PROBLEM OF FARMER FOR THE HIGH QUALITY SEED

The seed is most important thing in agriculture or cultivation of crop. This is the primary source or input of agriculture. Most of the time the farmer used seed of home or his previous grown crops. Now a days some of the farmer of India and world are use high quality seed from the private agriculture companies or government department of agriculture.

But here I want to talk about the production of high quality seed at the farmer field and for their own use.

Because the farmers grow crops at their fields and when they go to their production in the Mandi they get low price for example when a farmer go  the mandi to sale their soybean they get 3000-4000 Rs./Quintal. But when they go to purchase seed from the shop they purchase soybean seed they have to pay 6100-6500 Rs/Quintal.

Definitely as all we know that the rate of the seed will be more in comparison to crop.

But my question is that when a farmer is the producer of the crop and customer of seed.

Then why he is not producing the seed at his own field, why he is purchasing seed from the market at high price. Second how a farmer can believe at the quality of seed purchase from the others or market? , many time the quality of the seed purchase from the market is very bad and he is not able to purchase the desired variety of the seed. 

There are some crops which seed production requires special technique like hybrid seed.

But most of seed of self pollinated crop whose seed can be produced easily by the farmer.

Like wheat, soybean, gram (chana), green gram (mung), Black gram (Urd), etc.
the production of seed of self pollinated crop is easily farmer can produced seed 
for himself and others.
Farmers can make small groups and after registration in seed certification agency of state, he can produced seed of desired quality. And it will give him an opportunity for agriculture business. If farmers do not want to register the seed in seed certification agency, there is a no need to register. Purchase seed of high quality from a reliable source and if is desired quality, grow this for next two or three years, so that the cost of cultivation can be reduced.

In the self pollinated crop the one time purchased high quality seed can be shown next two three years.  

Package of Practices for Maize,मक्का उत्पादन की उन्नत तकनीक

Package of Practices for Maize-

मक्का उत्पादन की उन्नत तकनीक 

Now cultivation of maize is done is most of the state of the country and

 Main area of maize is Andhra-Pradesh, Karnataka, and Maharashtra Madhyapradesh, Bihar, Uttarpradesh, Rajasthan etc.

Now the maize crop  has become one of the most  important crop in the country because it is less affected by disease and pest and also gives good yield at low cost. And in India day by day the business of poultry is increasing very rapidly so for the feed of hens/chickens maize is used. And at some places the oil of maize is also extracted and in some area it is used for chapatti making. And it is used in other industries also.

Preparation of Land-

    Cultivation of maize may be done in light, medium and heavy soil. The soil should be ploughed 2-3 times and land should be leveled. Drainage facility should be managed.

Improved Varieties-

Very Short Duration Varieties(80- 90 Days)	Composite variety- Jawahar Maize-8 Hybrid- Kanchan
Medium Duration Varieties(95- 100 Days)	Composite variety- Chandan Maize-3, Vijay and Mahi Dhaval Hybrid variety- Pusa hybrid 1 & 2,
Long Duration varieties (100-120 Days)	Composite variety- Prabhat  Hybrid variety- Ganga 11 , Ganga white

Private Company High Yielding Variety- 1. Short Duration- K-3712,         K-3426 (Ganga Kavery), DKC-7074 (Monsanto), JKMH-175, Rajkumar, Shaktiman, Bio -9681 (ShriRam Bioseed), NK-46 (Sygenta)

2.    Long Duration Variety- 30V92 (Pioneer), 900M Gold (Monsanto), JKMH-501 (JK Seeds), NK-6240 (Syngenta), 740 (Seedtech) etc.

Seed Rate-     7-8 kilogram per acre.

Time of Sowing-   

Crop is sown in all three season

Kharif- 15 June to 10 July

Rabi- 15 September to 15 October

Zaid- 15-30 March

Seed Treatment- The seed may be treated with trichoderma viridae or thiram, redomil or carbendazim. And the seed should we treated with azotobacter and PSB culture @ 10 gm/kg of seed.

Spacing-

For short duration- 60 cm* 20 cm

For Long Duration- 60 cm*30 cm

The plant population should be 26-32 Thousand in one acre.

Fertilizer dose-

Gobar ki Khad- 25 Quintal/ acre should be sprayed 15 day before sowing.

