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CHAPTER-
AGRICULTURE
griculture and allied acitivities lays a ve y importa t role in t e socio-e onomic
develop ent of As am. It is the backbo e of the s ate’s econ my and h lds the ke to the
overall evelopme t of the st te. Agricul ure antly contributes to the state’s onomy
signifi e
and pr vides as a main sou ce of occ pation an livelihold support t 70 perce t rural
population. At pre ent in the year 202 -22QE Assam agricul ure contri utes abou 21.94
percent revenue t the Gro s State D mestic pr duct (GS P). The t tal numb r of of
farmer’ family in Assam is 2741722 as per agriculture c nsus 201 -16. The size of
operati nal holdin s on an a erage is 1.10 hectare and more than 85 p rcent farmers are
either small or marginal with average l nd holding of just ab ut 0.36 h ctares.Agriculture
Census data 2015 16 reveals that the t tal land u der cultivation was 2 .77 lakhs hectres
i.e. 37.95 percen of total eographic l land ar a of Stat .The data thus rev al that
preponderance of mall and fragmented land holdi gs along ith insecu e tenancy are the
major asons forunderdevelopment of riculture s ctor in state. Go ernment of Assam
r a th
recogni edthe pro lems asso iated with agriculture sector of the state a d made efforts to
bring rapid changes to the se tor and serve the ca se of farm rs. Assam declared 2015-16
as the year of agriculture and constituteda Ta k Force t achieve the objectives of
develop ent.
ABLE–5.1
CONTRIBUTION
F AGRIC LTURE A D ALLIED O GSDP AT CURRENT AND
SECTOR
CO STANT P ICES FOR 2019-20, 2020- ND 2021 22
21
(New base 2011-12 series) (I PC)
2019-2 2020-21(PE-II 2021-22 (QE)
Secto Current C nstant C rrent Constant Curr nt Constant

Ag iculture, Forest y and 21.85 16.33 24.22 17.55 21.34 17.56

Fis ing
Cr ps 12.04 10.76 13.37 11.47 11.56 11.44

Liv stock 2.13 1.68 .58 1.85 2.4 1.87

Forestry & Logging 3.53 1.22 .72 1.34 3.8 1.35

Fis ing & Aquaculture 4.15 2.67 .55 2.88 4.1 2.90

he share

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of agricult re and it allied ac ivities in GSDP at current pri es had
margin lly come up from 19. 9% in 20 1-12 to 21.85% in 2 19-20 at urrent pric s. And
in 2020-21 it marginally inc eased to 24.22% an 21.34% in 2021-22 (Q.E.) at current
prices. he GSDP t constant prices ases from 16.33% in 2019-20 t 17.55% i 2020-
incr
21. There is a marginal incr ased in G DP in 2021-22 (Q.E) to 17.56 from 17.55% in
2020-2 at consta t prices.

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The contributuiion griculture (crop) sec or in the y ar 2019-21 at current prices
of
was 12.04%. It increases to 13.37% in current p ices in 20 0-21 (PE- I) and marginally
decreas s to 11.56% in the ar 2021-2 (Q.E). Th contributi n of lture sector to the
y Agric
GSDP s been de reases to soil ero ion, flood tc.
h du
ABLE–5.2
G OSS STA
E DOMES IC PROD CTS OF AGRICULTURE & ED SECTOR
ALL
BASE Y AR (2011-12) at NSTANT RICES
C (Rs. in lakh)
Sl No. Industry ector 2019- 0 2020 21(P.E.) 2021-22(Q.E)

2 3 4 5

Agric lture, Forestry and

3929547 4262563 4610029
Fishing

1.1 Crops 2589529 2786187 3002451

1.2 Livest ck 4042 5 4 0478 490426

1.3 Fores ry &Logging 2941 7 3 5620 355219

1.4 Fishing and Aquaculture 6416 6 7 0277 761933

GSDP 24070 24 24 94583 26252252

ource : Di ectorate of Economic and Statis ics, Assam

ABLE–5.3
G OSS STA
E DOMES IC PROD CTS AGR CULTURE & ALLIED SECTOR AT
BASE Y AR (2011-12) ENT PRICES
CUR (Rs in Lakhs)
Sl No. Industry sector 2019-20 2020-21(P.E.) 2 21-22(Q.E)

1 2 3 4 5

1 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing 7579337 8563291 9050750

1.1 Crop 4176675 47292 8 4768973

1.2 Live tock 738534 910648 996619

1.3 Fore try & Logging 1224117 13161 7 1575533

1.4 Fishi g and Aquaculture 1440011 16073 8 1709625

GSDP 34685068 35360542 41261187

AGRIC LTURE C

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ource ectorate Economic and Statis ics, Assam
: Di of
EDIT:
ecognizing
the contribution of f rmers, th state go ernment has issued dentity
Cards t the farm rs. These Identity C rds are b ing used to develop a databas of the
farmers.

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In view of t e necessity to credit flo for invest ent and development of the
ensur
agricult re sector overnmen of Assam has introd ced “zero nterest cr p loans” b giving
100 pe cent inter st subventions on agricultural l ans taken by farmer of Assam to the
limit of Rs.1.00 lakh. It is anti ipated that this vour will encourage e farmers to avail
ende t
agricult re loans wards buil ing the ru al econom .
t
Kisan Credit Cards (KCC):
The St
te Directo ate of Ag iculture, d ring the eriod 200 -02 to 2021-22 has issued
40.508 5 lakhs Ki an Credit ards (KCC) and sanct oned Rs. 18355.03 cr res as it. The
cre
figures of KCC is ued and sanctioned n amount of credit for the p st four ye rs are
present d in Table 5.4.

TABLE – 5.
Agriculture Credit Kissan Credit Card
(KCC) is ued & ncing
fin

Sl Cred t limit san tioned

Year No of KCC iss ed
No. Rs. in cror )

1 2018-19 298629 1415.58

2 2019-20 312618 1502.75

3 2020-21(P.E.) 304280 2164.66

4 2021-22 (Q.E.) 350815 2918.00

Source: Di ectorate griculture, ssam

of

SUPPORT SCHEMES FOR

A RICULTU E DEVEL PMENT:

In addition to the pro

isioning of credit, to fulfil the dr am of the Honourabl Prime
Minister for ‘Harkhet Me Pani’, the stat government has pre ared District Irrigati n Plan,
Annual Action Plan and State Irrigation lan to dev lop irrigation for the st te in a
facilitie
holistic manner. Towards th mission o develop the Agric lture sect r, Govern ent of
Assam ave distributed 7663 numbers of tractors, 708 nos. f Shallow ube Wells (STW),
no Rot vators and power tilller distribu ed in the year 2020 21, as ag inst 6521 nos. of
tractors 3540 nos of powertiller, 25028 nos. of S allow Tub Wells (STW) and 74 nos. of
rotovat rs distribu ed in the year 2019-20.The sta e govern ent is als planning o build
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trade mark in the ame of “O Majuli”. Productivity of most of the crops in the state is very
low co pared to the avera e of the roductivity of the c untry. e reasons of low

