Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern Region

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Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern Region
Recommendations of the Technical
Session Presented by P. K. Basu Secretary
(Agriculture Cooperation) Ministry of
Agriculture Government of India
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An integrated approach is necessary to address
the technological, infrastructural and policy
constraints for bridging the productivity gaps in
different crops
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Potential of Eastern Region

• The region is endowed with climatic conditions
  particularly congenial temperature regime
  suitable for year round cropping
• Vast unexploited agricultural potential
• increasing cropping intensity
• Increasing crop productivity
• The region witnesses high annual rainfall and is
  rich in utilizable surface and ground-water
  resources

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Ground Water Availability and Utilization
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ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION IN KEY STATES (2007-08)
Consumption for agricultural purpose ()
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The productivity levels of rice and rice-based
cropping systems are about the lowest in the
region when compared with that in other states
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Strategies

• Lower Gangetic Plains Region
• (WB other than Purulia and hill districts)

• Middle Gangetic Plains Region (Eastern U.P. and
  Bihar)

Flood/ water logging, poor drainage,
Salinity/alkalinity, Arsenic contamination

• Submergence tolerant varieties of Rice need to be
  promoted
• Scope for utilizing kharif rice fallows for
  cultivation of rabi pulses and oilseeds
• Reduce upland rice areas with more suitable crops
  like pulses and oilseeds
• Development of on-farm irrigation resources
  especially efficient use of ground water(except
  Arsenic Prone areas)

• Increasing the fertilizer use
• Use Leaf colour charts for Nitrogen and promote
  PSB
• Taking care of widespread deficiency of zinc and
  boron.
• Promotion of short to medium duration high
  yielding varieties and hybrids of rice and maize
• Promotion of maize cultivation especially in Rabi
• Promotion of early maturing varieties of
  sugarcane
• Development of on-farm irrigation resources
  especially efficient use of ground water

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Strategies

• Eastern Plateau Hills Region (Parts of Orissa,
  Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh)

• East Coast Plains Hills (Part of Orissa)

Moisture stress, drought and Soil acidity, Iron
toxicity
Salinity, Water management, Poor nutritional
status of soil, saline lands

• Promote rainwater harvesting and storage for
  increasing crop productivity
• Promotion of medium duration High yielding
  varieties/hybrids of rice
• Improvement in seed supply so as to increase the
  SRR
• Improvement in productivity of crops in acidic
  soils through soil treatment with liming
  materials available in the region

• High yielding varieties for water logged areas
  and upland areas needs to be propagated
• Discouraging the cultivation of rice in marginal
  lands and diversifying in favour of oilseeds and
  pulses
• Utilization of rice fallows for increasing the
  crop area under pulses and oilseeds
• Rice-fish culture
• Improving soil drainage

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Action Plan (Short/Medium-term)

• A. Rainfed upland Rice
• Rice-based intercropping (Rice Pigeon pea, 41)
  - S
• Field bunding / graded bunding / contour bunding
  - S
• HYV of 90 -100 days duration - S
• Aerobic rice (Water efficient) S
• Percolation tanks/check dams/diversion weir M

• B. Rainfed lowland rice
• Suitable dyke height of the field - S
• Comprehensive drainage system - M
• HYV of 120-135 days/140-150 days duration - S
• Rice-fish farming system S
• INM and IPM - S

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Action Plan (Short/Medium term)

• C. Deep Water Rice
• Possible conversion to irrigated rice or other
  systems where suitable crops could be grown M
• Improved waterlogging tolerant varieties - S
• Pond-based farming - M

• D. Irrigated rice
• SRI (Water saving 20-25) S
• Renovation of drainage system - M
• Efficient use of ground water (dug-wells, shallow
  tube-wells) M
• Covering more area under Boro Rice - S

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Action Plan (Short/Medium-term)

• E. Wheat
• Zero tillage for timely sowing - S
• Renovation of field channels - S
• Renovation of drainage system - M
• Efficient use of ground water - M

• F. Maize
• Supply of single cross hybrids and QPM - S
• Ridge and furrow system S
• Renovation of field channels and drainage system
  S/M
• Efficient use of ground water - M

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Action Plan (Short/Medium-term)

• G. Pulses and Oilseeds
• Utilizing Rice Fallows through relay cropping - S
• Intercropping (sugarcane, cotton, sorghum, maize
  with groundnut) - S
• Certified seeds and application of
  bio-fertilizers S
• Pest Monitoring and Surveillance S
• Need for development of pod borer resistant
  varieties
• Earthing with ridger-type implements for kharif
  pulses- S

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Strategic Research

• Screening of new pests and diseases and their
  effective management in the wake of climatic
  changes
• Water and Nitrogen use efficient crops
• Weed Management and strategic crop development
• Season independent designer crops
• Improvement of hybrids, nutrition and value added
  crops

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ORISSA
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Chhattisgarh
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Bihar
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Jharkhand
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Uttar Pradesh
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West Bengal
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Key Interventions

• Developing additional water sources through tube
  wells, dug wells and farm ponds
• Promotion of Hybrid Rice
• Promotion of Flood, Drought, Cold and Salinity
  tolerant rice varieties
• Use of Drum seeders for timely planting of direct
  seeded rice
• Promotion of SRI
• Site specific nutrient management
• Liming treatment in acidic soils
• Pest monitoring and Surveillance
• Bringing additional area under
• Summer/Boro Rice
• Pulses and oilseeds crops through relay cropping
  in rice fallows
• Promoting pigeon pea as intercrop

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Approach

• Campaign mode of implementation creating clusters
  of successfully adopted villages
• Convergence of schemes
• Mechanism for synchronized actions
• Maximizing benefits of different schemes
• Private Sector participation
• for management of irrigation assets
• supply chain for different crops
• Use of ICT to deliver crop advisories through
  Kiosks, Telephones and SMS
• Dedicated Administrative Structure
• Result oriented approach
• Stability of tenure
• Assigning officers of proven merit
• Regular monitoring and concurrent evaluation
• Rewards scheme

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Sum up

• Immense potential exists in the region for
  enhancing farm output through development and
  judicious use of available natural resources.
• Region specific strategy has been developed
  involving
• in-situ and on-farm conservation of rain-water,
• comprehensive drainage system for water logged
  soils,
• restoration of soil fertility,
• promoting use of efficient farm implements and
  input responsive varieties/hybrids and creating
  infrastructure that facilitates input supply and
  technology dissemination
• Approaches for implementation have been suggested
  to create impact
• Efforts will have to be sustained over a period
  of time to show desired results

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Thank you

• Adopting Regionally differentiated strategy
• addressing the key constraints with appropriate
  technology and
• Innovative development approaches
• is the key for effective implementation