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Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA), Bargarh Bimonthly News Letter - DADHIBAMANA (June-July: 2009)

Bargarh District formerly a Sub-Division of undivided Sambalpur District comprises of two agriculture district having six blocks each and located in the agro-climatic zone of western central table land with hot, humid and sub-humid climate. The agro-climatic situation, irrigation potential, land utilization pattern, agrarian structure is as hereunder :-

A . Basic Information of Bargarh District

1	Geographical Area (in Ha)	5,83,200
2	Cultivated Area ( in Ha)	3,48,747
	a. High Land	1,83,318	(53%)
	b. Medium Land	89,395	(26%)
	c. Low Land	76,034	(21%)
3	Paddy Area ( in Ha)	2,04,247
	a. High Land	40,614	(20%)
	b. Medium Land	87,599	(43%)
	c. Low Land	76,034	(37%)
4	a. Irrigated Area ( in Ha) ( in Kharif)	1,45,514	(42%)
4	b. Irrigated Area (in Ha.) ( in Rabi)	83,662	(24%)
5	Non-irrigated Area ( in Ha)	2,03,233	(58%)
6	Farm families ( in nos) 2001 census	2,03,550
	a. Small Farmers	73,819	(36%)
	b. Marginal Farmers	76,639	(38%)
	c. Big Farmers	53,092	(26%)
7	Agriculture Labourers ( in nos)	2,47,022

B. The cropwise Rabi programme and achievement thereof during 2007-08 are as follows:

Sl. No	Name of the Crop	Target	Achievement
1	HYV Paddy	43000	43653
2	Wheat	960	943
3	Maize	330	319
Total Cereal		44290	44915
4	Pulses	14850	15313
5	Oilseeds	12220	11627
6	Vegetables	20245	23098
7	Condiments	4244	4748
8	Sugarcane	1510	1168
GRAND TOTAL		97859	100867

C. SEED DISTRIBUTION DURING RABI 2007-08(Qtl.)

Sl.No	Name of the Seed	Programme	Qty. supplied
1	Paddy	728.0	445.2
2	Wheat	127.8	159.6
3	Mung	42.5	31.72
4	Biri	5.2	2.1
5	Gram	80.5	85.6
6	Field pea	64.8	31.6
7	Groundnut	158.0	209.7
8	Til	5.2	2.25
9	Mustard	77.55	92.46
10	Sunflower	3.35	1.00
TOTAL		1165.9	1061.23

D. FERTILISER CONSUMPTION DURING RABI 2007-08.

Nutrient	Target (MT)	Consumption (MT)
Nitrogen	11708	9087
Phosphorus	4670	6546
Potash	4051	3513
TOTAL	20429	19146
Kg/hect.	208	190

PROGRAMME FOR KHARIF, 2008

1. Production Programme

During Kharif,2008, it has been programmed to cover 348747 hect. Under different crops as given below.

Paddy 201770 hect.

Millets 1175 hect.

Pulses 59966 hect.

Oilseeds 31722 hect.

Fibres 1682 hect.

Vegetables 46257 hect.

Condiments 4725 hect.

Sugarcane 1450 hect.

Total 348747 hect.

2. Seeds

The programme for supply of seeds to the farmers at subsidized rate during Kharif, 2008 is given below.

Paddy 12720 Qtl.

Mung 28 Qtl.

Biri 18 Qtl.

Arhar 18 Qtl.

Groundnut 3885 Qtl.

Til 2 Qtl.

Maize 44 Qtl.

Dhanicha 45 Qtl.

Total 16760 Qtl.

3. Fertilizer

The nutrient wise programme for consumption of chemical fertilizers during Kharif,2008 is given below.

Nitrogen 16381 MT

Phosphorus 11026 MT

Potash 5691 MT

Total 33098 MT

Kg/ha. 95

4. National Food Security Mission

National Food Security Mission is implemented in Bargarh district from 2007-08 for increasing the production and productivity of Pulse crop. The programe to be implemented during Kharif,2008 is given below.

Supply of Gypsum 5280 hect.

Supply of Micronutrient 5280 hect.

Integrated Pest Managemenr 5567 hect.

Distribution of Sprinkler 257 nos.

Farmers Training 19 nos.

Plant Protection equipment 1152 nos.

Demonstration on improved

package of practices 288 nos.

Supply of phosphatic Fert. 929 hect.

5. Rastriya Krushi Vikash Yojana

During Kharif 2008, different projects are implementing in Bargarh district under RKVY as given below

Acid soil management 5000 MT

SRA demonstration 100 Acres

Popularization of Agril. imple. 20 sets.

Promotion of organic farming 3 nos.

BGA production unit 1 no.

Capacity building of extn.personnel 248 nos.

Integrated Pest Management 20 nos.

Bio-fert. Application 5250 Qtl.