By: R.S.

MAITRY, ARS Scientist

Agricultural update
- 2014

Agricultural Update - 2014

Year- 2014

Vol.1

(Theme: Agricultural Progress In India )

By: R. S. Maitry (Scientist, ARS)

CONTENTS:

Agri -Updates 2013-14

Crop Production update

New in Agri 2013-14

(General Agriculture)
Variety Released
Climate Change Issues

The first priority of Govt. of India on agriculture during 2013-14 is

- Agricultural extension

Global theme of World Food Day 2013 was

- Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition

During interim Budget 2013-14, for which scheme of agriculture highest

budget is allocated
- Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (State Plan).

With Govt. of India concern, during 2013-14 which section of animal

husbandry is of highest priority - Livestock Health and Disease Control.

Since independence(1950-51), production, acreage and productivity of

wheat increased upto the folds of respectively
- 14:3:5

Wheat export during 2012-13 was

Presently how many Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVKs) under ICAR Network is
serving to farmers
- 634.

Eighths National Conference on KVKs was held

Advance Biotech
Research

International Activities
National Schemes

Edited by:
ROOP SINGH MAITRY
(Scientist, ARS)
I.C.A.R.(RC) for N.E.H. Region
Tripura Centre, Lembucherra
Pin-799210 (West Tripura)

About :
ROOP SINGH MAITRY
Present: Scientist, Soil & Water
Cons.
Home: Janjgir Dist., Chhattisgarh
Education:
- B.Sc (Ag.) 2007- IGKV, Raipur (C.G.)
- M.Sc.(Water Sc. & Tech.), 2010- IARI,
New Delhi

I wish you all agricul-

- UAS Bengaluru.

When 1oC temperature rise, wheat production in India would

- decrease by 0.5 1 tone/ha

Food Security Ordinance (2013) is the refined form of

- Food Security Bill, 2011.

Food Security Ordinance passed in Indian Parliament was notified by

- 5th July, 2013.

As per Food Security Ordinance (2013), food grain (s) is planned to distribute
among household is/are
- Rice, wheat and coarse grains

Amount of rice, wheat and coarse grain decided to distributed per house
holds under Food Security Ordinance (2013)
- 3:2:1 kg per month.

Under Food Security Ordinance (2013), amount of foodgrain decided to

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- 6.5 mt.

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distributed per house holds per month is

- 5 kg.

Name the Scheme (Yojna) under which foodgrain of Food Security Ordinance (2013) is
distributed by TPDS to households - Antryodaya Anna Yojana

Name the premier institute for wheat research in India is

- Directorate of Wheat Research, Kernal (Haryana).

Indian Institute of Agricultural Bio-technology is established at

- Ranchi, Jharkhand.

National Institute of Biotic Stress Management is established at

- Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

For bringing green revolution to eastern India amount allocated during 2013-14` is
- 1,000 crore rupees.

Crop production update 2013-14 (Unit: Million tonnes)

Particular

2011-12
Kharif

Rabi

Rice

92.78

Wheat
Tur
Gram
Soybean
Cotton (Bale)
Sugarcane
(cane)
Coarse
cereals

(Source: Dept of Agri. & Coop., GoI)

2013-14 (2nd Adv. Est.)

Kharif
Rabi
Total

Total

2012-13
Kharif

Rabi

Total

12.52

105.30

92.37

12.87

105.24

92.00

14.19

106.19

2.65
122.14
-

94.88
7.70
-

3.02
146.66
-

93.51
8.83
-

95.60
9.79
-

9.58

29.79

10.25

342
3412.0
0
40.04

3.34
124.48
-

32.44

352
3610.3
7
42.01

30.11

11.53

356.02
3459.2
3
41.64

Total cereals

125.22

116.98

242.20

122.16

116.63

238.79

122.11

121.32

243.43

Total food
grain

131.27

128.01

128.07

129.06

257.13

128.36

134.84

263.20

6.06

11.03

259.29
*
17.09

5.91

12.43

18.34

6.25

13.52

19.77

206.91

91.08

297.99

207.91

101.52

309.43

220.21

109.62

329.83

Total pulses
Total 9 oilseed

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The term Future Mushroom of India is used for

- Oyster-mushroom (Pleurotus sp.).

