Indian agriculture Flashcards
Area, Production and yield of(2016-17): rice
43.2Mha
110MT
2550kg/ha
Area, Production and yield of(2016-17): wheat?
30.5MHa 98MT 3216kg/ha
Area, Production and yield of(2016-17): coarse cereals?
24.7MHa 44MT 1780kg/ha
Area, Production and yield of(2016-17): pulses?
29.4MHa 23MT 780kg/Ha
Area, Production and yield of(2016-17): foodgrains?
128MHa 275MT 2153kg/Ha
Area, Production and yield of(2016-17): oilseeds?
26.2MHa 32MT 1225kg/Ha
Area, Production and yield of(2016-17): Sugarcane?
4.3MHa 306MT 70000kg/ha
Production in 1950-51 vs 2016-17 for: rice?
21MT 110MT
Production in 1950-51 vs 2016-17 for:wheat?
6MT 98MT
Production in 1950-51 vs 2016-17 for: Pulses?
8MT 23MT
Production in 1950-51 vs 2016-17 for:oilseed?
5MT 32MT
Production in 1950-51 vs 2016-17 for: foodgrains?
51MT 275MT
Avg yield for India as whole and for the highest yield states for (2014-15): wheat?
2872kg/ha 4491kg/ha (PJ)
remember: 3216kg/ha for INdia (2016-17) and for PJ: 4500kg/ha
Avg yield for India as whole and for the highest yield states for (2014-15): rice? comparison with yield of other countries?
2390kg/ha 3000kg/Ha (AndhraP) India 2nd highest producer of paddy in world bt its yield is lower than China(6500kg/ha), brazil and USA
Avg yield for India as whole and for the highest yield states for (2014-15): pulses?
744kg/Ha 877kg/ha(MP)
remember: 780kg/ha and 880kg/ha
Avg yield for India as whole and for the highest yield states for (2014-15): oilseed?
1037kg/Ha 1500kg/Ha (GJ)
Avg yield for India as whole and for the highest yield states for (2014-15): Sugarcane?
69860kg/Ha 93000kg/Ha (KN)
Variation in yield of food grains? for India as whole?
Raj (1535kg/Ha) Odisha (1700kg/Ha) UK (1800kg/Ha) Haryana (3800kg/Ha) PJ (4100kg/Ha) 2070kg/Ha in 2014-15
wheat and rice account for ______% of foodgrains?
78%
Yield increase for foddgrains since 1950-51?
increased by more than 4X to 2070kg/Ha in 2014-15
Slow rate of growth of productivity(yield) for rice in India?
For Brazil, rate of growth of yield of rice was lower than India’s in 1981 (1.3% vs India’s 2%) but surpassed latter in 2011(4.9% vs 3.6%)
Need to increase share of high value crops in Gross Cropped area in India?
o Staple crops (cereals, pulses and oilseeds) occupy 77% of the total gross cropped area but contribute only 41% to total output of the crop sector. o High value crop occupy only 19% of GCA and contribute an almost similar amount to total output as staple
Agri Trade: main items of imports?
pulses, edible oil, fresh fruits, cashewnuts etc
agri trade: main items of export?
rice, spices, cotton, meat, Sugar etc
Share of agri import in total import? growth?
4.2% in 2014-15 2.8% in 1990-91
Share of agri export in total import? growth?
12.7% in 2014-15 18.5% in 1990-91
Total worth of agri export? of Agri import?
30.1Bn$ (2015-16) 15.9Bn$ in 2015-16
Land holding (no. of): size wise distribution? change since 1970?
Marginal: 36mn(1970-71) –> 93mn(2010-11)
Small: 13mn–> 25mn
Medium: 19Mn –> 20Mn
Large: 3Mn –> 1Mn
Increase in no. of operational land holdings?
The total number of operational holdings in the country has increased from 138 million in 2010-11 to 146 million in 2015-16, i.e an increase of 5.33 per cent
size wise distri of land holdings (in %) (2015-16)?