And 45 kg nitrogen, 25 kg Phosphorus and 12 kg Potash/Acre.

At the time of sowing 50 kg DAP and 25 kg Urea and 20 kg Murate of Potash.

After 30 Days or at nee height stage-50 kg Urea should be broadcasted.

 And Zinc sulphate @ 10 kg one time in two years should be used at time of sowing.

Irrigation – In rainy season there is no need of irrigation. Only in late September in condition of no rain irrigation may be given.

In other season rabi or Zaid crops – first irrigation after 20-25 days, second irrigation at manjari stage and third irrigation at grain forming stage should be given.

Weed Control- weeding can be done manually by the help of Khurapi/Dora and chemically by Atrazine @ 0.6 kg in 300 litre water used per acre. And in intercropping (Maize+Legume+oily crop) Pendimethylin @ 0.6 kg per acre after the sowing and before the germination.

Intercropping – In maize crop Green Gram, Black Gram and Soybean should be intercropped with maize in ratio of 2:2, 2:4, and 2:6.

And gap filling and thinning is done after 15-20 days after to maintain plant population.

Crop Protection- In maize crop mostly  stem fly, stem borer, and aphid to control them Quinalphos, 500 ml/Acre trizophos 500ml/ Acre  and Phorate @ 2 3 kg/acre may be used.

Disease- leaf spot to control it mancozeb or carbendazim @ 400 gm/ acre should be sprayed.

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•      In this a mud pot is taken in this 15 kg. cow/buffallow dung and 5 liters cow urine, 1 kg. Field soil and 500 gm. Gud and 1 kg. Flour of gram/maize/wheat is taken and one by one all given above should be well dissolved in water, then poured in the matka. After this the mud pot mouth should be tied well and keep this in the shade for 14-15 days out the of the reach of children. After fifteen days filter it by the help of cloth and then spray over the crops.   Dissolved this solution in 200 liter water and spray it in one acre. Spray may be repeated after 15 days. In one season crops spray is done for 3-4 times and in long duration crops 8-9 spray should be done.

Cultivation of wheat, PACKAGE OF PRACTICES FOR CULTIVATION OF WHEAT,

Cultivation of wheat

Preparation of Land- Plough land two three times by plough. If land has soil clod then rotavator should be used and leveling should be done.

Seed rate- For timely sown variety- 90-100 kg./ha. And for late sown  variety 125 kg/ha.

Spacing-  20-23 cm* 5 cm. row to row and plant to plant.

Sowing time- For early sowing variety- 20 October to 10 November.

For timely sown variety- 10 to 25 November.

For late sown variety – upto 31 December.

Recommended variety for MadhyaPradesh

Sowing stage	Sowing date	Irrigation	Chandosi/Sharvati	Kathia/malvi	Amount of fertilizer N:P:K , kg/ha.	Yield (qt/ha.)
Early	20 to 30 October	Rainfed	HI-1500( Amrita) HI-1531(Harshita) HD-2987(pusa bahar JW-3020 JW-3173 MP- 3288	HI-8627 (malavkirti)	60:30:15	20-25
	20 octobet to 10 november	1-2 irrigation	HI-1500( Amrita) HI-1531(Harshita) HD-2987(pusa bahar JW-3020 JW-3173 JW-3211 JW-3269 MP- 3288 DBW-110	HI-8627 (malavkirti)	80:40:20	30-40
Timely sown	10 to 25 November	3-6 irrigation	HI-1418(naveen chandosi) HI-1479(Swarna) JW-1201 JW-273 JW-322 JW-366 HI-1544(Purna)	HI-8498(malvashakti) MPO-1106(Shudha) MPO-1215 HI-8663(Poshan) HI-8713(Pusa mangal) HI-8737(Pusa anamol)	Chandosi/Sharvati 120:60:30 Kathia/Malvi 140:70:35	50-55
Late sown	December to January	4-5 Irrigation	HI-1418 MP-4010 JW-1202 JW-1203 HD-2932(pusa 111) MP-3336 Raj-4238		100:50:25	30-45

Weeding- This may be done manually by the help of Khurpi. Chemical weedicides may be used. For narrow leaves weed sulphosulfuron or chlodinophop or Phenoxyprop methyl may be used and for broad leaves Metasulphuron methyl can be used. There are so many weedicides in the market but purchase weedicide of branded company only. And use as per their recommendation.

