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

Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar
Pradesh, West Bengal, and Tripura.
4.8 The main components of the scheme
during 2009–10 include the supply of certified
seeds of varieties and hybrids released during
the last fifteen years, the transfer of technologies
through demonstrations, training of farmers and
extension workers, plant protection measures
like IPM, surveillance of pests and diseases,
supply of pheromone traps and bio-agents, and
the distribution of water saving devices, like
sprinklers and drip irrigation, etc.
4.9 Mini Mission-II of the Jute Technology
Mission : Jute and allied fibers are important
crops in the Eastern and North-Eastern states of
the country. Mini Mission-II of the Jute
Technology Mission is under implementation in
the states of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh,
Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa,
Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal for
increasing the production and productivity of raw
jute. The funding pattern under the scheme is
mostly on a 90:10 sharing basis between the
Government of India and the states.
4.10 The main components of Mini Mission-II
include the transfer of technology through field
demonstrations and training of farmers and
extension workers; establishment of retting
tanks, supply of seeds, fungal culture, farm
implements, soil ameliorants; popularisation of
IPM practices, etc.
4.11 National Food Security Mission: The
National Food Security Mission (NFSM), a
centrally sponsored scheme, has been launched
from 2007–08 in 312 identified districts of the
17 important rice, wheat, and pulses growing
states to increase the production of rice by 10
million tonnes, of wheat by 8 million tonnes, and
of pulses by 2 million tonnes by the end of the
Eleventh Five Year Plan. A salient aspect of the
mission is that it has been conceptualised to
target those districts which have lower
productivity than the state average, but have the
potential to augment the productivity and
production of these three crops, i.e., rice, wheat,
and pulses.
4.12 Significant outputs under the NFSM since
2007–08 and till 2009–10 (January 2010) have
been recorded. New farm practices have been
encouraged, as nearly 2.87 lakh demonstrations
of improved varieties of rice and wheat have
taken place. The System of Rice Intensification
(SRI) for rice as well as hybrid rice has been
promoted. Nearly 84.03 lakh quintals of high
yielding varieties of hybrid rice, wheat, and pulses
have been distributed. 56.14 lakh hectares of land
has been treated with soil ameliorants (gypsum/
lime/micro nutrients) to restore soil fertility. 21.90
lakh hectares of farm land has been treated under
Integrated Pest Management (IPM). 10.42 lakh
improved farm machinery/water saving devices
have been distributed. Capacity building of
farmers’ land has been encouraged by arranging
27,834 Farmers’ Field Schools (FFS) at the farm
level.
4.13 The primary objective of the mission is
to enhance the production of rice, wheat, and
pulses through the increased productivity of rice
and wheat, and productivity and area coverage
of pulses. The mission targets an area of about
20 million hectares under rice, 13 million hectares
under wheat and 17 million hectares under
pulses in 136, 141, and 171 identified districts,
respectively. In the case of pulses, about 4.05
million hectares are to be added to the area under
cultivation by 2011–12 through the utilisation of
rice fallows and inter-cropping with wider-spaced
crops. The NFSM aims at achieving an additional
production of 10 million tonnes of rice, 8 million
tonnes of wheat, and 2 million tonnes of pulses
by 2011–12, through the increased adoption of
improved and proven crop production and
protection technologies, such as hybrids and
high yielding varieties; resource conservation
technologies; integrated management of
nutrients; pests, and weeds; and improved
tillage and other farm implements.
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