26th – 27th February 2008
Department of Agriculture
Government of Maharashtra
Area in lakh ha., Production in lakh MT, Productivity in kg/ha.
2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
Crops Tentative Plan
Area Prod Yield Area Prod Yield Area Prod Yield
Cereals 50.33 63.36 1259 47.69 76.46 1603 47.69 78.30 1642
Pulses 23.74 13.14 554 26.77 17.36 648 26.77 18.05 674
Food- 74.07 76.50 1033 74.46 93.82 1260 74.47 96.35 1294
grains
Oilseeds 31.50 32.50 1032 31.96 43.96 1375 31.96 45.71 1430
Sugarcane 8.49 662.77 78 10.88 805.99 74 8.49 704.67 83
Cotton 31.07 46.18 253 31.91 58.15 310 31.91 69.45 370
(Lint)
Production of Cotton in lakh bales of 170 kg each, productivity of Sugarcane in Tonnes/ha.
Area in lakh ha., Production in lakh MT, Productivity in kg/ha.
2006-07 2007-08 Tentative
Crops Area Prod Yield Area Prod Yield
Cereals 45.88 42.42 925 42.38 47.64 1124
Pulses 14.54 9.90 681 14.66 12.84 876
Food-grains 60.42 52.32 866 57.04 60.48 1060
Oilseeds 7.12 4.70 660 5.91 5.40 914
National Food Security Mission
Rice - 6 districts
Bhandara, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Nasik, Pune
Wheat - 8 Districts
Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Dhule, Nagpur, Nasik, Parbhani, Pune,
Solapur
Pulses - 18 Districts
Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Buldhana,
Chandrapur, Hingoli, Jalgaon, Jalana, Latur, Nagpur, Nanded,
Nasik, Osmanabad, Parbhani, Wardha, Wasim, Yavatmal
National Food Security Mission
Area, Production & Productivity
Area in lakh ha., Production in lakh MT, Productivity in Kg/ha.)
Area Production Productivity
NFSM Crops
% % %
06-07 07-08 06-07 07-08 06-07 07-08
( + or - ) ( + or - ) ( + or - )
NFSM Dist. 5.83 5.60 -4 9.14 10.14 + 11 1567 1811 + 16
Wheat
State 12.31 12.37 0 18.69 20.81 +11 1518 1683 +11
NFSM Dist. 10.32 10.59 +3 7.44 9.82 + 32 720 928 + 29
Gram
State 13.08 13.24 +1 9.24 12.14 + 31 706 917 + 30
Tentative estimates for 2007-08
National Food Security Mission
Progress Report up to January - 2008
Seed Distribution FFS Demonstration
(qtl) (no.) (no.)
Programme
Target Achiev Target Achiev Target Achiev
Wheat 28000 28695 90 138 6000 5974
Rice 1000 888 100 96 530 530
Pulses 10000 38318 318 318 8000 8000
Rs. In lakh
Wheat Rice Pulses
Sanction Release Expdt. Sanction Release Expdt. Sanction Release Expdt.
372.01 258.00 258.00 74.56 34.40 34.40 858.00 343.00 343.00
Proposed
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana ( RKVY)
• Govt. of India has allocated an amount of Rs. 139.10
crores for the year 2007-08.
• Released Rs. 34.50 crores under stream II.
• The state level sanctioning committee, held its first
meeting on 4th Dec. 2007
• C-DAP preparation in progress, consultants appointed
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana ( RKVY)
Farm Ponds:-
• in 16 cotton growing districts of Vidharbha & Marathwada
• Target for 2007-2008 - 17500 farm ponds ,
• Amount sanctioned - 80.00 crores.
Shallow tube wells:-
• Eastern region of Vidarbha.
• Target is 1150 tube wells
• Amount sanctioned - 14.00 crores
Repairs to Malgujari Tanks:-
• Gadchiroli, Bhandara, Gondia & Chandrapur districts.
• Linked with NREGA.
• The skilled portion of work would be taken from the funds of RKVY
and unskilled portion of the work would be taken under NREGA.
• Amount sanctioned - Rs. 20.00 crores.
• Activities in 2007-08
Farmers training(21 days) - 34572 farmers
Demonstrations - 3858
Exposure Visits - 2403
Exhibitions - 6
Literature published - 39 publications
Mobilisation of farmer groups - 55
Farmer –Scientist interaction - 10
Kisan Goshti - 25
Farmer awards - 15
Seed Planning -Kharif- 2008
Lakh Qtl.
