GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH Krishi Karman Awards 2012

GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH Krishi Karman Awards 2012 -13 N. D. R. K. SARMA State Consultant (NFSM) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, A. P. , HYDERABAD 1

STRUCTURE I. Food Grains production - All India Vs Andhra Pradesh II. New Innovations/Initiatives adopted in A. P. III. Expenditure under NFSM, RKVY and INSIMP for 2012 -13 IV. Inter Departmental Coordination with Power, Irrigation, Fertilizers, Credit etc. during 2012 -13 V. Online updating of data on NFSM website VI. Future Prospects for Food grains Production 2

I. Food Grains Production - All India Vs Andhra Pradesh a) Vision & Mission VISION To enable each and every farmer achieve sustainable and economical agriculture productivity. MISSION 1. Organize soil testing programme such that, each farmer has Soil Health Card. 2. To assess requirements of agriculture inputs well in advance and to regulate their production and monitor timely supply of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, implements and credit etc. , to farmers. 3. Efficient agricultural input delivery. 4. Facilitate the farmer to get financial help through loans, crop insurance etc. , 5. Train and motivate the farmers on INM, IPM, Water Management, Post Harvest Technology through effective extension reach and ICT based tools. 6. Monitor the weather condition and guide the farmer suitably. 7. Train the farmers in mitigating the risks of natural calamities like drought, floods, hailstorm etc. , 8. Organise pest surveillance and keep the farmer aware of the appropriate action. 3

b) Food Grains Production - All India Vs Andhra Pradesh (Million Tons) * Severe Drought Year Source: DES / Statistical Abstract, Government of India 4

Area, Productivity & Production for 2013 -14 with comparision to normal & 2012 -13 = (Kharif + Rabi) Area in lakh ha, Productivity in kgs/ha & Production in LMTs ( * ) Cotton production in lakh bales of 170 kgs. of lint /// (#) Mesta production in lakh bales of 180 kgs. 5

c) Crop-wise Area, Yield and Production data for 2012 -13 13143 RICE 14000 11422 12000 10000 8000 6000 4132 4000 3628 3185 3148 2000 0 (5) Years AVG AREA ('000 Ha) 2012 -13 YIELD (Kgs/ha) MAIZE 4643 5000 PRODUCTION ('000 MTs) 4952 Area Yield Production (‘ 000 Ha) (Kgs/ha) (‘ 000 MTs) 2007 -08 3984 3345 13324 2008 -09 4387 3246 14241 2009 -10 3441 3150 10838 2010 -11 4752 3035 14420 2011 -12 4096 3147 12891 (5) Years AVG 4132 3185 13143 3628 3148 11422 2012 -13 Year 4813 3500 2007 -08 Area (‘ 000 Ha) 786 3000 2008 -09 852 4874 4152 2009 -10 783 3528 2761 2010 -11 744 5317 3953 2011 -12 864 4231 3656 (5) Years AVG 806 4643 3731 2012 -13 972 4952 4813 4500 3731 4000 2500 2000 1500 1000 806 972 500 0 (5) Years AVG AREA ('000 Ha) 2012 -13 YIELD (Kgs/ha) PRODUCTION ('000 MTs) Year Yield (Kgs/ha) 5263 Production (‘ 000 MTs) 4135 6

JOWAR 2000 1805 Year 1800 1600 1425 Area Yield (‘ 000 Ha) (Kgs/ha) Production (‘ 000 MTs) 1400 2007 -08 331 1418 470 1200 2008 -09 279 1564 436 2009 -10 385 1136 437 2010 -11 254 1211 308 2011 -12 276 1794 495 (5) Years AVG 305 1425 429 2012 -13 287 1805 518 Area Yield (‘ 000 Ha) (Kgs/ha) 2007 -08 36 629 2008 -09 30 533 2009 -10 25 520 2010 -11 29 966 2011 -12 29 655 (5) Years AVG 30 661 38 947 2012 -13 Production (‘ 000 MTs) 22 16 13 28 19 20 36 1000 800 600 305 400 429 287 518 200 0 AREA ('000 Ha) (5) Years AVG YIELD (Kgs/ha) 2012 -13 PRODUCTION ('000 MTs) MINOR MILLETS 947 1000 Year 900 800 661 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 30 38 (5) Years AVG AREA ('000 Ha) 2012 -13 YIELD (Kgs/ha) 20 36 PRODUCTION ('000 MTs) 7