68.5% marginal 17.7% small 4.3% large
Operational Land holdings operated by Women: overall and size wise?
All size grp: 13.9% Marginal: 14.6% Small: 13.3% Medium: 9.6% Large: 7.7%
Land Leasing: variability of laws in different states?
-> Prohibited in Kerala, J&K, Manipur -> allowed for certain category of land owner in Bihar, KN, UP and Odisha -> No explicit prohibition in GJ, MH and Assam -> allowed in andhraP, TN, WB (bargadars system)
% of land given for agricultural lease? some state wise values?
Overall, only 10% 34% in AndhraP; 25% in PJ; 21% in Bihar and 18% in sikkim
relation betn size of land holding and access to formal source of credit?
-> For size of Land holding: 0-1ha, 10% credit is frm cooperative societies, 27% frm banks while 41% frm Money-lenders -> For size of Land holding: >10ha, 14% credit is frm cooperative societies, 64% frm banks while 16% frm Money-lenders
Corporate investment in agri?
has nt exceeded 2%
Insurance coverage for Indian farmers?
2011: 10% 2018: 35%
Irrigation in India?
-> Consumes 84% of total available water in the country -> According to Asian Water Development Outlook, 2016: almost 89% of ground water extracted is for irrigation. -> India uses 2-3 times as much water to produce one tonnes of grain as other countries like China, Brazil and USA
Irrigation sources?
tube well: 44%; well: 20%; Canals: 26%; tanks: 6% -> 65% irrigated by ground water
water stressed area?
~53% cropped area is water stressed
Main water consuming crops?
The water guzzler, paddy and sugarcane consume more than 60% of irrigation water available in the country
Growth in area under micro-irrigation? PMKSY provision for micro-irrigation? need for micro-irrigation?
As per DFI report, area covered under micro-irrigation at the end of 2016-17, stood at 9.5Mha, ~3X increase in last 5 yrs. Under the more crop per drop component of the PMKSY, small farmers get paid to the tune of 55% of cost of micro-irrigation systems; other farmers get 45% of the unit cost. As per DFI Report, 2018, micro irrigation delivers water savings upto 40 per cent over conventional flood irrigation, crop and income enhancement to the extent of approximately 47 per cent and 48 per cent respectively.
India’s current irrigation coverage?
India’s current irrigation coverage is 48.7% of total sown area. Out of a total 140.13 million hectares of sown area, India’s net irrigated area is 68.38 million hectares while 71.74 million hectares are un-irrigated
Soil erosion loss?
About 5.3 bn tonnes of soil is eroded annually at a rate of about 16.4 tonnes/hectare
Fertiliser usage in India?
- recommended NPK iin India is 4:2:1, against india’s current 6.7:2.4:1 2) avg consumption increase frm 106kg/ha in 2005-06 to 128kg/Ha in 2012-13. Compared to 396kg/Ha in china 3) Fertilizer consumption was less than 1 million tonnes before the mid-1960s. With the introduction of high-yielding variety (HYV) seeds, there was acceleration in the growth of fertilizer consumption. It reached 18MT in 1999-2000.
Increase in Fertiliser subsidy ?
Increasing at an annual rate of 11.4% betn 2000-2016
Declining fertiliser response ratio?
13.4(1970)–>8.2(1980)–> 5.8(1990)–> 4.1 (2000) The declining fertilizer response ratio is an indicator of declining responsiveness of soil fertility to fertiliser application.According to Department of Fertilisers, the declining fertilizer response ratio in Indian agriculture is due to inadequacy and imbalance in fertiliser use, increasing multi-nutrient deficiency, lack of farmers awareness about balanced plant nutrition and poor crop management.
Pesticide consumption in India?
-> 57350 T in 2014-15 frm ~2000T in 1955-56 -> intensity of pesticide consumption in the country is one of the lowest in the world (291.2 grams/ha), compared to US (4.5kg/ha), Japan (11kg/ha) and China (14kg/ha) and the world average of 3 kg per ha (2012-13) -> Pesticide use in india is in ~9% of net cropped area.
