12th Plan Hackathon Agriculture and Rural

Development

Kapil Kumar Sharma

Technical Officer, Central Potato Research Station,Jalandhar

Alternative/Innovative planning for agricultureUsing

Traditional knowledge&

Modren technologiesKeep in mind

Globalisation”n” climatologySearch for new crops and methodologies

……..hope for farmer in true sprit ,not mythology

The present problems of Indian agriculture are :-

Scarcity of input water.

Shortage of agricultural labour because of NREGS.

Shortage of organic manures in spite of rising demand. Feed problems of diary and farm animals and poultry birds.

Mounting overdue of farm loans and failure of cooperatives.

Climate related crop failures and outbreak of diseases.

continuedMental trauma of the farm families in combating economic reform.

Rising cost of living and deficit family budget.

Uncertainly of the cropping system and changing package of practices.

Confuse in the channel of marketing aid loss of market during harvesting.

Widening gap of income between farmers and non-farmers.

Change of planning methodologies

• 1 Use traditional knowledge.• 2 Market linked agriculture.• 3 More storage facilities to save during glut.• 4 Crowd sourcing to increase interaction at

ground level.• 5 Bring young people to farming by making it a

profitable venture.• 6 Efforts to plan for a cash crops like potato etc.

in routine crop cycle.

Case study on potato crop as future food

Potato in India : Present and Future

Plains 89.5%

Hills 6.2%

Plateau 4.3%

38.8

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12.610.8

18.9

7.44.9 3.93.1 2.5 1 1.3

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Potato Wheat Rice Maize

Av. Dry matter yield (kg/ha/day)

Edible energy ('0000 kcal/ha/day)

Edible protein (kg/ha/day)

Potato a Potential Food to Ensure Food and Nutritional Security

• With increasing population, limiting land resources and scarce inputs • ( land, water, fertilizers etc.), there is a need to incorporate a concept of

nutrient production per unit area and time. • Potato is one of the ideal crops which produces more food and nutrients

per unit area and time .

Projections for potato production in 2020 at current growth rates

1.28

22.517.6

2

49

24.5

Area (million ha) Production(million t)

Yield (t/ha)

Present Projections

India ranks fourth in area and third in production in the world (Average 2001 - 03)

Russia

4.63

3.20

1.26

1.60

0.51

68.89

34.86

23.19

17.49

20.51

China

India

Ukraine

USA

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Production (mill. t)

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POTATO PRODUCTION & UTILIZATION: GLOBAL SCENARIO

Changing pattern of area under potato cultivation in different parts of the world (Source: FAOSTAT)

• Grown on ~19.3 m ha in 150 countries

• Share of developing countries in world area risen from 15.1% (1961) to 46.3% (2002)

• Share of developed countries decreased from 84.9% to 53.7%

• Overall world potato area decreased from 22.2 m ha to 19.3 m ha.

AREA

Summary

1.Concentrate on Market linked, technology based agriculture.2.Increase in the participation of private sector in agriculture production.3.Expansion of storage facilities and setting up of food processing industry.4.Mechanisation of agriculture operations to counter labour shortage.5.Bringing younger farmers to agriculture by making it diversified and profitable bussiness.