Conservation Agriculture in Haryana India: Past Experiences & Future Plans Ashok Kumar Yadav, Director General (Agriculture), Government of Haryana, India

1. Conservation Agriculture in
Haryana India: P E
ast xperiences &
Future Plans
Ashok Kumar Yadav
Director General (Agriculture)
Government of Haryana, India

2. Haryana: Agricultural
Facts

3. Achievements in Principal Crops
Crop Production (million tonnes) Increase
1966-67 2010-11
Rice 0.22 3.47 > 15 times
Bajra 0.37 11.85 > 3 times
Wheat 1.1 11.63 10 times
Food grain 2.59 16.13 6 times
Production
Mustard 0.08 0.94 > 11 times
Cotton 0.29 1.75 > 6 times
(in million bales)
Sugarcane 0.51 6.04 > 11 times

4. No diversification
Monotonous
Soil Health
Cropping
System Imbalance input
use
Factor productivity
Water intensive
Over-
exploitation Tillage intensive
of natural Fuel intensive
resources Labor intensive
Poor quality water
Residue Residue burning
Management Alternate option
Terminal heat
Changing High GHG
climate
Abrupt micro-
climate

5. Government Action on Key
Issues

6. Integrating Conservation
Agriculture with State Schemes
Government of Haryana and Government of
India Schemes:
• National Food Security Mission (NFSM):
US$ 7.5 million
• Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY):
US$ 40 million
• National Horticulture Mission:
US$ 22.6 million
• Accelerated Fodder Development
Programme: US$ 3.5 million
• Other minor schemes

7. Pathway: Last Milestone
Delivery

8. Conservation Agriculture: Experience to address major
issues
Laser Land leveling- a Water Revolution
Benefits:
• Saves 20-25% irrigation water
• Improves input use efficiency
• Improves crop productivity 5-10%
• Saves electricity/energy to the tune
of 900 units/ha/rice season
• Employment generation of 350 man
days/machine
Haryana Govt. Policies:
• Subsidy @ 50% upto INR 50000 per implement
• Promote custom Hiring
• Demonstration at each District and KVK level
• Govt. procurement for custom hiring basis
• Training of Laser Leveler service providers

9. Farm Machinery Promotion: Conservation Agriculture
Area to be covered 2011-12 : 0.6
Benefits:
mha
• Timely sowing of crop
• Increase in productivity by 5 to 10%
Cost of Machine Rs. 30000/- • Less weed infestation
• Saves INR 2000/ha
• Irrigation water Saving -15-20%
• Improves Soil health
• Prevents burning of crop residue thereby
reduces pollution
Govt. Policies:
• Create CA machinery Banks with Farmer cooperatives in the Blocks;
• Reduce/ eliminate incentives from tillage machineryto CA machinery
• Create a policy environment that enable farmer to buy quality machines
from nearby retail outlets of Haryali, IFFCO, Kribhco Tata Sansar, and
KVKs etc. at subsidized rate.
• Facilitate development of new implements based on quality and allow
open competition in the industry
• Introduce new prototypes of cultivator, double disk openers and
harrows,

10. Straw Reaper Benefits:
• Converts crop residue into fodder
• Avoids burning of stubbles
• Collection of additional grain
Govt. Policy:
• Subsidy @ 50% i.e INR 40000 per implement
• Plan to subsidize 1000 straw reapers
Benefits:
Reaper Binder • Harvesting and binding in single operation
• Harvest wheat, paddy, oats, barley and other
grain crops of height up to 85 to 110 cm
• Field capacity is 1acre/hr
Govt. Policy:
• Subsidy INR 40,000/- per machine
• 500 Reaper binder target for current year
Straw Bailer
 Paddy, wheat and sugarcane straw baled better storage
 2 Bailers purchased by Agril. Department
 Covered 500 ha. in 2010-11 and target 2000 ha. in 2011-12

11. Happy Seeder Benefits:
 Enables sowing in preceding crop stubles
 Avoids burning of paddy straw and environment
pollution
 Improve Soil fertility
 Increases organic matter & water retention capacity of
soil
Govt. Policy:
 Promotion of Happy Seeder from ensuing Rabi 2011-12.
Direct Seeded Rice demonstrations in year 2011-12
 1000
Benefits:  Subsidy of INR 40000 per machine (in plan)
• Saves 10-30 % irrigation water
• Saves input cost and net income
Govt. Policy:
• 800 demonstrations in next season
• Subsidy of INR 7500 per ha provided for the promotion of DSR
• Plan to bring 0.3 mha of Basmati rice under DSR
• Procuring 500 reaper binder for current year
Other Technologies promotion:
• Promotion of relay wheat cropping in standing cotton
• Promotion of relay munbean in wheat crop
• Promotion of zero tillage in Guar crop based systems
• Promote raised bed intercropping system in Sugarcane based systems
• Promotion of zero-till system in fodder crops

12. Rotavator- Misuse
What’s heppening ?? Policy reforms
• Misused for puddling and • Relocate rotavator
planting subsidy to turbo-
• Promotes residue burning happy seeder and
• Promote broadcasting of multi-crop planters
seed & fertilizers • Sensitize farmers and
• Creates sub-soil compaction Govt. departments on
(hard pan) ill effects of
• Consumes more energy, fuel, rotavators
reduces tractor life
• Temporary water logging at
establishment stage,
yellowing of crop
• Farmers have to apply extra
dose of N /P fertilizer

13. Future Strategies for CA

14. Future Strategies for CA

15. C apacity Building and Improving Communication
with Extension Agents and Farmers

16. Research Initiations on CA

17. Real Time Access to Information –
ICTs
A Model of CIMMYT glex
Help farmers by providing precise and
value added information when they need:
• New Practices/technologies
• Forecasts
• Market
• Inputs & Services

18. Innovative Pathways for Technology Adaptation and
Dissemination
Local ICAR CSISA Hub
KVKs Institutes (CIMMYT/
IRRI)
CA
CA
CA modules
adopters
modules farmers
farmers
Cooperative Society
(Participatory adaption of
Young
State Deptt CA technologies, Service
windows, Farmer meets, Farmers
of Agri travelling seminars, field Forum
days)
CA
CA
modules CA
adopters
farmers
adopters
Private
CCSHAU Sector Media

19. Farmer Commission Report on CA: Govt. of
Haryana
By
Raj Gupta, ML Jat, RK Malik, YS Saharawat

20. Thank You
website: agriharyana.nic.in
e-mail : agriharyana2009@gmail.com
agriculture@hry.nic.in
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