T
product vity are pr marily due to erratic ainfalls and various other impediments like floods,
soil ero ion and s nd deposition in agri ulture fiel s, though Assam is ndowed with very
rich an diverse s il conditions conduci e for agri ulture. Despite all the constrai ts, the
state Agriculture Department has bee successf lto give n impetu to incre se the
product on of food grains by implementing various programm s. In recent times t e state
has see increase n producti ity of food grains and cropping tensity. T e Departm nt has
i
taken steps to fo mulate St te and District spec fic plans onsidering the agro- limatic
conditions, growth nd specifi requirements of the istricts wit due emp asis on
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use of uality see s of high yielding cr p varietie , adoption of multi-c opping, a cess to
assured irrigation, use of i proved fa m mecha ization, u e of bio-f rtilizers a d bio-
pesticid s, adoptio of organi farming practices, tablishing arket link ge and ultimately
e
creation of employment opportunities nd enhan ement of income of the people. The
agricult re sector in the hill districts of he State, amely Ea t Karbi-An long, Wes Karbi-
Anglong and Di a Hasao is cons rained because of inadequat transpo t and
commu icationfacilities, infra tructure, e tensive pr ctice of tr ditional Jh m cultivation and
non-av ilability of markets etc. To impr ve conditi n of agric lture in th hill distri ts, the
state g vernmenthasemphasi edthepro otion of cash on horticultural cr ps, particu arly on
pineapple and citr s fruits a d on ging r and tur eric. Emp asis is als given to upport
settled griculture n terrace nds, wher ver it s feasible n the hill a eas.
l see
WEATHER AND RAINFALL:
he climate of Assam
i sub-tropi al with wa m humid mmers and cool dry inters.
s
The sta e is situat d in high rainfall zone with annual averag rainfall o 2297.4 mm. The
state n rmally re eives 2 p rcent of he total rainfall in he winter season (J nuary-
Februar ), 25 per ent in th summer eason (M rch-May), 65 percent in the onsoon
season (June-Sep ember) a d 7 percent in post monsoon season (O tober-Dec mber).
Assam is prone o floods nd drought like situations. T e stateth ugh has natural
potenti lities to drive the ag iculture sector, erratic and unp edictable eather co ditions
and flo ds have een creating adverse impact aking th farmers vulnerable to the
situatio s.
Table 5.5 (A) nt crop son wise infall pattern for the st seven years as ws.
pres se r l foll
RAINF
LL DURI G 2015-2 21:
TA LE - 5.5 (A)
CROP SEASON AVERAG RAINFALL IN ASSAM (FIGURE IN MM)
WIS

Kharif Season
Year
Actual ormal Deviation from nor al (%) Pattern
2015 1936. 2001 (-) 3.2 Normal
2016 1789. 2001 (-) 11.0 Normal
2017 1983. 2000.6 (-) 1 Normal
2018 2444. 3309.8 (-) 26 eficient
2019 9350. 9385.6 0 Normal
2020 Not A ailable
2021 Not A ailable

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Rabi eason
Year
Actual ormal Deviation from nor al (%) Pattern
2015 196.5 294.8 (-) 33.2 eficient
2016 289.2 294.8 (-) 2.0 Normal
2017 306.4 294.8 (-) 4 Normal
2018 166.2 292.7 (-) 43 eficient
2019 1215. 766.7 (-) 31 eficient
2020 Not A ailable
2021 Not A ailable

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TA LE - 5.5 (A)
CROP SEASON AVERAG RAINFALL IN ASS M (FIGURE IN MM)
WIS

All S ason
Year
Actual ormal Deviation from nor al (%) Pattern
2015 2133 2295.8 (-) 7.1 Normal
2016 2078. 2295.8 (-) 9.4 Normal
2017 2289. 2295.8 (-) 0.2 Normal
2018 2610. 3602.5 (-) 28 eficient
2019 12673.3 15096.4 (-) 16 Normal
2020 Not A ailable
2021 Not A ailable
*2020 and 2021 data not available.
ar Source : Di ectorate of Agriculture, Assam

able - 5.5 (A) shows that the

te had ived actual rainfall of 9350.3 during
St
rec m
2019 a ainst nor al rainfall of 9385.6 mm in th Kharif s ason. This deviation is ‘0%’
(Zero) from the n rmal. In t e Rabi se son of 20 9 the deviation of ra nfall was (-41%),
overall eviation of rainfall he state for the eing (-5%) from the ormal.
in year
TA LE - 5.5 (B)
SEASON-WISE RA
NFALL P TTERN IN ASSAM

Season 2019 2020 2021

1 2 3 4
Actual 30.9 33. 13.9
Wi ter (January
Normal 47.4 47. 48.5
Fe ruary)
Deviatio (%) -35% -31 -71.34%
Actual 614.4 555 4 323.2
Su mer (March t
Normal 578.7 578 6 543.6
May)
Deviatio (%) 6.17% -4.01% -40.54%
Actual 1504.0 1878.6 1932.2
Monsoon (June t
Normal 1584.7 1584.6 2402
Se tember)
Deviatio (%) -5% 19 -19.56%

Po t Monsoon Actual 97.5 185 8 133.6

(O tober to Normal 126.0 165 7 157.3
De ember)
Deviatio (%) -23% 12 -15.07%
Actual 2246.8 2652.8 2402.9
All Season (Janu ry
Normal 2336.8 2376.7 3151.4

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to ecember) Deviati n (%) -4% 12 -23.75%

Sourc : DDCM, MC, Borjh r via Direc orate of riculture, ssam

A

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bove tabl -5.5(B) shows that in all season (Janua y to Dece ber) in t e year
2021th actual rai fall patter is 2402. mm as a ainst 265 .8 mm in 2020. And Normal
rainfall pattern is 3151.4 m in 2021 as against 2376.7 m in the previous ye r. The
deviation is -23.75% during 2021 as aga nst 12% in 2020.
TA LE - 5.5 (C)
MON
H-WISE AINFALL PATTERN IN ASSAM DURING 021
(in mm)

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Month N rmal Actual Departure from tatus

1 2 3 4 5
January 11.1 15.6 -28.8 Defici nt
February 2.8 32.9 -91.4 Large Deficient
March 38.4 75.4 -49.0 Defici nt
April 70.8 180.3 -60.7 Large Deficient
May 214 287.9 -25.6 Defici nt
June 81.4 412.5 -7.54 Norm l
July 288 452.2 -36.31 Defici nt
August 96.7 336.3 -11.7 Norm l
September 66.1 1201 -19.5 Defici nt
October 20.2 126.7 -5.13 Norm l

November 3.9 22.5 -82.6 Large deficient

December 9.5 8.1 17.28 Exces
TOTAL 2402.9 3151.4 -23.7 Defici nt
N.B. When Rainfall is >+60%-lar e excess,
When Rainfall is +20% to 59%-exces ,
When Rainfall -19% to 19%-Norm l,
is When Rainfall -59% to 20%-defici nt,
(-
is
When Rainfall -99% to ( )60% - deficient
is larg