Mechanisation in Indian agriculture?
-> Overall mechanisation is less then 50% compared to over 90% in developed countries -> Harvesting and threshing activities (60-70%) -> Irrigation (37%) -> Lowest in seeding and planting
wastage %?
• Fruits and vegetables (4.6-15.9)% • Pulses (6.4-8.4)% • Oilseed (5-10)%
Gaps in storage facility and capacity?
Pack houses: req(2015): 70000
Efficacy of MSP in pricing?
-> According to Niti Aayog findings, only about 10% of farmers are aware of MSPs before showing season. and 62% of farmers informed of MSPs after theirs sowing.
Doubling of farmers’ income?
- Doubled in 22 yrs i.e. betn 1993-34 and 2015-16 @ GR of 3.31% 2. For doubling it by 2022, required rate of annual growth in farmer’s income is 10.4%
Expenditure in agri r&D?
marginal increase frm 0.3% of Agri GVA in 2012-13 to 0.37 % of Agri GVA in 2018-19
Stats for Animal Husbandry ?
acc to 19th Livestock census, 1. 300 mn Bovines 2. 65Mn Sheeps (6.4% of world) 3. 135 Mn Goats (16% of world) 4. 10.3 Mn pigs 5. Sheeps and goats:39% of country’s total livestock population
Livestock rearing principle source of income for?
acc to 70th round of NSSO, livestock rearing is principal source of income to about 3.7% of agricultural labour
Milk Production in India?
- 20% of world’s production 2. 55.6 MT(1991-92)—> 176MT (2017-18) 3. Avg annual GR of 4.5%
per capita availability of milk?Interstate variation?
375g/day 71g/day in assam to 1120g/day in PJ
Schemes in milk sector?
• Rashtriya Gokul Mission • E Pashu Haat Portal • National Livestock Mission • Livestock Health & Disease control Scheme • Dairy development
Fisheries sector in India?
- employs >14.5mn 2. 2nd largest fish producer in world with total production of 13.7MT in 2018-19; 65% frm inland sector 3. Accounts for 5.23% of agri GDP
Potential and Challenges in Pulse Production in INdia: Intro?
As per FAO
- largest producer: 25% of world’s
- largest consumer: 27% of world’s
- largest importer: 14% of world’s
Total prodn of pulses: 8.41MT in 1950-51 to 24 MT in 2018 while for rice, 20.58MT in 1950-51 to 112MT in 2018
Potential and Challenges in Pulse Production in INdia: potential?
- grow on wide range of soil and climate conditions; India has 15 agro-Climatic zones
- Most pulse crops are of short duration: multiple cropsin a yr
- Major pulses like Gram and Tur: only 2.8% and 2% of total cropped area respectively. Huge domestic demand-> potetial to increase cropped area
- largely resilient to CC; Nitrogen fixation; some are able to free soil-bound phosphorous; reduces need for synthetic fertilisers and pesticides-> Organic Farming
- Low C emission and water needs–> ideally suited for India’s farming system (water need fro 1kg of meat=4-5X )
Potential and Challenges in Pulse Production in INdia: Challenges?
- Agro climatic condition: chiefly grownin rain-fed areas; agro-climate conditions of those regions are comparatively less suited for pulses cultivation
- being rain fed, experience drought at critical growth stages. only 1/6th of total cultivated land under pulses has irrigation facilities
- Lack of Drought and disease resistant varieties; also lack of HYVs- Farmers use their own seeds and use no Phosphate ferilisers
- Soils growing pulses hv high salinity and alkalinity in semi-arid tropics and Indo-Gangetic plains. CASE STUDY: Poor Drainage and water logging in UP, MP, Bihar and WB causes yield loss in pigeon pea in particular
- Though MSP announced,bt low procurement rate; rather grow rice and wheat as they hv high procurement rate due to PDS
- GR-> pushed pulses to marginal and sub-marginal lands-> declining productivity. Today, Area under cultivation of paddy in 43.2MHa while that under pulses is 30LHa
Potential and Challenges in Pulse Production in INdia: conclusion?
