(a) whether the Government has conducted any survey on agricultural lands
keeping in view their fluctuating index of farm productivity;
(b) if so, the areas of land where the percentage of productivity has registered
an increase or decrease;
(c) the reasons for decrease in productivity, State-wise;
(d) whether the Government has taken corrective measures to check the decline
in productivity of farm lands; and
(e) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND MINISTER OF
STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC
DISTRIBUTION(PROF. K.V. THOMAS)
(a) & (b): No, Madam. However, State Governments conduct crop cutting
experiments to estimate productivity of crops grown in different States. The index
of productivity of various crops for the years 2003-04 to 2008-09, with the
Triennium Ending 1981-82 = 100 as the base is given in the Annexure.
(c): The productivity of different crops depends on the soil fertility, use of
fertilizers, rainfall pattern, weather conditions, quality/variety of seeds etc. As
such, fluctuating trends in the productivity have been observed in the crops grown
in the different areas/States depending upon the existence of the above factors.
(d) & (e): Government have taken several steps to increase production and
productivity of crops in the country and programmes such as National Food
Security Mission (NFSM), Macro-Management of Agriculture (MMA), Integrated
Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil Palm and Maize (ISOPOM) and Rashtriya Krishi
Vikas Yojna (RKVY) etc. are under implementation.