Sourc
: DDCM, MC, Borjh r via Direc orate of riculture, ssam
A
bove tabl
-5.5(C) sh ws that natural rain all pattern in the m nth of January to
Novem er is nt. The nth of mber is rmal in 20 1.
defici m Dec n
AREA UNDER CR
PS:
In Assam,
t e soil, graphy, r infall limate are very conducive for cultivation
top and
of paddy. Rice oc upies the highest ar a under c ltivation a d this crop receives priority
from th farmers s well as f om the department of Agriculture. As per the final estimates,
the tot l area und r paddy c ltivation during the year 2021- 2 was 23. 3 lakhs h ctares.
Total ar a under p ddy show a steady ecline mai ly due to ecline in area under utumn
rice (ahu rice). A ea under inter Ric and Sum er Rice arginally eclines. T e area

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under Autumn rice is 1.08 la hs hectar s, winter ice is 18.7 lakh hectares and Summer
rice is 3.70 lakh hectares uring the year 202 -22 (prov sional). T e total ri e area
decreas s (0.30) in the year 2021- 2 over th previous year 2020 21. On th other
hand, arginal ch nges wer registered in the ar aunder wh at, pulses, total food grains
and l oil seeds. This has enshown i the follo ing table-5.6.
tot b
ABLE–5.6
REA UND R CROPS IN ASSA
(In lakh hectar s)

Total Total
Autu n Winter Summer Total Tot l
Ye r heat Food Oilseeds
Ric Rice Rice Rice* Pulses
grain (excl. Coconut)

2010-11 3.1 18.59 3.99 25.70 0.44 1.17 27.6 2.6

2015-16 1.9 18.89 4.05 24.85 0.21 1.42 26.8 3.1
2016-17 1.6 18.91 4.08 24.67 0.17 1.46 26.6 3.1
2017-18 1.5 18.79 4.01 24.34 0.18 1.54 26.4 3.1
2018-19 1.4 18.80 4.01 24.26 0.17 1.50 26.3 3.0
2019-20 1.2 18.78 3.96 24.01 0.11 1.44 25.98 3.1
2020-21 1.1 18.64 3.80 23.60 0.09 1.42 25.58 3.3
2021-22 1.0 18.75 3.70 23.53 0.09 1.44 25.5 3.3
Total may not be equ l due to rounding off.
Source : Dir ctorate of Economics and Statist cs, Assam

PRODUCTION:T
tal food grain produ tion in th state is howing a rising trend since
2011-1 . The to al food g ains production was 5466 thousand tonn sin 2019- 0. But
margin l increases to 5487 thousand tonnesin the year 2020-21, i.e. 0.36 percent reases
in
in the c rrent year 2020-21 o

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er the pre ious year 019-20.
YIELD: The Yield rate of ric
shows os illations d ring the y ars 2010-11 to 2021-22 for
autumn and sum er rice. T e yield ra e of autu n rice is 1582 Kg/Hect, winter rice is

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1825kg hect and ummer ric is 2281 kg/hect. in the year 021-22 (p) as again t 1585
kg/hect , 2157 kg/hect., 2820 kg/hect. r autumn ice, winter rice and mmer rice for the
f s
previou year 202 -21. The ield rate f r autumn rice is -0. 9 percent decreases; winter
rice -15.39 percen decrease and sum er rice -1 .11 perce t decreases in 2021- 2 over
the pre ious year 020-21. There is a arginal de rease -13.85 percent in total rice, 0.39
percent increase i total puls s and -0. 2 percent decreases in total oil seeds in 2021-22
over previous ear 2020- 1. Table-5.7 represen s the yield rate for la t seven rs.
th ye
ABLE–5.7
YIELD RATE OF PRINCIPAL AGRICU
TURAL C OPS IN ASSAM
g./Hect.

otal Oilseeds
Year Autumn Rice Winter Ri e Summe Rice Total Pulses
( xcl. Coconut)

2 10-11 1155 1993 2577 72 580

2 15-16 1364 2003 2818 57 664
2 16-17 1380 2023 2773 35 644
2 17-18 1377 2098 2975 48 638
2 18-19 1468 2205 2858 55 642
2 19-20 1543 2160 2593 40 619
2 20-21 1585 2157 2820 64 647
2 21-22(P) 1582 1825 2281 67 643
N.B. Nuts bearing tr e, Source: Directorat of Econo ics and tistics, Assam
pe St

AREA UNDER H YIELDI G VARIT ES:

HI

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he state
griculture department focuses o raise p oductivity of the agriculture
sector by adopting and distributing High Yielding Va iety of seeds among he farmers at free
of costs. At prese t the farm rs of the tate use ala, IR-36 Lachit, M suri, Joya, Ranjit,
Ratna, hina, Bipl b, Krishna varieties of HYV for rices. During the period 2016-17 to
seed

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2021-2 area und r HYV seeds in case of autumn rice s from 1.07 lakh hec ares to
decreas
0.64 la h hectares, winter ri e increase from 14. 9 lakh he tares to 1 .31 lakh hectares
and su mer rice ecreases f om 3.47 l kh hectar s to 1.99 lakh hecta es. This h s been
shown i the follo ing table 5 8 for the st ten yea
l
s. ABLE–
5.8 VARITY OF RICE
AREA UNDER HIG Are in Lakh he t.
YIELDIN
Year Autu n Rice Winter Rice Summer ice Tota HYV Rice a ea

2016-17 1.07 14.09 3.47 19.18 (77.76)

2017-18 1.04 14.36 2.90 18.30 (75.18)

2018-19 1.19 14.30 3.84 19.33 (79.70)

2019-20 1.11 15.18 2.95 19.24 (79.32)

2020-21 0.93 15.49 1.86 18.28 (77.46)

2021-22 0.64 15.31 1.99 1 .95(76.29)

otal figure may be be equal ue to rounding off earest 0.

no to
igure in cket show the perce t of ice Area.
br total
Sou ce : rate of Ag iculture.As am
HYBRI RICE: Direct

The st
te Agriculture Depar ment sinc 2009-10 is putting special efforts to promote
cultivation of hyb id varietie of rice n experi ental basi consideri g the high yield
potenti l of such arieties o er the conventional igh yielding varieties The are under
kharif r ce (Autum +Winter) is 99.29 in thousand hectares and for rabi (Summer rice) is
175.00 thousand ectares in the year 020-21. I the current year 2021-22 the area of
kharif rice is incre sed to 123.32 d hectare , Rabi rice is 150.90 thousand h ctares.
thousa
Total area under hybrid rice ecreases .03% in 2 21-22 over the previ us year. This has
been sented in he following table-5.09
pr
TABLE–5.0
AREA UNDER
YBRID R CE IN AS AM
(Area in ‘000’ hectare)

Kharif Ric abi Rice Total Hybrid % f Hybrid Rice area

Y ar
(A tumn+Wi ter) Rice rea to total Rice a ea
(Su mer Rice)

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200 -10 32.9 14.1 47.0 1.9

201 -19 91.149 00.676 191. 25 7.91
201 -20 112.568 77.862 290. 30 11.98
202 -21 99.29 175.00 274.29 11.26
202 -22 123.32 150.90 274.22 11.65
.A.: Not ailable, Sourc : Director te of lture, Ass m
A Agric

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INDEX OF AGRICULTURAL RODUCTION:
he Index
of Agricult ral Produ tion for a l crops (Base triennium ending 2007-
08=100) for the S ate stands at 144.22 in 2020-21 in all com odities as against 1 7.51 in
2019-2 . Followin table- 5. 0 present d the ind x of Agric ltural Production for last six
years.
TABLE–5.1
INDEX OF AGRICULTURAL
ON IN ASSAM AND INDIA
PRODUCT
(Ba e: Trienni m ending 007-08=100)

