Rabi Campaign 2013 – 14
Group III
Strategies for Resource
Management for Better Input
Use efficiency
States and UT Participated
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Dadra & Nagar haveli
Gujarat
Himachal Pradesh
Odisha
Punjab
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Inputs Considered
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Fertilizer (Soil Health)
Water
Energy
Plant Protection
Knowledge Management
Classifying the strategies
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High Cost, Long Term
Low Cost, Long Term
High Cost, Short Term
Low Cost, Short Term
More detailed
classification needed
High Cost,
Short Term
High Cost,
Long Term
Low Cost,
Short Term
Low Cost,
Long Term
Time
Soil Health and Fertility Management
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Soil Testing & Health Cards – LC, LT
Leaf Colour Charts – LC, ST
Soil Ameliorants – HC, LT
Neem / sulfur coated fertilizer briquettes – HC, LT
Phosphorus solublising Bio-fertilizers, compost
and recycling farm waste – LC, LT
• Organic farming – new paradigm – LC, LT
• Precision farming – new paradigm – HC, LT
Water Use Efficiency
• Land development – levelling, contour
forming – HC, LT
• Raised bed and furrow, mulching – LC, LT
• Short duration variety, crop alignment, early
sowing, SRI, SSI – LC, LT
• Rainwater harvesting, farm ponds – HC, LT
• MIS – HC, LT
Energy and Farm Power
• Farm Mechanization, Renewable Energies –
HC, LT
• Separate grid for agriculture – HC, LT
• Custom Hiring Centers – HC, LT
• Manual Implements – LC, ST
Plant Protection
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IPM – LC, ST
E - Pest Surveillance, pest scouts – HC, LT
Bio pesticides, bio control agents – LC, LT
Mobile Plant health Clinics – HC, LT
Pest Resistant Varieties – LC, LT
Ensuring quality pesticides – HC, LT
Knowledge Management
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Demonstrations - HC, LT
Trainings and Farmer Field Schools – HC, LT
SMS and MMS – LC, ST
Print and Electronic media – HC, ST
Kissan Call Centers – HC, ST
SAUs, KVKs and ICAR – LT
General Recommendations
• States may identify the issues in detail
• May choose one Short Term and one Long
Term strategy
• May choose the strategies with care
• Departments to be facilitators and umpires
than to be players
THANKS