Irrigation- If there only one irrigation is available then irrigation should be given be at 21 days after sowing at crown root initiation. If two irrigation is available then first irrigation should be given at 30-45 days and second at 60-70 days after sowing. If three irrigation are available then first irrigation should be given at 20-25 days , second irrigation at 50-55 days and third irrigation at 85-90 days after sowing.

If sufficient water is available then every 20-22 days after irrigation should be given to wheat field.

Control of insect Pest-

Termite- this insect damage the crop and damage the root of the wheat due to which the crop dries. So there is a loss in production.

1.    Mixed the plant/crop residue in the soil by soil turning plough and keep clean the field.

2.    Make a pit of 1 m²  two feet deep and in this pour the fresh dung. After some time the termite comes on the dung, now chlorpyriphos 40 ml/pump with 15 Liter of water spray on the dung. Entire termite will die.

Control of Diseases in Wheat-

Smut- in this disease the grain in the ear will fill the dark or brown color powder. Due to which the yield of wheat become lower.

Treatment- Treat the seed with vitavex 3 gram/kg of seed.

Rust- This is three types which affect the stem and leaves and make a loss in the yield. 

Control- Spray Carbendazim 30 ml/15 liters of water/pump.

AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (ATMA)

            

AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (ATMA)

 Krishi Takiniki Prabandhan Agency,

                                                            This is a central government sponsored scheme which is run by agriculture department of all states of India.

ACTIVITY of ATMA:-

•      Extension of agriculture technique among by farmer by the use of different extension tools.

•      The research done by agriculture universities, national research centre, Krishi Vigyan Kendra etc is disseminated by the ATMA among the farmers of the country.

ATMA Man force Network in State

DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE

 

Joint director of agriculture

 

Project Director

 

Deputy Project Director

 

Block Technology Manager

 

Assistant Technology Manager

 

Farmer Friend

       Tool of Extension of Techniques

Training- Trainings are organized at village, Block, District, within State and out of State level to train the farmer about the agriculture Techniques.

Tours-

Tours are organized at District, within State and out of State level to the farmer to expose the Agriculture Techniques live for 3, 5 or 10 days. Farmers are visited to agriculture KVK, institutes and universities etc.

Demonstration

•      In this inputs are provided for the farmer according the demonstrations.

•      The demonstration may in fisheries, crop production, bee keeping and others.

•      In these, new techniques, new breed, new packages of practices of production are demonstrated at the farmer fields.

Front Line Demonstration

•      In this demonstration, new or best agriculture techniques are demonstrated on farmer field in the village in supervision of agriculture scientists.

Farmer Sanghoshthi

•      This is done at village, Block and District level.

•      In this the scientists give information related to crop production, fisheries, animal husbandry, dairy etc according to farmer demand and need.

•      Farmers participate in this and use the told information in their farming.

Capacity Building Training

•      In this training, farmer get training of business related to agriculture e.g. - dairy, bee keeping, seed production, organic farming, poultry.

•      And farmers are encouraged to make self help group so that they can setup their business at village level.

Innovation

In this new machinery, new crop, new equipments, new technique are provided to the group of farmer, societies, Farmer Producers Companies or for individual farmers. New techniques are introduced in the working area by the innovation

Seed money

•      In this some money is provided to Self Help Group so that some economic help can be done to the group and they can run well their groups.

•      To get  seed money, documents are submitted in the office of BTM at the Block

Farmer and Group Award

                     In this award money and certificate are given to farmer and groups, which are doing something excellent in agriculture, animal husbandry, dairy, horticulture etc. This is given every year at Block, District and State Level.

Farmer Fare

•      This is organized at District level every year

•      In this Government Department and Private Companies related to farmer, display their schemes, agriculture inputs(seed, pesticides, farm machinery, Fertilizer etc.) good work and product in the stall to the farmers.

•      And the scientists are invited to give technical knowledge to the farmers.

Farmer Friend

•      One farmer friend is appointed for two villages.

•      Farmer friend disseminate the information given to him by ATMA staff and by training, among the farmers.

•      He also assists to ATMA staff in organizing training and schemes in the village.

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