- demand: 39MT by 2050 (IIPR)
- Govt steps: hike in MSP, Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, maize and oilpalm (ISOPOM), PM-AASHA
- CEA led panel on pulses: procuremet on war footing, 2Mn buffer stock, removing pulses frm APMC, changing methodology of MSP calculation for pulses, deregulate pulses export etc.
Short Note on Economic Importance of Organic farming: intro?
- Organic farming is a production system which avoids or largely excludes the use of synthetically compounded fertilizers, pesticides, growth regulators, genetically modified organisms and livestock food additives.
- India is home to 30 per cent of the total organic producers in the world, but accounts for just 2.59 per cent (1.5 million hectares) of the total organic cultivation area of 57.8 million hectares, according to the World of Organic Agriculture 2018 report.
- MP has largest organic agri cover followed by Raj, MH and UP
- NMSA- has organic farming as one of its components
- Total area under Organic Farming has increased by almost 20% in last two years to -27.7LHa
Short Note on Economic Importance of Organic farming: Diagram/Sketch?
organic farming system rely upon crop rotations, use of crop residues, animal manures, legumes, green manures, off farm organic wastes, biofertilizers, mechanical cultivation, mineral bearing rocks and aspects of biological control to maintain soil productivity and tilth
Short Note on Economic Importance of Organic farming: Economic benefits?
- Higher Profitability: Due ti high nutritive value, better taste and quality, demand is high; India produces ~1.35MT of certified organic products; prodn nt limited to edible sector bt also produces organic cotton fibre, functional food products etc.
- New studies indicate that using the best management practices in organic systems over a long period of time can produce equal yields, or even outdo those of conventional systems.
- It has been estimated that in the US, the adverse impact of conventional farming on the environment and health costs $5 billion to $16.9 billion a year. These costs are actually paid by the consumer in the form of medical bills and decreased quality of life due to pollution. Impact assessment of organic farming compared to conventional farming considering the sustainability framework can help to increase consumer awareness
- Potash fertilisers: India 100% import dependent’ for urea production, natural gas is imported. reduction of these imports will improve our BoP and CAD
- will curb excessive demand for urea , reducing Govt’s subsidy burden
- Improved Investment and employment generation: eg. in NE, niche crops like Assam lemons, bhut JHolakia, Joha rice, if developed organically will give high gains-> improving economy of the region and increasing employment opportunities reducing migration.
- Premium price in domestic and overseas mkts; region could be developed as a eco-tourism destination.
- CASE STUDY: Sikkim; 75000Ha of land under OF, supporting agri, tourism through concept of Organic Village.
- Mission for Organic value Chain development for NE region (MOVCDNER) and PKVY launched by GoI for NE, Network Project on Organic Farming under ICAR.; National Program for Organic Production (NPOP) of APEDA which includes Third-party certification
Short Note on Economic Importance of Organic farming: conclusion?
needed for Global Food security and Ecosystem sustainability; also can help in achieving SDGs and increase farmer’s income.
Many farmers are apprehensive about adopting organic farming due to the high production cost and the three-year transition period when farmers have to wait before getting their farms certified.
Regional challenges of Indian agriculture: Intro?
- In 2016, agriculture and allied sectors like animal husbandry, forestry and fisheries accounted for 15.4% of the GDP with about 31% of the workforce in 2014
- By using some elements of Griggs and whittleseys classification of Agri regions, we can broadly divide India’s agri into 5 regions
Regional challenges of Indian agri: Rice-Jute-Tea region?
corresponding to humid location combined with fertile lowland of alluvial soil
Challenges:
- 78% farmers are small and marginal: low mechanization
- submergence due to poor drainage;ep in eastern India ,water logging, flash flood. Sub-surface hard pans which reduces the soil permeability, and the root ability to extract nutrients from subsoils results from continuous soil puddling and drying.