Assam India
Year
Food Non- All Food Non- All
2015-16 154.54 127.98 142.72 115.2 122.0 116.0
2016-17 154.36 131.82 144.33 129.7 122.4 126.1
2017-18 159.37 134.17 148.15 136.8 142.1 139.4
2018-19 163.88 134.64 150.86 136.3 137.7 136.5
2019-20 157.67 134.85 147.51 139.8 151.3 145.5
2020-21 158.23 126.75 144.22 141.0 134.8 136.8
2021-22 134.92 132.38 133.79 144.2 142.9 143.3
. B.: 1. Agricultu al indices r Assam are constructed on the basis of crops
Th f
cove ed by Forecast. 2. Figure unded to earest zer .
Cro r
Source : Di ectorate of Economic and Statis ics. Assam.
LAND
TILIZATI N STATI TICS:
s per land utilization statistics f
r the year 2020-21, he total g ographical area of
the sta e is 78.4 lakh hec ares. The total crop ed/ gross cropped area is 38. 8 lakh
hectare and net a ea sown is 27.24 lak hectares i the year 2020-21. Cropped nsity is
int
the rati of net a ea sown to the total cropped rea multiplied by hu dred. Th gross
cropped area, rea sown nd crop intensity for the last e years given below.
net thr ar
TABLE–5.1
Gros cropped rea Net area in Inte sity of
Year
in lakh hectare lakh cr p %
hectare
2017-18 40.45 27.23 148.54

2018-19 40.04 27.23 14 .04

2019-20 40.05 27.09 147.84

2020-21 38.88 27.24 14 .77

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Source : Dir ctorate of Agriculture Assam

here is a marginal i crease in cropped i tensity in 2019-20 i 0.80% o er the
previou year 2018-19. The decreasing growth of cropped intensity in 020-21 is 3.43%
over previous ear 2019-20.
th

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HORTI ULTURE:

ssam pro uces a wide range f horticultural crops including ruits, veg tables,
flowers, spices, n ts, tubers medicinal and aromatic plants. The clim tic condition and
diverse landscape of the stat have hel ed to dev lop divers ecological habitats uch as
forests, grasslands, wet land etc.which harbour a d sustain ide ranging floral an faunal
species in the . The state has dous scop to promo e re sector that can
stat treme horticult
help en ure food and nutritio al security, as well a enhance mployment opportunities via
cultivation and harvest anagemen and value addition of produces
pos horticultur
orticulture crops occ
py about 5 percent of gross cr pped area of the St te with
an al producti n of more than 67 la hs metric tonnes of arious horticultural duces.
ann pr
The sta e has now emphasize on the mercializ tion of the sector as a priority basis.
co
he empha is of the
tate is now on raisi g productivity of va ious com ercially
potenti l crops th ough use f better t chnology, managem nt and pr vision of lanting
materia s to the farmers. M reover, e phasis is also plac d on pre and post harvest
treatment, proper arvest techniques, s tting up of enters wit grading f cilities,
transpo t facilities nd marketing collection
facilitie .
he Direct rate of Horticulture nd Food rocessing f Govern ent of As amhas
taken up some p sitive steps towards creation o self emp oyment o portunities in the
horticul ure sector by helping 15,000 l women to get themselves ged by se ting up
rur eng
of 350 small and 4 mediu fruits pr cessing u its. In th year 2021-22, are under
horticul ure crops as 7.76 l kh hectar s, producti n was 95.05 lakh M and avera e yield
was 29 Kg/hec are which is shown in the g table-5. 4.
46 followi
TABLE–5.1
ARE
PRODUCTION AND IVITY OF HORTICU TURAL C OPS FOR THE
PRODUC
LAS TEN YEA S 2010- 1 TO -22
202

Fruitsc ops Tubercrops Spice crops Vegetablecrops Plantatio s crops

Productivity

Produc-tion

Productivity
Produc-tion

Productivity

Production

d t t

Produc-
tivity
Area

Area
Area

rea

Year

2010-11 1.37 16.56 12485 - - - 1.01 2. 2277 2.57 4.33 17231 - -

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2015-16 1.44 20.56 - - - - 1.09 3.58 - 2.8 516.3 - -

2016-17 1.41 20.06 14144 - - - 1.11 3.77 3380 2. 519.2 18485 - -

2017-18 1.46 21.04 14390 1.11 7.79 7000 1.12 3.89 3458 2.87 54.24 18914 0.90 2.23 1569

2018-19 1.66 24.97 15041 1.25 12.43 9914 1.27 5.92 4652 2. 54.99 18987 1.11 2.6

2015-16 1.44 20.56 - - - - 1.09 3.58 - 2. 516.3 - -

2019-20 1.47 25.26 15099 1.13 8.14 7203 1.14 4.17 3644 2.89 55.00 18987 0.92 2.13 2322
2020-21 1.46 22.29 15264 1.11 8.17 7338 1.14 4.20 3689 2. 3 55.84 19091 0.92 2.44 2642
2021-22
(estimate ) 1.61 25.04 15647 1.12 8.21 7350 1.14 4.23 3702 2. 6 57.57 19430 0.93 - -

Area = In Lakh ctare, Production = kh MT, Productivity = Kg/Hectar

H L
Sour
e : Directo ate of Horticulture, sam.
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INTEG ATED NU RIENT M NAGEME T (INM):
FERTILIZER AND MANURE:
ertilizer pl
ys a dominant role i augment ng the productivity o crops. The State
Govern ent has p t thrust o promotin “Integrat d Nutrient t” (INM) and also
Manageme
organic farming ith a vie to redu e farmers depende ce on ch mical inp ts and
encourage optimal use of farmers’ on-f rm resour es, econo ize produ tion cost hrough
adoptio of optimum doses o fertilizer nd care fo the healt of soil an the ecolo y. The
uses of bio-fertili er, compo t and gr en manur s and organic farmi g practic s have
graduallyincreased In additi n to pro otion of rganic manure, gov rnment of Assam
howeve , has acco ded due i portance o timely a ailability o fertilizers at the doo step of
farmers during pe k season of cultivation. The p blic institutions such as AIDC, NAFED,
GPSS, nd other o ganization - IFFCO, BVFCL, Gr en Chemic ls Ltd, Te ta Agro In ustries
limited ave been playing a ivotal role in distribution of ferti izer throughout the s ate. At
present there are 416 wholesale nd 6855 fertilizer sale points in Assam.
points
CONSUMPTION OF FERTILISER:
he consu
ption of f rtilizer in Assam is l w. Farme s are relu tant to in est on
fertilize because f the fear of loss caused by h avy rainfa l and floo . Consum tion of
fertilize during s mmer and Rabi sea ons is lo because of non-av ilability of water.
Thecon umption o fertilizer in the stat was 55.0 Kg. /Hect re in 2016-17 and 6 .07Kg.
/Hectar in2021-2 . Table-5. 5 presents the detail of consum tion of fer ilizer in As am for
last six ears.

