Workshop on Agriculture Scenario in Eastern India

Sri Rajesh VermaPrincipal Secretary,

Agriculture DepartmentGovt. of Odisha

Date-06.04.2015

ODISHA AT A GLANCE Agrarian State with 65 % population dependent on Agriculture Contribution to GSDP :- 15.4 % (2014-15 Adv. Estimate) Total Cultivated Area :-64.09 lakh ha (41.16 % of

geographical area) Average size of holding :-1.15 ha Small and Marginal farmers :-86% of the farming

community Agro climatic zones :- 10 Average annual rainfall :-1452 mm Net Sown area :-53.31 lakh ha(2012-13) Cropping Intensity :-157 %(2012-13) Irrigation Potential created :- Kharif-31.31 lakh ha

(2012-13) : Rabi-15.74 lakh ha

Area, Production and Productivity of major crops (2013-14)

Crop A Y P

Rice 4180.22 1821 7613.42

Total Cereals 4668.20 1837 8574.31

Pulses 2088.30 507 1058.15

Total Food grains 6756.00 1426 9632.46

Oilseeds 752.40 928 698.57

Fibre crops 151.87 576 485.75

Sugarcane 35.34 71980 2543.79

Vegetables 677.33 13915 9425.21

Spices 155.30 3149 489.08

A : Area in ‘000 ha. P : Prod in ‘000 MT/Bales Y : Yield in Kg/ha.

PRODUCTION SCENARIO AT A GLANCE (RICE & FOOD GRAIN )

PROCUREMENT OF PADDY

YearQuantity Procured

in MT2007-08 74, 4352008-09 44, 32, 0922009-10 39, 77, 2612010-11 36, 95, 0872011-12 31, 20, 5572012-13 54,17, 0292013-14 40,01,490

2014-15 31,02,678

(As on 30.03.15)

Strategies for higher agricultural productionEnhancing SRR of Paddy as well

as non-Paddy crops.Promoting line sowing/ line

transplanting.Creating additional irrigation

potential through various sources.

Enhancing Soil Testing Capacity (Mobile Soil Testing Laboratories and Mini Soil Testing Laboratories).

e-pest surveillance-100% area covered in the State.

Promotion of farm mechanisation.

Enhancing farm power input from 1.12kw/ ha in 2010-11 to 1.41kw / ha by 2013-14.

(No. of sample tested)

Farm Mechanisation

State’s Initiatives A Comprehensive Agriculture Policy

announced in 2013.

Exclusive Agriculture Budget has been presented before the Assembly since 2013-14. Plan Outlay of Agriculture & allied sectors to the tune of Rs 7162 crore during 2013-14,Rs.9542 crore during 2014-15 & Rs. 10903 crore for 2015-16, thus registering substantial increase every year.

977 farmers’ crop varieties registered & a Gene Bank has been established.

Construction of a large number of community threshing floors - Over 5000 nos. to be constructed during next 3 years.

Health Insurance coverage upto Rs. 1 lakh provided to 55 lakh farm families.

On- line fund management of schemes. Corpus fund created for seeds, fertilizer

and procurement operation. GIS/GPS monitoring of all beneficiary

oriented schemes including demonstrations.

State’s Initiatives

Promotion of Direct Benefit Transfer- Software has been developed to facilitate direct benefit transfer to the farmers.

Third party evaluation and monitoring by NABCONS of projects under RKVY.

FERTILIZERS

SEEDS

SCHEMATIC INTERVENTIONS

HORTICULTURE SECTOR

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING

ISSUES

FERTILIZERS

The fertilizer consumption of the State is much below the national average.

Due to inadequate supply of fertilizers, the State has not been able to achieve the desired level of fertilizer consumption.

The State of Odisha is being allocated lesser quantity of fertilizers vis-à-vis its gross cropped area compared to other States. Such discrepancy in the allocation of fertilizers is more evident in case of Urea.

FERTILIZERS The State receives only about 80% of the Urea allocated to Odisha,

especially during Kharif season. Very often, the supply schedule also does not match the peak demand period resulting in scarcity of fertilizers which at times, gives rise to law & order problems.

Hence, it is requested that allocation of fertilizer, especially Urea may be enhanced as follows.

Fertilizers Present Allocation

(‘000 MT)

Proposed Allocation

(‘000 MT)Urea 480 525

DAP 150 160

MOP 90 90

Complexes 230 250

SSP 50 50

TOTAL 1000 1075

Besides, timely supply of fertilizers especially Urea may be ensured during the Kharif season.

SEEDS The breeder seed allocation for the State is inadequate. Further, more

quantities of > 10 year old varieties has been allocated compared to < 10 year old varieties. Besides, some of the popular varieties like Pooja,MTU-7029,Lalat etc. have not been allocated.