- eastern regions: high rainfall and yearly floods
- non-availability of improved varieties of seeds; use of traditional varieties
- Microelement deficiency, especially zinc and sulphur, is mainly caused due to rice monoculture, is seriously affecting the productivity of soils. Zinc deficiency is the most widespread microelement disorder of wetland rice
- low and imbalanced use of fertilisers, particularly in NE and eastern states
- heavy infestation of insects and pests: introduction of semi-dwarf varieties and the large input use like fertilizers and insecticides have changed the scenario of pest occurrence from low to high incidence of several pests like brown plant hoppers, stem borers, leaf folders, etc., and diseases such as blast, bacterial blight, sheath rot
- mostly in rainfed lowlands, delay in monsoon results in delay and prolonged transplantation.
regional challenges of Indian agri: Horticulture region?
Entire Northern Mountainous region is a prominent horticulture zone;
MH, AndhraP, UP: Fruits
Bihar, UP, Bengal: vegetable
Challenges:
- market inefficiencies and limits of storage infra: little prrotection against glut; no safety net like MSP
- Faulty policies
- Lack of Producers’ cooperation and post harvest processing and value addition
regional challenges of Indian agri: Wheat and suarcane region?
NW plains, Sutlej-Yamuna plains, Rohilkhand in UP, Bihar, haryana, PJ
challenges
- Heat stress
- dwindling water supply for irrigation
- disease and pest problem eg. Ug99(Wheat rust)
regional challenges of Indian agri: cotton region?
Confined to black soil region of India.
Also grown are Jowar, Sugarcane, Pulse, oilseeds etc in this region
challenges:
- certified seed coverage only 35%
- Increasing i/p cost: GM companies sell expensive cotton seeds and fertilisers.These have been major causes for unmanageable debts on farmers leading to suicides.
- 26% of crop area is under shallow soil
- cotton picking is completely manual in India. Mechanised picking is better than hand-picking since the latter can lead to contamination. No appropriate defoliant is available in India.
- Eutrophication and depletion of surface water: More than 35% of the areas under cotton cultivation is rain-fed with poor irrigation facilities
- due to incessant use of pesticides and pests that are becoming increasingly resistant to chemical dosage.
regional challenges of Indian agri: nutri-cereal region?
entire red soil belt; cultivation of food grains in combination to pulses and oilseeds e, Chambal valley-maize cultivation; Arid areas of Raj-Bajra; Plateau imterior of KN and TN- Ragi
Challenges:
- Uncertain, ill-distributed amd limited annual rainfall
- frequent droughts
- CASE STUDY of Marathwada: >900 dams in the region and in certain years, all go dry; depletion of GW to such extent that borewell dug upto even 300-500ft are not finding water.
- undulating soil surface
- very low crop yield
- poor health of cattle as well as farmers
regional challenges of Indian agri: conclusion?
need to embrace sustainable agri by applyig systems approach in Research and education. We need rational and economic farmer, as assumed by Van Thunen
Short note on ZBNF: intro?
ZBNF is a natural farming technique, based on agroecological principle, which reduces the cost of production down to zero due to utilisation of all the natural resources available in and around the crops.
Started by Mr. Subhash Palekar, in association with KN farmer’s association
The crop is grown naturally, with minimal or no use of fertilisers, pesticides and other elements. It employs inter-cropping with leguminous crops and use of earthworms, cow dung, urine, plants, human excreta and other biological
fertilizers for crop protection.
Largely practiced indry regions.
Short note on ZBNF: Sketch/info box?
Factors leading to ZBNF:
- neo-liberalisation in Indian economy led to agrarian crisis
- expensive privatised seeds, i/p and inaccessible mkts
- farmers getting trapped in debt cycle
- impact of chemicals on the environment and on long-term fertility was devastating
Acc to NSSO, ~70% of agri HH spend more than they earn and more than half of all farmers are in debt.
Short note on ZBNF: Four wheels of ZBNF?