Crops Kharif Requirement Expected Sourcewise availability
2007 Kharif-
Distribution 2008 MSSC NSC Pvt. Total
Cereals 2.90 3.59 1.49 0.03 2.14 3.67
Pulses 0.92 0.97 0.47 0.02 0.52 1.02
Oilseeds 9.12 8.67 4.35 0.20 4.38 8.94
Cotton 0.53 0.59 0.12 0.00 0.57 0.69
Other Crops 0.14 0.16 0.24 0.01 0.08 0.33
Total 13.61 13.98 6.43 0.25 7.61 14.32
Seed Treatment Campaign
Seed in Qtl.
Kharif 2007 Kharif 2008
Seed Seed Area to
Balance
Crops treated Area in Seed Available Seed treatment Target be
quantity
SRR through "Lakh" require through covered
of own
campaign ha, ment Various (in lakh
seed Total own
( %) agencies % ha)
Seed Seed
Rice 30 85.39 15.24 457200 139221 317979 90 411480 272259 13.72
Tur 20 44.87 11.81 177150 36484 140666 50 88575 52091 5.91
Mung 24 66.12 7.04 105600 27613 77987 70 73920 46307 4.93
Udid 46 64.44 6.15 92250 37878 54372 70 64575 26697 4.31
Gr.nut 4 36.52 3.2 320000 20600 299400 45 144000 123400 1.44
Soyabean 45 61.36 26.51 1988250 867180 1121070 65 1292363 425183 17.23
Total 59.78 69.95 3140450 1128976 2011474 65 2074913 945937 47.53
SEED
State is ahead in SRR –
Soybean (45%),
Bajra (75%),
Udid (46%),
Planned to increase SRR in Tur,Mung, Sunflower
Five year Seed plan prepared to double the
certified seed production.
INPUT No. of Annual testing Samples Tested
labs capacity
Seed Testing 3 48000 41631
Seed Distribution
Pub sector Pvt sector
25
21.15
20 17.15
16.71
15.81
10.44
Lakh qtls
13.24
15
12.03
8.19 8.19
9.46 7.7
10 6.02
6.26
4.29
10.71
5 8.11 8.52 8.96
7.22
5.17 5.77
0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Area under Bt Cotton
(80%)
30.00
25.62
(68%)
25.00
Area (Lakh ha.)
19.00
20.00
15.00
(17%)
10.00
(5.23%) 5.20
(0.42%) (0.65%)
5.00 1.56
0.12 0.18
0.00
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
National Horticulture Mission
Rs. In crore
Year Allocation Release Expdt.
2005-06 160.72 82.60 32.29
2006-07 234.91 144.93 131.35
2007-08 252.85 87.32 119.50
Total 648.48 314.85 283.14
National Horticulture Mission
Component wise Achievements up to Jan. 2008
Sr. Component Unit Expenditure
Rs. In lakh
1. Plantation Infrastructure & Development 11984 704.50
2. Establishment of New Garden 191439 13646.76
3. Rejuvenation 22539 3475.09
4. Community Tanks 1492 5341.22
5. Protected Cultivation 1215 510.41
6. Promotion of INM/IPM 28430 643.93
7. Organic Farming 9483 2098.93
8. HRD 94293 469.39
9. Technology Dissemination/FLD 608 17.51
10. Post Harvest Management 739 362.08
11 Innovative Projects 9364 896.44
12. Mission Management - 147.25
Total 28313.51
AGRO Processing & Marketing
294 APMC’s, 608 sub-markets- Turnover- Rs. 25000 cr.
MoU with REUTERS for information dissemination through
SMS
Two wine parks at Nasik & Sangli: 36 wineries in production.
Floriculture Park near Pune : 24 units in production.
Established 10 Export Facility Centers under 6 AEZs.
Vapour Heat Treatment facility developed at Navi Mumbai –
more than 8000 MTs fruits & veg. exported.
Trained 40,000 farmers enabling an export of more than 400 MTs
of horticulture produce.
Fertiliser Consumption
( Excluding Drought Years )
13 0
120
12 0
NPK kg/ha
110 100
10 0 94.2 97.5
87 88.4
90
80 74.1 76.5
70
9 7- 9 8 98-99 99-00 03-04 04-05 0 5- 0 6 06-07 0 7- 0 8
Estimated
Year N P K Kg/ha.