REDGRAM 2007 -08 Area (‘ 000 Ha) 463 2008 -09 443 455 2009 -10 463 2010 -11 GREEN GRAM 2007 -08 Area (‘ 000 Ha) 438 202 2008 -09 320 426 136 438 203 2009 -10 306 204 63 638 416 265 2010 -11 378 439 166 2011 -12 482 303 146 2011 -12 283 574 162 (5) Years AVG 498 453 224 (5) Years AVG 345 416 144 2012 -13 481 520 250 2012 -13 278 676 188 Year Yield Production (Kgs/ha) (‘ 000 MTs) 651 302 Year BLACK GRAM Year 2007 -08 Area Yield (‘ 000 Ha) (Kgs/ha) 503 496 Yield Production (Kgs/ha) (‘ 000 MTs) 439 192 BENGAL GRAM Production (‘ 000 MTs) 250 2007 -08 Area (‘ 000 Ha) 630 Year Yield Production (Kgs/ha) (‘ 000 MTs) 1448 912 2008 -09 338 653 220 2008 -09 607 1413 857 2009 -10 429 626 268 2009 -10 647 1309 847 2010 -11 464 546 253 2010 -11 584 1233 719 2011 -12 540 680 367 2011 -12 565 920 520 (5) Years AVG 455 600 272 (5) Years AVG 607 1265 771 2012 -13 444 845 375 2012 -13 681 1114 759 8

REDGRAM 600 498 500 GREEN GRAM 520 481 676 700 453 600 500 416 345 400 300 224 250 144 200 0 AREA ('000 Ha) (5) Years AVG AREA ('000 Ha) 2012 -13 YIELD (Kgs/ha) 845 1265 1114 1200 800 1000 700 500 2012 -13 PRODUCTION ('000 MTs) BENGAL GRAM 1400 900 YIELD (Kgs/ha) PRODUCTION ('000 MTs) BLACK GRAM 600 188 100 0 278 300 600 455 800 444 400 375 272 300 607 681 771 759 600 400 200 100 0 0 AREA ('000 Ha) (5) Years AVG YIELD (Kgs/ha) 2012 -13 PRODUCTION ('000 MTs) AREA ('000 Ha) YIELD (Kgs/ha) (5) Years AVG 2012 -13 PRODUCTION ('000 MTs) 9

GROUNDNUT 1558 1600 1378 1345 1400 Year 1109 1200 Area (‘ 000 Ha) Yield Production (Kgs/ha) (‘ 000 MTs) 2007 -08 1795 1449 2604 2008 -09 1766 551 973 2009 -10 1301 774 1007 400 2010 -11 1623 898 1457 200 2011 -12 1307 649 849 (5) Years AVG 1558 864 1378 2012 -13 1345 825 1109 Area (‘ 000 Ha) Yield (Kgs/ha) Production (‘ 000 MTs) 2007 -08 426 1028 437 2008 -09 419 780 326 2009 -10 351 771 270 2010 -11 225 693 156 2011 -12 158 785 124 (5) Years AVG 316 811 263 2012 -13 142 732 104 864 1000 825 800 600 0 AREA ('000 Ha) (5) Years AVG YIELD (Kgs/ha) 2012 -13 PRODUCTION ('000 MTs) SUNFLOWER 900 811 800 732 Year 700 600 500 400 316 263 300 200 142 104 100 0 (5) Years AVG AREA ('000 Ha) 2012 -13 YIELD (Kgs/ha) PRODUCTION ('000 MTs) 10

COTTON 5595 6000 Area (‘ 000 Ha) Yield (Kgs/ha) Production (‘ 000 MTs) 2007 -08 1134 523 3491 2008 -09 1399 434 3569 2009 -10 1468 374 3232 2010 -11 1784 372 3890 2011 -12 2054 263 3182 (5) Years AVG 1568 393 3473 2012 -13 2402 396 5595 Area (‘ 000 Ha) Yield (Kgs/ha) Production (‘ 000 MTs) Year 5000 4000 3473 3000 2402 1568 2000 1000 393 396 0 AREA ('000 Ha) YIELD (Kgs/ha) PRODUCTION (5) Years AVG 2012 -13 ('000 MTs) 2000 SOYBEAN 1818 1800 Year 1498 1600 1400 2007 -08 88 1979 173 1200 2008 -09 142 1365 194 1000 2009 -10 157 824 129 2010 -11 128 1704 218 2011 -12 130 1616 210 (5) Years AVG 129 1498 185 2012 -13 159 1818 289 800 600 400 200 129 185 159 289 0 AREA ('000 Ha) (5) Years AVG YIELD (Kgs/ha) 2012 -13 PRODUCTION ('000 MTs) 11

d) Statement showing Crop wise CCEs Planned, Analysed and Average Yield during Kharif 2012 -13 Sl. No. Crop 1 Rice 2 No. of CCEs Planned State average yield (Kgs per Ha. ) Analysed 6780 6776 2882 Jowar 758 730 1590 3 Bajra 560 558 1672 4 Maize 996 4143 5 Ragi 260 1061 6 Korra 114 1233 7 Redgram 1112 520 8 Greengram 622 608 707 9 Horsegram 80 80 642 10 Blackgram 218 206 901 11 Groundnut 3356 3154 533 12 Sesamum 250 242 251 13 Castor 574 493 14 Sunflower 150 763 15 Soyabean 78 78 1818 16 Cotton 1358 1185 12

