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Friday, March 11, 2011
Productivity Of Pulses
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
UNSTARRED
QUESTION NO .1729
ANSWERED ON 11.03.2011
Will the Minister of AGRICULTUREbe pleased to state :-
(a) whether productivity of pulses in the country is at par with that in advanced countries including China;
(b) if not, the productivity compared to that of major countries and the average world productivity; and
(c) the steps proposed to be taken to improve the productivity of pulses in the country?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(SHRI ARUN YADAV)
(a) & (b): As per the FAO Statistics 2009, the productivity of pulses in India is lesser than the advanced countries including China. The productivity of pulses in the country vis-à-vis major pulses growing countries during 2007 was as under: Sl.No Country Productivity
(Kg/ha)
1. Australia 877
2. Brazil 833
3. Canada 1782
4. China 1310
5. Ethiopia 1146 6. India 610
7 Myanmar 981
8. USA 1902 World 775 Source: FAO statistics, 2009
(c): Government of India has been implementing National Food Security Mission-pulses in 16 major pulses producing states in the country to enhance the production and productivity of pulses in the country. Besides, Accelerated Pulses Production Programme (A3P) was also launched from Kharif, 2010 as a part of NFSM-Pulses for demonstration of Production and Protection Technologies as Village Level Compact Blocks for enhanced production and productivity of pulses as well as motivating farmers for increased investment in promoting pulses production. Assistance is also being provided to the farmers under other crop development programmes such as Integrated development of 60,000 villages of Pulses, Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), Macro Management of Agriculture (MMA) & “Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India” (BGEI) for enhancing agricultural production including that of pulses.
Will the Minister of AGRICULTUREbe pleased to state :-
(a) whether productivity of pulses in the country is at par with that in advanced countries including China;
(b) if not, the productivity compared to that of major countries and the average world productivity; and
(c) the steps proposed to be taken to improve the productivity of pulses in the country?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(SHRI ARUN YADAV)
(a) & (b): As per the FAO Statistics 2009, the productivity of pulses in India is lesser than the advanced countries including China. The productivity of pulses in the country vis-à-vis major pulses growing countries during 2007 was as under: Sl.No Country Productivity
(Kg/ha)
1. Australia 877
2. Brazil 833
3. Canada 1782
4. China 1310
5. Ethiopia 1146 6. India 610
7 Myanmar 981
8. USA 1902 World 775 Source: FAO statistics, 2009
(c): Government of India has been implementing National Food Security Mission-pulses in 16 major pulses producing states in the country to enhance the production and productivity of pulses in the country. Besides, Accelerated Pulses Production Programme (A3P) was also launched from Kharif, 2010 as a part of NFSM-Pulses for demonstration of Production and Protection Technologies as Village Level Compact Blocks for enhanced production and productivity of pulses as well as motivating farmers for increased investment in promoting pulses production. Assistance is also being provided to the farmers under other crop development programmes such as Integrated development of 60,000 villages of Pulses, Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), Macro Management of Agriculture (MMA) & “Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India” (BGEI) for enhancing agricultural production including that of pulses.
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