(a) whether the yield per hectare of various agricultural products varies from State to State
in the country;
(b) if so, the reasons therefor;
(c) the rates of yield of wheat, paddy, sugarcane, cotton, oilseeds and pulses in each State
during the last three years; and
(d) the steps taken by the Government to increase the yield and bring parity?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI KANTI LAL BHURIA)
(a) & (b): Yes, Sir. The yield varies a great deal from state to state because it depends on a
number of factors such as weather, condition of soils, facilities of irrigation, duration of the crop
(gestation period between sowing and harvesting), quality of seeds, timely application of quality
inputs, managerial skills of farmers, availability of credit and incidence of pests & diseases, etc.
(c): The required information is given at the annexure enclosed.
(d): The Government, in order to maximize the production and productivity of various crops,
provides assistance to the States under Integrated Crop Production Schemes with a view to
supplement their efforts to increase the production and productivity of various crops. During the
9th Plan, the following schemes have been implemented:
(i) Integrated Cereals Development Programme in Rice Based Cropping Systems Areas
(ICDP – Rice).
(ii) Integrated Cereals Development Programme in Wheat Based Cropping Systems
Areas (ICDP-Wheat)
(iii) Integrated Cereals Development Programme in Coarse Cereals Based Cropping
Systems Areas (ICDP- Coarse Cereals ).
(iv) Sustainable Development of Sugarcane Based Cropping Systems (SUBACS).
(v) Special Jute Development (SJDP).
(vi) Intensive Cotton Development Programme (Mini Mission –II of Technology Mission
on Cotton).
>From October, 2000 these schemes except Mini Mission-II(MM-II) of Technology
Mission on Cotton have been subsumed under Macro Management Programme with a view to
provide flexibility to the States according to regionally differentiated needs of the States. MM-
II of Technology Mission on Cotton is also continuing during 10th Plan. Under MM-II,
assistance is provided for various components like transfer of technologies through field
demonstration & training of farmers/extension workers as well as supply of critical inputs like
seeds, sprayers, bio-agent and water saving devices like sprinklers & drip systems etc.
A new Centrally Sponsored Scheme on `On Farm Water Management for increasing
Crop Production in Eastern India` was launched from 2002-03. The objective of the scheme is to
increase production & productivity of crops through exploiting abundant ground/surface water,
in the Eastern India. Under the scheme, assistance is provided for
(i) installation of shallow tube
wells (STW) with pumping sets,
(ii) electric/diesel water pumping sets,
(iii) Low Lift Irrigation
Points (LIP), and
(iv) dug wells in hills and plateau regions. The scheme is being implemented in
Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Manipur, Mizoram, Orissa, West
Bengal and Eastern Uttar Pradesh. The scheme is back-ended credit linked one and is being
implemented through National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD) in
coordination with the State Governments.