TABLE–5.1
CONSU
PTION O (CHEMICAL) FERTILISERS
(Fig in ‘000 MT)

EARS
F rtilizer
2016-17 2017-18 2018-1 2019-20 2020 21 2021-22

Nitr gen 153.506 156.78 148.12 182.05 190.10 178.46

Pho phorus 37.61471 50.10 42.17 44.8 51. 0 48. 4

Pot sh 39.8450 45.00 38.81 40.7 47. 7 34. 1

Con umption 55.03 60.01 56.05 66.8 67. 1 67. 7

otal may not be equal due to rounding off nearest z ro.

t
Sour

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e : Direct
rate of sam
Ag
iculture,
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TABLE-5.1
SEASON W SE CONS MPTION F FERTILIZER IN T RMS UTRIENT
OF
FOR THE LA
T THREE EARS(IN T)

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Se sonwise NUTRIENT
Year
crops N P K TOTAL
HARIF 84001.59 18430.69 6550.75 128983
20 9-20 RABI 98048.78 26412.12 4196.72 138657.60
OTAL 182050.40 44842.80 0747.47 267640.67
HARIF 90692.62 23527.82 1938.47 136158.9
20 0-21 RABI 99408.98 27981.05 5834.09 153224.1
OTAL 190101.6 51508.87 7772.56 289383.04
HARIF 88500 227 0 1080.00 132320.00
20 1-22 RABI 89960.00 25510.00 3830.00 129300.00
OTAL 178460.00 48250.00 4910.00 261620.00

Sour e: Directo ate of ulture, As am.

Agri
SOIL HEALTH MANAGEMENT:
he state A
riculture epartment has taken up initiativ s to resto e depletio of soil
nutrients and sus ain the cr p production system. The stat has pro oted use of bio-
fertilize s, micronu rients, lim , organic anures like green m nures and ostand
vermicom
FYM to increase cr p productivity and maintain soil health. Of late, use f bio-fertilizer has
assume significa ce due to motivatio al demon tration pr grammes of the agriculture
depart ent. Spec al thrust has been given for the use f Bio-fertilizer by i itiating
Progra me ‘Input support t the agriculturist ha ing KCC’ nder stat priority scheme,
which s been lemented ince 2006 07. Table 5.17 ts the ber of soil sample
h im prese nu
tested nd issued for the years 2017- 8,2018-19 and 2019 20. There is no health card
issued i 2020-21.
TABLE–5.1
SOIL AMPLE T STED AN SOIL HE LTH ISSUED (Nos)
CAR

2017-1 2018 19 2019-20 2020-21

S il Hea th card Soil Health Soil Health Soil He lth

80 496 8 1496 278618 1295388 58203 63110 Nil il

Sour e : rate of Agriculture, sam

Direct A
INTEG ATED PE T MANAG
MENT (I M):
or sustai

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able agri pr
ultural duction a key co ponent is Integrated Pest
Manage ent (IPM . The hu id sub-tr pical climate and div rse eco-s stem of the state
favour intensification of ins ct and pest attacks causing yield loss p to 30 ercent.

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Excessi e and inj dicious u e of che ical pesticides howe er results in many esidual
proble s and negative exte nalities. o mitigat the exte nalities and sustain ield of
agricult re fields, he depart ent now as started to facilita e the avai ability of the Bio-
Control Agent (BC ) for Bio-pesticide In ensive BP I module, the thrust has been iven to
increas productio of alread establish d BCA and the newly introduce BCA in the State
Bio-Control Labora ory (SBCL).
he Agriculture Depa tment of he state i trying t populariz the use of bio-
pesticid s and ot er metho s of IPM by organi ing traini g and de onstratio s. The
initiativ s have wed result , rising trend of mption of io-pesticide in the te over
sh cons st
the years.The tre d of cons mption of chemical nd bio-pe ticides du ing the la t three
years is presented in Table–5.18.
TABLE–5.1
ONSUMP
ION OF P STICIDE
(Figure in MT Technical Grade)
i

Pesti ide 2018-19 2019-20 202 -21 2021-22

Cons mption Kharif abi Kh rif Rabi Kharif Rabi Kharif abi

Total 291.25 1 8.7 143 55 132. 263.45 222 71.45 1 6.05

Cons mption 145 74 120 65 140 85 142 90

N.B.-National Average of per

Consumptio of Chemical Pesticides dur ng 2012-13 as 350gm.
Hectar

Sour e : rate of Agriculture, sam

Direct A
DEVEL PMENT OF THE QU
LITY OF EED:
The
most vital compone t for incre sing prod ction and productivi y of crop is the
quality of seeds sed. Certi ied seed roduction is a proce s through which se ds are
produced in confo mity with the standard variety by taking pecific me sures. In Assam,
product on of certified seed h s been taken up in t e Field Tri l Stations FTSs), of ome of
the go ernment s ed farms and Assa Seed Co poration’s seed farm . In spite of the
efforts ade there is dearth of quality ds in tate and ed replace ent rate (SRR) is
se the s
at a lo level. The State has to depend on outside sources fo quality se ds of some crops
every ar to the dema d immediately after occurrence f natural lamities. o meet
y mee c
the gro ing dema d and incr ase qualit seed pro uction, th Agricultur l Departm nt has
taken t e following measures:
• xpansion • ro d uction cale

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f Seed Vill f Pulse and Oils
ge Progra me;
certified
seeds of addy, eds in Se d Village in large
• o focus on capacity ilding of gistered S ed Growe s;
b R
• trengthen Seed Farm to facilitate n, processing & e of seeds.
producti stora

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SEED REPLACEM NT RATE SRR):

he State
Agricultu e Depart ent has continuously made efforts owards
popularisation of improved varieties and use of quality see s. The SRR of some of the
importa t crops last seven years is presented in Table-5.19
fo
TABLE–5.1
SEED REPLACEM
NT RATE (SRR) SSAM
IN (Figure in %)
Crops 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
Paddy 42.26 44.37 42.7 38.59 39.1 39.88 42.65
Black ram 32 33 32.43 -- 31.8 32.02 35.39
Greeg am 34.91 35.54 42.16 -- 38.01 40.63 37.30
Lentil 57.42 57.01 38.1 -- -- -- .--
Pea -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Rape Mustard 42 43 43.04 45.03 45.09 46.01 46.05

Sesa um -- -- -- -- -- -- --
jute 55.83 54.21 65.87 52.43 52.39 52.40 52.40
Maize -- -- -- -- -- - 92.5

Sour e : rate of Ag iculture, sam

Direct A
SEED CERTIFICA ION:
ssam
Seed Certification Agency A) is odal Agen y, which s been
Stat
(ASS the h
entrust d with the responsibility of ertificatio of namely paddy, mustard eeds of
seed and
pulses s per feasibility in th state. Fo planting crops namely coconuts, litchi, gu va etc.
are un er consid ration for the purpo e of certi ication. U der ASSC there ar three
notified seed testi g laborato ies located at Guwah ti, Jorhat and Silcha . The total annual
testing apacity of this three notified la oratories re about 0,000 samples. Seed testing
and ce tification uidelines re to be strictly followed for proper q ality cont ol and
certification as per the set norms.
SYSTE
OF RICE INTENSIFICATION SRI):
doption of the
of Rice In with the use of seeds ha shown
Syste
ensificatio hybri
significant result in annual wth of production ice in the tate. As c mpared to normal
gr of
practices, adoptio of SRI ystem en ances pro uctivity ith minim m use of seeds,
fertilize s and r, thus cing the st of ction. The SRI also lps to sho ten the
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crop du ation, whi h may ha e significa ce to go f r another round of c opping du ing the
year.
CROP EVELOPMENT:
o motivat
the far ers to ad pt the practice of ouble/mul iple cropp ng the
govern ent of Assam is taki g up initia ives to fac litate culti ation of s mmer pad y, rabi
pulses nd oil seeds. The mission double croppin envisages additional coverage f 1.00
Lakh hectares pre ently unde mono cropping and llocates R . 6,200.00 Lakh. The plan is

