This document summarizes agricultural statistics for the state of Gujarat, India. It outlines key crop production figures including 11 million metric tons of millet production annually on 96 lakh hectares of arable land. It then discusses the National Food Security Mission (NFSM) program and its approved annual action plan and component-wise achievements for nutri cereals. Issues related to increasing millet production are outlined as well as proposed strategies and a flexi components plan to promote nutri cereal farming.

1. National level workshop on
Millets
Date. 28/09/2018
Directorate of Agriculture,
Gujarat State, Gandhinagar
Place:- VAMNICOM, Pune

2. 8
Agro
Climatic
Zones
96Lakh
Ha.
Arable Land
44Lakh
Ha.
Net Irrigated Area
48
Land Holders
.86
Lakh
74Lakh
MT
FOODGRAINS
PRODUCTION
45Lakh
MT
OILSEEDS
PRODUCTION
50Lakh
Bales
COTTON
PRODUCTION
 30% Cotton
 30% Groundnut
 84% Castor
Share in Country's
Production
131Lakh
MT
VEGETABLES
PRODUCTION
89Lakh
MT
FRUITS
PRODUCTION
11Lakh
MT
MILLETS
PRODUCTION
 70% Fennel
 60% Cumin
 20% Papaya
 15% Banana
 11% Pomegranate
GUJARAT AGRICULTURE : STATUS
956
mm
Average Rainfall
86.00Lakh
Ha.
KHARIF
30.90Lakh
Ha.
RABI
8.54 Lakh
Ha.
SUMMER
Average Cropping Area

3. CROPPING PATTERN

4. FOOD GRAIN- STATISTICS
Crop
Last Five Year Average
(Year: 2013-14 to 2017-18)
Area
(000 ha)
Prod.
(000 MT)
Yield
(kg/ha)
Rice 830 1905 2294
Wheat 1070 3082 2880
Maize 420 691 1647
Bajara 444 978 2201
Jowar 105 136 1294
Ragi 16 18 1082
Mung 156 80 512
Math 26 14 532
Udad 136 89 652
Tur 279 327 1172
Gram 210 246 1173
Total Food grain 3694 7566 2048

5. Nutri Cereal Crop - STATISTICS
Crop
Last Five Year Average
(Year: 2013-14 to 2017-18)
Area
(000 ha)
Prod.
(000 MT)
Yield
(kg/ha)
Bajara 444 978 2201
Jowar 105 136 1294
Ragi 16 18 1082
Total 565 1132 2004

6. 391 431 397 444
886 931 918 978
2264
2158
2311
2201
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 Last Five Year Average
Area, Production and Yield of Bajra
Crop
Area (in '000 Ha.) Production (in '000 MT) Yield (in Kg/ha.)

7. 99 106 92 105
131 150
94
136
1327
1416
1020
1294
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 Last Five Year Average
Area, Production and Yield of Jowar
Crop
Area (in '000 Ha.) Production (in '000 MT) Yield (in Kg/ha.)

8. 19 19 12 16
15 27 11 18
780
1381
896
1082
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 Last Five Year Average
Area, Production and Yield of Ragi
Crop
Area (in '000 Ha.) Production (in '000 MT) Yield (in Kg/ha.)

9. Crop & District Covered under NFSM- Nutri Cereal Scheme
Sr.No. Name of District Covered under Various Crops
Jowar (4 Dist.) Bajra (17 Dist.) Ragi (2 Dist.)
1 Banaskantha Ahmedabad Dang
2 Bharuch Anand Valsad
3 Surat Banaskantha
4 Tapi Bhavnagar
5 Gandhinagar
6 Junagadh, Gir Somnath
7 Kheda
8 Kutchh
9 Mahesana
10 Panchamahal, Mahisagar
11 Patan
12 Sabarkantha, Arvalli
13 Surendranagar
14 Vadodara
 Name of Crops Covered:- * Jowar, * Bajra, * Ragi
 Name of District Covered:-

