A presentation from the WCCA 2011 conference in Brisbane.

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

2. Haryana: Agricultural Facts
Geographical Cropping Systems
Area
• 1.4% of country • Rice-wheat (1.2 mha)
• 4.4 mha • Cotton-Wheat (0.6 mha)
• 85% under cultivation • Sugarcane-Wheat (0.06
mha)
Agricultural
Food-grain Achievements
production increase
2nd largest contributor in country
2.6 mt in 1966-67, 16.6 mt in food basket
2010-11 Awarded “Krishi Karman Award”
Six-fold increase in total for best performance in wheat
production, Rice (16 fold), production 2010-11
Wheat (11 fold)

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
Constitution of Farmers’ Commission: Policy Reforms
Constitution of Working Group of Key Agricultural
Issues for Action Plan: One on CA
Prioritized Investment in Agriculture
Organizing Stakeholders Interactions for Better
Understanding and Implementation
Prioritized Promotion of Conservation Agriculture
Technologies

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
•Agricultural Department, Govt. of Haryana
Delivery •KVKs & Private Sector
and •CCS Haryana Agricultural University
Adaptation •Farmer Groups
of •Progressive Farmers
Technologie •ICAR Institutes
•Krishi Vigyan Kendra
s •International Organizations
Policy
Guidelines
• Agriculture Department, Govt. of Basic, Strategic
Haryana
and Adaptive
• Agriculture Department, Govt. of India
• Farmer Commission, Govt. of Haryana
Research
• SAU
• CCS Haryana Agricultural University
• ICAR Institutes
• Krishi Vigyan Kendra
• International Organizations
• Sate Agricultural Department
• NGOs & Private Sector

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,
• Promote off baring machine, cotton stubble cutters etc..

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.
1000 demonstrations in year 2011-12
 Subsidy of INR 40000 per machine (in plan)
Direct Seeded Rice
Benefits:
• 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-happy
• Promotes residue burning seeder and multi-crop
• Promote broadcasting of seed planters
& fertilizers Sensitize farmers and
• Creates sub-soil compaction Govt. departments on
(hard pan) ill effects of rotavators
• Consumes more energy, fuel,
reduces tractor life
• Temporary water logging at
establishment stage,
yellowing of crop
• Farmers have to apply extra
dose of N /P fertilizer
(50Kg/ha)

13. Future Strategies for CA
3.0 mha under laser levelling upto 2017
50 % cultivated area to be brought under CA
0.5 mha of Basmati area to be under DSR by 2017
0.12 mha area under zero tillage upto 2014
0.2mha under Turbo Seeder sowing by 2013
Diversify 0.2 mha area from rice to maize
Raised bed sugarcane inter-cropping in 0.05 mha
Relay cropping of wheat in 50% Cotton area

14. Future Strategies for CA
Residue retention for nutrient recycling, soil moisture
retention, reduce transpiration
Promote micro-irrigation systems
Promote surface residue retention
Better weed management practices
Cultivar choices for CA
Promote Public private partnership for CA
Linking problematic areas with soil health cards
Mapping of problematic soils and link to CA

15. Capacity Building and Improving Communication
with Extension Agents and Farmers
Across agro-ecologies farmer interactions through farmer schools,
exposure visits, traveling seminars
Strong public-private partnership for knowledge sharing on inputs,
markets, weather etc
Long-term research platform trials & farmer participatory trial
Farmer participatory seed systems and seed cooperatives for quality
seed
Include CA in the course curriculum at the graduate level and master
and PhD degree programs on CA in SAU

16. Research Initiations on CA
Research
on
Develop herbicide
agronomic usage and
Integrating practices in residue
CA with for mulches
salinity- intercroppi
Nutrient & alkalinity
water ng systems
research-
managem Salt
Double ent in CA movement?
no-till in ?
non RW
system

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 Farmers
of Agri meets, travelling Forum
seminars, field days)
CA
CA
modules
adopters CA
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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