Haryana

Haryana
Of the total geographical area of 4.42 million ha in the state, 80% is under cultivation, and the irrigated area constitutes 84% of the cultivated area. The cropping intensity of the state is 181% and the total foodgrains production is 13.1 million tonnes. The dominant cropping systems are rice-wheat, cotton-wheat and pearlmillet-wheat. About 62% area of the state is underlain with poor quality water. The state is facing problems of declining as well as rising water tables, soil salinity/alkalinity (0.23 million ha), declining soil health and stagnating crop productivity. There is need for site-specific nutrient management, amelioration of salt affected soils, drainage and resource conserving technologies. Suggested interventions for natural resource management for agriculture in the state are as follows:

� Site-specific nutrient management on 0.5 million ha to increase foodgrains production by 0.4 

  million tonnes/annum

� Adoption of zero tillage technology on 1.5 million ha area in wheat-based cropping systems to 

  enhance wheat production by 0.3 million tonnes

� Amelioration of 0.23 million ha of alkali soils through addition of gypsum to produce additional 

  1.6 million tonnes of foodgrains

� Adoption of new generation planter (happy seeder/turbo seeder) on about 5 lakh ha to 

  provide additional wheat production of 1 million tonnes/annum

� Diversification of rice-wheat with short duration summer mungbean for restoring soil health 

  and increasing pulse production. Growing mungbean on 0.1 million ha area would provide 

  pulse production of 0.8 million tonnes

� About 49,000 ha saline area to be provided sub-surface drainage that would increase 

  foodgrains production by 0.9 million tonnes

 

Rice

The state has about 1 million ha under rice cultivation, which is mostly irrigated. The state average productivity is about 3.1 tonnes/ha. The major constraints in production are: water scarcity, soil salinity/alkalinity, zinc deficiency and bacterial leaf blight. The important interventions are:

� Growing salt tolerant varieties CSR 30 and CSR 27

� Growing high-yielding basmati varieties Pusa Basmati 1, Pusa Sugandh 4, Pusa Sugandh 5 and HBC 19

� Bacterial blight resistant, high-yielding variety Improved Pusa Basmati 1

� Increased coverage under hybrids PHB 71, 6444, Pusa RH 10, Suruchi, DRRH 2, HKRH

� Use of leaf colour charts for balanced use of nitrogen

� Use of farm machineries such as drum seeder