NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURE RABI CAMPAIGN 2019 20

NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURE RABI CAMPAIGN 2019 -20 20 September, 2019 Kharif Review Rabi Prospects Dr. S. K. Malhotra Strategies Agriculture Commissioner Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, New Delhi

AREA AND PRODUCTION OF CROPS IN 2018 -19 (4 th estm) Crops Rice Wheat Maize Sorghum Bajra Ragi Small millets Barley Area (Million hectare) Kharif Rabi Total 39. 62 4. 17 43. 79 29. 14 7. 58 1. 60 9. 18 1. 58 2. 26 3. 84 6. 93 0. 92 0. 50 0. 61 Total Coarse 17. 51 cereals Total Pulses 14. 37 Total oil seeds 18. 20 4. 47 21. 98 14. 66 29. 03 Total food 71. 50 52. 44 grains 7. 30 Production (Million Secondton) estimates Kharif Rabi Total 102. 13 14. 29 116. 42 102. 19 19. 04 8. 18 27. 23 1. 74 2. 02 3. 76 8. 61 1. 22 0. 37 1. 75 30. 99 11. 96 42. 95 8. 59 14. 80 23. 40 123. 94 141. 71 143. 24 284. 95 25. 50 21. 28 10. 98 32. 26 2

RAINFALL IN KHARIF 2019 South West Monsoon: • Rainfall (1 st June - 19 th Sep) : Actual : 868. 2 mm Normal : 829. 2 mm Departure : + 5% • Flood in 12 States: Flood affected areas in the country in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, HP, Kerala, Gujarat, Uttrakhand, Bihar

AREA COVERAGE: KHARIF -2019 : Today S. No. Crop 1 Rice 2 Pulses a b c e Arhar Urdbean Moongbean Other pulses 3 Coarse cereals a b c d e Jowar Bajra Ragi Small millets Maize 4 Oilseeds Total Normal of Normal Area Corresponding (DES) week Area Sown Increase(+)/Decr ease(-) over 396. 25 119. 89 378. 55 125. 04 2019 378. 62 132. 99 2018 383. 86 135. 41 2018 -5. 25 -2. 41 43. 00 30. 77 27. 50 16. 44 43. 57 34. 41 29. 51 16. 79 45. 49 38. 46 30. 99 17. 34 45. 64 39. 13 34. 10 15. 92 -0. 16 -0. 66 -3. 11 1. 42 188. 39 180. 27 178. 12 175. 02 3. 10 21. 61 74. 39 11. 53 6. 18 74. 68 18. 72 68. 03 10. 22 5. 08 78. 22 16. 86 65. 97 9. 77 4. 79 80. 72 17. 68 65. 28 8. 52 4. 93 78. 61 -0. 81 0. 69 1. 25 -0. 14 2. 12 181. 96 180. 77 178. 04 178. 17 -0. 13 1063. 61 1039. 68 1054. 13 1055. 81 -1. 68

INITIATIVES FOR PULSES AND OILSEEDS • Seed hubs: Pulses (150), Oilseeds (35), Nutri-cereals (25) • Breeder Seed production by ICAR / SAUs • Certified seed production of pulses 2 lakh quintal (2019 -20) under NFSM • Minikit of new varieties after 2014 (1. 9 lakh) 30 Sept 2019 • Cluster FLDs on pulses and oilseeds - KVKs Geotagging • Alternate crop plan in WB: Pulses & Oilseeds Targetting Rice Fallow Area(TFRA): Pulses, Oilseeds (1. 8 mil. Ha) • Oil Palm: Additional area 25, 000 ha – 2019 -20 • Special procurement Scheme “Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan”PM-AASHA • Division new name: Crop & Post harvest management of food grains • NFSM: EC – National Food & Nutritional Security Mission

CROP PRODUCTION TARGETS 2019 -20 (million tonnes) Crops Rice Kharif 102. 00 2019 -20 (Targets) Rabi Total 116. 00 Wheat - Maize 21. 30 Nutri /Coarse cereals Total Pulses 35. 80 14. 00 100. 50 7. 60 12. 50 10. 10 16. 20 26. 30 147. 90 143. 20 291. 10 25. 84 10. 26 36. 10 385. 50 35. 70 - 385. 50 35. 70 Total Foodgrain Total Oilseeds Sugarcane Cotton (bales) (170 kg /bale) 100. 50 28. 90 48. 30

REGION WISE PERCENT LIVE STORAGE OF WATER IN MAJOR RESERVOIRS (2018 & 2019) Region 2019 2018 (%) Northern Region 91 74 Eastern Region 83 83 Western Region 89 60 Central Region 86 78 Southern Region 82 77 All India 85 74 10 Years Average 117. 65 BCM Live Storage 144. 20 124. 91 Total live storage capacity Full Reservoir Level= (in BCM) (85%) (74%) 168. 77 (BCM) Total reservoirs: 113 § 97 reservoirs : >80% capacity of normal storage § 16 reservoirs : <80% capacity of normal storage § (+) 23% change from 10 years Avg.