10. Approved Annul Action Plan under NFSM for the Year
2018-19
Sr. No. Crop
Approved AAP
Fin.
(Rs. In Lakh)
1 NFSM- Rice 282.835
2 NFSM-Pulses 2086.655
3 NFSM-Wheat 340.788
4 NFSM- Coarse Cereal 217.600
5 NFSM- Nutri Cereals 887.671
6 NFSM-Sugarcane 35.70
7 NFSM- Cotton 323.328
Total 4174.577
(Rs. in Lakh)

11. Component Wise Achievement against Approved AAP under
NFSM Nutri Cereals for the Year 2018-19
Sr.
No.
Name of Component
Approved AAP
Achievement (Up to
Aug.2018)
Phy.
Fin.
(Rs. In Lakh)
Phy.
Fin.
(Rs. In Lakh)
1 Demonstration 5580 334.800 3528 113.02
2 Distribution of Seeds 5318 158.625 124 0.00
3 Certified seed Production 5581 167.430 0 0.00
4 INM & IPM 33486 160.690 3262 8.69
5 Flexi Component
5 (a) Farm implement 126 0.686 6 0.00
5 (b) Sprinkler 130 13.000 3 0.30
5 (c) Cropping system based training 28 3.920 2 0.03
5 (d) Local Initiatives- Godown & Mini grinder machine 162 48.520 0 0.00
Total Flexi Component 446 66.126 11 0.33
Total 50411 887.671 6925 122.04
(Rs. in Lakh)

12. Issues related to enhancing Millets production
 Availability of certified seeds of less then ten Years of
millet crops is limited with GSSC and other seed agencies
in Gujarat.
 Poor genetic yield potential and lack of technological
breakthrough in the varietal development.
 Small & fragmented land holding which leads to poor
adoption of latest technologies especially farm
mechanization.
 Lack of suitable processing & value addition opportunity
 Lack of Marketing and infrastructure.
 Lack of awareness and necessary skill for processing &
value addition of millet crops.

13. Strategies for overcoming effect of constrains
• Focus on low productivity areas including cultivation of millet crops in rain
fed areas.
• District and Taluka wise crop planning and cluster approach for crop
productivity enhancement.
• Capacity building of farmer
– Preparation of contingency plan up to Taluka level and educate the farmers
for awareness
- Creating awareness for critical stages of crops for better production.
• Area specific Promotion and extension of improved technologies
• Village wise preparation of Nutrient map for creating awareness among
farmers
• Close & continuous monitoring to ensure timely reach of interventions to the
targeted beneficiaries.
• Formation of FPO by various assistance/ exposure/ incentives under
government scheme.

14. Government of Gujarat proposed a Flexi Components plan
to GOI for create awareness among the farmers for Nutri
Cereal farming
S.N. Name of Component
Proposed target
Physical
(Nos.)
Financial
(Rs. In
lakh)
1
Formation of FPOs in Cluster Area
(Rs.40,000/- per FPO for registration
charges)
13 5.20
2
Creation of processing units for FPOs
(Rs.4.00 lakh/ units or 50% of total cost)
13 52.00
3 Events/ Workshop
3 (a) State level Workshop 1 4.00
3 (a) District level Festival 13 52.00
3 (b) Creation of awareness - 34.00
3 (c)
Publicity (Documentary, Audio- Visual,
Hoardings, Bus side panel/ back panel etc.)
- 68.36
Total 215.56

15. Economic Importance of Millets Crops
 cooked into cakes, cookies, puddings or porridge
 Grain is made into a fermented drink (or beer)
 Straw from finger millet is used as animal fodder
 used for a flavored drink in festivals
Ragi (Finger Millet)

16. State
No. of
Activity
Male
Adult
Female
Adult
Male
Child
Female
Child
Total
Participa
nts
Gujarat 0.85 15.48 33.63 32.00 33.63 119.97
All Nation
(Grand
Total)
6.95 246.88 412.55 196.03 212.24 914.79
Figures in Lakh
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