Comprehensive District Annual Plan 2011-12 Balasore District

Comprehensive District Annual Plan 2011-12 Balasore District
cultivation through construction of drainage channels, embankments, flood and water
logging control structures.
• Seed Replacement Rate (SRR) increased up to 50 percent. This is achieved through seed
village and other programmes.
• SRI (System of Rice Intensification) is adopted in almost 75% of the paddy growing
areas. This reduces the cost of rice cultivation.
• Adoption of organic farming technology in 25% of the vegetable, pulse and oilseed
growing areas. Vermicompost units need to be established and Organic Cluster Village
concept will be introduced for ease in cultivation, marketing etc. Assistance and
support is extended to farmers for easy and low cost certification procedure of organic
products and necessary market linkages including export.
• Promotion of non-conventional highly remunerative crops like sunflower, groundnut
spices etc. in growing areas of conventional crops. Crop diversification in almost 50% of
the total extent of medium and upland available in the district.
• Increase in productivity of pulses and oilseed crops through adoption of improved
agricultural technologies.
• Area under aromatic rice, Jute and sugarcane is increased in feasible areas for better
returns from small landholdings.
• Germplasm of indigenous varieties like saline tolerant, water logging resistant local
varieties is preserved for future use in scientific research.
• Development of low cost cold storage facility at GP level and large cold storages at Block
level through private entrepreneurs.
• Mechanization of selected labour intensive farming operations in 25% of the cultivated
areas of the district. Popularization of farm implements is carried out on a large scale.
• Establishment of Agro Technology and Market Information Center at Block level to cater
to the needs of farmers. This includes a soil testing laboratory keeping in view salinity
problem in the soils of the district.
• Credit to the farmers is available at door step at low rate of interest, backed by
farmer friendly insurance packages and hassle free sanctions. High rate of
subsidy for farm machineries.
• Coverage of all eligible farmers under Kissan Credit Cards scheme and RKBY
(Rashtriya Krishi Bima Yojana). Vigorous publicity on KCC and RKBY (Rastriya
Krishi Bima Yojana) is undertaken to boost ground level credit under the sector.
• Adequate field staffs are posted with provision for staff quarters and mobility.
• Survey of the land development work, viz. land leveling, bunding, reclamation, etc. in
respect of private holdings is conducted & applications of the interested farmers are
sponsored to various banks for financing under the sector.
• Large extent of fallow lands on account of water logging & saline areas are developed by
reclamation/treatment for making them suitable for cultivation.
• Paddy cum Pisciculture is practiced in potential areas encouraged by the department.
Horticulture
• Establishment of private nurseries to generate employment and production of sufficient
planting material.
• Revival of all Block level nurseries, to act as resource points for the farmers.
• Backyard plantation of fruit trees to meet the nutritional requirements of children as
well supplements family income.
• Floriculture and vegetable cultivation is promoted as an enterprise on large scale in
rural areas of the district.
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