- Jiwamrit: ensure soil fertility through cow dung, cow-urine based concoctions
- Bijamrit: seed treatment with cow dung and water-urine based formulations; concoctions using neem leaves and pulp, tobacco and green chillis are prepared for insect and pest management.
- Waaphasa: water vapour condensation for better soil moisture
- Mulching and soil aeration for favourable soil conditions
Short Note on ZBNF: difference vs organic farming.
- ZBNF discourages intensive irrigation and deep ploughing
- ZBNF is against vermicomposting, which is the mainstay of typical organic farming, as it introduces the the most common composting worm, the European red wiggler (Eisenia fetida) to Indian soils. Mr. Palekar claims these worms absorb toxic metals and poison groundwater and soil.
Short Note on ZBNF: Govt incentives?
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman FY19 Budget speech stressed on ‘need to replicate’ this model to attain DFI target.
In the revised guidelines of PKVY scheme during the year 2018, various organic farming models like Natural Farming, Rishi Farming, Vedic Farming, Cow Farming, Homa Farming, Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) etc. have been included wherein flexibility is given to states to adopt any model of Organic Farming including ZBNF depending on farmer’s choice.
Under the RKVY scheme, organic farming/ natural farming project components are considered by the respective State Level Sanctioning Committee (SLSC) according to their priority/ choice.
According to the Economic Survey, more than 1.6 lakh farmers are practising the ZBNF in almost 1,000 villages using some form of state support
Short note on ZBNF: case study?
A limited 2017 study in Andhra Pradesh claimed a sharp decline in input costs and improvement in yields (12% increase in yield of Paddy, 23% in that of groundnut), esp in Rayalseema region
Also, In June 2018, Andhra Pradesh rolled out an ambitious plan to become India’s first State to practise 100% natural farming by 2024. It aims to phase out chemical farming over 80 lakh hectares of land, converting the State’s 60 lakh farmers to ZBNF methods.
Short note on ZBNF: benefits?
- Reduced i/p cost; some studies have also pointed to higher yields
- Resilient food systems
- a possible solution to water stress challenges, drought conditions, floods
- decent livelihood to small farmers; DFI
- Promotion of good agro-economic practices
- Mixed cropping helps recover cost of production and also helps revive soil fertility and nutrients
- improves cropintensity and land-use intensity, will further help in preventing seasonal migration
Potential of agro-Tourism in rural development of India: intro?
As per Agro-Tourism Devlopment Corp 2004 survey, 97% of Urban pop wants to explore the beauty of rural life. Agri-tourism-golden opportunity to capitalise on this urban demand.
Agritourism is similar to eco-tourism except that its primary appeal is not the natural landscape but a cultural landscape.
Agritourism is a novel concept in the Indian tourism sector, which provides vast opportunities for tourists to experience the authentic ethnic culture of rural societies and actively engage in agricultural activities. Agriculture and its allied activities, which can be harnessed to promote agritourism may include organic farming, floriculture, sericulture, pisciculture, apiculture, medicinal plantation, pottery, so on and so forth.
Potential of agro-Tourism in rural development of India: map?
- saffron tourism-Karewas
- Mango (Dussehri) tourism- Malihabad, UP
- Wine tourism- Nashik
- Alphonso tourism- Ratnagiri
- Spice tourism- Kumily, Idukki
- Horticulture tourism of NE-Tea gardens of assam, ornamental crops of Mizoram
Agro-Tourism will develop rural areas y ensuring
- vertical and horizontal integration
- comprehensive development
- community devlopment by local community participation
- financial viability
potential of agro-Tourism in Rural dev: economic potential
- employment opportunities for rural youth
- income augmentation and diversification
- Public and pvt sector investment in rural infra
- direct marketing of farm produce
- hedge against climate vagaries and price fluctuations
Case study: Agro Tourism in Palshiwadi, Pune:
In 2007, Agro-Tourism dev corp and MH Tourism deptt trained 52 farmers for agro-tourism activities. successful model replicated in 328 agro-Tourist centres in MH, generating 36mn Rs. for state’s agri community.