VIZIANAGARAM

PREMONSOON
PRE -MASOON SOWING
KHARIF- 2019
Guidelines & Action Plan
CRPs,CAs, ICRPs, NFF

DPM, VIZIANAGARAM
Departament of
Agriculture
Vizianagaram
 VIZIANAGARAM- Tribal zone
Date of Crop Area Quantity of Quantity of Mulching Method of
sowing combinations seed GJ sowing
1st fortnight Maize, beans, 0.50 cents Maize-500g 300kg Paddy straw Line sowing
of MAY Jowar, Ragi, Beans- 250g Residues of Broadcastin
Korra, Samalu, Jowar- 250g pulse crops g
Arikalu, Ragi-100g
Udalu, Bajra, Korra-100g
Sesamum, Samalu-
Castor 100g
Cowpea Arikalu-
100g Udalu-
100g Bajra-
250g
Sesamum-
100g
Castor-25g
Cowpea-1kg
 VIZIANAGARAM- Tribal zone (Orchards)
Date of Crop Area Quantity of Quanti Mulching Method
sowing combinatio seed ty of GJ of sowing
ns
1st Red gram 0.50 Redgram-1kg 200kg Paddy Broadcas
fortnight Ragi cents Sesamum- straw ting
of MAY Sesamum 0.5kg Residues
Ragi-0.5kg of pulse
crops
 VIZIANAGARAM- RAINFED
Date of Crop Area Quantity of Quantity Mulchi Method of
sowing combinatio seed of GJ ng sowing
ns
1st 1.Sesamum 0.50 1.Sesamum- 300kg Paddy Broadcasting
fortnight 2.Blackgram cents 0.5kg straw, Line sowing
of MAY 3.Greengram 2.Blackgram-2kg paddy
4.Redgram 3.Greengram-2kg husk,
5.Ragi 4.Redgram-250g Residues
5.Ragi -250g of pulse
crops
 VIZIANAGARAM- RAINFED (Orchards)
Date of Crop Area Quantity Quantity Mulching Method of
sowing combinati of seed of GJ sowing
ons

1st fortnight Sunhemp 0.50cents Sunhemp-8kg 200kg Paddy Broadcasting

of MAY Pulses Pulses-2kg straw,
(Red gram, paddy husk,
Cowpea, Residues of
Horse gram) pulse crops
2nd fortnight Horse gram 0.50cents Horse gram- 200kg Paddy Broadcasting
of October Cowpea 4kg straw, Line sowing
Vegetables Cowpea-4kg paddy husk,
Vegetables Residues of
pulse crops
 VIZIANAGARAM- Canalfed
Date of Crop Area Quantity of Quantity Mulching Method
sowing combinat seed of GJ of sowing
ions
1st Sunhemp 0.50 Sunhemp-8kg 300kg Paddy Broadcast
fortnight Diancha cents Diancha-4kg straw, ing
of MAY Sesamum Sesamum-1kg paddy
Pulses Pulses-4kg husk,
Residues
of pulse
crops
 ACTION PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTING PRE-MONSOON
SOWING IN VIZIANAGARAM

• Identification of lead farmers to be completed by 25th of

March
• Training of identified lead farmers in the 1st week of
April
• Pre positioning of inputs ( Ghana Jeevamrutham, Mulch
material) by 2nd week of April
• Commencement of sowing from 2nd fortnight of April
• Weekly reporting of PMS taken in the cluster through
CRP,CA,NFF to the DPMU
• Exposure visits to lead farmers for cross learning in the
1st fortnight of June and 1st fortnight of July
 Experiments to be conducted by NFFs