II. New Innovations/Initiatives Adopted in A. P. a) Input Delivery System Seeds Fertilizers Pest Management APSSDC A. P. OILFED Organic A. P. MARKFED HACA (709) Vermi Compost + Vermi Hatcheries N. S. C. NPK Micro Nutrients Bio-Pesticide Lab (1) + Biological Control Lab (19) (15752) Pesticide dealers Farm Mechanization A. P. AGROS (15960) Identified agency Private Dealers A. P. MARKFED + A. P. MARKFED Private Dealers (11562) 13

Agro Climatic Zone Wise Varieties Recommended for Paddy & Pulses during Kharif 14

Targets for Breeder Seed Production of Rice & Pulses of Recently Released Varieties 15

Status of Seed Replacement Rate (%) 16

b) Promotion of SRI : (Area in ha) S. No Ø Active campaign by extension staff in all the districts for promoting SRI, SMSRI, Drum seeder cultivation and automatic transplantation of rice except in command areas and problematic soils Ø Intensive training to extension staff, farmers and Labour. Ø Establishment of Steering Year Area covered under SRI % increase 1 2006 -07 2078 - 2 2007 -08 5447 262. 1 3 2008 -09 10514 193 4 2009 -10 49000 466 5 2010 -11 91000 185. 7 6 2011 -12 121815 133. 9 7 2012 -13 283000 150. 0 8 2013 -14 527000 SRI Cultivation in A. P. Committee at State Level 17

c) New Initiatives in Farm Mechanization (RKVY) -190. 19 Crores • Yantra Laxmi (Farm Mechanization Exhibitions) • Established 462 Custom Hiring Stations • Established 2748 Implement Hiring Stations (HIS) to provide employment to rural youth. • Established 5892 Post Harvest Procurement Centers at Gram Panchayat level • Direct sowing drum seeders - 993 (Fibre body) were introduced on large scale in the state to mitigate erratic rainfall during Kharif Season. • In our State 3544 Rotovators and 381 power tillers are supplied during the year 2012&13 to improve the Soil conditions. 18

Importance of Farm mechanization in Andhra Pradesh • In AP State the Agricultural labour cost is very high. The mechanization ensures reduction of drudgery associated with various farm operations and also economize the utilization of inputs. • The mechanization is necessary to enhance productivity and conservation of energy required for various operations involved in crop production, threshing, processing, transportation, value addition, storage etc.

Custom Hiring centers • The Concept of Custom Hiring centers introduced in Andhra Pradesh to improve the crop yield and to reduce the cost of cultivation by reducing labour charges and to create employment to rural youth. • In Andhra Pradesh State 71 Custom Hiring centers of Paddy (SMSRI), 21 centers in Maize were established. Custom Hiring centers are also established in Cotton, Ground nut and Sugar cane crops also. • These package of machinery provides end to end solutions to the farmers i. e. , from sowing to harvesting by completing the farm operations in time. • These centers also helped to reduce the labour shortage in farm operations and also improved the productivity of the crops in Andhra Pradesh State.

III. Expenditure under NFSM, RKVY for 2012 -13 RKVY Sub-Schemes for the year 2012 -13 S. Sector Unit No. A. Agriculture 1 INSIMP a Seed Minikits Nos. b Input Kits Nos. c Appointment of TAS under Clusters Nos. a Trainings Nos. b Seed production Qtls c Processing units Nos. d Awareness programme Nos. Sub Total 2 Rainfed Area Development Programme (RADP) Agril. Total Target Phy. Fin. 21000 0. 42 21000 5. 90 42 0. 20 42 0. 18 5394 0. 54 10 0. 46 0. 22 7. 92 10. 00 17. 92 Achievement Phy. Fin. 21000 0. 42 21000 5. 90 42 0. 20 42 0. 18 5394 0. 54 10 0. 46 0. 22 7. 92 10. 00 17. 92 21