The supply of non-paddy breeder seeds is not matching with the allocation. Lesser supply of indented breeder seeds affects the seed multiplication chain.

As a matter of experience, the performance of public hybrid paddy varieties (Ajay & Rajlaxmi) released by CRRI is showing erratic behaviour that is caused due to non availability of reputed seed growing companies.

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Year wise Requirement -R, Allocation-A and Supply –S of Breeder Seeds (Fig in Qtl.)

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Crop R A S R A S R A S

Paddy 693 706 1221 1015 827 946 1002 809 841

Pulses 120 104 117 154 123 76 175 172 56

Oil seeds 1502 1087 889 1667 1502 1412 1894 1670 1555

SCHEMATIC INTERVENTIONS The State may suffer because of change in sharing pattern of central

assistance under centrally funded schemes especially RKVY. The State Govt. has requested GoI to increase CSS component in the State sector schemes as livelihood of about 70 % of the State population is still sustained by agriculture and allied activities.

Under RKVY, administrative cost,i.e,1 % of Normal RKVY is inadequate for meeting manpower hiring, mobility support and other unforeseen expenses for smooth implementation of the projects. This amount may be enhanced to 2 %.Further, administrative expenses should be allowed under sub-schemes also. This is essential to ensure proper monitoring and evaluation of the schemes. 3rd party evaluation and GIS / GPS based monitoring should be made mandatory for all these schemes.

Flexibility may be given to the State for 20 % diversion of funds from one component to another component depending upon the progress of works under various components.

HORTICULTURE SECTOR

Odisha produces only about 20% of its potato requirements.

Availability of seed potato in time at reasonable price is one of the major constraints.

We plan to cover 30 ha under Foundation-I, 200 ha Foundation-II and 1000 ha under Certified Seed production during 2015-16.

For this 600 qtls of breeder seeds and 4000 qtls of Foundation-I seed potato will be required.

Protocol for certification of Tissue Culture raised micro- propagated tubers potato seed tubes should be developed.

Supply of Seed Potato

We are aiming to establish 112 cold stores in Odisha in coming 3 years, out of which 50 cold stores will be proposed under NHM. The cost of each cold store will be Rs.400-500 lakhs.

The sanctioning power of cold stores with cost exceeding Rs.200 lakhs is vested with the Empowered Monitoring Committee(EMC) at Govt. of India level which delays the implementation process.

It is suggested that sanctioning power of cold stores and other cold chain proposals may be delegated to the State.

Cold Chain Development

PSS OPERATION IN THE STATE Of twenty five commodities covered under PSS Odisha produces five

commodities (Paddy, Maize, Cotton, Groundnut & Sunflower) in sizeable quantities.

100 % Paddy is being procured by Govt. through decentralised procurement at MSP.

Proposal submitted for procurement of Groundnut & Sunflower produced during Rabi 2014-15 - Approval is awaited.

CCI may open additional branch office at Bhawanipatna and enhance number of procurement centres (presently 10 Nos only)

State produces about 7.8 lakh MT of Maize per annum. Major Maize producing districts are Nabarangpur, Raygada, Koraput, Kalahandi, Keonjhar. Govt. of India may consider PSS operation with respect to Maize from the forthcoming Kharif season.

State also has considerable area (20.88 lakh Ha) under Pulses with annual production of 10.6 lakh MT. PSS operation for major Pulses like Green gram, Black gram etc. may also be considered.

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING

ENHANCEMENT OF MSP

Annually about 76 lakh MT of Rice is produced in the State of which around 45 lakh MT is procured at MSP.

Present cost of cultivation of Paddy is around Rs. 88,000/- per Ha.

Accordingly, it has been proposed to enhance MSP of Paddy to Rs. 2500/- per Qtl. so as to make paddy cultivation more remunerative.

Similar enhancement of MSP of other crops should be made in commensurate with the actual cost of cultivation.

PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE MARKETINGPresently 483 RMC market yards operating in the State

Principal Markets-54Sub-market yards-429 (With 106 cattle markets,

3 Maize markets, 9 Cotton markets)43 Krushak Bazars

Infrastructure in these marketing yards is required to be improved for safe storing of produce, grading and sorting facilities and to provide facilities for the farmers

There is need for establishment of more number of market yards in the State. Assistance has been provided under 13th FC Award. This assistance should continue in the interest of the farming community.

PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE MARKETING…contd.Existing Wholesale markets function in a very

scattered, congested and unplanned manner.Such markets need to be shifted to a spacious

locations.GoI may consider sanction of funds for

establishment of such Markets.Specialised e-marketing platform to be set up

for commodities like Maize, Cotton, Turmeric etc.

e- Auction to be promoted to bring transparency in marketing.

Thank you