1. Different dates of sowing (1st fortnight , 2nd fortnight of

April and 1st fortnight , 2nd fortnight of May)
2. Different quantities of Ghanjeevamrutha (400kg,
600kg,800kg and 1000kg)
3. Different types and quantity of mulch materials
( paddy straw, paddy husk, Crop residue of pulses,
Sugarcane trash)
4. Combination of crops ( 8-10 crops)
5. Application of Drava Jeevamrutha (at 7days , 15 Days
interval)
6. Various methods of sowing ( Line sowing, Broad casting)
 MONITORING MECHANISM
1. Pre-monsoon monitoring cell at DPMU headed
by AO-ZBNF
2. Cluster level monitoring and recording of
observations by NFFs at fortnight intervals
3. Whatsapp group on pre-monsoon with all lead
farmers, CRP,CA,FNGO
4. Regular visits of Pre-monsoon plots by DPMU
 April - july - nov - march

__/___PMDS____/
_____paddy_____/
___pulses___
__/__drysowing
Paddy

__PMDS__/ _____Maize_____/___pulses_____/__drysowing
Vegetables
___________________
inter crops -pulses
Sugarcane______________________

__/___PMDS____/______ cotton___/ ____drysowing______

________________mango/cashew____________________
______PMDS______ ____drysowing______ main crop
harvesting __
VISAKHAPATNAM
PREMONSOON
 Welcome
Department of agriculture,

(RySS)
Visakhapatanam
District
 YEAR LONG CROPPING PLAN OF VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT
S. Agro climatic
No zone Situation April to June June to October Nov to Feb
Dry
Pre monsoon sowing sowing:Groundnut,Ma
Paddy
:Pulses,Minor ize with
Agency Irriaged millets,Redgram,Mize pulses,Vegetables
Groundnut,Maize,puls Millets(Ragi,Sama,
1
Rainfed es,Groundnut, Arrow Korra, or Rajmah,linseed
root. Turmeric,Ginger. Mustard,Vegetables

coffee/Black Greenmanure
pepper Pillipesara
Dry sowing Gingelly as
main crop with
pulses,Cow
Gingelly+Blackgram,G pea,Groundnut,Miaze
reengram,Bajra,Cowp Paddy( or) and vegetable and
2
Plain area Irrigated ea,Minor millets, sugarcane flowers
Dry sowing Gingelly as
Gingelly+Blackgram,Gr main crop with
eengram,Bajra,Cowpe Paddy( or) pulses,Cow pea and
Rainfed a sugarcane vegetables
 AGRO CLIMATIC ZONES IN VISAKHAPATNAM FOR PRE-MONSOON
SOWING
Name of the Agro Climatic
S.No zone Crops proposed

1 Rainfed Agency area Groundnut

2 Gingelly+Greengram,Blackgram,Cow pea,
Rainfed plain area Beans,Cluster beans,
3
Gingelly+Greengram,Blackgram,Cow pea,
Canal fed plain area Beans,Cluster beans,

4
Rainfed Horticulture Greengram,Blackgram,Cow pea, Beans,Cluster
area(fruit crops) bean,V egetables.

5
Assured Irrigated
veg.cultivation area 5 layer model
AgroClimatic zones for Pre- monsoon sowing2019-Visakhapatnam
District.

S.no Area Crop Mix

No.of plots Proposed
to organise

Agency
area(East
1 576
coast hilly Groundnut+Pulses(Blackgram,Greengram
region) ,Horsegram,cow pea, cluster bean,
Beans,millets Ragi,sama,Korra
Plain
area(Sub-
2 humid to 721
Main crop: Gingelly
semiarid
+Pulses(Blackgram,Greengram,Horsegram
region)
,cow pea, cluster bean, Beans,millets Ragi,
1297
Total
 Pre monsoon sowing -2019- visakhapatnam District.
Name of the functionary NO. No.of plots proposed

ICRPS 231 215

CRPS 40 6
CAs 10 10
Lead farmers 53 53
Farmers 754 754
VOs 93 93
Best farmers 71 71
P.ICRPS 95
Total 1297
 Action plan for Pre-Monsoon sowing-Visakhapatnam

