Presented at the Pulses for Sustainable Agriculture and Human Health” on 31 May-1 June 2016 at NASC, New Delhi, India. The conference was jointly organised by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), TCi of Cornell University (TCi-CU) and Agriculture Today.

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Promoting Pulses through
FPOs in Bihar
दाल से खुशहाल

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“Formalising the informal trade channel of agriculture produce
and creating gainful, dignified self-employment for the families
engaged in rural and agriculture sector.”

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Production of Pulses in Bihar
6.1
5.81
7.16
5.99
4.31
5.24
4.51 4.73
6.85
5.14
3.95
5.2
7.39
8.14
9.57
8.58
9.16
9.92
2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012
Area Production Productivity Linear (Area)
productioninmilliontonnes
Area : Lakh Ha Production: Lakh MT Productivity : Qa/Ha
Area under production is declining over the years.

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Challenges & Constraints
• Small & Marginal moving away
from Pulse production
• Less remunerative
• Large variation in productivity in year
on year
• Migration
• Risky crop
• Pest and disease attack
• Chilling stress, Drought and heat
stress
• Very minimal or zero irrigation
• Lack of knowledge
• Poor crop management practices

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Challenges & Constraints
• Seed replacement – hardly any
• Non availability of improved seeds
• Poor Post harvesting practices
• Low mechanisation
• Poor marketing system

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Interventions
संघे शक्ति कललयुगे

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Availability and
application of Right
fertiliser and pesticides
Availability and
adoption of good
quality seeds
Adoption of better
crop management
practices
Assured market
linkages and moving up
the chain
Pulse FPO
More adoption of better crop management techniques , right fertilisers, seeds and pesticides
will result into more production which will lead to more income through assured marketing
and which will in turn lead to prosperity.
PoorInput–PoorOutput
to
BetterInput–BetterOutput

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Intervention Area
• Nalanda
• Nagarnausa , Chandi, Hilsa
• Nawada
• Sirdala, Meskaur , Akbarpur
• FPOs are formed and registered in all 6 locations
• Average 100 farmers in each FPO
• Plan to expand the base to 300 -500 farmer in F.Y. 2016-17

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Intervention approaches
• Participatory & collective approach
• Value chain approach
• Knowledge and capacity enhancement
• Seed replacement – biggest challenge
Awareness and access to new
technology
• Seed, seed treatment, irrigation, harvesting,
threshing, milling, packaging

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Intervention steps
• Selection of village and farmers
• Baseline survey of farmers
• Formation of FPOs
• Registered in Feb -March 2016
• Development of Package of practices
• From Seed treatment, land preparation to harvesting and selling, sowing
and spacing
• Farmer participatory varietal/ Technology selection trial
• Demonstration and farmers drive
• Evaluation by farmers on various parameters
• Yield , Crop duration, market price, disease and pest attack, frost and disease
tolerance
• Promotion of selected seeds variety from next season

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Intervention steps/ approaches
• Promotion of mechanisation
• Access to
• Input market – Quality at lower prices
through farmers institutions , tie up providers
like seed, pesticides companies, KVKs
• Output – assured marketing
• Moving up the chain
• Pulse milling and packaging

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Opportunities and
recommendation
• Partnerships and agreements for
• Developing linkages on seed & development
• Lentil and Chick pea
• Developing package of practices
• Suitable technologies
• Milling and packaging
• ICT/ mobile based FPO management
system / applications
• Unified Licenses for input especially
fertilisers
• Some state has done that
• Credit support from 1st year of formation

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