Department of agriculture

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, GOVT. OF MANIPUR

ORGANISATION

The Department of Agriculture was bifurcated into two departments viz (I) Department of Agriculture and (ii) Department of Horticulture & Soil Conservation in the year, 1970. Again a new department viz Command Area Development Authority (CADA) was established 1982-83 under the fold of Agriculture Department. At the beginning of Ninth Plan Period (1997) the joint cadre of the Department of Agriculture, Horticulture & Soil Conservation and CADA had been trifurcated into three important Cadres Agriculture, Horticulture & Soil Conservation & CADA.

Schemes implemented during 2001-2002

A. State Plan (Sector-wise number of Schemes)

Sector	State Income	C.S.S.	C.S.	Total
Crop Husbandary	23	3	11	37
Agri. Research & Education	10	2	-	12
Agri Marketing	1	-	1	2
Cold Storage & Warhousing	1	-	-	1
M.P.C.C.I	1	-	-	1
Total	36	5	12	53

· Includes Manipur Agro Industries Corporation Ltd.

B. Centrally Sponsored Schemes

Name of Scheme	Funding pattern (Centre : State)
National Pulses Dev. Project (NPDP)	75:25
Oilseed Production Programme (OPP)	75:25
Accelerated Maize Development Programme(AMDP)	75:25
All India Co-ordinated wheat Improvement programme(AICWIP)	50:50
All India Co-ordinated Rice Improvement Programme (AICRIP)	75:25

C. Central Sector Schemes (100% Central funding)

1. State Pesticide Testing Lab.

2. Strengthening of Agril. Extension in N.E. States.

3. Women in Agriculture.

4. Agricultural Census Survey and Statistics

5. Development. of Prototype of Industrial Design.

6. Strengthening of Seed Quality Control.

7. Integrated Cereal Development Programme (Rice).

8. Sustainable Development of Sugarcane Base Cropping System Area.

9. Farm Mechanisation.

10. Strengthening of State Seed Farm.

11. Reclamation of Acid Soil.

12. Integrated Pest Management & Rodent Control.

NATURAL CALAMITY

During the year state faced erratic and uneven distribution of rainfall resulting in drought like situation during Pre – Kharif season and early part of Main Kharif – Season thereby crop-wise target of Area and Production could not be achieved during the year 2001-2002.

The Area and Production of major Agricultural Crops in the State during 2001-2002 are as indicated below:

TARGETTED AREA, PRODUCTION AND ACHIEVEMENT DURING 2001-2002

A = Area in ‘ 000 Ha.

P = Production ‘000Mt.

Crop	Kharif		Rabi 2001-2002		Total (Kharif+Rabi)
Crop	Target	Ach.	Target	Ach.	Target	Ach.
1) Pre-kharif Paddy	A- 30.00 P- 75.00	A- 15.72 P- 37.73			A- 30.00 P- 75.00	A- 15.72 P- 37.73
2) Kharif Paddy	A- 195.00 P- 441.00	A- 192.02 P- 401.02			A- 195.00 P- 441.00	A- 192.02 P- 401.02
Total Paddy	A- 225.00 P- 516.00	A- 207.74 P- 438.75			A- 225.00 P- 516.00	A- 207.74 P- 438.75
Maize	A- 17.00 P- 34.50	A- 17.00 P- 26.33			A- 17.00 P- 34.50	A- 17.00 P- 26.33
Wheat			A- 1.25 P- 4.50	A- 1.25 P- 2.00	A- 1.25 P- 4.50	A- 1.25 P- 2.00
Total Cereals	A- 242.00 P- 550.50	A- 224.74 P- 465.08			A- 242.00 P- 550.50	A- 224.74 P- 465.08
Pulses	A- 4.50 P- 4.90	A- 4.00 P- 3.19	A- 21.50 P- 15.00	A- 16.12 P- 12.00	A- 26.00 P- 19.90	A- 20.12 P- 15.19
Total foodgrains	A- 246.50 P- 555.40	A- 228.74 P- 468.27	A- 22.75 P- 19.50	A- 17.37 P- 14.00	A- 269.55 P- 574.90	A- 246.11 P- 482.27
Oilseeds	A- 9.35 P- 10.00	A- 3.44 P- 2.92	A- 23.00 P- 15.00	A- 19.50 P- 12.00	A- 32.35 P- 25.00	A- 22.94 P- 14.92
Sugarcane	A- 5.00 P- 275.00	A- 3.50 P- 172.66			A- 5.00 P- 275.00	A- 3.50 P- 172.66
Potato			A- 8.50 P- 70.00	A- 7.00 P- 57.76	A- 8.50 P- 70.00	A- 7.00 P- 57.76