S.No • Name of the Activity Cutoff date

1 • Preapration Ganajeevamrutham 31-03-2019

2 • Collection of Mulch material 31-03-2019

3 • Sowing 25-04-2019
 PRE-MONSOON SOWING EXPERIMENT PROPOSED BY NFFS-VISAKHAPATNAM
DISTRICT
Different
Different quantities Different Different thicknesse
S. of Ghana Staggered comination of Different types of Methods of s of mulch
No Jeevamrutham sowing dates seeds Mulch material sowings material

1
Before summer Cereals:Pulses:Millets:oil
@ 200 Kgs/Acre showers seeds 1:1:1:1 Sugarcane trash Broad casting 0.5 inches

Cereals:Pulses:Mill
2
After summer ets:oil seeds
@ 300 Kgs/Acre showers 2:1:1:1 paddy straw Line sowings 1.0 inch
Cereals:Pulses:Mill
3 ets:oil seeds
@ 400 Kgs/Acre 1:2:1:1 Groundnutshells 1.5 inches
Cereals:Pulses:Mill
4 ets:oil seeds
@ 500 Kgs/Acre 1:1:2:1 Paddy husk 2.0 inches
Cereals:Pulses:Mill
ets:oil seeds
1:1:1:2 Green leaves
EAST GODAVARI
PREMONSOON
 SRIKAKULAM
PREMONSOON
SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT PLAN
OF ACTION FOR PRE MONSOON
SOWING
• Plan of crop
combinations
based on agro-
climatic situations
Year round plan of srikakulam
 AGROCLIMATIC ZONES (ACZ)
There are 4 major Agro Climatic
Zones in Srikakulam District Viz..
HighAltitudeACZ
Dry Land -Rainfed ACZ
Wet Land - Canalfed ACZ
 Sea Coastal ACZ
 ACZ WISE P M S ACTION PLAN
• HIGH ALTITUDE AGRO CLIMATIC ZONE
• Diversified Crops-MILLETS :- Raagi-20 gms,jowar-20 gms,bajra-
20gms,foxtail millet-10gms,barnyard millet-20gms.
• PULSES:-horsegram-20gms,cowpea-20gms,cluster bean-20gms.
• OIL SEEDS:- sesamum-20gms,sunflower-15gms,mustard-10gms.
st nd
• Date of sowing:-may 1 week-2 week
• Seed rate@ 0.20 cents
• Extent Planned Acres-0.20 cents
• Sowing-
• Ganajeevamrutham-@200 kgs
• Mulchin g Material-paddy straw,paddy husk,cashew dried leaves.
 ACZ WISE P M S ACTION PLAN
• DRYLAND-RAINFED AGRO CLIMATIC ZONE
• Diversified Crops-MILLETS :- Raagi-20 gms,jowar-20 gms,bajra-
20gms,foxtail millet-10gms.
• PULSES:-horsegram-20gms,cowpea-20gms,cluster bean-20gms.
• OIL SEEDS:- sesamum-20gms,sunflower-15gms,mustard-10gms.
• VEGETABLES:-bhendi-10 grms
• Date of sowing:-april last week.
• Seed rate@ 0.20 cents
• Extent Planned Acres-0.20 cents
• Sowing-
• Ganajeevamrutham-@150 kgs
• Mulchin g Material-paddy straw,paddy husk,cashew dried leaves.
• Sugracane trash,maize dried leaves.
 ACZ WISE P M S ACTION PLAN
• WET LAND-CANAL FED AGRO CLIMATIC ZONE
• Diversified Crops-MILLETS :- Raagi-20 gms,jowar-20 gms,bajra-
20gms.LINE SOWING-Maize.
• PULSES:-horsegram-20gms,cowpea-20gms,cluster bean-
20gms,Greengram-20gms,blackgram 20gms,bengalgram-20gms.
• OIL SEEDS:- sesamum-20gms,sunflower-15gms,mustard-10gms.
• VEGETABLES:-bhendi-10 grms-line sowing.
• Date of sowing:-april first week.
• Seed rate@ 0.20 cents
• Extent Planned Acres-0.20 cents
• Sowing-
• Ganajeevamrutham-@120 kgs
• Mulchin g Material-paddy straw,paddy husk,
• Sugracane trash,maize dried leaves,pilses husk.