Lakh MT
2000-01 9.66 4.49 2.33
2001-02 9.93 4.6 2.37 75.9
2002-03 9.54 4.66 2.29 88.4
2003-04 8.53 4.12 1.72 64.3
2004-05 9.54 5.27 2.59 77.8
Expected NPK Ratio
2005-06 10.62 5.78 3.29 97.5
3.11 : 1.80 : 1 2006-07 12.09 6.77 3.72 100.2
2007-08 13.74 7.33 4.66 *119.9
Fertiliser Planning
Kharif- 2008 Lakh MT
Grade Approved Supply Committed by +/-
Demand Manufacturers
Urea 14.25 14.15 - 0.1
A. Sulphate 0.32 0.33 0.01
CAN 0.07 0.07 0
DAP 4.75 2.71 -2.04
SSP 3.50 2.0 -1.5
SOP 0.02 0 -0.02
MOP 1.7 1.94 0.24
Complexes 9.65 5.31 - 4.34
Total 34.26 26.51 - 7.75
Pesticides Consumption
Avg. Consumption Tech. Grade (Mt)
5000 4722 4541
3880
4000
3166 3193 3050
3000
2000
1000
0
1985-86 1990-91 1995-96 2000-01 2005-06 2006-07
to 89-90 to 94-95 to 99-00 to 04-05 to 06-07 to 07-08
Decline in pesticide consumption by 24%
(compared to 1985-86 to 1995-96 with 1996-97 to 2006-07)
Quality Control Labs
INPUT No. of Annual testing Samples Tested
labs capacity
Seed 3 48000 41631
Fertilisers 4 13400 8480
Pesticides 4 5000 3371
Residue Testing 2 700 327
Soil Testing
Public 29+12 290000 307797
Private 89 150000 54665
Maharashtra Agriculture Productivity
Improvement Campaign
2. Farmers
1. Seed
Field School
Production
3. Extension
Projects
Seed Village Programme
•For insuring quality seed availability,
•During 2007-08.
• Seed production programme organised on - 46,000 ha.
• Producing 6,70,000 quintals seed, On farmers fields
Aided Non-Aided Total
Year Area Seed Area Seed Area Seed
(Ha.) (Qtl) (Ha.) (Qtl) ( Ha.) (Qtl)
2005-06 10,342 1,00,482 41,228 3,93,945 51,570 4,94,427
2006-07 28,812 3,32,372 42,491 3,59,306 71,303 6,91,678
2007-08 22,953 3,35,395 22,953 3,35,395 45,906 6,70,790
Planning expected expected expected
Soil Health Cards
Massive programme for distribution of soil analysis including
micro nutrients & distribution of Soil Health Cards
A massive drive of testing 4,40,000 soil samples ( 10 from each
village) are taken during 2007-08 .
Help to generate fertility index maps for all the villages .
This maps in turn will enable us to bring qualitative
improvement nutrient management.
Organic Farming
• Total Area covered under Organic farming - 6.50 lakh ha.
• Area registered for certification – 1.14 lakh ha.
• Certified Area – 0.42 lakh ha.
• Under conversion – 0.72 lakh ha.
• No. of Organic Service providers - 91 NGO
• Model Organic farm - 37
• No. of organic certification agencies- 6 ( India -11)
• No. of Vermi culture Units – 8000
• No. of Vermi Compost Units – 1,29,000
• No. of Bio-dynamic Units – 1,01,000
ToF & FFS to Promote IPM
* No. of ToF Held - 54, * Total facilitators – 1652
No. of FFS Held
3500
3000 Farmers Trained – 3.56 lakh 2694
2961
2500 1968
1885
2000
1500
1063
1000
500
6 55
0
2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
-500
Year Aided Non-Aided Total
FFS Beneficiary FFS Beneficiary FFS Beneficiary
Nos. Nos. Nos Nos. Nos Nos.)
