Briefing Agriculture Extension Department District Sahiwal

1. BY
DR. MUHAMMAD ASLAM
AGRICULTURE OFFICER (TECH)
DISTRICT SAHIWAL
2023
AGRICULTURE (EXTENSION)
DEPARTMENT

2. OUR MISSION
Transform Punjab’s Agriculture into a market driven
diversified and sustainable sector through integrated
technologies transparency & value for money

3. OBJECTIVES OF AGRI. EXTENSION
 To disseminate agriculture production
technologies of various field crops to the famers.
 To collect soil samples from farmer field.
 To collect water samples from farmer tube wells.
 To disseminate Agriculture advisory services to
farmers

4. OBJECTIVES OF AGRI.EXTENSION
 To lay out demonstration plots of various crops at
farmer field.
 To conduct crop yield competitions of various crops.
 To perform duties at plant clinic in one day in a
week.
 To report to higher ups about various issues.
 To maintain check and balance of various inputs.

5. Deputy Director Agriculture (Ext.)
Agricultural Officer
(Tech.)
Agricultural Officer
(Bio Lab.)
ADA (Ext.)
Sahiwal
ADA (Ext.)
Chichawatni
Cotton
Inspector
(1)
Agri.
Officer
(5)
Agri.
Officer
(4)
AI
(4)
Cotton
Inspector
(1)
FA
(43)
AI
(1)
FA
(31)
FA
(1)
FA
(3)

7. # Parameters Sahiwal CCI Area (Acres)
1 Population 1491553 1026007 2517560
2 Geographical Area. 395821 394044 789865
3 Cultivated Area 299823 344000 643823
4 Un Cultivated Area/Un irrigated 95998 50044 146042
5 Irrigated Area 299823 344000 643823
6 Forest 1114 11000 12114
7 Problem Soil Areas 16847 4700 21547
8 Brackish Under Ground Area (25%) 100300 97166 197466
9 Sweet Under Ground Water Area (75%) 300098 292300 592398
AGRICULTURE STATISTICS OF DISTRICT
SAHIWAL

8. # Parameters Sahiwal CCI Total
1 No. of Rural Union councils 46 42 88
2 No. of villages 291 240 531
3 No. of police Stations 8 6 14
4 No. of ginning factories 16 34 51
5 No. of Market committees 2 2 4
6 No. of seed companies 6 1 7
7 No of Fertilizer companies 5 0 5
8 No. of Fertilizer dealers 51 90 141
GENERAL INFORMATION

9. # Parameters Sahiwal CCI Total
1 No. of NFML dealers 16 9 25
2 No. of cold stores 89 18 107
3 No of Tractors 8472 7688 16160
4 No. of Tube wells a) Electric 1762 2452 4214
5 No. of Tube wells b) Diesel 5097 1274 6371
6 No. of Tube wells c) Tractor 4547 3410 7957
7 Rotavators 3618 3405 7023
8 Wheat Threshers 2096 2305 4401
9 Cultivators 4215 4028 9243
10 Shellers 1045 975 2020
11 Disc harrows 1120 1250 2370
12 Ridgers 2350 2450 4800
13 Chiesels 471 382 853
14 Drills 1872 1398 3270
15 Sprayers 8220 8801 17021
16 Others 6360 4752 11112
GENERAL INFORMATION

10. # Parameters Sahiwal CCI Total
1 Main Canal –Lower Bari Doab Canal
2 LBDC Originate from Head Baloki at River Ravi
3 Total Indent 8450 Cusecs
4 Irrigate to Districts of Okara, Sahiwal, Khanewal and Vehari.
5 Distributaries 5 6 11
6 Minors 4 18 22
7 Total command area (Acres) 299823 344000 643823
IRRIGATION SYSTEM