NFSM - ALLOCATION, RELEASES, EXPENDITURE SINCEPTION (Rs in Lakhs) 22

IV. Inter Departmental Co-Ordination a) BHUCHETANA: - (In Collaboration with ICRISAT & ANGRAU) Bhuchetana “Bridging Crop Yield Gaps through Science led Development in Andhra Pradesh” • The objective is to increase productivity by 20%, addressing Micronutrient Deficiency in five years. • An amount of 220 crores were sanctioned under RKVY - Stream-2 : 2012 -13 • Taken up in 14 districts Trials showing percentage increase in yield over farmer's practice Sl. No. Crop Kharif Rabi 1 Paddy 18. 56 28. 96 2 Maize 12. 71 0 3 Jowar 0 12. 37 4 Redgram 25. 00 0 5 Bengalgram 0 20. 26 6 Groundnut 22. 36 18. 33 7 Sunflower 0 18. 43 8 Cotton 24. 29 0 23

b) Power & Irrigation • Free power to 32. 04 lakh agricultural consumers in the state for betterment of the farming community. • Assured minimum seven hours of power supply to agriculture. • Agricultural services are extended to consumers on priority. • The hydel generation in Sileru River Basin is regulated in close coordination with agriculture department to save the crops in East and West Godavari districts. • Similarly hydel generation in Srisailam Power Project is regulated in close coordination with agriculture department to save the crops under Krishna River Ayacut 24

c) Agricultural Credit The Andhra Pradesh Land Licensed Cultivators Act, 2011 • The Andhra Pradesh is the 1 st state in the country to promulgate an Act no. 18 of 2011, dt: 23. 12. 2011 (The Andhra Pradesh Land Licensed Cultivators Act, 2011) to provide loan and other benefits eligibility cards to the land licensed cultivators Sl. No. Year 1 2012 -13 Amount of No. of LECs No. of loan issued to sanctioned LECs Tenant farmers (Crores) 387928 312. 00 Interest Free Crop Loans 131975 Rs. in Crores • The Government of Andhra Pradesh is implementing Rythusri Scheme under which the Interest free Crop loans to all the farmers up to Rs. 1. 00 lakh and Pavala Vaddi for crop loans from Rs. 1. 00 lakh to 3. 00 Lakhs if repaid in time beginning with Rabi season of 2011 i. e. for crop loans granted w. e. f. 01. 11. 2011. 25

d) Fertilizers Ø Buffer stocks of DAP, Complex @ 1. 00 LMT each, Urea 2. 0 LMTs are maintained with APMARKFED for releasing the stocks to the needy areas incase of exigency. Ø Regular persuasion with all the manufacturers/suppliers for ensuring supplying of stocks to the needy areas in time. Ø Taking up issues of supply, distribution and availability of fertilizers with the Department of Fertilizers, Go. I on daily basis and also in the weekly Video Conferences. Ø Coordination with Revenue, Vigilance & Enforcement Department in Checking cross border movement of fertilizers to other states. 26

V. Online updating of data on NFSM website • Online updating of data pertaining to NFSM is updated for 2012 -13 27

VI. Future Prospects for Foodgrains Production a). Crop-wise targets for 12 five year plan period 28

b) S. No Gaps Identified and Interventions in Paddy Gaps Interventions 1 Improper land preparation Farm mechanization 2 Growing indigenous varieties and continuous use of same varieties Replacement with HYV & Supply of quality seeds 3 Transplanting aged seedlings and non maintenance of optimum plant population Selection of varieties suitable for aged seedling 4 Imbalance use of Fertilizers especially application of high doses of urea neglecting the use of phosphate and potassium fertilizers Insisting for recommended dose of fertilizers under INM 5 Rainfed Cultivation. Direct Seeding & Weed management 6 Deficiency of Micro nutrients (Zinc) Basal application/ Foliar Spray of Zinc Sulphate 7 Regular Cyclonic rains coupled with cloudy weather during different stages of crop growth. Booster dose of Fertlizers to regenerate the crop Fertilizer Management Optimum seed rate , proper nursery management & Line sowing 29

c) Gaps Identified and Interventions proposed in pulses • Non availability of high yielding • • varieties for high economic returns Lack of improved package of practices for all farming situations Use of excess seed rate and delayed sowings Seed treatment not taken up Non Maintenance of Optimum plant population Regular attack by Insects, pests, weeds and diseases Non adoption of ICM Not adopting balanced use of fertilizers and micronutrients Terminal Moisture stress during Reproductive Stage Ò Making available HYV seed through general seed distribution Ò Cropping system based training on improved package of practices Ò Conducting demonstration Ò Suggesting location specific IPM package of practices. Ò Cropping system based training Ò Suggesting need based INM Ò Urea spray 30