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further to add 3.0 lakh hect res to inc ease the ropping in ensity of the state t 160.0
percent
FARM ECHANIZATION AND IRRIGA ION:
everal factors, parti ularly, fra mented and small land holdings, farmers’ poor

economic conditio s andnona ailability f situation specific pr totypes o farm implements

stand as serious indrance o mechan zation of griculture of the st te. Howev r, has
undertaken seriou efforts to boost farm mechaniz tion. The tate Agric lture Department,
has tak n up initia ives to ure farm quipment like , power rs and other farm
pro tractor till
machin ries under externally aided, ce trally spo sored and state pla schemes for the
benefit f farmers, particularl the small and marginal . Estimate show far power
farmer
availabl per hectare of land in the state is 1.16 HP in the yea 2019-20 nd 1.04 H in the
year 20 1-22.

TABLE–5.2
ST TUS OF FARM MEC ANISATI N

(Figure in Nos.)
Year Tractors Power Shallow Ro ovators Farm pow r
017-18 0 5207 40 160 1.05
018-19 6582 3125 95 5 0 1.11
019-20 4296 4598 250 8 74 1.12
020-21 7663 0 9708 0 1.03
021-22 126 4676 90 367 1.04(P)

S urce : Dir ctorate of Agriculture, Assam.

IRRIG TION:
owards th
goal of increasing cr pping int nsity and aising crop yield prov sioning
of irrigationin griculture field is the rime nece sity. Consi ering the ncertainti s faced
the
in the roduction f Kharif c ops due t floods, the state Ag iculture D partment as put
emphasis on Rabi crops by assigning op priority to develop assured irrigation facilities
through installatio of pump sets (shallo tube well and low lift pumps).
TABLE–5.2
IRR GATION INFRASTR CTURECREATED BY THE AGR CULTURE DEPARTMENT

Year
Co ponent of irrigation
2017-1 2018- 9 2019- 0 2020- 1 2021-22
Sh llow Tube 40 9515 25028 20773 90

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Lo Lift Pump (Nos) 0 0 0 0 197

S urce : Dir ctorate of Agriculture, Assam.
In the yea
2016-17 the area overed by irrigation potential as 8.10% of net
cropped area and it came down to 7.8 % in 2017-18, 7.39 in 2018- 9 , 7.46% in the

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year 2019-20. wing table 5.22 sho s the irrigation potential created by the Agriculture
Foll
Depart ent for last five ars.
th y
TABLE-5.2
IRRIGATION
OTENTIAL C EATED BY A RICULTURE EPARTMENT & UTILIZABLE IRRIGATION

Cumul tive Irrigati n Potential

Irrigation potential
Created (lakh ectare)
Year created during
that year ( ectare) (Considering 10 year running life of Pump
set ie. From 2010-11 to 2019- 0)

2016-17 5718 8.10 (28.92% of et Cropped Area)

2017-18 84 7.88 (28.13% of et Cropped Area)

2018-19 10 70 7.39 (27.15% of et Cropped Area)

2019-20 93 38 7.46 (27.63% of et Cropped Area)

2020-21 32 54 5.12 (18.98% of et Cropped Area)

2021-22 29 60 LUS data on Net Cropped Area no available

Sour e : rate of Ag iculture, sam

Direct A
CROP INSURANCE:
In Assam a
out 4.75 l kh hectar s of land i chronicall flood pro e and about 0.94
lakh he tares of l nd is drou ht prone. To mitigat the distr ss of the farmers ca sed by
crops l ss/crop damageCrop Insurance is the vital policy adopted by the govern ent.In
addition to the flo ds and draught the farmers of t e state als faced att ck of pest in the
agricult re fields. The Gover ment of ndia had launched a Crop Insurance programme
under t e nomenc ature “Nat onal Agric ltural Insurance Scheme” (NAIS). All farm rs who
avail lo ns from fi ancial ins itutions ar covered nder the cheme an it is opti nal for
non-loa ee farmer . Under th s scheme 0 percent f the ium amou t is contributed as
pre
subsidy to small a d margina farmers hich is shared equally by Gover ment of India and
State G vernment This sche e is expe ted to be a critical i strument f r develop ent in
the field of crop pr duction b providingfinancial su port to th farmers i the event of crop
failure nd help in maintaining flow of agricultural redit. This programme covers 8 (eight)
crops - 3 crops in harif Seas n and 5 ps in Rabi season. crops are-
cr Th
harif Seas n
Autu n/Ahu Paddy, winter/Sali Paddy and Jute.
:
abi Seaso :
: Rape & Mustard, Wheat, Po ato,
ummer Sugar Boro

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Paddy.
ane and
his schem , under t e area approach, no only facilitates insu ance cove age to
each of the notifie crop dam ge within the defined area for idespread alamities ut also
on an dividual basis for localized calam ties such a hailstorm landslide, cyclone and flood.
i
Nationa Agricultur Insuranc Schemeth ugh is g implem nted in state sinc 2009-
bei th
10, has not been ble to pro ide the de ired soluti n to the risk involved in the agriculture
sector due to reas ns like lack of aware ess, low subsidy pre iums (10 percent) f r small
and marginal far ers, delay d claim s ttlement, slow response of ba ks in issu nce of

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Kissan Credit rds have emerged as the main im ediments in thesu cessful
implem he schem .
C ntation
of
MODIF ED NATI NAL AGR CULTURA INSURA CE SCHE E (MNAI ):
he scheme is being
i plemented on pilot sis in 50 districts in the country. NAIS is
b
withdra n from se district in which NAIS will be ted.
th impleme
• nit of insu ance for major crops is Village/Village Panchayat.
• cheme is compulsor for loanee farmers and volun ary for non-loanee f rmers.
niform seasonality norms will be applicable for both nee & non loanee ers.
lo far
• um insured can be pted up to 150% o the valu of avera e yield. P emium
ubsidy is ailable up to the of thresh ld yield/lo n amount nly.
a valu
• ntire claim will be bo ne by the plementi g agency. The provides ccount
i schem
ayment up to 25% of the likely claim for ediate rel ef to the f rmers.
im
• inimum indemnity le el will be 70% against 60% in ca e of NAIS.
• alculation f threshol yield: Av rage yield f last 7 rs excludi g up to ears of
ye 2
eclared na ural calam ty.
• he scheme is nted in districts of Assam ., Kamrup nd Dhubri from
implem tw vi
the Rabi se son of 2010-11.
WEATHER BASED CROP
IN URANCE CHEME ( BCIS):

ith the o
jective to overcome the shortcoming of elayed se tlement of claims
under AIS, a Pil t Weather Based Cr p Insuran e Scheme (WBCIS) as introduced for
implem ntation in 20 States on pilot basis. WBCIS has been implement d in Assa since
the Rab season of 2013-14.
BCIS is i tended to provide in urance pr tection to the farme s against dverse
weathe incidence. Such as eficit and xcess rai fall, high r low tem erature, humidity
etc. which are ed to ct adversely the crop production
dee imp
PROCUREMENT OF PADDY
S A URE OF ICE SUP ORT:
MEA P
t present i
ssam has urplus in ice produc ion. The provemen