2005-06 1968 59040 7488 224640 9456 283680
2006-07 2694 80820 11556 346680 14250 427500
2007-08 4262 127860 4262 127860 8524 257520
Planning expected expected expected
• More than 60 registered manufacturers of drip
& sprinklers in the State (2005-06)
• More than 18.43 lakh ha. area under fruit crops
• More than 5.51 lakh ha. Area covered under
Micro irrigation under horticultural & cash crops
• More than 3.83 lakh ha.area under Drip
irrigation & More than 1.68 lakh ha. area
covered under sprinkler irrigation for cereals ,
oilseeds, pulses & cotton
• Buffer Stock Scheme for seed may be introduced to make sufficient
availability of breeder , foundation & certified seeds
• 10 more Railway rake points & godowns in remote areas required to
overcome fertiliser shortages ,
• For promoting inter state trade present railway network needs to be
provided with refrigeration facilities for transportation of fruits &
vegetables all over the country
• There should be private initiative for transport of vegetables & fruits,
urgent initiatives needs to be taken by Ministry of Agril. GOI
• BPT/ JNPT need to establish facility for imports & bagging of
fertilisers for transporting fertilisers to kandla
• Strengthening of existing ports at Dharamtar & Karwar
• New port facilities at Vijaydurg in Sindhudurg, Dighi, Revas in
Raigad, Alewadi in Thane
REVAMPING OF NHM
•Revision of crop wise cost norms of fruit crops as per cost norms
given under EGS linked Horticulture Development Programme of the
State.
•Increase in the cost norms of establishment of model
nurseries and small nurseries.
•Strengthening and up gradation of existing nurseries should be
included as a component in NHM.
•Increase in the cost norms of polyhouse.
•Inclusion of shade net house as a component under NHM.
•Inclusion of new crops in existing clusters.
•Incorporation of mechanization component in Horticulture
Development.
•The subsidy amount for subcomponents of post harvest
management needs to be increased to 50 %.
•Cost norms of Cold Storage components needs to be revised.
•Waiver of credit linked condition to Onion storage structures
which are already completed.
Thank You
Goals for XI th F.Y.P.
• Maximizing farmers income
• Better livelihood systems for farmers
• Sustainable agriculture through Watershed development,
Integrated Crop Management & Organic farming
• Encouraging Contract Farming, Public- Private
Partnership
• Encouraging non-farm activities related to agriculture
in rural areas
• Strengthening Infrastructure, capacity building of
farmers & extension personnel
Agricultural Production targets
* 11th Five Year Plan * Lakh MT
Cotton in lakh bales
Categeory 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 CAGR %
Cereals 110.40 113.05 115.77 118.55 121.40 124.31 2.40
Pulses 22.61 23.51 24.45 25.43 26.45 27.51 4.00
Total Foodgrains 133.01 136.57 140.22 143.98 147.85 151.82 2.68
Oilseeds 37.12 38.60 40.15 41.75 43.43 45.16 4.00
Cotton 50.19 51.51 52.86 54.25 55.68 57.15 2.63
Sugarcane 662.88 682.77 703.25 724.35 746.08 768.46 3.00
Horticulture 156.24 165.61 175.55 186.08 197.25 209.08 6.00
Cereals to increase by 13.91 lakh MT
Pulses to increase by 4.9 lakh MT
Oilseeds to increase by 8.04 lakh MT
Rs.in Crore
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Total
Scheme Funds Expdt. Funds Expdt. Funds Expdt.
Programme
Received Received Received
Subsidy on Crop Insurance
Premium 0.00 0.00 19.00 9.94 4.50 0.00
Financial help to increase
production 150.00 0.20 0.20 85.20 80.42 35.00 7.83
Relief to cotton growing
farmers 132.58 132.58 130.22 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Organic farming 30.00 0.30 0.30 10.00 9.59 4.91 1.47
Vidarbha Watershed Mission
300.00 2.00 1.99 95.00 42.51 0.00 0.00
Farmers Helpline Farmers help line has been operationalised in all of these districts
In 2006-07, 15 groups were formed,7304 farmers particicipated planting 12422 ha cotton,26469
Cotton Contract Farming qtls cotton has been sold @ Rs. 1800 to 3200 per qtl..In 2007-08 914 groups have been formed
35627 farmers took membership of these groups planting cotton on 77707 ha.
Rs.in Crore
2006-07 2007-08
Programme
Received Utilized Received Utilized
* Seed Replacement 25.46 13.28 42 55.39
Check dams 60 53.52 5 0
National Horticulture Mission 40.97 23.14 5.9 7.12
Micro Irrigation 22.99 22.99 40.46 27.2
Extension Services 4.28 4.13 4.05 0.51
Total 153.7 117.06 97.41 90.22
*For seed replacement National seeds Corporation is nodal agency