d) Village Action Plan Objective: Convergence of Agriculture Departmental Schemes at Village level. • Convergence of Agriculture Departmental Schemes at Village level in a mandal to cover all the villages in 3 years with emphasis on: • Villages with seed issues, yield gaps and pests and disease problems • Villages with predominant area under cultivation of major three to four crops of the mandal • Villages with maximum number of SC, ST population should be given top priority. • Villages with Problematic soils i. e area under saline/ alkaline soils • Joint Directors of Agriculture released the Village Action Plans to the Media in their respective districts. 31

e) Quality Control of Seed A) TARGETS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF SEED SAMPLES IN THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH FOR THE YEAR 2012 -13 No. of cases filed No. of cases Name of the samples convicted S. No Annual Target in the crop drawn and found court of upto 2012 -13 analyzed substandard law 1 Cotton 2210 2060 123 3 2 Other crops 13560 10102 173 4 Total 15770 12162 296 7 32

Quality Control of Pesticide Statement showing the status of Quality Control of Pesticides in the state of Andhra Pradesh for the year 2012 -2013 Target No. of Samples drawn No. of Misbrands 9000 8846 106 No. of samples No. of cases permissible in pending Re-analysis before court under Sec(24) of law 8 100 No. of Judgements pronounced in court from last (7) years 4 33

Pesticide Consumption from 2004 -05 to 2013 -14 in Andhra Pradesh Year 2004 -05 2005 -06 2006 -07 2007 -08 2008 -09 2009 -10 2010 -11 2011 -12 2012 -13 2013 -14 Consumption in MTs. (Active Ingredient) (estimated) 110000 9900 8422 8374 8146 8869 9289 8152 7500 Note : Till August the consumption is 2803 during 2013. 34

Report on Bio-Agents Produced in State Bio-Control Labs in Andhra Pradesh From the year 2008 -2013 35

Critical Interventions to increase Productivity and Production of Pulses • Seed Replacement Ratio(SRR): 33% of the cropped area • Varietal Replacement Ratio (VRR): Replacement of old varieties 15 -20 % every year with recently released varieties of less than 10 years • Seed Rolling Plan for 12 th Plan has been worked out and required quantities of breeder seed of different varieties of Rice & Pulses are indented to ANGRAU (State Agriculture University) • Popularization of short duration varieties in water scarcity and flood prone areas. • Popularization of Yellow Mosaic virus resistant varieties in greengram and blackgram and wilt resistant varieties in bengal gram • Sowing through Multicrop planter for optimum population. • Popularization of pre emergence weedicides for effective control of weeds. • Effective use of water through sprinkler sets , mobile rain guns , pumpsets and water carrying pipes in low water availability areas. • Capacity building : On farm training through FFS 36

Pulses - Critical interventions during 13 -14 1. Inter cropping with Red gram 2. Red gram on rice field bunds 3. Weedicides application in rice fallow Green gram and Black gram 4. Plant protection at flowering stage. 5. Increasing the area of summer pulses 37

Rice- Critical interventions during 2013 -14 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Promotion of recently released varieties Encouraging Hybrid rice cultivation Popularisation of direct and drum seed method Creating awareness in forming alleys. Weedicides application Correction of zinc deficiency. 38

Intercrop of Maize with Red gram on rice bunds Intercrop of Red gram with Soybean Intercrop of Cotton with Red gram 39

AGRISNET www. apagrisnet. gov. in ü AGRISNET – The department portal in telugu language is enriched with latest technical knowledge in Agriculture with lot of photos and videos. ü The soil test based fertilizer recommendations are made online and sent to farmer instantly through SMS. Till date more than 15 lakh samples made online. ü Online License Management System – The process of issue of Fertilizer licenses of Manufacturer, wholesale and retail dealers is automated and for every user specific time period is fixed for processing the applications, thus bringing lot of transparency in the system. ü The workflow process in the fertilizer and pesticide testing laboratories is automated and the process of bar-coding of samples drawn is introduced to maintain utmost secrecy. The application is recently launched and is under trial run. ü Under Mee Seva program of Govt. of AP, digital signature certificates are issued to every technical officer in field. Digitally signed certificates will be delivered through Common Service Centers established under National governance program. 40

Agricultural Services through Mee Seva Centers by yment pa remium P AIS nder N ers u e farm ane Non-lo Apps under pipeline Mee-Seva Center § § § Application for Subsidized See d Application for Dealers/ Manufacturers Fertilizer Licence & Issuance lica tion for Sub sidi z ed F arm Imp lem ent s Seeds Licence Pesticide Licence Soil Health Cards Ask an Expert Kisan SMS regn. 41

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