Annexure
State-wise rates of Yield of Paddy, Wheat and Pulses during 2000-01, 2001-02 and 2002-03 (Kgs/Hectare) States Paddy Wheat Pulses
2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03
Andhra Pradesh 4404 4467 3931 571 643 1273 554 593 509 Arunachal Pradesh 1678 1690 1836 1409 1395 1537 1115 1044 1067 Assam 2266 2279 2207 1219 1181 1129 559 558 542 Bihar 2233 2197 2079 2146 2065 1903 865 788 845 Chattisgarh 943 1997 1053 1022 1057 1005 400 517 426 Goa 3726 3841 4028 889 894 798 Gujarat 1215 2336 1861 2268 2435 1966 300 520 469 Haryana 3835 3978 4086 4106 4103 4053 622 794 655 Himachal Pradesh 2299 2557 1543 693 1738 1515 629 360 607 Jammu & Kashmir 2549 2533 2674 529 1325 1410 471 472 624 Jharkhand 1666 1797 2145 1626 1765 1625 825 733 1049 Karnataka 3890 3421 2908 917 763 648 467 397 384 Kerala 3243 3273 3345 797 792 738 Madhya Pradesh 863 1429 930 1471 1620 1392 640 773 602 Maharashtra 1915 2627 1819 1257 1388 1295 460 555 577 Manipur 3647 3573 3568 525 517 525 Meghalaya 2519 2632 2574 1643 1714 1643 745 745 765 Mizoram 2997 2841 2869 1625 1444 1087 Nagaland 2300 2274 2235 2000 2500 2125 827 849 933 Orissa 1561 2383 1139 1466 1514 1261 352 398 341 Punjab 5259 5317 5265 4563 4532 4200 740 670 783 Rajasthan 1404 1870 1218 2402 2793 2709 308 425 269 Sikkim 2112 2131 2154 1403 1273 1416 852 862 875 Tamil Nadu 5312 4794 5025 1000 455 427 422 Tripura 3194 3572 3397 2000 2083 1974 584 647 619 Uttar Pradesh 2966 3176 2754 2724 2755 2596 803 886 853 Uttaranchal 2981 3083 2560 1885 1933 1825 765 635 674 West Bengal 3430 3771 3694 2485 2215 2189 800 704 695 A & N Islands 4431 4179 4226 571 500 429 D & N Haveli 2206 3300 2295 1600 2000 1600 877 825 833 Delhi 1230 4219 1246 3522 3510 3492 571 667 4000 Daman & Diu 2400 3333 3583 1000 846 923 Pondicherry 3649 3816 4463 600 538 636 All India 2851 3118 2706 2708 2762 2618 544 607 556
Annexure continued State-wise rates of Yield of Oilseeds, Sugarcane and Cotton during 2000-01, 2001-02 and 2002-03 (Kgs/Hectare) States Oilseeds Sugarcane Cotton 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03
Andhra Pradesh 927 661 544 81371 82945 65756 277 288 230 Arunachal Pradesh 1036 1076 962 18900 19125 Assam 515 506 500 36593 37184 36353 80 85 74 Bihar 847 839 756 42648 45953 42963 Chattisgarh 329 404 400 2606 2571 2300 680 1020 Goa 1778 1563 125 56000 58833 54583 Gujarat 603 1287 603 71439 70902 69351 122 165 175 Haryana 1363 1477 1139 57133 57578 42105 424 195 340 Himachal Pradesh 552 552 448 21607 27567 25938 Jammu & Kashmir 382 536 1478 0 0 5000 Jharkhand 625 625 1048 38132 38132 31707 Karnataka 804 587 555 102909 81122 84361 263 171 159 Kerala 614 636 467 81059 81758 88065 277 255 227 Madhya Pradesh 741 818 623 22168 38846 39545 84 124 118 Maharashtra 820 944 943 83343 78097 61795 100 147 158 Manipur 464 400 1250 34571 30286 31714 Meghalaya 670 674 800 2000 2000 3000 179 184 182 Mizoram 750 654 739 6400 6714 5286 408 283 85 Nagaland 981 1075 1233 43750 50000 40000 227 1233 493 Orissa 425 422 427 57375 58545 53042 275 147 276 Punjab 1010 1004 897 64215 65141 60325 430 366 410 Rajasthan 768 1008 716 41578 47495 42170 268 94 111 Sikkim 690 690 798 Tamil Nadu 1716 1681 1611 105258 101620 106778 317 295 305 Tripura 723 717 878 54100 52700 46833 246 248 238 Uttar Pradesh 803 841 768 54719 57976 53680 154 174 150 Uttaranchal 502 714 719 59993 60010 57351 West Bengal 964 819 841 67852 85124 65708 383 425 383 A & N Islands 23500 24000 39000 D & N Haveli 1000 3000 1000 Delhi 171 1000 1029 Daman & Diu Pondicherry 1769 1429 1500 80160 94000 101350 782 935 893 All India 810 913 712 68577 67370 61111 190 186 193