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R.AJITH KUMAR
DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE, KERALA
KERALA AT A GLANCE
Location : `North
Latitude Between 8
- 18' and 12 - 48
East Longitude
Between 74 - 52'
and 77 - 22
KERALA AT A GLANCE
1STJUNE2014TO30THSEPTEMBER2014
SUB
DIVISION
/DISTRICTS
KERALA
LAKSHADWEEP
2039.7
998.5
6
-4
NORMAL
NORMAL
SUB
Actual Rainfall
Normal
DIVISION
Percentage Departure (%)
(mm)
Rainfall (mm)
/DISTRICTS
KERALA
364.4
379.9
-4
NORMAL
LAKSHADWE
EP
76.7
232.4
-67
SCANTY
SEASONS RAINFALL 2015
1stMARCH2015TO27thMAY2015
SUB DIVISION
/DISTRICTS
KERALA
431.3
337.2
28
LAKSHADWEEP
196.7
188.3
EXCESS
NORMAL
MONSOON IN KERALA
Kerala receives rain fall through SouthWest Monsoon(Jun-Sep) - 70%
North- East monsoon(Oct-Dec) 16.4%
Pre Monsoon showers(Jan- May) 13.6%
Even though Kerala receives normal
annual rainfall, the monsoons in Kerala are
characterized by heavy rainfall with
intermittent dry spells affecting the
agricultural practices.
(qtl.)
Uma
320.10
9960.60
Jyothi
274.80
615.30
Kanchana
6.00
788.00
VTL-6
(pokkali)
--
51.90
600.90
11415.80
Total
of
seeds
of
short
duration,
FERTILIZERS:
Kerala has sufficient
allocation of
fertilizers
FERTILIZER AVAILABITY
DURING KHARIF 2015 (April
May)
Fertiliz Receipts
ers
(MT)
Sales
(MT)
Balance(
MT)
DAP
5647
1232
4415
MOP
13401
6366
7035
NPK
14395
13340
1055
Urea
25344
13211
12133
CONTINGENCY PLAN
Measures suggested for entire state:
In the eventuality of delayed SW Monsoon and
resultant drought situation the below mentioned
contingency plan has been worked out.
Buffer stock of 11415 qtl seeds are ensured for re
sowing through KSSDA.
Initiated action for
de silting the ponds and
irrigation/drainage
channels
in
the
paddy
field(padasekharam) in about 2 lakhs ha with
participation of farmers utilizing the services of
LSGD/MNREGS.
Fertilizers are made available to farmers through
local depots.
CONTINGENCY PLAN
CROP SPECIFIC SHORT TERM
MEASURES:
PADDY:
CONTINGENCY PLAN
COCONUT AND ARECANUT
Homestead Farming is
being Promoted in
Kerala
Husk burial
Organic mulching
Green manuring
Intercropping with
banana and tuber crops.
The above activities are
propogated through
Keragramam scheme on
a cluster based approach.
CONTINGENCY PLAN
BANANA
Mulching
Scientific irrigation
practices.
Organic manuring
The above programmes
are being
implemented through
SHM Schemes.
CONTINGENCY PLAN
VEGETABLES AND
TUBERS
Open precision farming
Organic manuring
Drip irrigation
Polyhouse farming for
vegetables (completed
1108 numbers of 40400 sqm capacity).
CONTINGENCY PLAN
LONG TERM MEASURES
Conservation of wetlands enacted Kerala
Conservation of Paddy Land and Wet land Act ,
2008.
Promote cultivation of coarse cereals and pulses
in district like Palakkad. Action plan for coarse
cereals in Palakkad for an amount of Rs.4 lakhs
has been submitted under NFSM to Govt of India
for approval .
CONTINGENCY PLAN
LONG TERM MEASURES
Promoting micro irrigation.
Potential and Actual Area Under Micro Irrigation ( ,
000 ha)
Potential Area
Actual Area
Drip
179
14.10
Sprinkler
35
2.50
Total
214
16.60
CONTINGENCY PLAN
LONG TERM MEASURES (contd)
Promoting Polyhouse farming Polyhouse farming is effectively done in Kerala.
1108 polyhouses of size 40-400 sq.m are actively
engaged in crop production in Kerala.
Major vegetables being cultivated in poly houses
are Salad Cucumber, Capsicum, Cow pea, Bhindi,
Tomato etc
CONTINGENCY PLAN
LONG TERM MEASURES (contd)
Under vegetable development programme, Department has
Promotion of Organic
Farming
CONTINGENCY PLAN
LONG TERM MEASURES (contd)
Promotion of ORGANIC FARMING:
Department of Agriculture has already initiated Organic farming in
selected districts.
Organic farming policy was declared in 2010 in Kerala State.
Subsequently Red and Yellow coloured pesticides were banned
in the State.
At present organic farming is being carried out
in 6000 Ha
CONTINGENCY PLAN
LONG TERM MEASURES (contd)
3550
Nos
of
Malappuram,
Rs.1.50 Crores.
Wayanad
and
Kasargod
For
augmenting
vegetable
cultivation
in
structures/checkdams
15
water
harvesting
structures/ponds
in
2015-16 projects
Rs.50 Crores
Rs.250 Crores
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