11. FIVE YEAR CROP DATA AREA (ACRES) AND
AVERAGE YIELD (MAUNDS/ACRES)
# Crop 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23
Area Yield Area Yield Area Yield Area Yield Area Yield
1 Wheat 359000 36.75
26400
0
37 307000 38.80 279000 34.49 275000 37.10
2 Cotton 146000 16.00 131000 17.11 60000 22.94 39000 20.15 70000 14.81
3 Rice 84000 22.00 79000 22.74 107000 22.24 110000 24.33 86000 27.69
4
Maize
(Spr)
105000 82.00 115000 84.67 143100 71.84 118500 75.59 132000 102.05
4
Maize
(Aut)
112000 76.00 105152 75.64 118500 90.39 182600 63.35 129800 67.7
5 Potato 69564 275 69897 282 73132 277.00 90928 278.38 102773 268.4
Source: Crop Reporting Service, Punjab

12. WHEAT DEMONSTRATION PLOTS
Sr. No. Name of Tehsil No. of D Plots
1 Sahiwal 90
2 Chichawatni 82
Total 1172

13. Calendar Tentative Sowing of Crops & Fertilizer Requirements Sahiwal District
Crop
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Wheat
(Acres)=275000
UREA= 139500
(Acres)=275000
UREA= 275000
DAP= 418500
Cotton
(Acres)= 72000
UREA=82500
DAP= 108000
UREA=105400
Rice
(Acres)= 86000
UREA= 154091
DAP= 115242
Maize
(Acres)= 132000
UREA= 298170
DAP=258475
Potash =95421
(Acres)= 129800
UREA= 456250
DAP= 370542
Potash =175420
Rapeseed
& Mustard
(Acres)=
18141
UREA=8645
DAP=18500
(Acres)= 18141
UREA=16324
Sugarcane
(Acres)=8000
UREA=8316
DAP= 16632
Potash= 8316
UREA = 16632
Potato
(Acres)= 102773
UREA= 280119
DAP= 2334320
Potash= 98642

14. WINGS OF AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT AT
SAHIWAL
 Agriculture Extension (Agri. Ext, Adaptive Research & Agri.
Farm)
 Agriculture Research (MMRI, Cotton Research Station,
Horticulture Research Institute, Potato Research Institute &
Soil and Water Testing Lab.)
 On Farm Water Management
 Agriculture Field
 Agriculture Marketing
 Pest Warning and Quality Control of Pesticides
 Crop Reporting Service
 Punjab Seed Corporation
 Federal Seed Certification & Registration Department

15. INTRODUCTION OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF
INSECTS
Type of Cards 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20
2020-
21
Chrysoperla Cards
Production
45225 47475 52897 64875
No. of Beneficiary 628 649 624 796
Trichogramma Cards
Production
63580 56440 63283 82820
No. of Beneficiary 627 679 627 841

16. PROGRESS OF FERTILIZER CONTROLERS IN
DISTRICT SAHIWAL
#
Designation of
Inspectors/Con
trollers
Sample Drawn
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
1
Assistant Director
Agriculture (Ext)
Sahiwal
91 113 83 114 114 132
2
Assistant Director
Agriculture (Ext)
Chichawatni
107 108 88 117 114 106
Total 198 221 171 231 228 238

17. ORCHARDS (CITRUS, GUAVA AND MANGO)
IN DISTRICT SAHIWAL
# Tehsil Area (Acres)
1 Sahiwal 6318
2 Chichawatni 18257
District Sahiwal 24575

18. CURRENT IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES
 Holding meetings of Agri. Advisory /Task force committees.
 Completion of assigned KPI targets;-
 a) Farmers Training Programme for Wheat.
 b) Soil sampling
 c) Registration of farmers for Kissan card
 d) Fertilizer sampling for quality control.
 e) Motivation for oilseed production, canola, sunflower

19. EDUCATION OF FARMERS
 Farmer Training Programme
Wheat ( In 500 villages )
Cotton ( In 400 villages )
Maize & S.cane (In 100 villages)
 Literature Distribution
 Burjies /Mottoes
 Farmer Days
 Seminar
 Field Day

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