 ACZ WISE P M S ACTION PLAN
• SEA COASTAL (UDDANAM) AGRO CLIMATIC ZONE
• Diversified Crops:-
• PULSES:-horsegram-20gms,greengram-20gms.
• OIL SEEDS:- sesamum-20gms,groundnut.
• TUBER CROPS:-cocacasia,raddish.
• Date of sowing:-may ending.
• Seed rate@ 0.20 cents
• Extent Planned Acres-0.20 cents
• Sowing-
• Ganajeevamrutham-@150 kgs
• Mulching materials:-coconut coir,cashew dried
leaves,groundnut husk,
 Scientific parameters can be taken
• Soil texture experiments
• Germination percentage testing
• Bio metrical observations
• Soil moisture
• Plant height
• No of tillers
• Root length
• No of leaves&Leaf size
• Earthworms & beneficiary insects count
• No of pods.
 EXPERIMENTS ON PMS
1)ZBNF VS NON-ZBNF
• Different type of
soils(saline,laterite,red,clay,sandy,sandyloam)
• 3 years old zbnf land-icrp land/lead farmer
• one year old zbnf land-p-icrp land.
• NON-ZBNF land
2)Zero tillage vs tillage
3) a)Using different quantity of
ghanajeevamrutham,dravajeevamrutham
(200,400,600 kgs/lts)
b)Without using ghana& dravajeevamrutham.
4) Types of mulches /different thickness(2,4,6 inches).
5)Seed rate/ratio’s.
6)Different date of sowing dates (based on
seasonality)
7)Palletization without palletization.
8)Existing old orchards and new orchards.
9)Desi seeds and hybrid seeds.
10)Methods of sowing
• a)broad casting
• b)Line sowing
• C)Palletization
• d)Block/ridge-furrow method.
 NGO PLANS
NO OF VILLAGES:-5
TOTAL Farmers:-2300
TOTAL SHG’s:-478
Zbnf farmers:-1250
ICRPS :-3
CC-1
PRP-1
CMT-2
Plan for PMS farmers:-50
Seed collection:-
• Collection from best farmers
Purchasing quality seeds
• Land preparation
• April 1st week
• BEDS preparation
• Fencing preparation
• 4)trainings for farmers
• 26 th to 29 th –NGO clusters
• 5)Exposure visits
• April 1st -vijiayanagaram/within the district.
• 6)Materials preparation- Before 15 th April
• Ghanajeevamrutham- Before 1st week
• Dravajeevamrutham- every 15 days
• Ghanajeevamrutham-100 kgs/plot.
• 7)SOWING –starts from 15 th April
• Line sowing
• Crops in beds
• Broadcasted
• Alternate sowings
• 8)Every day monitoring- Research
methodology
• 8) growth monitoring& Bio metrics
• 9)Farmer satisfaction.
• 10)Case study with daily reports & photos.
 EXPOSURE visits
• Within in the District
• Dharmavaram cluster- ramjogipeta village
• pusarlapadu cluster-vasthasavalasa
• Ganguvada cluster-
Singupuram,korasawada,peddalogidi
• Echherla cluster-Simhadwaram
• Kotturu cluster- Makavaram,sobhanapuram.
• Pedarama cluster- pedarama
• Veeraghattam cluster- chidimi,kella
• OUT SIDE DISTRICTS
• Vijiyanagaram District
• Anathapuram district
• Guntur district
• CA/CRP/ICRPS-5;P-ICRPS -5;LEAD FARMERS-
4;BEST FARMERS –each cluster.
• Training plan for icrps
• Along with mobile App training DPM madam
planned to PMDS.
•
• Cut-off date for collecting details of farmers for
PMDS sowing:-25/3/19.
• Ghanajeevamrutham preparation-already
started
• Mulch material collection-april 3r
• LAND preparation.