NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
AGRICULTURE FOR KHARIF CAMPAIGN
2014
RABI REVIEW
AND
KHARIF PROSPECTS
Dr. J.S. Sandhu
Agriculture Commissioner
Department of Agriculture & Cooperation,
Ministry of Agriculture
FEBRUARY 26-27, 2014 , NEW DELHI
CHANGE IN AREA AND PRODUCTION OF RABI CROPS
DURING 2012-13 AND 2013-14
RABI 2013-14
• Good Climatic conditions
 Good water storage
 conducive temperature
regime
• Higher Area coverage
wheat, rice, maize, gram, mustard
Low- sorghum
• Yellow rust on wheat sporadic spread – under
control
 Advisories issued
• To watch for terminal
heat stress
• Light irrigation
• Better harvest of Rabi
crops
Area (MHA)
NAME OF CROPS
2012-13
Wheat
Production (MT)
2013-14 change 2012-13
30.61 +0.61 93.51
2013-14
95.60
change
Total Pulses
30.00
3.84
3.79
1.46
0.69
5.94
8.52
0.69
0.74
13.30
Total food grains
53.09
55.45
+2.36
129.06
134.84
+5.78
Groundnut
1.08
6.63
+0.29
+0.27
1.51
2.12
Rapeseed &Mustard
0.79
6.36
8.03
8.25
+0.61
+0.22
Total Rabi Oilseeds
8.16
8.63
+0.47
10.15
10.96
+0.81
Total Area /Production
61.25
64.08
+2.84
139.21
145.80
+06.59
Rice (Rabi)
Sorghum
Maize
Barley
Total coarse cereals
Gram
Urad
Moong
4.38
3.55
1.49
0.76
5.80
9.66
0.75
0.65
14.66
+0.54
-0.24
+0.03
+0.07
-0.14
+1.14
+0.06
-0.09
+1.36
12.87
14.19
2.44
3.21
6.06
6.40
1.75
1.92
10.25
11.53
8.83
9.79
0.47
0.41
0.40
0.31
12.43
13.52
+2.09
+1.32
+0.77
+0.34
+0.17
+1.28
+0.96
-0.06
-0.09
+1.09
PRODUCTION TARGETS AND ACHIEVEMENT DURING
2013-14
Target (MT)
Rice
Achievement (MT)
Kharif
Rabi
Total
Kharif
Rabi
Total
91.00
14.00
105.00
92.00
14.19
106.19
92.50
92.50
-
95.60
95.60
Wheat
Coarse cereals
32.50
10.00
42.50
30.11
11.53
41.64
Total Pulses
7.00
12.00
19.00
6.25
13.52
19.77
Total
Foodgrains
Total oilseeds
130.50
128.50 259.00
128.36
134.84
263.20
20.50
10.50
31.00
22.02
10.96
32.98
-
35.00
35.60
-
35.60
Jute & Mesta
12.00
(Bales)**
Sugarcane
(Cane)
*Lakh bales of 170 kg each
** Lakh bales of 180 kg each
12.00
11.30
-
11.30
340.00
-
-
345.9
Cotton (Bales)* 35.00
Area of Foodgrains and Kharif Oilseeds Crops
over IX, X, XI plans & 2012-13 and 2013-14
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
74.21
72.33
71.81
67.68
69.25
52.18
53.08
55.45
49.03
48.21
15.49
16.19
18.22
18.32
19.65
9th plan
10th plan
11th plan
12 th plan
(2012-13
12th plan
(2013-14)
Oilseeds Kharif
Foodgrain (Kharif)
Foodgrain (Rabi)
Production of food grains in MT (Kharif & Rabi) over
IX, X, XI Plans and 2012-13 & 2013-14
160
140
120
104.83
105.6
97.63
96.85
9th plan
10th plan
118.25
100
80
118.8
129.06
128.07
134.84
128.36
60
40
20
0
11th plan
Kharif
Rabi
12 th plan
(2012-13
12th plan (201314)
Productivity of food grains in Kg/ha (Kharif & Rabi)
over IX, X,XI Plans and 2012-13 & 2013-14
5000
4500
4000
3500
2431
2432
1892
1854
12 th plan
(2012-13
12th plan
(2013-14)
2265
2005
2010
3000
2500
2000
1500
1653
1414
1457
9th plan
10th plan
1000
500
0
11th plan
Kharif
Rabi
PLANNING FOR KHARIF 2014
• Likely Monsoon scenarios
 Forecast of India Metrological Department by March 2014
 Plan for all the possible scenarios ready
Delayed onset
Prolonged dry spells - Early withdrawal,
Less rainfall & Excessive rainfall
Less Rainfall in NE Region
 Contingent plans for 23 states of 449 districts ready
 Raising of community nursery of rice
 Advance procurement of seed of short duration varieties –
rice/other crops
 Follow up advisory issued by CRIDA
Occurrence of droughts in different states2000-2014
States
Frequency of occurrence
Karnataka, Rajasthan, Andhra
Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra,
Once in 1.5 to 2 Years
Jharkhand, Odisha, Bihar, Kerala,
Uttarakhand
Once in 3 to 4 Years
Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Uttar
Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh
Once 4 to 5 Years
West Bengal, Chhattisgarh
Once 6 or more Years
EXPECTATIONS
• Timely placement of inputs
 Arrangement for seeds, fertilizers, nutrients, chemicals,
program funds
 Coordination meeting across Department of credit, power,
irrigation
 Weekly video conferencing for regular liaison and follow up
• Mobilizing extension staff for field deployment
 Pooling contractual staff under ATMA, NFSM, and other
schemes
• Active involvement of SAUs/KVKs
 Technical backstopping
 Monitoring
SUMMER MOONG
• Summer moong - Bihar,
Haryana, Punjab , UP and MP
• Short duration varieties –SML
-668, SAMRAT, IPM 02-01,
Pusa Vishal etc. –mature in
60-65 days
• Seed treatment, inoculation
with Rhizobium and PSB
cultures
• Weed Management
• Control of thrips,
• Irrigation at critical stages
• Additional funds -to expand
area under summer pulses
Intercrop with Sugarcane
Rice
•
Mechanical/Line Transplanting
– Direct seeded Rice (DSR)
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Drum seeder for wet bed
Seed drill for dry bed
Weed management
Promoting Hybrid and stress tolerant
Varieties
– Popular public/private hybrids
– Swarna-sub-1 for flash flood
– Sahbhagi dhan for drought/low rainfall
areas
– Salt tolerant varieties
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•
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System of Rice Intensification
Nutrient and pest Management
Focus in Eastern India
– CRRI led regular crop monitoring
&Technical backstopping
– Promotion of stress tolerant varieties
in partnership with STRASA, IRRI
KHARIF PULSES
• Improved varieties/Planting Methods
– Ridge/furrow method
– Improved varieties of Pigeonpea/Urd/Mung/Moth/Cowpea
• Area expansion
– Intercropping
– Planting on rice bunds
– NFSM-pulses extended to NE states
• Integrated crop management
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Seed treatment, inoculation with Rhizobium and PSB culture
Balanced application of fertilizers
Amelioration of acidic soils with lime
Gypsum or Bentonite Sulphur with micro nutrients and biofertilizers
Weed management with recommended chemicals
Pest surveillance and integrated pest management
COARSE CEREALS
• Maize - Single cross maize
hybrids
• Popularization of Quality
Protein Maize (QPM
• Weed Control
• Pearl Millet suitable
hybrids - Gujarat,
Rajasthan, UP and
Maharashtra
• Promotion and timely seed
availability of improved
varieties of small millets
• Creating awareness on the
nutritional value of millets
Soybean
• Seed treatment - Rhizobium, PSB
&Fungicide
• Planting of soybean on BBF and
ridge-furrow system
• Balanced use of nutrients •
20:60:40:20 kgN:P2 O5 :K2O:S/ha.
Weed management - Physical,
cultural and chemical
Broad Bed Furrow Method
• Need based spray of bioinsecticides (Beauveria bassiana,
B. Thruigiensis , NPV and
chemical insecticides
• Intercropping -pigeon pea, maize,
and other kharif crops.
Weeding
Groundnut
 Use of improved varieties
for higher productivity
 Adoption of region specific
IPM practices
 Adoption of intercropping
(pigeonpea, castor, sesame,
peal millet etc.)
 Use of biocontrol agents
(Trichoderma and
Pseudomonas) and biofertilizers
 use of micro-irrigation
systems
 Promotion of mechanization
of cultivation
Broad Bed Ridge Method
Intercropping
STRATEGIES
 Timely pre-positioning of agricultural Inputs;
 Seeds,
 Seed treating bio-agents/ chemicals,
 Soil amendments,
 Fertilizers,
 Micro-nutrients,
 Weedicides & Pesticides;
 Timely sowing;