REQUIREMENT AND AVAILABILITY OF SEEDS (Rabi 2019 -20) Crop Requirement (lakh quintal) 121. 69 0. 82 Availability (lakh quintal) 139. 55 0. 88 Deficit/ Surplus (+)17. 86 (+)0. 06 Chickpea 21. 06 23. 76 (+)2. 7 Black gram 0. 96 1. 02 (+)0. 06 Green gram 0. 58 0. 69 (+)0. 11 Lentil Rapeseed Mustard 1. 53 2. 05 1. 52 2. 25 (-)0. 01 (+)0. 2 Wheat Sorghum (Rabi) Source: Seed Division, DAC, GOI.

REQUIREMENT AND CONSUMPTION OF FERTILIZERS Rabi 2018 -19 Rabi 2019 -20 Assessed Requirement (lakh tonne) Total Consumption (lakh tonne) Assessed Requirement (lakh tonne) (Tentative) Urea 158. 04 162. 43 174. 00 DAP 49. 22 46. 00 51. 61 MOP 16. 55 12. 79 17. 78 NPK (Complex) 47. 94 42. 92 50. 13 16. 84 25. 33 Fertilizers SSP 27. 80 Source: INM & FMS, DAC, GOI

KEY ISSUES • Fall Army Worm- Maize • Rogose spiriling whitefly in palms • Phalaris minor weedicide resistance in wheat • Pink Ball Worm-cotton: Maharashtra, Gujarat • Wheat Blast: areas adjoining to Bangladesh • Management for Yellow Rust & Karnal Bunt • Enforcement of quality standards for seeds pesticides and other inputs • Management of crop residues and avoid burning

Paddy Straw Residue Management MACHINES FOR IN-SITU CROP RESIDUE MANAGEMENT Super Straw Management Hydraulic Reversible System M. B. Plough Happy Seeder ROTARY MULCHER Rotavator Shrub Master Paddy Straw Chopper/ Shredder Zero Till Seed cum Fertilizer Drill

FALL ARMY WORM: MAIZE • • • MAIZE in INDIA 27. 2 million ton, 9. 1 million ha Fall Army Worm (Spodoptera frugiperda) Outbreak in Africa 2016, now in Asia – India, China, Thailand, Myanmar, Pakistan, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh Entered India 2018: Karnataka, Tamilnadu, AP, Telangana Wide host range 80 species, Polyphagus • • • Alert sent to states: States took the action Surveillance, Monitoring – Pheromones, scouting Contain & suppress insect Avoid staggered sowing, prefer intercropping IPM, Advisory on Website : First 30 days of sowing important Chemical control: • • • Cyantraniliprole 19. 8% +Thiomethoxam 19. 8% Seed treatment Spinosad 0. 3 ml/lt Thiomethoxam 12. 6% + Lambda cyhalothrin 9. 5% ZC 4. Chlorantraniliprole 18. 5% SC Biological control: • • Spray 5%NSKE/ Azadirachtin 1500 ppm NPV, Metarhizium anisopliae, Entomophaga aplicae, Nomuraea rilevi, Erynia radicans, Bacillus thuringensis, Trichogramma, Telenomus

Rugose Spiralling Whitefly in Palms • • Intrusion to India: 2016: Kerala, TN, AP, Telangana, Karnataka Polyphagous: Coconut, Oilpalm, • Application of 1% starch solution on leaflets to flake out the sooty moulds. • Installation of Yellow sticky traps on the palm trunk to trap adult whiteflies. • Encourage build up of parasitoids (Encarsia sp. ), predator (Dichochrysa sp. ) and reintroduction. • Spray Entomopathogenic fungus Isari fumosorosea on the affected plants. • In severe case, spray neem oil 1% • Do not spray unwanted insecticides, it may harm natural enemies. 13

PREPAREDNESS: Rabi 2019 -20 § Effective implementation: PMKSY, PMKY, PMFBY, PM Kisan, PM KMDY, PM AASHA, RKVY, E NAM, Machinery, Seeds, NMSA, MIDH, NFSM, NMOOP. § Timely arrangement of inputs • Seeds, fertilizers, micronutrients, plant protection, machinery. • Coordination meeting with line departments (credit, power, irrigation) • Preparation for timely crop insurance cover • Weekly video conferencing for reviewing crop situation: follow up § Mobilizing extension staff for field deployment • Convergence with ATMA and other centrally sponsored schemes § Implementation & monitoring • • • Close monitoring of flow of funds to ensure timely reach Technical backstopping , capacity building Effective monitoring and feed back Implementation of Direct Beneficiary Transfer (DBT). Preparedness for all possible scenarios

Current favourable condition and better arrangements will again help us to surpass crop production targets in 2019 -20 THANK YOU