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in production and
product vity is re ult of bet er input anageme t practice and ado tion of i proved
technol gy. Despit the prog ess made, un-remun rative pric received by the far ers for
not hav ng institutionalised m rkets is a ting as a disincentive to drive the initiative of the
farmers.To ensure interest of the farme s the stat government has engaged Assa State
Agricult ral Marketing ASAMB) for procurement of pad y at Mini um Suppo t Price,
Board
in addition to proc rement to be done by the Food Corporation of India.
AGRIC
LTURE M RKETING AND AGE:
STO
arketing in the sta e is a serious proble for the arming
f agricultu e produce
commu ity. Lack f organiz d marketi g facility, lack of st rage infra tructure n ar the
field, verty and eed of money after harvest epayment f agricultural debt and other
p for
conting ncies forc the farmers to dispo e off their hard earn d produce t the earli st and
at thro away pric s. Keeping in view, t e interest f farmers, the gover ment of A sam in
addition to g the Assam State A riculture Marketing ard and F I for proc rement
engagi B
of cts have veloped storage ity (Table 5.23).
prod d capa

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TABLE -5.2
STORAGE CAPACITY ATED BY DIFFERENT N THE STATE
CR ORGANIZATIONS

Storage Capacity(i MT)

rganisatio s
20 6-17 2017-18 2018-1
Fo d Corpora ion of Indi (FCI) 3 9976 385913 379969
Central Ware ousing Co poration 7 150 72983 73717
St te Warehousing Corp ration 2 0838 242910 221407
Assam State gricultural Marketing 46775 46775 46775
Total 7 9739 748581 721868
Sour e : rate of Ag iculture, sam
Direct A
t present, the state
h s 24 Regu ated Mark t Committ es, 20 ary Marke Yards,
Pri
143 Trader’s Shop, 532 Auction Platfor /Retailers Shed, 806 Rural Pri ary Markets, 405
Wholes le Markets, One Org nic Market, 18 Packaging Room, 42 Dryin Platform and 15
Processing units. The d Markets have been covered u der AGMA KNET. As regards
Regulat
to cold storage infrastructure in the state, there are 26 cold storages f which 2 are in
private ector and 3 in state ctor.
s
o assist t e farmers carrying v getables to the dist nt market, the Assa State
Agricult re Market ng Board rovides tr nsport su sidy to fa mers. Gov rnment of Assam
has taken steps t construc a three- toried ma ket at Pa ohi (Guw hati), a g owers-
consum rs marke complex at Ulubari (Guwahat ), and es ablish 11 sale counters for
marketi g of farm products ve been u dertaking by the rnment.T e Department has
h Gov
also ta en initiati e for est blishment of market infrastruc ure, stora e facility and to
eradicate the tran portation bottlenecks. The onnectivit scheme i plemente under
rural
PMGSY s a tep towards benefit farmers t take out their agricu tural pro ucts to
major o
nearest markets.
SOME
F THE M JOR STE S TAKEN UP TO BOOST UP ARKETIN SUPPORT AND
FOR POST ST MANA EMENT:
HARV
• arming co
munity h s been mobilized to form 25 umbers of Farmer P oducer
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ce price;
• ural farm omen ha e been empowered b training nd providi g mini processing
nits of pul es and eeds from which they can earn f om their mes;
oil h
• ie up has been mad for expo t of Red ao Paddy to USA an the proc ss has
tarted in 12-13 on egular bas s;
2
• xport of P neapple cubes, orange, ginger, endrobiu orchids t other sta es and
ountries h ve already been start d;
• ome Self Help Groups are assi ted to tak up Agri- orti activi ies includi g post
arvest ma agement.
NATIO AL MISS ON ON OILSEEDS & OIL
PALM:
he State i
highly d ficient in il seed pr duction. To achieve targeted a ea the
Agricult re Department has been laun hing Mini- ission-I-Developmen of cultiv tion of

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vegetable oilseeds crop, Mini-Mission-II Developm nt of culti ation of il palm and Mini-
Mission III-Develo ment of ltivation of tree borne oil seeds.
c
ESTAB
ISHMENT OF MINI IL MILL ITH PAC AGING UNIT:
he state
griculture Departme t has proposed to stablish ini oil mills with
packagi g units. he scheme has en isaged su port of t e Assam State Agricultural
Marketi g Board t market the products. It is also nvisaged that value ddition of ilseeds
will not only driv the oilse d cultivat on, it will also help to genera e employ ent in
product on and processing sectors.
WOME
WELFAR SCHEME
onsidering the role
pl yed by ru al women in all nents of riculture a d farm
comp a
sector o manufa turing an marketing, the go ernment f Assam hrough th Chief
Minister’s Vision o Women a d Children 2016 has iven speci l thrust on woman’s self help
groups o facilitate their ement and for ic upliftm nt.
enga econo
BRING GREEN REVOLUTIO
TO EASTERN INDI INCLUD NG ASSA :
he Central and the S ate Gover
ments ha e chalked ut a strat gy to achi ve the
planned growth in agriculture sector of
he countr Several i tervention such as ringing
Green evolution o Eastern India (BG EI), doub e cropping, supply o improved seeds,
fertilize and tech ology equipment no have be n undertaken. Unde the initiative on
BGREI, the gover ment of I dia consid rs the st tes namel Assam, Bihar, Chha isgarh,
Jharkhand, Odisha Eastern U tar Prades and West Bengal as potential a eas for in reasing
food g ain produ tion and roductivit . The sta es are h wever mi ed by lo credit
availabi ity, poor extension facilities nd infras ructure b ttlenecks. To remo e the
impedi ents on priority asis step have be n taken mphasisin on bett r seed
replace ent rati , adequate and ti ely availability of critical inputs, improving
infrastr cture facili ies and er require interventions includi g bank cr dit. In m, the
ot Ass
scheme was launched in 2010-11 as a sub-scheme of RKVY to overco e the constraints
limiting the produ tivity of ri e based cr pping sys em in the state by a opting short term
activitie related t transfer o technolog through ice demon tration in rmers’ field along
f
with a tivities pertaining t creation of irrigation faciliti s to ma imize agricultural
product on in sustainable way
PRADHAN MANT YOJ
I FASAL IMA NA: THE