First Indian variety of Makhana is

- Swarna Vaidehi.

Nano-encapsulation can be used

- To improve the insecticidal value.

Indian agriculture produces ..of crop residues annually (Acc to According to

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE, 2009), Govt. of India)
- About 500-550 million tonnes (Mt).

Annual total crop residues unutilized in India is

- 85-140 Mt.

The crop residues generation is the highest in

- UP (60 Mt) >Punjab (51 Mt) > MH(46 Mt).

What is right sequences of crop residue generation in India

- Cereal crops (352 Mt)> Fibre crops (66
Mt)>Oilseeds (29 Mt)>Pulses (13 Mt).

Which crop generate highest crop residue in India

- Rice (32%)>Wheat (22%)

Millets cultivation sustain the livelihood of ..of small and marginal farmers
- Over 60% .

Millet cultivation is the mainstay of

- Rain-fed farming.

Millets are

- C4 crops.

In general, India is the largest producer of

- Coconut, cashew, tea and spices

India is the producer of both fruits and vegetables.

- Second largest.
What is full form of KIRAN

-Knowledge Innovation Repository of

Agriculture in the North East

National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) is a network project of the

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) launched in
- February, 2011.

Krishi Pandit Award is initiated in

IARI 657 might be source of nuclear genes for male sterility in crop

- Karnataka.

- Rice.

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Pusa Gautami, Pusa Amulya and Nilgiri Khapli is variety of

- Wheat.

Pusa 1612 is variety of

- Rice.

Pusa Urmi and Pusa Shreya are variety of

- Ash Gaurd.

Pusa Aushadhi is variety of

- Bitter gaurd.

New anti-sprouting agent developed for potato contains

- Modified alfa, Beta unsaturated keytone

BT-Schomburgk, Arrino and Roller were identified as donores lines for High Nitrogen Use
efficiency in
- Wheat.

Biofloc-based shrimp farming technology is mainly concerned to

- Pathogen free.

Troyer citrange, the worldwide used rootstock of citurs spps. is mainly

famous for
genetic tolerance
- Phyophthora disease, trsteza virus and nematoad.

Pusa Pasta is made with

Myrothecium roridum LG7 delignifies paddy straw is basically a

- Lignolytic micromycete fungus.

Myrothecium roridum LG7 delignifies

- Pearl millet and semolina.

- Paddy straw and parthenium weed.

Paddy straw and parthenium weed delignifier, Myrothecium roridum LG7 fungus is islolated from
- decayed wood.

Rubber-dam for watersheds is developed by

- Directorate of Water Management, Orissa.

Krishi Aman, Bhagya is variety of

Tomato.

Darl 70 is variety of

- Capsicum.

Vidya is variety of

- Chilly.

Anurag is variety of

- Botle gaurd.

MAKEFEED software is developed for

Sex expression in Muskmelon (Cucumis melo) is predominantly

- Andromonoecious.

First extra-large seeded desi chickpea variety is

- Poultry-birds feed formulation.

- Pusa 5028

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First kabuli chickpea extra-bold-seeded variety

- Pusa 1053 (Pusa CHamatkar).

Pusa 1053 (Pusa CHamatkar) and Pusa 5023 is the variety of chickpea famous for
- Both extra-bold size & higher yield.

Pusa Breakfast Cereal" is prepared with

- Quality protein maize (QPM).

Swarna Suruchi is variety of

- Pointed Gourd.

VNSDASU 1 is a

- Litchi clone.

Water-free Plasma Technology is used for

- Value-addition to cotton textiles.

Patch-budding in pomegranate is a

- In-situ budding technique.

A Free Air Temperature Increment (FATI) technology has been developed to facilitate
- Increase in canopy temperature in the fields.

Swarna Rituvar is a photo-insensitive variety of

IC 420405 and IC 420422 is unique line of Cucumber with orange flesh inside identified
in
- Mizoram.

Full form of IPCC is

The 20th Anniversery of Earth Summit in Rio is popularly known as

Full form of UNFCCC is - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Full form of NAPCC is

- National Action Plan on Climate Change

Full form of SAPCC is

-State Action Plans on Climate Change

Full form of UNEP is

- United Nations Environment Programme

UNFCCC was set up in

- Lablab-bean.

- Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change

- Rio+20

- 1992.

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