Annual Report 2009-2010 - Department of Agriculture & Co-operation

Annual Report 2009-2010
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Table 4.1 Crop wise production target for 2009-10
(Million Tonnes)
Name of the Crop Kharif Rabi Total
1. Rice 86.00 14.50 100.50
2. Wheat - 79.00 78.50
3. Jowar 4.10 3.90 8.00
4. Bajra 10.00 - 10.00
5. Maize 15.50 5.00 20.50
6. Ragi 2.50 - 2.50
7. Barley - 1.55 1.55
8. Small Millets 0.55 - 0.55
9. Total Coarse Cereals 32.65 10.45 43.10
10. Total Pulses 6.50 10.00 16.50
Total Foodgrains 125.15 113.95 239.10
11. Cotton* 26.00 - 26.00
12. Jute and Mesta** 11.20 - 11.20
13. Sugarcane (Cane) 340.00 - 340.00
* Million Bales of 170 Kg. Each., ** Million Bales of 180 Kg. Each.
4.4 Integrated Cereal Development
Programme in Rice/Wheat/Coarse Cereals Based
Cropping System Areas (ICDP-Rice/Wheat/
Coarse Cereals), and Sustainable Development
of Sugarcane Based Cropping System(SUBACS):
To increase the productivity and production of
rice, wheat, coarse cereals (except maize), and
sugarcane, ICDP-Rice/Wheat/Coarse Cereals and
SUBACS are being implemented in the country
under the Macro-Management Mode of
Agriculture since October 2000 on a 90:10
sharing basis between the Government of India
and state governments. Under these schemes,
assistance is provided for the transfer of
technology through demonstrations, training of
farmers and extension workers, as well as the
supply of critical inputs such as seeds, farm
implements, IPM measures, water saving
devices, etc. Besides, states can utilise 10 per
cent of funds allocated for new interventions, as
per their needs. The ICDP schemes would be
implemented only in areas not covered under the
three components of the National Food Security
Mission.
4.5 Mini Mission-II of the Technology Mission
on Cotton: The major cotton producing States are
Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh,
Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan,
and Tamil Nadu. The cotton area in Northern India
is almost entirely irrigated. Maharashtra, which
has one third of the cotton area in the country,
has only 4 per cent of the area under irrigation,
while in the remaining states, about 35 per cent
of the area under cotton is irrigated.
4.6 The area under cotton was 94.06 lakh
hectare during 2008–09, as compared to 94.14
lakh hectare in 2007–08. During the current year,
i.e., 2009–10, it is estimated that the area
coverage under cotton may reach about 103.29
lakh hectare, with production at 223.18 lakh
bales, as per the 2 nd Advance Estimates.
4.7 In order to increase the production and
productivity of cotton, a centrally sponsored
scheme of Mini Mission-II of the Technology
Mission on Cotton is under implementation in
13 States, i.e., Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana,
Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,