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IGHLIGH S
The
Pradh n Mantri Fasal Bima ojona was introduced in Februa y 2016 to provide

insuran e service to the farm rs for thei yield. IW DV IRUPXODWHG iQ OiQH iWK RQH QDWiRQ±RQH
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(1$I6) QG 0RGiIiHG 1DWiRQDO $JUiFXOWXUDO IQVXUDQFH 6FKHPH( 1$I6)E\ iQFRUSRUDWi J WKHiU
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STATU OF PMFBY IN ASS M:
The Assa
Governm nt rolled out the Pra han Mantr Fasal Bima Yojana f om the
Rabi son of 2016-17 n aim to nefit abou 5.5 lakh rmers but later in 1-22 it
se with b f 20
benefit d 627869 farmers. I the year 2021, the scheme co ered Khar f area of 09484
hectors and 6044 8 farmer . For effective rolling out of th scheme, he state lans to

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impart training t the officials of ag iculture d partment and organ se publicity-cum-
awaren ss progra mes amo g the farmers.Table- 5.24 show the status of implem ntation
of the s heme in A sam.
TABLE-5.2
PRIME M
NISTER F SAL BIM YOJANA (PMFBY)

Area Farmers Premiu Far ers

Sum Insured Claims aid
S ason covered covered collecte bene ited
(Rs. in lakh) (Rs. in l kh)
(Ha) (Number) (Rs. in lakh) (Number)

Kharif2016 4312.95 51749 NA 691.42 01.68 23398

Rabi2 16-17 36692.00 8516 3011.99 173.22 33.60 282

Kharif2017 38519.50 50689 23308.32 1109.36 50.97 1440

Rabi2 17-18 4328.08 5267 1160.577131 46.687 979 56.97 478

Kharif2018 17920.35 25955 10041.71 397.2 9.28 428

Rabi2 18-19 31399.8 87442 21176.45 925.09 1890.74 7651

Kharif 2019 225188 368555 13333.89 5509.89 18 0.74 43167

Rabi 2019-20 200237 447834 1432.95 4819.82 45 4.84 70346

Kharif 2020 378428 579976 2218.71 10537.17 47 9.32 0341

Rabi 2020-21 548782 833909 4305.97 15 63 35 9.47 80828

Kharif 2021 309484 604478 183846.26 8 42 0 0

Rabi 2021-22 396058 627869 270701.89 9 81 0 0

Not : After iving the c ntral shar , the menting in urance ag ncy will burse
rec the ount to insured f impl di
claim a th rmers.
Source : Dir ctorate of Agriculture.
SCHEME FOR
MA KETING F FRUITS AND TABLES:
VEG
TRANS
ORT SUBSIDY SCH ME 2018 19:
Affordable transport facility is o
e of the p ime requi ites to enable the far ers to
place their produc at remun rative markets. Provi ioning of t ansport fa ilities also help to
reduce umber of intermediaries involve in market chain and thus ensur fair retur to the
farmers and proc rement at reasonabl price for the consu ers. The state has formed
Agricult ral Production ment Gro p (APMG) or better c op planning and marketing.
Manag
The sche
e propose to provid subsidy @ Rs.2.0/Quintal per k to each elected

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APMG/growers Group etc. for maximum 2 tons per group per trip for ma imum distance of
100 Km.
The sche e had pla ed supple entary de and of R . 250 lakh under the budget
head o other ag iculture p ogrames (2435) on subsidy for transpor ation sup ort for

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marketi g offruit and vegetables for the ye r 2017-1 . The physical tar et for
transpo tation was approxima ely 20,500 MT.
OBJEC
IVE OF E SCHEM :
T
• he objecti
e of the scheme is to facilitate arketing of surplus agricultural products
articularly the perish ble fruits and vegetables from areas where surplus production
takes place. The goal to ensure remunerative price the farme s.
i fo
• I t is xpected that the a proach will encoura e the gr wers to t ke up
also
roduction n commer ial point. .
• o facilitate the opulation o get cts at rea onable pri e.
urban prod
• o check f ll of mar et price i the surplus growin areas b yond the cost of
roduction. Subsidised transport facilities a e thus re uired to be provided to the
rowers afeguard t e growers from finan ial losses the harv st season.
to i
PROCE URE FOR SALE:
1. Sale price
is to be ixed by the District gricultural Officer in consultati n with
farmers a d on the b sis of pre ailing mar et rate. T e price list is to be di played
everyday t thesale ints.
p
2. In case the farme s of the APMGs ar not get ing remu erative pr ce the
Agricultur l Develop ent Office (ADO) wi l inform t e District gricultural Officer
(DAO). In such he DAO is to take me sure to fa ilitate sale of the ucts at
case pro
identified oints.
SCHEME FOR DE ELOPMENT OF JUTE GRADING AND NG -
BAL
AIM A D OBJECTIVE:
The aim a
d objectiv of the Ju e grading nd baling scheme is to extend facilities
and modern know how of th grading j te to the rowers of he state. t is expected that
grading of jute ld help th growers t involve themselves i the mark ting of jut to get
wo
remune ation prices of graded jute.
During 2018-19 under the sc eme it w s propos d to imp rt training to 90
unempl yed educated youth elected fr m the families of jut growers i three batches in
the jute grading tr ining cent e located at Howly of Barpeta Di trict. The training centre was
establis ed in 200 , but the i frastructu re of the ce

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tre got da aged in 2001 due to natural
calamiti s. Since t en the ce tre is not perational and the st ff associat d with th centre
were at ached to t e district griculture ffice, Barpeta. Now a financial proposal of s. 350
lakh is ade to revive the tr ining centre. The du ation of the training s planned for one
month ith provisi n of a stipend of Rs. 000/-for each of the trainees. I addition, here is
provision for nd accom odation.
food
MARKET INTELLIGENCE SCHEME (PL N): OBJECTIVES
The sche
e of mark t intelligence is in op ration in ssam sinc November 1957.
The scheme origi ally cover d seven arkets, now it cover 72 impo tant mark ts and
represe tative ma kets and 40 commod ties to coll ct requisite information for for ulation
of econ mic polici s.The sch me has i portance f r formula ing price policy by the state
and it p ssary sup ort to address s of ting. The ctivities under the
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market intelligence scheme is to collect and ation of ily and kly wholesale and
dissemi d we
retail p ices of ma ket arrival of importa t agricult ral commodities and live stock products
from t e selected markets and furnish the ma ket infor ation to the Econo ic and
Statisti al adviser f government of Indi , state go ernment, ublic and rivate institutions
and Ar y Head Q arter thro gh variou reports, ulletin and review. T e All India Radio,
Guwahati broadc sts the daily pri e bulleti of wh lesale prices of elected
agricult ralcommo ities of i portant arkets of Assam in the eveni g progra me of
“KRISH JAGAT” f r the best interest of growers, c nsumers nd traders. This scheme has
an annual al budget f 150
operatio lakh.
LITY CO AGMARK GRADING (PLAN):
SCHEME FOR QU TROL AN
This sche
e was introduced in the state duringthe year 1966-67. Agmark is a
symbol of purity aranteed y the Gov rnment. It is voluntary for the p ckers and millers.
g
Under e scheme Agmark oratories have been n Guwahati, Tezpur, agaon,
t la established
Jorhat, ibrugarh nd Silchar. The al objectiv of the eme is romote gr ding of
princi sc to
commo ities like ustard oil, spices, honey ghee, wheat etc. under Agmark grading to
encourage the pa kers and illers to roduce quality product. At pre ent there are six
District Agmark oratories stablished in different parts of Assam.
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