Seed inoculation with Rhizobium culture/ PSB/Trichoderma;

Weed Management (Pre/Post-emergence);

Integrated Nutrient Management – Sulphur , Molybdenum , Zinc , Boron & soil test based
major nutrients;
 Pest Surveillance and Integrated Pest Management;
REQUIREMENT & AVAILABILITY of SEEDS KHARIF CROPS 2013-14
Lakh Qtls
Crop
PADDY
Requirement
Availability
Deficit/Surplus
64.73
72.52
7.79
TOTAL PULSES
7.41
8.24
0.83
TOTAL
CEREALS
TOTAL
OILSEEDS
76.68
85.68
9.00
56.99
50.37
-6.62*
*Additional Seed Production of Oilseeds expected from Rabi Season
REQUIREMENT & AVAILABILITY OF FERTILIZERS for
KHARIF: 2013-14
KHARIF: 2013 (Lakh Tonnes)
Fertilizers
Assessed
requirement
Total sales
KHARIF: 2014
Assessed
requirement
Urea
155.19
153.19
159.00
DAP
40.90
64.59
48.57
MOP
12.74
20.25
15.17
NPK
35.80
54.83
49.60
25.28
34.93
SSP
Enhanced Use Bio-fertilizers, Use of Micro nutrients
Source: INM & FMS, DAC, GOI
SCHEMES & PROGRAMS
 National Food Security Mission (NFSM);
 National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)
 National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture ( NMSA) including
micro irrigation
 National Mission on Agricultural Extension and Technology
(NMAET)
 Sub Mission Farm Mechanization
 Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna (RKVY)
 Sub-schemes of RKVY
• BGREI
• Crop Diversification (Punjab, Haryana & Western Uttar Pradesh)
SUMMING UP
• India is set to post its highest ever food grains
production likely of 263.20 MT
• Highest record production of pulses (19.77 MT)
• Oil seeds production in 2013-14 likely to be
32.98 MT
• Planning for kharif 2014 should be focused on
– Eastern India development
– Crop diversification in North western Region
– Pulses and oilseeds
• Adequate administrative and financial backup
WAY FORWARD
 Linkages with SAU/ICAR Institutes/KVKs for
technical backstopping;
 Timely crop tracking & close monitoring of weather
situation; and
 Timely implementation & monitoring of crop
development programs.
THANK YOU