (2002-03) 1.68% (2006-07) -1.50% (2000-01) Growth in 2013-14 (Adv. Estimate) : 4.5% Achievements in Production of Foodgrains & Oilseeds 2013-14 Sl. No. Crop Production (Thousand MT) 1 Rice 2 Wheat 40.4 3 Maize 77.0 4 Pulses 104.3 5 Small Millets Total Foodgrains : 5193.4 3.3 5418.4 6 Rapeseed & Mustard 169.00 7 Sesamum 8.60 8 Linseed 3.90 9 Niger 4.50 10 Castor 0.50 Total Oilseeds : 186.50 Strategy & Measures taken to enhance production during 2013-14 Sl. Strategy 1. Area expansion and adoption of HYV & Hybrid  Hybrid Rice area increased from 0.97 lakh ha. to 2.03 lakh ha. 10 thousand ha. of additional area brought under HYV Rice.  Additional 9,000 ha. brought under Pulses cultivation.  Covered 23,200 ha. under Hybrid Maize cultivation. 2. Productivity increasing inputs  Distribution of quality seeds (4.24 lakh quintals)  Varietal replacement (20% of Crop area).  Area Expansion under assured irrigation increased from 6.13 lakh ha. to 7.05 lakh ha.  Farm power enhanced from 1.02 HP per ha. to 1.14 HP per ha.  Soil health Management (4.38 lakh Ha.) New innovation / initiative adopted by State, lesson learnt & experiences in scaling up the same during 2013-14 Sl. No. Initiative 1 Submergence tolerant variety  Introduction of submergence tolerant Rice variety (Swarna Sub-1) in chronically flood affected area. Highly encouraging results. 2 Organic Farming  To popularize organic farming 90 nos. of farms (50 ha. each) established in 90 LACs. 3 Installation of  208 Piezometer have been installed to monitor the ground water level on real time basis in all the plain districts. Piezometer 4 Formation of FPOs  Farming community mobilized to form 25 no. of FPOs for securing better produce price. Lesson learnt  Inadequate seed availability of Swarna Sub-1.  Certification hurdle of organic product.  Awareness building need on FPOs. Scaling up the same :  Tied up with IRRI for seed security.  Agricultural University has been requested to take up the certification aspect.  Tied up with KVKs / Farm Schools for awareness building on FPOs. Expenditure under various schemes during 2013-14 (Rs. in lakh) Sl. No. Scheme Fund available during the year Fund utilized % utilized 1 NFSM-Rice 6624.59 6489.600 98% 2 NFSM-Pulse 3648.84 3520.565 97% 3 A3P 1006.40 1006.400 100% 4 BGREI 6009.00 5759.00 96% 5 RADP 350.00 165.00 47% 6 NVIUC 600.00 600.00 100% 7 NutriFarm 283.00 247.00 87% 18521.83 17787.57 96% Total : Collaborative efforts with line departments A. POWER :  Coordination with Power Department has helped to install 67, 500 Electrical Pump Sets during last 3 years (2011-12 to 2013-14) B. IRRIGATION :  Better co-ordination with Irrigation Department to harness irrigation water for double / multiple cropping in command areas. C. FERTILISER :  Ensuring availability & pre stocking of fertilisers with companies / dealers. Also emphasis has been laid on production of bio-fertilisers at local level. D. CREDIT :  Bankers are assisted by Agriculture Department through VLEWs for identification of farmers.  Regular interaction through SLBC and NABARD. Districtwise Status of data entry under NFSM (Rice & Pulse)   All Data for 2013-14 uploaded Data for 2014-15 being updated. Sl. No. District No. of beneficiary & input supply details filled (2013-14) 1 Baksa 3861 2 Barpeta 2246 3 Bongaigaon 2302 4 Darrang 911 5 Dhemaji 2307 6 Dhubri 1961 7 Goalpara 1338 8 Jorhat 2000 9 Kamrup 829 Districtwise Status of data entry under NFSM (Rice & Pulse) No. of beneficiary & input supply details filled (2013-14) Sl. No. District 10 Karbi Anglong 11 Kokrajhar 647 12 Lakhimpur 1149 13 Morigaon 3627 14 Nagaon 3733 15 Nalbari 2601 16 Sonitpur 1678 17 Tinsukia 558 18 Udalguri 34 Total : 1901 33,683 Future Strategies for achieving higher production  Vision document enlisting future strategies got prepared by Assam Agricultural University.  Plan to cover 1.50 lakh ha. mono cropped area in 2014-15 & 4.5 lakh ha. by 2016-17 under double cropping.  Extension of Hybrid Rice cultivation to 10% of total Rice area (present 8%).  Extension of submergence tolerant Kharif Rice cultivation to cover chronically flood prone areas (4.93 lakh ha.) in phase manner.  Targeting char (riverine) areas for extensive cultivation of Pulses & Oilseeds.  Boosting Maize production through area expansion under hybrid. Road Map  Tie-up with IRRI.  Technological support from SAU for effective cultivation in vast sand and silt deposited areas.  Self sufficiency in quality seed production & certification. Revitalizing Assam Seed Corporation.  Emphasis on Summer Rice, Mustard & Rabi Pulses on Mission mode.  Establishing Maize as one of major foodgrain crops through area expansion.  Bringing more areas under assured irrigation.  Capacity building of farmers & field officers for absorption of new technology in collaboration with IRRI & AAU.  Providing Soil Health Card to 1 lakh farmers.  Leveraging modern Post Harvest Technology.  Increasing irrigation potential through RIDF. Also use of Solar Pump Sets to minimise irrigation cost.  Establishing Markets with market linking roads and also E-marketing Platforms & Kisan Mandis.